THEATER
MUSIC-THEATER/OPERA
Ongoing MOTHER/ROAD | MacDowell, Bushwick Starr, NYTW, Noor Theater
Ongoing SALONIKA | w/Julia Gytri | Berkeley REP Ground Floor, Weston Playhouse
Ongoing THE LESSON | w/Nolan Doran & Ty Defoe | Ars Nova, Dramatists Guild, New York Theater Barn
Ongoing PROVENANCE | w/Kendell Pinkney | National Opera Center
Ongoing PLAGUE YEAR MOST REMARKABLE | w/Mariam Bazeed | Mercury Store
Ongoing EDESSA OF BAGHDAD | w/Dalia Ashurina | National New Play Network
2024 MVCT’S LITTLE WOMEN | w/Liza Birkenmeier & Trish Harnetiaux | dir. Portia Krieger | Clubbed Thumb
2024 THROUGH THE SUNKEN LANDS | w/Tim Lord | dir. Cara Phipps | The Kennedy Center
2023 THE RABBI PIRATE | w/Eric Connor Marlin | dir. Lila Becker | The Civilians
2022 THUNDERBEINGS | w/Nolan Doran & Ty Defoe | The New Victory Theater
2021 JEUNE TERRE | w/Gab Reisman | dir. Alice Regan | Page73
2019 PAUL SWAN IS DEAD AND GONE | w/Claire Kiechel | dir. Steve Cosson | The Civilians
2019 WE WERE EVERYWHERE | w/Jo Evans | dir. Shariffa Ali | Princeton University
2021 JEUNE TERRE | w/Gab Reisman | dir. Jeremy Cohen | The Playwrights Center
2018 RATED BLACK | w/Kareem Lucas | dir. LA Williams | New York Theater Workshop, Dixon Place
2018 INSHALLAH/MASHALLAH | dir. Avi Amon | Target Margin Theater
2018 JEUNE TERRE | w/Gab Reisman | dir. Alice Regan | Barnard College
2017 DISCOURAGING STORIES | w/Evan Enderle | dir. Greg Wiggans | Drama League
2017 MANY DEATHS OF NATHAN STUBBLEFIELD | w/Claire Kiechel | dir. Eric Hoff | Actors Theatre of Louisville
2016 THE WHITE CITY | w/Julia Gytri | dir. Mark Brokaw | Yale Institute for Music Theater
2016 LULU IS HUNGRY | w/Claire Kiechel | dir. Phillip Gates | Ars Nova
2015 RATED BLACK | w/Kareem Lucas | dir. LA Williams | Teatro Circulo
2015 THE CHILDREN | w/Phillip Howze | dir. Saheem Ali | BRIC
2015 THE CHILDREN | w/Phillip Howze | dir. Jessica Holt | Yale School of Drama
2014 THE WHITE CITY | w/Julia Gytri | dir. Tim Seib | O’Neill National Music Theater Conference
2014 STEP ON A CRACK | w/ Julia Gytri | dir. Dev Bondarin | Prospect Theater Company
2012 THE VITRUVIAN MAN | w/ Marcus Scott | dir. Brandon Ivie | NYU Tisch
ORIGINAL MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN
2025 IRAQ, BUT FUNNY | by Atra Asdou | dir. Dalia Ashurina | Lookingglass Theatre
2025 EMPTY RIDE | by Keiko Green | dir. Sivan Battat | The Old Globe
2024 THEY TOLD YOU THIS | by Emma Wiseman | dir. Rowan Magee | HERE Arts
2024 FISH | by Melis Aker | dir. Tatiana Pandiani | Signature Theater
2024 THE FOLLOWING EVENING | dir. 600 Highwaymen | PAC NYC, Noorderzon Festival
2024 AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY | by Tracy Letts | dir. Amelia Acosta Powell | St. Louis REP
2023 SELLING KABUL | by Sylvia Khoury | dir. Evren Odcikin | Northern Stage
2023 SWEET CHARIOT | by Eric Lockley | dir. Shariffa Ali | The Public Theater
2022 HOUND DOG | by Melis Aker | dir. Machel Ross | Ars Nova
2022 THE BANALITY OF EVIL | dir. Jesse Freedman | The Tank
2022 THEY TOLD YOU THIS | by Emma Wiseman | dir. Rowan Magee | New York Puppet Festival
2022 BENIMLE GELIR MISIN | by Ebru Nihan Celkan | dir. Keenan Tyler Oliphant | PlayCo/Theater Mitu
2022 ANIMIST | by Andy Gaukel | HERE Arts Center
2022 THE NIGHT TRAVELLER | dir. Sivan Battat | Roundabout Theatre
2022 UNSEEN | by Mona Mansour | dir. Evren Odcikin | Oregon Shakespeare Festival
2021 AND COME APART | by Eric Conor Marlin | dir. Lila Becker | The Tank
2021 MLIMA’S TALE | by Lynne Nottage | dir. Shariffa Ali | St. Louis REP
2021 BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL | by Kareem Lucas | dir. Taylor Reynolds | Page73 & NYTW
2020 THE WORK OF ART IN THE AGE…. | dir. Jesse Freedman | The Brick
2020 THE COPPER CHILDREN | by Karan Zacarías | dir. Shariffa Ali | Oregon Shakespeare Festival
2020 STEW | by Zora Howard | dir. Colette Robert | Page73 & Soho Rep
2019 THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM | dir. Zoey Martinson | HERE Arts Center
2019 KUNG FU TALMUD | dir. Jesse Freedman | Exponential Festival
2018 BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL | by Kareem Lucas | dir. Zoey Martinson | JACK
2018 LOVE’S LABOURS LOST | by William Shakespeare | dir. Shariffa Ali | Atlantic Theater
2018 BEAST | by Even Enderle | dir. Gregg Wiggans | The Ace Hotel
2018 TEN BLOCKS ON THE CAMINO REAL | by Tennessee Williams | dir. David Schweizer | Rutgers University
2018 MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM | by August Wilson | dir. Colette Robert | NYU
2018 BAD THINGS HAPPEN HERE | by Eric Connor Marlin | dir. Lila Becker | Edinburgh Fringe
2018 BEYOND THE MACHINE | dir. Helen Cespedes | The Juilliard School
2018 DETROIT ‘67 | by Dominique Morisseau | dir. Shariffa Ali | Brooklyn College
2017 CLARABELLE, 86 | by Anna Fox | dir. Lila Becker | Cloud City
2017 PERICLES | by William Shakespeare | dir. Charise Greene | Barnard College
2016 THE IMAGINARY AUDIENCE | by Mattie Brickman | dir. Emma Steiger | Muhlenberg College
2016 JEW VS. MALTA | dir. Jesse Freedman | La Mama
2016 MADWOMAN OF CHALLIOT | dir. Lesha Woodard | Sulfur Springs, TX
2014 THE LATVIA PROJECT | dir. Annie Levy | Access Theater, Dixon Place
2013 THE DEVINE ONE | by Larry Maslon | dir. Lelund Thompson | La Mama
2008 THE HOSTAGE | by Brendan Behan | dir. Sandy Robbins | Delware REP/PTTP
FILM/DIGITAL
2024 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS YOURS (feature) | dir. Tatyana Tenenbaum | DOCNYC, tenk, Cucalorus
2024 BABA IN GRACELAND | dir. Marc Atkinson Borrull
2024 THE FISHERMAN (feature) | dir. Zoey Martinson | Venice Film Festival
2024 GEDU’S GIFT | dir. Amy Omar | SXSW
2024 SPOOKABLE | dir. Jonathan Culliton | Maryland Film Festival
2023 LAN’S GARDEN | dir. Jennifer Zhou | Slamdance
2023 THE JAM | dir. Sasha Mannng | NYU
2022 AN UMBRELLA IF IT RAINS | dir. Andrew Howell | Runyonland, Columbia University
2022 INCOMPLETE | dir. Zoey Martinson | Hulu
2022 HEROINE’S GUIDE | w/Claire Kiechel | Spotify/Gimlet
2022 NO WORRIES IF NOT | dir. Andrew Howell | Runyonland, Columbia University
2021 DINER | dir. Zoey Martinson | ABC/Disney
2021 NORA’S MOTHER | dir. Neil D’Astolfo | Sleeves Up Productions
2021 CUPIDS | dir. Zoey Martinson | Cannes, Tribeca Film Festival, CBS, BET
2021 MTA RADIO PLAYS | dir. Dominique Rider | Rattlestick Theater
2021 FOR THE BIRDS | dir. Andrew Howell | Runyonland, Columbia University
2020 NOT ALL AT ONCE | w/Rebecca S’Manga Frank | REBOOT
2020 A SIMPLE VOW | dir. Zoey Martinson | Pace University
2019 THE FISHERMAN | dir. Zoey Martinson | HBO Films
2019 SOLE VARIATIONS | dir. Korey Jackson | WNET Thirteen
2019 CREATURES OF YES | dir. Jacob Graham | Judson Arts
2017 JAPANESE KITE PROJECT | dir. Chihiro Shimizu | Tokyo, Japan
2016 STREETWRITE | dir. Blance Magill | New York Film Academy
2012 PAGPAG | dir. JP Su | PBS Video, Sofy
2010 DELAWARE: THE MUSICAL | w/Drew Rifkin | dir. Avi Amon | University of Delaware
2010 EN2NE (Web Series) | w/Allie Myers
2009 READING SEASON | w/Drew Rifkin | dir. Avi Amon | University of Delaware
2009 CREATION (Animated) | w/Christopher Peters
2009 FOILED | dir. Kaelyn Langer | San Diego 48-Hour Film Festival
DANCE
2022 PURGATORY/RELEASE | choreo. Kirven Douthit-Boyd | COCO St. Louis
2021 WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH FIRE | choreo. Jennifer Newman | Little Island NYC
2019 THE DANCES ARE FOR US | choreo. Hadar Ahuvia | Danspace
2018 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS YOURS? | choreo. Hadar Ahuvia | 14th Street Y, BkSD, JCAL
2017 WHILE I HAVE THE FLOOR | choreo. Ayodele Casel | Spoleto Festival
2016 BREAD OF HEAVEN | w/Kendell Pinkney | choreo. Jennifer Newman | 14th Street Y
2013 TIMEKEEPER | choreo. Chihiro Shimizu | Gowanus Arts
2013 RUSHED LIFE | choreo. Chihiro Shimizu | NYU Skirball Center
2012 TASKED PHENOMONOLOGY | w/Nikko Benson | NYU Dance
INSTALLATION
2023 NAMING THE LOST MEMORIAL | w/Lilach Orenstein & Rebecca S’Manga Frank | Greenwood Cemetery
2019 STATIONS | w/Torn Space Theater | Prague Quadrennial
2019 BURDEN | w/Torn Space Theater | Silo City in Buffalo, NY
CONCERTS/ETC.
2024 THE LESSON | w/Nolan Doran & Ty Defoe | dir. Raja Feather Kelly | Ars Nova
2021 YEAR OF THE GOAT | w/Rebecca S’Manga Frank | Lab/Shul
2020 THE WHITE CITY | Jonathan Larson Grant Legacy Concert | Adelphi University
2016 THE WHITE CITY | NAMT Songwriter Showcase| New World Stages
2016 NIKOLA TESLA DROPS THE BEAT | w/Nikko Benson | Joe’s Pub
2015 THE WHITE CITY | w/Chelsea Symphony | Musical Theater Factory | Merkin Concert Hall
2015 KALEIDOSCOPE | spoken word | dir. Kendell Pinkney | 14th Street Y
2014 THE WHITE CITY | In concert | 54 Below
2013 BROADWAY’S FUTURE SONGBOOK | w/Julia Gytri | Lincoln Center
DISCOGRAPHY
2024 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS YOURS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2016 10,000 MILES | w/Jenny & Tyler
2014 NIGHTFALL | w/ Jessica Carvo
2011 A SING-OFF CHRISTMAS | NBC Universal
2010 FAINT NOT | w/ Jenny & Tyler
2008 DELTONES
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2025 THE SHED Open Call | New York, NY
2024 The Workshop, Alumni Cohort | New York, NY
2024 The Mercury Store (w/Kareem Lucas) | New York, NY
2024 MacDowell Fellow (for MOTHER/ROAD) | Peterborough, NH
2024 The Church | Sag Harbor, NY
2024 The Mercury Store (for MOTHER/ROAD) | New York, NY
2023 The Mercury Store (w/Mariam Bazeed) | New York, NY
2022 The Mercury Store (w/Emma Wiseman & Emily Zemba) | New York, NY
2022 New Jewish Culture Fellowship | New York, NY
2022 The New Harmony Project | New Harmony, IN
2022 Johnny Mercer Writer’s Grove at Goodspeed Musicals | Chester, CT
2021 The Workshop, Jewish Theological Seminary | New York, NY
2021 Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat | Rhinebeck, NY
2021 Johnny Mercer Writer’s Grove at Goodspeed Musicals | Chester, CT
2021 Apples and Oranges Arts THEatre ACCELERATOR: VR Edition
2020 Orchard Project Liveness Lab
2019 Dramatists Guild Fellow | New York, NY
2019 Mana Contemporary | Jersey City, NJ
2019 CatWalk Institute | Catskill, NY
2019 The Playwrights Center | Minneapolis, MN
2018 Hi-ARTS | New York, NY
2018 Berkeley REP Ground Floor (for SALONIKA) | San Francisco, CA
2018 Weston Playhouse Writer's Residency | Weston, VT
2018 Magic Time at Judson Memorial Church | New York, NY
2018 Exploring the Metropolis Choreographer & Composer Residency at JCAL | New York, NY
2018 O'Neill Theater Winter Residency | Waterford, CT
2017 Drama League | New York, NY
2017 Actors Theatre of Louisville | Louisville, KY
2017 O'Neill Theater Winter Residency | Waterford, CT
2016 Weston Playhouse Writer's Residency | Weston, VT
2016 Yale Institute for Music Theater (for THE WHITE CITY) | New Haven, CT
2016 Composer-Librettist Studio at New Dramatists | New York, NY
2016 O'Neill Theater Winter Residency | Waterford, CT
2015 BRIC Arts Media | New York, NY
2015 Institute for Collaborative Theater Making | Target Margin Theater | New York, NY
2015 Yale School of Drama/Yale REP (for THE CHILDREN) | New Haven, CT
2014 O'Neill National Music Theater Conference (for THE WHITE CITY) | Waterford, CT
2013 Goodspeed Musical Theater Writers’ Workshop | Chester, CT
AWARDS
2024 UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Prize Fellini Medal for THE FISHERMAN (film)
2023 NAACP Image Award Nomination for INCOMPLETE (film)
2022 Reel Change Film Fund Grant from New Music USA
2022 NY Emmy Nomination for SOLE VARIATIONS (film)
2021 St. Louis Theater Circle Best Sound Design Nomination for MLIMA’S TALE
2021 Thom Thomas Award (through the Dramatists Guild Foundation)
2021 National New Play Network Bridge Program commission
2019 New Music USA Grant
2019 Jonathan Larson Award
2015 Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant
2015 Richard Rogers Award Finalist
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
2015-Present Resident Composer and Music Director at the 52nd Street Project
2016-Present Adjunct Professor, NYU Tisch School Of The Arts. Courses taught:
Advising Faculty for Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program
Sound Design for Composers (MFA students)
Choreographers, Composers, & Designers (MFA and undergrads)
SongMaking collaboration with 52nd Street Project (MFA students)
2022 Guest Artist, Williamstown Theater Festival
2019 Guest Artist, Princeton University
2017 Guest Lecturer, Central Connecticut State University
2016 Teaching Artist with 92nd Street Y
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ASCAP, American Composers’ Forum, Dramatists Guild
EDUCATION
2013 New York University (Tisch School Of The Arts); New York, NY - MFA Musical Theater Writing
2008 University of Delaware; Newark, DE - BS Economics, BA History (Minors: Philosophy & Jazz Piano)