If you produce a Music Theatre International show, you already know how much of the setup work is the same every season: the title, the performance details, the song order, the basics your contract requires you to track. CUR8's MTI show templates handle that first pass for you, so you can spend your time on the parts of the production that actually need your judgment.
What Are MTI Show Templates in CUR8?
As an official MTI resource, CUR8 offers standardized show formats for the titles licensed through Music Theatre International, from classics like The Sound of Music and Les Misérables School Edition to popular picks like Seussical and Dear Evan Hansen. Each template pre-populates the foundational content a licensed production needs: show title, performance details, song order, and the contract information your program has to include.
Instead of retyping the same basics for every new project, you start from a consistent structure that's already accurate. That consistency is also what keeps errors out of your paperwork later, when a wrong title or missing detail is a much bigger headache to fix.
Why Start From a Template Instead of a Blank Project
A template earns its place in your workflow by removing busywork, not by boxing you in. Using an MTI template gets you:
- Faster setup for popular titles, since the show basics are already filled in
- A consistent structure across every production you run
- Less manual data entry, and fewer chances for a typo to slip through
- More of your time back for the decisions that are actually creative
Templates don't lock your show in. They give you an accurate starting point, and everything past that point, from your rehearsal calendar to your marketing message, is still yours to shape.
How to Import an MTI Show Template
Getting a template into your project takes just a few steps:
- Open your CUR8 dashboard and go to Projects.
- Click Create New Project (or open an existing project where you want to apply a template).
- Choose MTI Show Templates when prompted.
- Search for your show by name, such as Annie or Rent School Edition.
- Select the template that matches your production.
CUR8 loads the official title, performance details, and a default show structure straight into your project. From there, you can organize your show details the way your team actually works, and start laying out a rehearsal and performance schedule around the dates you've set.
After You Apply the Template
Once the template is in place, you'll have the official title and performance information filled in, a default show structure to build on, and placeholders ready for your schedules, descriptions, and ticketing. From there you can add your venue details, adjust the number of performances, set your ticket pricing, and bring on your people, teams, and schedules.
Pro Tip
Before you move on to ticketing or publishing, take a few minutes to review the imported show details. Add any additional groups or roles your production needs, and fill in ensemble roles for scenes that didn't come with one in the template. Once a template is imported, it's fully yours to customize.
That's the whole workflow: start from an accurate MTI structure, then finish the details that make the production your own. When you're ready to put the rest of your season together, make your moment with CUR8.