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01:35 - When did Cheryl know she wanted to be a writer and how did she become interested in writing musicals?

08:02 - What is Cheryl's writing process like?

14:57 - Why is it particularly hard to write musicals?

18:30 - What aspects of a musical does Cheryl write?

26:42 - Cheryl's show, "River's End."

28:52 - What it was like to write lyrics for Chicago Shakespeare Theater's "Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Measure for Measure."

41:26 - Highlights of being a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists.

51:32 - Why Cheryl loves teaching.

59:13 - Promotions: June 24th and 25th performances of "The Revolving Door" with StoryCatcher's Theatre and TLD Temporary Lockdown Ensemble. Cheryl's Klimt musical will be a part of: The American Musical Theatre Project at Northwestern University during this school year/cycle and at Berkeley College of Music in Boston as a developmental workshop in the Fall and will then be produced there in the Spring.

Next Dramatists Guild Meeting:  Tuesday, June 21st at 7 pm at The Goodman Theatre.

1:01:15 - What Cheryl loves most about being the Chicago/Regional Representative for The Dramatists Guild.

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