| Jul 07, 2008 |

Joel B. New is an award-winning composer/lyricist.  He is the proud recipient of a 2008 Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Grant.  He has been praised as one of today’s “most exciting contemporary musical theatre writers.”  (BroadwayWorld.com)

Joel recently had a concert of his work produced at Lincoln Center as part of John F. Znidarsic’s acclaimed Songbook series.  The evening boasted performances by Broadway’s Becca Ayers, Donna Lynne Champlin, Lisa Howard, Megan McGinnis, Jonathan Rayson, Tory Ross, and Tony Yazbeck.

His projects include Awakening (with composer J. Oconer Navarro and director Jen Bender), Looking Around / Looking Back (with singer TJ Moss and director Jessica Hutchinson), and Standalone.  His work has been seen and developed at Dreamlight Theatre Company, Oklahoma City University, Ars Nova, Margo Lion, Ltd., Clear Space Productions, Broadway Cares, NYMF, Scott Alan’s “Monday Nights, New Voices,” Lincoln Center, and many others.

He’s currently preparing for workshops of Standalone and Looking Around / Looking Back.

Joel holds an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a BM in Musical Theatre Performance from OCU’s Bass School of Music. He is a member of BMI and The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.

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| Jul 07, 2008 |

I write for the musical theatre in order to connect with people -- to explore, reveal, question and even challenge the emotional experiences that make up the human condition.  I write to attract, not distract.  I believe that musical theatre is at its highest form when the writing is honest and cathartic without sacrificing a sense of form or craft.  It is my artistic and personal endeavor to bring audiences work of this caliber while simultaneously pushing musical theatre forward as a collaborative art form.