DANIELLE KOENIG
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
10 minutes | Comedy | 3 actors (1 male, 2 female)
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
45 minutes | Children’s - Teen | 10 actors
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.
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
15 minutes | Children’s - 7-8 years old | 10 actors
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!
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
15 minutes | Comic Opera | 3 singers (2 female, 1 male)
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
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.
This Shit Stinks
By Danielle Koenig
An absurdist play about the shit that happens while trying to make it in the entertainment industry.