Amas Musical Theatre Announces Winners of Fifth Annual Eric H. Weinberger Award For Emerging Librettists

5/31/2023 1:12pm


Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) has announced the recipients of the fifth Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists, a juried cash and production grant given annually to support the early work and career of a deserving musical theatre librettist, commemorating the life and work of playwright/librettist Eric H. Weinberger (1950-2017) Annie Dillon and Sam Caps aka Dillon & Caps were selected from over 49 blind submissions for their full-length musical "Show Me Eternity,"  about the hidden life of poet Emily Dickinson. In addition to a check for $2,000 to help pay cost-of-living expenses, Mr. Romano and Mr. Wegner receive development assistance from the “New Works Development Program” of Amas Musical Theatre, culminating in the work being rehearsed and performed by New York theatre professionals in an Amas Lab production. Show Me Eternity unveils a story hidden for over a century: the romance between Emily Dickinson and Sue Gilbert, her brother Austin’s wife. After Emily’s death, Sue collaborates with Mabel Loomis Todd, a young artist, to prepare Emily’s work for publication. Mabel eventually turns on Sue and pushes the narrative that Emily was a reclusive spinster who never had a love story of her own. For more information, please visit www.amasmusical.org. Press contact: Richard Hillman Public Relations (646/234-5716)...