Musical Pawns is a light-hearted musical-comedy that uses humour, satire and music to tell the rather scary story of the struggle to save music during the first part of the 20th century, and the ongoing struggle of Nowakowsky’s descendants to get the music recorded and produced.

Performed at the 2012 FRIGID New York Theater Festival and Toronto's 2015 FRINGE Festival, Musical Pawns twice took home the Audience Choice Award.