It is that time of year again! Quad City Music Guild needs to choose the five musicals that will comprise our 2016 season and would like for you to help. There will be two play selection meetings open to anyone who wishes to share ideas as to which musicals to produce. As we did last year, this year's meetings will be held this spring between the conclusion of the performances for Urinetown and the beginning of rehearsals for Young Frankenstein. The first will be held on Tuesday, April 7 and the second will be held on Thursday, April 16. Both meetings will begin at 6:30 P.M. in the Music Guild lobby.

There are no restrictions concerning who can participate because we want to make certain that our season includes both new and previously successfully produced shows. We want to make certain that we choose shows that will appeal to our audiences and we want to make certain that there are available roles for a wide variety of male and female actors/actresses from younger up to older actors/actresses. We would also like our five shows to encompass a wide variety of theatrical/historical periods and styles. If you intend to offer ideas about shows for production, please consider the following:
 

• propose only new musicals for which the production rights are available.
• suggest shows that have not been seen on the Guild stage at any time in the last ten years.
• share with us at the meeting how many male roles, female roles, children's roles, and the chorus size that are contained in the shows that you are proposing.
• share with us at the meeting how many settings there are and what types, i.e.interior, exterior, realistic, fantasy, etc.
• identify shows for which you might be willing to serve in a particular capacity on the directing/production staff. 

If you do not currently know the above information it can all be found at the web sites of the companies that own the rights to the musicals. Tams-Witmark Music Library, Music Theatre International, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Steel Spring, or Samuel French, Inc. own most of the shows that you might want to propose.

 If you are unable to attend either the April 7th or the April 16th meetings and have suggestions that meet the criteria above just let Mike Schmidt know and they will be shared with the group. Mike can be contacted at mschmidt@qconline.com or 309-737-5245. We hope that you will help us to create another memorable season!