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WRITING

MUSICALS

The Myth of the Mountain

Book and Lyrics by Danielle Koenig
Music by Justin D. Cook


2 acts | Dramedy | 7 actors (2 male, 4 female, 1 nonbinary)


A distant voice travels through the window… Our hero is woken with a start… A journey begins… The Myth of the Mountain is a fable-esque coming-of-age story about triplets Mia, Mateo, and Mo who live cut off from the outside world in their own structured life after the disappearance of their parents. After a distant song similar to one their parents used to sing wakes Mo in the middle of the night, they set out to find their parents at the peak of a nearby mountain, forcing their siblings to follow and turning their rigid world upside down.

Development History

February '22 - Reading - NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program - New York, NY
May '22 - Reading - OPERA America - New York, NY
December '22 - Workshop - UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television - Los Angeles, CA
March '23 - Residency and Reading - Syracuse University's New Works, New Voices - Syracuse, NY
April '23 - Reading - The Forge Series - Minneapolis, MN
August '22 - Finalist - Johnny Mercer Writer's Grove at Goodspeed Opera House
May '23 - Semifinalist - 2023 O'Neill National Music Theatre Conference
August '23 - Finalist - Normal Ave NAPSeries
January ‘24 - Semifinalist - 2024 O'Neill National Music Theatre Conference
March ‘24 - Reading - Illusion Theatre and The Forge Series - Minneapolis, MN
March ‘24 - Reading - Broadway Inclusion Project - New York, NY

Wake

Music by Sammy Grob
Lyrics by Asher Muldoon
Book by Danielle Koenig


1 act | Dramedy | 6 actors (3 male, 3 female)


After returning to their old college town for their former English professor’s wake, a group of friends reckon with fractured memories of their professor and the varying impacts and legacies he left on each one of them. 

Development History

April ‘20 - Reading - Quarantine Bake Off

January ‘21 - Staged Reading - Emerging Artists Theatre

House Call

Book and Lyrics by Danielle Koenig

Music and Book by Utsav Bhargava

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10 minutes | Comedy | 3 actors (1 male, 2 female)

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Theatre-goer, you haven’t bought your TICKET yet and we critically need YOU in the AUDIENCE of HOUSE CALL to watch as a relationship is put to the TEST after an INFLUX of Nancy Pelosi texts. Can I count on you? Signed, Nancy Pelosi. (Text STOP to quit)

Development History

May ‘23 - Production - Theatre NOW Soundbites X Festival

Stuck

Book and Lyrics by Danielle Koenig
Music by Julio Vaquero Ramos


20 minutes | Comedy | 3 actors (Any)


In a not so distant future, button pusher Paul is visited by themself… from the future. Both versions urge Paul to make a decision that will affect the rest of humanity - continue to button push or join the revolution.

Development History

February ‘22 - Production - Chain Theatre One Act Festival

Roll For Initiative

Book and Lyrics by Danielle Koenig

Book and Music by Utsav Bhargava

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45 minutes | Children’s - Teen | 10 actors

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It’s hard to let go of your best friends from camp, especially when you have to let go of real life friends and their fictionalized DnD counterparts. But through collaboration, team work, and a communal love of parfaits anything is possible.

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Commissioned by Brooklyn Children’s Theatre.

Development History

May ‘22 - Commission - Brooklyn Children’s Theatre

January ‘23 - Production - Brooklyn Children’s Theatre Mainstage

An Interstellar Mission

Book and Lyrics by Danielle Koenig

Music by Utsav Bhargava

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15 minutes | Children’s - 7-8 years old | 10 actors

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The miner’s from the great planet of Nuvuu are back out on their grand journey through the stars, but when they find a group of stowaways on their ship they must learn what it means to advocate for themselves and others!

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Commissioned by Brooklyn Children’s Theatre.

Development History

May ‘23- Commission - Brooklyn Children’s Theatre

January ‘24 - Production - Brooklyn Children’s Theatre Mainstage

One Minute In A Waiting Room

Libretto by Danielle Koenig

Music by Henco Espag

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15 minutes | Comic Opera | 3 singers (2 female, 1 male)

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While waiting for an abortion, one minute can feel like a lifetime.

Development History

May ‘22- Commission - American Opera Project and NYU Tisch

IN DEVELOPMENT

Untitled Marni Nixon Project

Book and Lyrics by Danielle Koenig

Music by Topher Paolucci

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A fictionalized musical musing a step away from Marni Nixon’s story as a ghost singer for all of Broadway’s greatest movie musicals.

Before The World Was Big

Book and Lyrics by Danielle Koenig

Music by Raiah Rofsky

 

A musical in memory fragments of queer “girl”hood and its evolution in youth.

The Postman's Daughter

Words by Danielle Koenig

Music by Justin D. Cook

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A heartfelt sung-through musical following a postman's reconnection with his estranged daughter after the birth of his first grandchild.

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