Millennials Are Killing Musicals

Developmental
Production Team:

• Nico Juber

  Music, Lyrics, Book (She/Her)

  

  Nico Juber

  Music, Lyrics, Book

  Recently named one of the “Women to Watch on Broadway” in 2023 by the Broadway Women’s Fund, Nico Juber is an award-winning musical writer, playwright, Millennial mom, and twenty-year lymphoma survivor. Her original comedy, Millennials Are Killing Musicals (O’Neill NMTC Semifinalist ’21 & ‘22), has been previously showcased through New York Theatre Barn’s New Works Series and sold-out concert presentations at Vitellos (mostlyNEWmusicals) and 54 Below.
  Her show Winner, co-written with Joe Barros, is being developed by New York Theatre Barn and New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Her short sci-fi musical, Holo, won one of the top awards in the 2020 NAMT 15-Minute Musical Challenge, had its premiere at the Beck Center for the Arts (with Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre, directed by Ciara Renée) in February 2021, and was selected for the 2021 Broadway OnDemand Short Film Festival. With collaborator Selena Seballo, she was one of the Drama League Light the Lights Challenge winners for their song “Our Next Act,” performed by André De Shields at their benefit in October 2021. She is a proud member of ASCAP, Dramatists Guild, Ring of Keys, League of Professional Theatre Women, and current Maestra Moms affinity group co-chair. Nico holds a B.A. from Tufts University. @stuffnicolikes

• Ciara Renée

  Director (She/Her)

  

  Ciara Renée

  Director

  After over a decade as an actress, known for such headlining Broadway roles as Jenna in Waitress and Elsa in Frozen, Off-Broadway roles like Esmeralda in Disney’s original production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mariana in MCC Theater’s The Wrong Man (Lortel Award nominee) as well as TV roles like Hawkgirl in “Legends of Tomorrow,” Ciara has begun the transition to directing. Previously, Ciara directed a short film of another musical by Nico Juber, entitled Holo for NAMT’s 5×15 Festival, in collaboration with BW and Beck Center for the Arts. She also co-directed (with Michael Dallatorre) the short documentary Beating the Odds – Children’s Defense Fund of California. She is the writer, EP, and co-director of the short film Reddy Records (Post prod). Most recently, Ciara directed a ground-breaking electronic one-man musical entitled The Runaround by Stewart Tabler, as well as a sold-out 54 Below concert and industry reading of Millenials… Ciara is passionate about changing the landscape of what stories get to be told and who gets to tell them by amplifying women’s, queer, and racially diverse stories. And though she is a millennial, she quite misses having a doorbell!

• Ted Arthur

  Arranger & Music Supervisor (He/Him)

  

  Ted Arthur

  Arranger & Music Supervisor

  Moulin Rouge! (International Associate Music Supervisor), Broadway: Back to the Future (Music Director), Diana: The Musical (Music Director), The Prom (Associate Conductor), Once On This Island (Assistant Conductor). Moulin Rouge Broadway, Mean Girls, Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked. Ted is on the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Board of Trustees and a member of MUSE (Musicians United for Social Equity).

   

• Devyn Rush

  Vocal Arranger (She/Her)

  

  Devyn Rush

  Vocal Arranger

  Devyn originated the role of ANNA at Lincoln Center, in the 2007 Tony Award-winning musical, Spring Awakening. She moved to New York City immediately following her high school graduation to continue pursuing her career. Devyn was featured on season 10 of American Idol. Her trajectory has led her to become an in-demand session vocalist, performer, and songwriter, having her songs featured on TV shows and recorded by artists in Austria, Japan, and Korea. Devyn’s debut jazz EP, Out Of The Blues, was released in November 2019 and she is currently in production on her first full-length album of original songs. DevynRush.com // Instagram: @DevynRushMusic