On Monday, October 5, Joe's Pub at The Public Theater in New York will host its inaugural Music Theatre Intitiative Songwriter Showcase and will feature MTI Authors Benj Pasek and Justin Paul performing excerpts from their new work DOGFIGHT, which has just been commissioned by Lincoln Center Theatre. Performers on Monday night's event will include Leslie Kritzer, Karen Mason, Charlie Brady, Noah Weisberg and Zak Resnick. Tickets and more here.

Pasek and Paul met as Freshmen at the University of Michigan, and at age 21 became the youngest ever recipients of the Jonathan Larson Award. Their musical revue EDGES (available through MTI) has been performed numerous times at various professional theatres and colleges throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.