Publishing with Kent Nicholson (Ep. 11)

Kent Nicholson from Broadway Licensing stops by the show to discuss how plays get published and how to create more publishable plays.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How the publishing process works
• How Broadway Licensing is now a content-creating entity
• the IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION of how to create a produceable and publishable play
• his involvement in the development process of A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson 

And more!

Resources Mentioned

Broadway Licensing

About Our Guest

Kent Nicholson is the Director of Acquisitions and New Works at Broadway Licencing. He most recently served as Associate Producer of Musical Theatre at Playwrights Horizons in New York overseeing the creation and production of works such as A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson. Previously Kent served as the New Works Director for Theatreworks, Silicon Valley where he created the New Works Initiative and their New Works Festival. He also co-created The Uncharted Writers Group at Ars Nova, and has served on the boards of The Playwrights Foundation, The National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and Musical Theatre Factory. His directing work has been seen at South Coast Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory and The Old Globe, among many others.

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