As a composer and lyricist, I know that there is as much story in music as there is in language—and every good story has a musical language all its own. I’m inspired by imaginative storytelling: the tart-and-tasty wordplay of Minchin, the leitmotifs of Wagner, and the unjaded playfulness of the collaborative process itself. I’m not precious with my work: I love to throw ideas at the wall to see what sticks, find kernels of inspiration in the bits that don’t, and revel in the mess of creation. Spanning from turn-of-the-century Texas bluegrass to playful patter songs to earworm adolescent ballads, my work as a composer and lyricist aims to create the new musical languages that will give voice to new theatrical worlds.
The goree all-girl string band |
Productions/Readings/Concerts
NYMF 2017 Next Link Project, Acorn Theatre, Theatre Row, NYC NY Theatre Barn New Works Series 2017, The Cell, NYC Concert Reading, 2017, Feinstein's/54 Below Awards 2017 KSF Artist of Choice Recipient for Musical Theater 2017 Anna Sosenko Grant Winner 2017 NYMF Outstanding Music Award, nominee 2017 NYMF Best Musical Award, nominee |
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THE LAST AGE OF HORSES |
MUSIC & LYRICS | Artie Sievers
BOOK & LYRICS | Laura Winters |
Jane Franklin is ready to rock 8th grade.
She has her fierce friend group Mimi, Penelope, and Elizabeth who all love the YA dystopian series The Moonstress Chronicles, and most importantly, they’re all on the same hobby horse racing team. When Jane’s cooler cousin Akira (who is a freshman in high school) shows up in town, she makes Jane and her friends think twice about whether or not being 8th grade hobby horse racers will brand them with an unshakeable and dorky reputation while entering high school. THE LAST AGE OF HORSES is a coming of age musical where preteen girls are forced to decide between their image and imagination. |