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"Fred Rodgers meets the Pied Piper", ages 7-70!
Amidst a seventeenth century New England colony ravished with social problems , the hero transforms himself into a kinder and more compassionate leader. Story takes place during a crisis of environmental destruction as well as conflicts between white European settlers and indigenous peoples. Lyrics present as traditional but tempo can be upped to suit more modern tastes. Libretto includes indigenous people's music and dance as well as English traditional music and folk dances.

I was part of the Tisch musical theater masters program as a librettist. I dropped out to pursue a film degree at AFI and CalArts. It was a great choice, but I still very much like the connection of live musical theater. I’ve completed the libretto that got me into the NYU program as a fragment. It’s an adaptation of a haunting play by Pirandello. If you’ve ever seen Six Characters in search of an Author, you will know what drew me to the project. It’s a life and death- love and lies- emotional unraveling that’s strung as tight as the top key on a concert grand. I’ve got a pretty good contemporary update completed.

NYC-based playwright turning festival play into musical, has lyrics, looking for composer for up-tempo melodies. Play "Simius! The Musical" about a monkey puppet who takes over a wealthy family. Freudian Oedipal dark comedy. Think David Lynch meets Peewee's Playhouse.

I have written 2 lyrical plays in need of a collaborative composer.
1- A "Self-Help" type play that deals with alcoholism and addiction. Despite the seriousness of the subject, there is an adequate tone of humor.
2- A play about betrayal by a best friend within a business environment. Although the subject is dark, there is an adequate tone of humor. For this play, I had a collaborative composer who wrote the music to about half the show's songs. Unfortunately, before he could complete the project, cancer took his life.

I've written the book for a musical that is a prequel to Peter Pan, focusing on Captain Hook's backstory and the idea that maybe Peter isn't such a hero after all. I am in need of a Composer and Lyricist for the show.

I have 4 projects - 3 musicals and 1 opera libretto. Subject matters range from dementia to land use (Native American burial ground vs oil exploration) to love, hate and obsession to a retelling of Phaedra.