A new musical inspired by the true story of Chickasaw 1920s star Wanda Savage.

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Awards, Accolades & Development

Headline Awards and Accolades

  • 2026 Berkeley Rep Ground Floor Lab Finalist
  • 2026 Pipeline Arts Foundation Finalists
  • 2024 and 2025 Eugene O'Neill New Musical Conference Semifinalist
  • 2024 Dramatists Guild Foundation National Musical Theatre Fellowship (Nicolette Blount)
  • 2023 First Runner Up, Broadway Shark Tank
  • 2022 Honorable Mention, American Playwriting Foundation's Relentless Award In honor of Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Other Awards and Accolades

  • 2026 University of Wyoming Excellence Artist Fund Finalist
  • 2025 Musical Theatre Factory Semifinalists
  • 2024 Chosen for Creative Nation's First Storytellers Festival Residency, The Dairy Theatre, Boulder, CO
  • 2024 Finalist For Playwrights Realm Native American Artist Lab
  • 2024 Top 20 Finalists for the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat
  • 2024 Selected for residency for Bethany Arts Community Residency
  • 2023 and 2024 Selected for SHEarts NYC Festival 
  • 2022  Broadway World Regional Boston Awards (Eleven Nominations ) First Runner Up Best New Musical (nonprofessional), other nonprofessional category awards: 2nd Runner Up Best Ensemble, 3rd Runner Up Best Musical, Best Supporting Performer, Best Direction, and Best Lighting Design
  • June 8, 2019 - Best Song for Wanda Savage, Ken Davenport's Theatre Makers Awards

Development

Cabarets and Concerts

Cabarets and Concerts

  • Sept./Oct. 2024 - Creative Nation's First Storytellers Residency and Festival (Reading)
  • Jan. 2024 - National Dramatists Guild Foundation's Musical Theatre Fellowship (Nicolette)
  • June 2023 - Two table readings with NYC actors, one with with an all Native cast. 
  • April 2023 First Broadway Shark Tank, Open Jar Studios, First runner up. 
  • April 1-3, 2022 - First Developmental Performance Ja'Duke Theater (4 performances)
  • June 28, 2021- Released 7 song EP to all music streaming platforms
  • May 2020 First Savage Developmental Production (stopped: COVID shut down)
  • September 2019 - Table reading, Broadway Cast
  • July 9 & 14, 2019 -New York Musical Festival, Laurie Beechman Theatre, 2 sold out concerts 
  • May 2018 - Arena Civic Theatre presents A Night of One Acts featuring a Reading of Savage Act 1
  •  January 2017 - Savage the Musical development begins


*Dramaturg work with Ali Keller, Laura Shamas, and currently Megan Smith (Daryl Roth Productions).

Cabarets and Concerts

Cabarets and Concerts

Cabarets and Concerts

  • 2025 Bury My Heart on Broadway Native Cabaret, New York Theatre Workshop, in association with Safe Harbors and La Ma Ma Theatre featuring Warrior and Unconquerable 
  • 2025 Mom's Night Out Broadway Cabaret, 54 Below, featuring Cat's Meow
  • 2025 Iconoclast Voices, Green Room 42, produced by Iconoclast Collective featuring Warrior with Brooke Simpson (1776) and Kimberly JaJuan (Ragtime, Marie Christine, King David)
  • 2024 Focus on Native Composers, Celebration of Native Arts, Boulder, CO featuring Warrior and Unconquerable 
  • Sept. 30, 2022 -  Women of the Wings, 54 Below, featuring Warrior and Currency of Men
  • July 9 & 14, 2019 - Savage concert, New York Musical Festival, Laurie Beechman Theatre Featuring: Colin Hanlon (Broadway: Rent, Falsettos, In Transit, Wicked, TV: Modern Family ) Corey Mach (Merrily We Roll Along, Kinky Boots, Hands on a Hardbody, Godspell), Marissa Rosen (Water for Elephants, Kristen Chenoweth: For the Girls, Film: Kindergarten Cop, TV: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) Chris Lorenc, Michael Andreaus (Broadway tour: Ain't Too Proud), Logan Blount, Samantha Myburgh}
  • June 25, 2019 - Broadway Sessions Performance: Wanda Savage and Warrior
  • February 9, 2018 - The Movemeant , Academy of Music Theatre, Thomas Kincaid Productions presents featuring Wanda Savage
  • December 2017, Holiday Vaudeville Show, Eggtooth Productions, Shea Theatre, MA featuring Wanda Savage, Look At Me, and Start Again from Savage





Contact Us

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Savage: The Unconquerable Wanda Savage

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