Works Selected in Previous Rounds

Below are the twenty short complete musicals selected into The Ten-Minute Musicals Project as of October 16, 2024.
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  • Away to Pago Pago by Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow, John PiRoman and Bruce Sussman (adapted from the 1981 short story by John PiRoman).

  • Blue Monday by George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva (adapted from the 1892 opera Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo).

  • The Bottle Imp by Kenneth Vega (adapted from the 1891 short story by Robert Louis Stevenson).

  • The Fertilization Opera by Peter Tolan (adapted from the 1972 screenplay by Woody Allen entitled Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)).

  • The Furnished Room by Saragail Katzman (adapted from the 1906 short story by O.Henry [William Sydney Porter]).

  • The Hook by Joyce Bramberg (adapted from the 1951 short story by John Collier entitled “The Chaser”).

  • Love and Money by Morris Bobrow (adapted from the 1904 short story by O.Henry entitled “The Hypothesis of Failure”).

  • An Open Window by Sarah Ackerman and Enid Futterman (adapted from the 1914 short story by Saki [H.H.Munro] entitled “The Open Window”).

  • At Owl Creek Bridge by Toni Tennille and Ron Thronson (adapted from the 1890 short story by Ambrose Bierce entitled “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”).

  • Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread by David Ives.

  • Plaisir d’Amour by Walter Edgar Kennon and Terrence McNally (adapted from the 1784 novella by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian entitled Célestine).

  • Precious Little Jewel by Jeff Blumenkrantz and Libby Saines (adapted from the 1894 short story by Kate Chopin entitled “The Story of an Hour”).

  • Pulp’s Big Favor by Bruce Peyton and David Spencer.

  • The Ransom of Red Chief by Brad Alexander and Helen Chayefsky (adapted from the 1907 short story by O.Henry).

  • Remember Dancing by Lisa-Catherine Cohen and David Pomeranz.

  • Roman Fever by Francesca Blumenthal (adapted from the 1934 short story by Edith Wharton).

  • Space for Two by Nancy Ford, Elsa Rael and Mae Richard.

  • Suds and Lovers by Doug Katsaros and June Siegel.

  • Ubu Lear by Christopher Durang and Richard Peaslee.

  • Woman With Pocketbook by Jeff Blumenkrantz, Annie Kessler and Libby Saines.

    • These works are presently included in the full-length musical Stories 1.0