Current Projects

Working with a range of multi-hyphenate performers, creators and filmmakers, each of these musicals is uniquely cinematic in different ways to maintain a diverse slate of projects within the movie musical genre.

If you would like to learn more about any of these projects, please reach out: connect@CounterpointMusicals.com

SHOWTUNED

  • SHOWTUNED is a weekly podcast about musicals and the craft of storytelling through song, hosted by @BrettBoles (The M Tea) and Josh Shelton (Counterpoint Musicals).

  • Launched in Spring 2026, we are building community, featuring guests, and sharing deep dives into the layers of ways songs tell stories - from melodies to harmonies, lyrics to dialogue, characters to scenes - and how it all comes together in this unique medium where songs are the engine of the story.

  • Listen on Spotify. Join for Free on Patreon.

WHERE WERE YOU

  • Inspired by the true love story of creators @LeahAndPhillip, WHERE WERE YOU, is an intimate micro-budget musical about pursuing creativity and connection while overcoming heartbreak and broken homes.

  • After an Award-Winning festival run, Counterpoint Musicals is partnering with the filmmakers to bring the film to audiences everywhere.

TEMPO RUBATO

  • A musical, sci-fi love story, TEMPO RUBATO, places us inside a married couple’s attempt to use time-travel to save their relationship.

  • A musical feature film, designed for indie-film production with minimal locations, 3 characters, and a high concept —no dance numbers, no glitter—this story lives in the music, pulling us into the honest emotion of the characters.

  • Watch the 9 minute proof-of-concept, filmed in 1 day, 5 person crew, under $5k.

SPACE DOGS

  • Reimagined for the screen from the hit off-Broadway stage show, SPACE DOGS, is an inventive mixed-media movie musical about the Soviet Union space program that sent dogs into space, invented satellites, and helped prevent nuclear war.

  • Partnering with top creators in animation, puppets and live-action to design a kaleidoscopic visual identity and build a creative community.

  • Listen to the Original Off-Broadway Cast Album.

THE DO-OVER

  • Based on the book by New York Times #1 Bessting Author, Lynn Painter, THE DO-OVER is a high school rom-com set in a time-loop on Valentines Day, where two teenagers don’t learn to love, they learn to not give a fuck.

  • Producing with BookTok top creator @MorgannBook’s Bookish Media. Songs to be written by @AlyssaThePayne.

  • Listen to reference songs from Alyssa’s body of work.