 Drew Fornarola – is a graduate of Princeton
University, where he studied
Political
Science and Music. In September 2005,
while still in college, he became the youngest member of the BMI
Musical Theater Workshop, where he continues to work as both a composer
and
lyricist. His musicals include COLLEGE:
The Musical (Hippodrome State Theatre; developmental workshops at Pace University, University at Buffalo,
and Princeton); VOTE
(for Me!): A Musical Debate, commissioned by producer Robyn
Goodman (Avenue
Q , In the Heights); Diptych (Prospect Theater Company), and Letters from a Lost
Doll
(BMI
Workshop). From 2003 – 2006 he
contributed 21 songs and
worked on 3 libretti for the Princeton Triangle Club which received
performances across the country, including at the 2006 NY Fringe
Festival. Drew is also an active composer
of concert
music. www.drewfornarola.com
.
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 Scott Elmegreen is a recent graduate from
Princeton University (B.A. in Music and
Creative Writing), where he studied composition under Paul Lansky and
writing
under Joyce Carol Oates. Scott’s
musicals include COLLEGE:
The Musical (Hippodrome State
Theatre; developmental workshops at Pace University, University at Buffalo,
and Princeton),
and VOTE (for Me!): A Musical Debate,
commissioned by producer Robyn Goodman (Avenue Q, In the Heights).
Scott
is a founding member and the Resident Composer
of the New York theater company, The
American Story Project. His work with
them has included composition,
sound design, and dramaturgy for Tone
Clusters (Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland), We Can’t Reach You, Hartford, (Bedlam Theatre; Wings
Theater, NYC; Wesleyan University), Daguerreotype (Abingdon Theatre, NYC),
and the four-part series, What I Took in My Hand (Ontological Theater,
NYC; Brick
Theater, NYC).
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Thursday, September 2