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TIMELINE

TIMELINE

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In September of 2021, Daniel Seligman wrote the first version of SMOC in 4 hours for a 48 hour playwriting festival. This version was 15 minutes long and featured 3 songs, including versions of
"I Don't Wanna" and "A New Life" which are both still a part of the score. 
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Seligman continued to develop the piece, and in June of 2022, he put up a 45 minute one-act version of the show at Open Jar Studios. This version featured 4 characters: Louise, Mark, Mildred, and Lady Liberty. 
After the Summer 2022 workshop, Mia Ehrlich joined the team as director. Seligman and Ehrlich collaborated on 2 short presentations of songs from the show at Marymount Manhattan College.
In April of 2023, 5 songs from SMOC were performed at the Ten by Ten play festival with a 4-piece band. At this point, SMOC had become a 2-Act Musical, with the cast expanded from 4 to 8. 
In August of 2023, 6 songs from SMOC were recorded with orchestrations and a full cast in Adam Guettel's home studio. These demos were used to fundraise for the September 2024 workshop of SMOC. Demo singers included Erin Rose Doyle (Parade), Pierce Wheeler (Dear Evan Hansen), and Nicole Ferguson (Days of Wine and Roses).
In September of 2024, SMOC had a 2 week developmental workshop. 
Culminating in a presentation at Open Jar Studios, the workshop featured a cast of 10 actors and a 7-piece band. With orchestrations by Daniel Seligman and Ian Coursey, Choreography by Grace Van Houten, Music Direction by Andrew Gerace, and direction by Mia Ehrlich, the presentation was on September 26th, 2024 
In December of 2023, more SMOC demos were recorded with Erin Rose Doyle.

WORKSHOP TIMELINE

DAY 1: Introductions, table read, hopping into rehearsal
DAY 4: Music rehearsal with music director Andrew Gerace
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DAY 8: Act 1 Stumble-Through
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DAY 11: Act 2 Stumble-Through
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DAY 12: Sitzprobe
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DAY 14: Full show run-through
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DAY 15: Final rehearsal, first day at Open Jar
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DAY 16: Presentation
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