The six musicals selected to take part in the inaugural Grassroots Project Readings 2016 were Bradley McCaw's 'The Oasis', Steven Kreamer & Alex Giles' 'In Stitches", Nicole Melloy & Derek Rowe's 'Bettie', Jess Newman's 'Einstein: Master of the Universe, Amity Dry's 'Famous', and Joel Paszkowski and Tom Reed's 'Stealing Picasso'.