Amir and Caitlyn smilie in front of a piano
Shoenfeld
& Burt
Musical theatre writing team
About us
Amir and Caitlyn sit on steps outside
We are Caitlyn Burt and Amir Shoenfeld. We write musicals.
What have we been up to the last few years?
Recently, we have been fortunate enough to be chosen as the first Cameron Mackintosh Resident Writing Team and spent six months at Theatr Clwyd working on our musical, OTTO WEIDT'S BRUSH AND BROOM WORKSHOP FOR THE BLIND – we presented a half-hour selection of OTTO at BEAM2023 in Oxford. Our audio musical, SHEILA THE TINY TURTLE, is featured on the podcast, Bite-Sized Broadway (IndieWorks Theatre, 2022) and our song, ‘Looking at the Moon’, was the winner of the Tarento Productions initiative, Song for Our Time, selected by Jason Robert Brown (2020). We have also been commissioned to write 'Clubhouse' programme for International Dance Technique (2020-2023).
We are advanced graduates of BOOK Music & Lyrics, the UK’s leading workshop for musical theatre writers and members of Mercury Musical Developments.
OTTO WEIDT'S BRUSH AND BROOM WORKSHOP FOR THE BLIND
Inspired by a true story, Otto Weidt is a blind German man who employs Jewish workers with vision impairments during WWII, shielding them from the Nazis. When Alice, the secretary he falls in love with, is transported to Auschwitz, Otto must overcome the prejudices of his brother and country in his attempt to rescue her.
With visual information integrated into dialogue, lyrics and sound design, Otto Weidt’s creative access enhances the piece for audience members of all sight levels, telling an important story of strength in diversity.
Picture 1: Caitlyn stands to sing while Amir plays a piano, performing for Claude-Michel Schönberg
Picture 2: Eight creatives stand in front of a colourful background smiling at the end of their R&D at Theatr Clwyd
Picture 3: Anthony Gough and Ada Eravama model using their canes for students standing behind rows of chairs. The students wear simspecs.
OTHER PROJECTS
Sheila the Tiny Turtle
In the Australian desert, a family of turtles look after their sick mother. Sheila, the smallest of the siblings, never gets to help. But when Sheila hears of seeds that might cure her mother way WAY across the desert, she determines to do whatever it takes to retrieve them, and learns what it means to be a different kind of strong.
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Caitlyn and Amir lean their heads either side of a pole.