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Kait Kerrigan: What Copyright Means to Me
Kait Kerrigan. Photo credit: Jenny Woodward
Photo credit: Jenny Woodward

To be a good musical theatre writer, you must be collaborative by nature. You must genuinely believe that having other artists at the table makes for better work. We are not novelists, creating entire worlds alone in private corners for others to enter only when they open the spine of the book. We are not even playwrights, generally crafting a full draft with a beginning, middle, and end before collaborating with directors, designers, and actors. As musical theatre writers, we say, “I have an idea,” and entreat others to join us in transforming that idea into a musical. 

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Kait Kerrigan
Kait Kerrigan

is an award-winning bookwriter, lyricist, and playwright. BROADWAY: The Great Gatsby (book, BroadwayWorld Fans’ Choice Award); WEST END: The Time Traveller’s Wife (add’l lyrics); OFF-BROADWAY: The Mad Ones (book and lyrics), Henry and Mudge (lyrics and book, Kleban Award). Additional musicals: The Heart (book, add’l lyrics), Indigo (book), Justice (lyrics), and Earthrise (lyrics). Follow @kaitkerrigan