Imagine Montreal as an internationally recognized hotbed for the development of exciting new live musicals! Welcome to the “Off—Broadway North” we are working to create.

The Next Wave Festival of New Musicals was born from the idea that Montreal must not simply be host to visiting stars and huge institutions. We need to nurture the wealth of young and emerging talent that Quebec produces every year, who otherwise must leave town if they want to pursue their careers. Once they leave, few ever come back. This is a total drain of our talented local performers and our tax dollars, too. And we can do something about it.

We strongly believe that we can and should work together to improve our local community life.   Projects that are medium sized can still employ and train a significant number of our local performing artists. The title of "cultural metropolis” is not just something we can declare unilaterally. We have to show Montrealers –and the world—that we have earned such a distinction.