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The Pratt Prize for Musical Theatre is Australia’s richest music theatre prize. Valued at $80,000, The Pratt Prize seeks to find outstanding new Australian music theatre talent through a commissioning program administered by The Production Company. This Prize, funded through The Pratt Foundation was established by Jeanne Pratt, AC in 2002.

Expressions of interest are now open for The 2008 Pratt Prize.

Jeanne Pratt, AC said “We are actively seeking young talent to further this great artform in Australia. But writers and composers can’t live on their passion alone. We hope to enable them to fully explore their talents with the cash assistance and professional development The Pratt Prize provides.”

Writers and composers should register their interest by July 31 to be in the running for this exceptional prize. Offered for just the fourth time, the Pratt Prize was originally awarded as a cash prize and a workshop presentation of the winning entry. In 2006 the commissioning program began with three outstanding young Australians each receiving a cash prize to further their works – Anthony Crowley, Mathew Frank and Dean Bryant.

Submissions can be as much as a fully orchestrated musical or as little as a synopsis. Creators are asked to submit their expression of interest in being commissioned along with a CV of their works to date.

Works will be considered by a judging panel that includes Jeanne Pratt AC, composer and Edinburgh Festival Artistic Director Jonathan Mills, General Manager of The Production Company, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes AM, producer and publicist John Hay-Mackenzie, journalist, author and opera critic Michael Shmith, director Roger Hodgman and consultants including the conductor, Peter Casey and actor/director, Malcolm Robertson.

Full details on the 2008 Pratt Prize can be found at: www.theproductioncompany.com.au