Creating Opportunities for Musical Theatre's Next Generation.

Join us on September 15th at 7PM for Write Out Loud: From Contest to Concert Volume 7 at 54 BELOW. Hosted by Taylor Louderman, this concert presentation will feature the work of our 2025 winners and finalists with musical direction by Adam Brenner Laird and a cast of New York theatre’s finest including: Shelby Acosta (Real Women Have Curves, 1776), Jenna Bainbridge (Wicked, Suffs), Desmond Luis Edwards (How to Dance in Ohio), Ryan Jacobs (2025 Write Out Loud finalist), Taylor Iman Jones (Six, Head Over Heels, Groundhog Day), Tony Award® nominee Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Kate Louissaint (A Wonderful World), Bailey McCall (MJ the Musical), T.J. Newton (Empire: The Musical Off-Broadway), Daniel Quadrino (The Who’s Tommy, Newsies), Mikaela Secada (Back to the Future: The Musical) Tony Award® nominee A.J. Shively (Titanic Off-Broadway, Bright Star), and Kuhoo Verma (Monsoon Wedding, Octet).

This concert presentation is generously sponsored by Nederlander Organization, Mary Strauss, Sean Walsh and Henry Tisch, Jenny Steingart and Ars Nova Entertainment with special thanks to John Gore Organization and Ken Davenport.