I write musicals.

  • Everything’s Perfect and Ted Wants to Die

    Co-Book and Lyrics. Music/ Book by Ian Yan

    “On a utopian spaceship thousands of years in the future, Ted is the first person to want to die. After the ship’s AI autopilot refuses his request, Ted must trace its unlikely origins (as well as humanity’s uncommon path to the stars) via the memories of one of Earth’s last surviving objects: a small stuffed animal named Mr. Hoppy.”

    -29 Hr Reading. April 2022. The Dramatists Guild/ Musical Creator’s Institute.

    Currently in development.

  • The Race for the Bahama Nuthatch

    Co-Book and Lyrics. Music/ Book by Sheridan Stevens

    “Paloma Wright wants to resurrect a species, the thought-to-be-extinct “Bahama Nuthatch.” To be the one to find it, she will need to beat the world’s best birdwatcher. The Race for the Bahama Nuthatch questions who has the right to claim something, and answers what it means to see something.” 

    -Workshop Reading. May 2021. Institute of American Musical Theater

    -29 Hr Reading. April 2022. The Dramatists Guild/ Musical Creator’s Institute.

  • Courage House

    Bookwriter. Music by Sheridan Stevens, Lyrics by Michael Liebhauser

    “Inspired by interviews with Courage House Milwaukee residents, Courage House asks what it means to find a home, and what it takes to leave to build one all your own.”

    -Workshop Production First Stage Milwaukee November 2024

  • Fantasy: a Role-Playing Musical

    Co-Book and Lyrics. Music/ Book by Taylor Fagins

    “A group of friends playing dungeons and dragons discover the cost of blurred boundaries between reality and make-believe. Fantasy explores the many games within games of friend dynamics, and the hard-to-follow rules that aren’t included.”

    -Workshop Reading Institute of American Musical Theater May 2020

  • Wiz-Kid

    Co-Book and Lyrics. Music/ Book by Alex Ngo

    “A magician must teach a 10 year old with actual supernatural abilities how to disguise her talents as sleight of hand.”

    29 Hour Reading Musical Creators Institute May 2022

  • Pyramus and Thisbe: the Musical: the Documentary

    “A real fake score written for the fake documentary about the making of the fake musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s real play within a play. Written in-character as renowned theatrical impresario Garland Gould.”

    -NYC Arts Corps Grant Recipient

    -Performed in Fort Tryon Park July 2020

    Music and Lyrics. Book by William Shakespeare

Some of my work.

Here are some things I’ve written performed by some people I love.

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