Write Out Loud: From Contest to Concert Volume 7, feat. Taylor Iman Jones, Julia Knitel, & more!
September 15, 2025
Write Out Loud is back for its SEVENTH installment at 54 Below! This annual celebration of new musical theatre writers is hosted by Taylor Louderman (Tony Award® nominee, Mean Girls) and produced by Team Write Out Loud — Sarah Glugatch, Hannah Kloepfer, and Josh Collopy. The evening is music directed by Adam Brenner Laird.
This evening of new music will feature the work of our 2025 contest winners and finalists; and a full cast of New York theatre’s finest!
Featuring:
Shelby Acosta (Real Women Have Curves, 1776)
Daniel Arana (“FBI: Most Wanted”)
Jenna Bainbridge (Wicked, Suffs)
Desmond Luis Edwards (How to Dance in Ohio)
Ryan Jacobs (2025 Write Out Loud finalist)
Taylor Iman Jones (Six, Head Over Heels, Groundhog Day)
Tony Award® nominee Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical)
Kate Louissaint (A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical)
Bailey McCall (MJ the Musical)
T.J. Newton (Empire: The Musical Off-Broadway)
Daniel Quadrino (The Who’s Tommy, Newsies)
Mikaela Secada (Back to the Future: The Musical)
Tony Award® nominee A.J. Shively (Titanic Off-Broadway, Bright Star)
Kuhoo Verma (The Big Sick, Plan B)
Lamont Walker II (Hell’s Kitchen, MJ the Musical)
Past Write Out Loud winners include: Joriah Kwamé, Ethan Carlson, Matt Copley, Taylor Fagins, Chloe Geller, Anna M Johnson, Natalie Myrick, Alexander Sage Oyen, Kailey Marshall, Matthew Peña, Emmet Smith, Indy Angel, Brandon Michael Lowden, Kat Siciliano, Mackenzie Szabo, Elyza Tuan, Veronica Mansour, abs wilson, Callum Shannon, Kat O’Sullivan, Delaney Guyer, Kenny Youch, Will Shishmanian, Brooke Trumm, Wren Mied, Ally Cribb, Yejune Kim, and Jose Alba Rodriguez.
Watch performances from Volumes 1-6 here! And listen to all Write Out Loud winning singles on Spotify (over 50 million streams).
Past Performers Include: Ephie Aardema (Funny Girl), Jaime Lyn Beatty (Team Starkid), Tee Boyich (Mean Girls), Bebe Browning, Jane Bruce (Jagged Little Pill), Leana Rae Concepcion (Merrily We Roll Along), DeMarius Copes (Mean Girls), Lissa deGuzman (Wicked), Cailen Fu (Mean Girls), Jeff Heimbrock (Wicked), Janet Krupin (Bring It On), Danny Marin, Bailey McCall (Waitress), Artemis Montague, JJ Niemann (Back to the Future), Emmet Smith, Jake David Smith (Between the Lines), Elizabeth Teeter (Beetlejuice), Daniel Quadrino (Wicked), Dani Wade (Mean Girls), & Alex Wyse (Good Night, Oscar), Karl Amundson, Major Attaway (Disney’s Aladdin), Jordan Barrow (Wicked), Jessie Hooker-Bailey (Waitress), Gerard Canonico (Be More Chill), Jerusha Cavazos (The Prom, Between the Lines), Mike Cefalo (New York, New York), Madison Deadman, Cara Rose DiPietro (TikTok), Sis Thee Doll (Oklahoma!), Morgan Dudley (Jagged Little Pill), Linedy Genao (Dear Evan Hansen), Bradley Gibson (Disney’s Hercules), Savvy Jackson (Bad Cinderella), Jason Gotay (Bring It On, Freaky Friday), Hawley Gould (Suffs), F. Michael Haynie (Heart of Rock & Roll), Danielle Hope (Les Misérables), Troy Iwata (Be More Chill), Arielle Jacobs (Disney’s Aladdin, In the Heights), Thayne Jasperson (Hamilton), Olivia Kaufmann (Mean Girls), Derek Klena (Moulin Rouge!, Jagged Little Pill), Hannah Kloepfer, Andrew Kober (She Loves Me), Pablo Laucerica (Dear Evan Hansen), Taylor Louderman (Mean Girls), Izzy McCalla (The Prom, Disney’s Aladdin), Emily Kristen Morris (Wicked), Desi Oakley (Waitress), Kim Onah (& Juliet), Marina Pires (How to Dance in Ohio), Carrie St. Louis (Wicked), Shereen Pimentel (West Side Story), Gabriella Joy Rodriguez, Presley Ryan (Beetlejuice), Caesar Samayoa (Come From Away), Heath Saunders (Company), A.J. Shively (Paradise Square), Cherry Torres (Hamilton), Allie Trimm (Bye Bye Birdie), Danielle Wade (Mean Girls), Gabe Violett (“The Voice”), Teal Wicks (The Cher Show, Wicked), Eleri Ward, Samantha Williams (Caroline, or Change).
Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time.
