FWD Theatre Project is dedicated to the Discovery, Development, and Delivery of the new American musical, building a Festival of Works in Development for the future of original musicals and benefit of the City of Chicago. Founded in 2014, the company's mission is to advance Chicago as a premiere destination for new musical theatre by presenting public staged readings of the genre's best new works to Chicago's producing entities for future full production consideration. In support of this effort, FWD creates educational and community outreach opportunities to the greater community for expansion of musical theatre cultural awareness.

Currently entering its second season, FWD Theatre Project is casting all ages and ethnicities for its upcoming productions of:

code name: CYNTHIA by Steve and Karen Multer
Betty Thorpe (code name: CYNTHIA) is a stunning beauty and master spy, blackmailed into seducing the enemy to save civilization from a ruthless dictator - and her own delicate world from falling to pieces. Based on the true story of an unsung American WWII patriot, Washington DC becomes a chessboard where honor, sex, and political ethics are as up for grabs as the fate of the free world.

Coyote by Tim McCorry & Michael Aman
Inspired by a true story, Coyote is a modern American tale of love and adventure. Pedro and Bernadice are young lovers, determined to be re-united, who turn to a mysterious figure known only as Coyote to help them make a perilous crossing from Mexico into the United States. They have no idea that they have engaged the services of a magical, god-like creature who can change form, leap into their dreams and is bound by neither time nor space. He is a trickster. He is also their only hope in a struggle of love against fear.

Central Avenue Breakdown by Kevin Ray, Andrea Lepcio, & D.A. Taylor, with additional story by Suellen Vance
Central Avenue Breakdown opens at the height of the jazz scene in 1940's Los Angeles, when swing is hot and bop is just around the corner. Two brothers, Bill and Jim Marcel, haunted by their father's failure, play for success - older brother Bill on tenor sax digs the popular tunes while Jim blows alto and aims for a new sound. A Hollywood starlet turns both their heads as brother betrays brother, first in music, then in love. Can music save their family and their dreams?