The Latest Draft Podcast

This episode features eight original songs by a variety of writers:

A College Grad's Lament by Rai Arsa Artha
I Met Her Too Young by Sam Norman and Brooke Trumm
Dustin's Last Night by Wayne Morris
Where Do You Go? by Gabriella Balsam, Brandy Hoang Collier, and Deniz Demirkurt
Like The Wind by Sam Rosenblatt and Elspeth Collard
Sweat by Jessie Field and James Salem
Space by Erika Ji and Andrew Strano
Go by Joe Badore and Mikey Rosenbaum

This episode features A Good Life, book & lyrics by Stacey Weingarten, music by Dave Ogrin.

The year is 2056. Alethea, a patient at a memory care facility, attempts an experimental procedure to secure her memories before they’re gone - a journey which takes her back in time through key moments in her life-- and risks losing them forever.

This episode features Stepping Into Fire, book by Tom Coash, music and lyrics by Jonathan Brielle.

This episode features J. & Dot, book & lyrics by Mark Evan Chimsky, music by Zev Burrows.

Two iconic figures – J. and Dot – meet in the afterlife.  Each has experienced extraordinary, even miraculous events in their youth. One died at nineteen, one in middle age. You have heard of both of them. Though at first they see only their differences, they soon realize they have more in common than anyone might guess. Introduced to each other by the Translator, they confront scenes from their past in which they hold fast to personal truths, despite being challenged by men who disbelieve them. As they share their stories, they ultimately find “home” with each other.

This episode features The Barista by Adam Wachter.

THE BARISTA is a sung-through monodrama in which a coffeeshop barista makes espresso, fantasizes about the customer he's been crushing on, and has an existential crisis that might just change the course of his life forever.

This episode features eight original songs by a wide variety of musical theatre writers:

I Want That by Harry Castle
You'll Never Be Afraid by Akaina Ghosh and Andrea Love
If He Were Standing Here by Durra Leung
A Precarious Position by Jessie Field and James Salem
Movies I'll Never Be by Erika Ji and Carrie Caffrey
The Greats by Sam Norman and Earl Marros
Steal Your Thunder by Josh Ben-Ami
Saying Hello by Elspeth Collard and Sam Rosenblatt

This episode features The Lottery Ticket, book & lyrics by Alex Becker, music by Kat Cartusciello.

The year is ten years in the future, and Clara, Frank, and Evelyn are still stuck in quarantine in their 1-BR apartment in Queens, NY. The annual immunity lottery is announcing its winners this evening and a few lucky households will be selected. If they win, they’ll receive a highly sought after vaccine that protects them from a deadly virus and grants them the freedom to return to life as they knew it… or, life as they hope it could become. What if tonight is their lucky night? 

This episode features Miceburg, music & lyrics by Eddie Bean, book by Nathan Dennis.

Artie Mouse, barkeep of Miceburg’s Ol’ Whiskers Tavern, wants to keep the thimblefuls of beer flowing – even as the jingoistic rats overtake the peace-loving mice in their own land. But when Artie’s sister, Lily, decides to immigrate to a land where mice live free from fear of persecution, Artie must decide whether to forsake the life he has built in his mice home, or turn his back on his closest family. With a push from long, lost friend, Ben, Artie embarks on a journey to find out what it means to be a rat, a mouse, and a free rodent. 

This episode features Schooled and Lettered, book and music by Jacinth Greywoode, book & lyrics by Chase O'Neill.

In Schooled & Lettered, country girl Flora Knightley arrives on Long Island to visit her high society cousin Barbara Ross and her fellow New York elite Charles Scott for a glorious summer. The clash of cultures, along with Flora’s deep desire to find a way back home, quickly devolves into a manipulatively polite fight in this comedy of manners set during late 19th century!

This episode features Fifty-Fifty,  book, music, and lyrics by Weston Gaylord.

One evening in 1983, at the height of Cold War tension, a Soviet officer in a military bunker makes the most important decision of his life. Weeks later he is interrogated by his superiors, who seek to understand: did Stanislav Petrov betray his country? Or is it possible he saved the world? Fifty-Fifty is a fifteen-minute musical based on a declassified true story.