Editing Sheridan College (section)

=== Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP) ===
The Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP) was established by [[Michael Rubinoff]], and was an incubator for new musical theatre works by Canadian and international composers, lyricists and book-writers.<ref name="Nestruck2015">{{cite web |last1=Nestruck |first1=J. Kelly |title=A homegrown musical-theatre movement emerges across Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/a-homegrown-musical-theatre-movement-emerges-across-canada/article26634754/ |website=Globe and Mail |access-date=28 December 2024 |date=2 October 2015}}</ref> CMTP connects creative teams with talented students who help bring new characters to life, creating an environment for material to be tested and rewritten. Three or four projects are selected each year, with a five-week workshop period culminating in staged readings in front of a 200-person audience of industry professionals and theatre enthusiasts. Since its inception in 2011, 225 students, 34 writers and composers and 25 guest directors and music directors have participated in the creation of 19 new musicals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cmtp.sheridancollege.ca/|title=Sheridan {{!}} Canadian Music Theatre Project|website=cmtp.sheridancollege.ca|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>

==== Connection to Come From Away ====
''Come From Away'' began its life and development at the Canadian Music Theatre Project in 2012. Over two seasons, the CMTP provided the creative team 12 weeks of development time and support, with exceptional student performers, crew, and creative teams. Access to onsite recording facilities to create demo recordings aided in the continuing development of the musical. The workshops culminated in test performance with a full band and live audiences at Sheridan and the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto. The full, two-act musical was produced by Theatre Sheridan the following year. ''Come From Away'' was part of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and Goodspeed Festivals of New Musicals. It was optioned by Tony-Award winning producers Junkyard Dog Productions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cmtp.sheridancollege.ca/projects/come-from-away/|title=Come From Away – Sheridan {{!}} Canadian Music Theatre Project|website=cmtp.sheridancollege.ca|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Tony |title=From Gander to Broadway |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20161113/281822873376906 |via=[[PressReader]] |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409161013/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20161113/281822873376906 |archive-date=Apr 9, 2023 |language=en |date=13 Nov 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

As a credited producer on the musical, Sheridan became the first postsecondary institution to be nominated for Tony Award when Come From Away was recognized with a nomination for Best New Musical Tony in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sheridancollege.ca/news-and-events/news/sheridan-makes-history-with-tony-award-nomination-for-come-from-away|title=Sheridan makes History with Tony Award Nomination for Come From Away|website=Sheridan College|language=en-ca|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/theater/tony-awards-nominations-list.html|title=Tony Awards 2017: The Full List of Nominations|last=Piepenburg|first=Erik|date=May 2, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 20, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>