NATHAN TYSEN is a Tony and Grammy-nominated writer and occasional performer. Broadway: The Great Gatsby, Paradise Square (with Jason Howland & Masi Asare; 10 Tony Award Nominations including Best Musical and Best Original Score), Amélie (with composer and co-lyricist Dan Messé; Drama League nomination), Tuck Everlasting(with composer Chris Miller; Outer Critics & Drama League nominations). West End: The Great Gatsby, Amélie (Three Olivier Nominations including Best New Musical). Off-Broadway: The Burnt Part Boys (Playwrights Horizons & Vineyard Theatre; Lucille Lortel nomination), Fugitive Songs (Drama Desk nomination), Stars of David. Regional: Stillwater (Kansas City Rep with band Joe's Pet Project), The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Barrington Stage Co.). TV/FILM: A Killer Party, Sesame Street (2012 Emmy Award), Elmo's World, The Electric Company, as well as two circuses for Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey. Current projects: Kane and Abel (with composer Frank Wildhorn, based on Jeffrey Archer’s novel, opening in Tokyo January 2025. In 2014, Nathan won both the Edward Kleban prize for most promising lyricist and the Fred Ebb award for excellence in musical theatre songwriting. He is the recipient of awards and grants from Jonathan Larson, Richard Rodgers, Daryl Roth, Kitty Carlisle Hart, ASCAP, and the NEA. Writer/director for Lovewell Institute, creating original musicals with young adults. MFA NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, BFA Missouri State University. Husband to writer Kait Kerrigan, father to Lucy and Tess.