Dana is a musical theatre composer, arranger, and orchestrator. Music and Lyrics: 5th Republic (NYMF 2011), Jarreau’s (NYMF Developmental Reading 2012), Báthory. Arranging/Orchestration: Gypsy of the Year: Avenue Q Presentation (Minskoff Theatre, Broadway), Joanna Gleason (Provincetown Art House), Well Strung (various), LUDO’s Broken Bride (various). Film Scoring: The Waystation in the Stars (dir. Brandon Morrissey), Monica’s Mixing Bowl (dir. Jesse Averna, prod. Stacey Weingarten and Monica Willey). Dana is a graduate of The New School. She also studies Oud and Arab music with the conductor of the New York Arabic Orchestra, Bassam Saba.

UPCOMING WORKS

“Closing the Gap” a benefit concert for the Great Neck Library at Joe’s Pub (February 16th)

“5th Republic” reading with Musical Theater Factory (April 13th)

CREDITS

5th Republic (Music and Lyrics)

Jarreau’s (Music and Lyrics)

UPCOMING WORKS

Rescue Rue – (Reading February 10th 2015)

5th Republic (Reading April 13th 2015)

Monica’s Mixing Bowl (Interstitials/Pilot to be released by fall/winter 2015)

CREDITS

5th Republic (Book: Stacey Weingarten, Music/Lyrics: Dana Levinson)

Jarreau’s (Book: Larry Hamilton & Stacey Weingarten, Music/Lyrics: Dana Levinson)

Rescue Rue (Concept, Book, Addt’l Lyrics: Stacey Weingarten, Music/Lyrics: Kate Steinberg and Joshua Zecher-Ross)

Monica’s Mixing Bowl (Original Concept: Monica Willey, Head Writer/Producer & Concept Development: Stacey Weingarten)

UPCOMING WORKS

Untitled Cruise Ship Musical (Bookwriter And Lyricist–Dg Fellows Program)

Invincible (Composer And Lyricist–Based On The Children’s Book)

Rodman In North Korea (Librettist–Houghton Lyric Theater, March 2015)

Ben’s original work has been performed at Alice Tully Hall, Symphony Space, LAByrinth Theater Company, Ars Nova, The Duplex (MAC Award nomination for Best Song), NYMF, and on Good Morning America. His original song, “Look At Us Here,” was performed to honor Cynthia Nixon as she received the 2013 Artist for Equality award. Ben is the resident composer at A Broader Way, an immersive program for girls from underserved communities that was founded and is run by Idina Menzel, Jeanine Tesori and Taye Diggs.

CREDITS

The Insurgents
Boiling Point
lulz: a troll musical
A Broader Way Foundation

Charlie Sohne is a 2014-2015 member of the Civilians R&D Group, Dramatists Guild Fellowship Program and Lark Play Development Center’s Meeting of the Minds.  He has previously written lyrics for Tina Girlstar (book by Anton Dudley, music by Brian Feinstein), which was workshopped at New York Stage and Film (dir. Jeremy Dobrish), in NY (dir. Sam Buntrock) and optioned by Olympus Theatricals; The Shadow Sparrow (book by Anton Dudley, music by Keith Gordon), which was workshopped at The 2011 O’Neill Music Theater conference (dir. Joe Calarco) and the 2012 City Theater Momentum Festival (dir. Matt Morrow); and Kissing The Underworld (book by Anton Dudley) which received a commission from The Cherry Lane Theater.

CREDITS

The Boy Who Danced on Air
The Profit of Creation
The Shadow Sparrow

Tim Rosser is a composer and freelance music director. Credits include: composer of several musicals with bookwriter/lyricist Charlie Sohne, “The Boy Who Danced on Air” (2014 NAMT Writers Residency, 2013 NAMT Festival of New Works, 2013 Rodgers Award Finalist, 2013 ART/NY and NYTB Workshop), “The Profit of Creation” (2011 Yale Institute for Musical Theater, one of ten finalists for the O’Neill Music Theater Conference 2011 and 2012, developed at The Lark and through ASCAP’s 2010 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Program) and the short musical Political Speeches (The Culture Project’s IMPACT Series). Tim is also the music director for the BC/EFA benefit BROADWAY BACKWARDS (at the Palace and Al Hirschfeld Theaters on Broadway), the associate music director for I AM HARVEY MILK at Avery Fischer Hall, has played keyboards for ROCKY and THE ADDAMS FAMILY on Broadway and CARRIE at the Lucille Lortel, and rehearsal piano for A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at the Walter Kerr and LITTLE ME in City Center’s ENCORES! Series.

CREDITS

The Boy Who Danced on Air
The Profit of Creation

A native of South Africa, Sophie Jaff is the author of LOVE IS RED, Book One in the Nightsong Trilogy (HarperCollins May 2015), which was recently favorably reviewed by the New York Times. She is an alumna of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University. She was the bookwriter/lyricist for the children’s musical A SHELTER IN OUR CAR, which the New York Times called a “poignant, sensitively written and buoyant show” and was subsequently published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Sophie’s children’s book THE ADVENTURES OF LULA THE DISCONTENTED COW was published in 2005. Other work includes ERIKA’S WALL, NOT THAT WE’RE BITTER, EVERYTHING and STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM which won the Frederick Loewe Foundation Grant. Her work has been performed at Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, The Duplex, The Gershwin, and Goodspeed Musicals. She lives in New York City with her husband and their dog Noodle. Sophie is represented by Alexandra Machinist of ICM Partners and Josie Freedman of ICM Partners.

CREDITS

A Shelter in Our Car
Apple Heart
Erika’s Wall
Everything
Story of an African Farm

Kathleen Tagg is a composer, pianist, producer and music director.

Credits: The musical Erika’s Wall with Sophie Jaff (in development, presented in 1st draft workshop performances at The Music Theatre Company, Chicago 2010), Apple Heart with Sophie Jaff (2009- songs performed at 54 Below, Duplex, Lincoln Center). Alt-cabarets include the Afrikaans Spieël Speel with lyrics by a range of South African writers (2013) and Soul of Fire (2012) created with South African singer Zanne Stapelberg (Country-wide tours of South Africa). Soul of Fire (pianist, arranger, producer) was nominated for the SA Music Awards for best classical/instrumental album, and was used on television and in the film Die Laaste Tango (2013). Commissions include the Cape Philharmonic (2014), Jewish Culturefest Vienna (2015) & clarinetist David Krakauer (2013).

New works & arrangements: Breath & Hammer electro-acoustic project with Grammy-nominated clarinetist David Krakauer, Where Worlds Collide- 2-piano fusion of jazz/African music/classical/extended techniques with pianist Andre Petersen.

Kathleen holds the Helen Cohn Award as outstanding doctoral graduate of the Manhattan School of Music. She has performed on 4 continents in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center & Sondheim Theatre, and during summer she is on the faculty of SongFest in Los Angeles. Recordings: NAXOS, Universal, Table Pounding Records, Ossia Records, Gallo Africa and the Broadway Lullabies Project.

UPCOMING WORKS

Erika’s Wall

CREDITS

Erika’s Wall

Apple Heart

Spieël Speel