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Musical theatre · July 24, 2026

Why The First Verse is the flagship

Inside the contemporary musical about ambition, friendship, heartbreak, and finding the courage to sing in your own voice.

The First Verse begins where many creative lives begin: with talent, ambition, uncertainty, and the need to discover which voice is truly your own.

The contemporary musical follows young artists pursuing music careers while navigating friendship, heartbreak, identity, and the difficult distance between wanting a dream and becoming ready to live it.

Its songs are not pauses in the story. They reveal choices, fears, and emotional contradictions the characters cannot express any other way. That relationship between character and music gives the project its center.

Amy MatthewASCAP Songwriter · Lyricist · Publisher

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