EVENT: MUSICAL ADAPTATION IN PRACTICE: FILM, THEATER, AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS (12 December 2025)
Musical Adaptation in Practice: Film, Theater, and The Creative Process
Organisers: Seda Öz (University of Delaware) and Julie Grossman (Le Moyne College)
12 December 2025
The upcoming event Musical Adaptation in Practice: Film, Theater, and the Creative Process is part of Adaptation Today’s mentorship series, which supports emerging and established scholars alike through collaborative, cross-disciplinary dialogue. In this special session, we'll hear from artists who adapt stories across media, whether through composing new scores for silent films, or staging theatrical adaptations with music and puppetry.
- Nicolas Scherzinger (Composer, Professor of Music, Syracuse University)
Adaptation as Interpretation: Scoring Absurdist Silent Comedy
- Erin O’Hara (Film Composer, Songwriter, Music Producer & Engineer, Sound Artist)
Adapting Perspectives: Giving Voice to Women in Silent Film
- Matt Chiorini (Artistic Director and Playwright, Le Moyne College) & Travis Newton (Conductor, Musician, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Le Moyne College)
Adapting Franz Kafka for the Stage. With Puppets!
Each speaker will give a short talk about their adaptation journey, accompanied by clips from their work, including selections from Sherlock Jr., Blackmail, and Kafka: The Musical. A live Q&A will follow.
This event is free and open to all.
Friday, December 12, 2025 | 12:00 PM EST
Online (Zoom – Registration Required) 🔗 Register here
