Composers & Writers
Browse profiles of musical theater composers, lyricists, and book writers.
David Brush
James Walker Reid
Montreal-based. Background in bands, cabaret, film & video.
Jamie Maletz
Jamie Elizabeth Maletz is a composer/lyricist and bookwriter. She writes supernatural dramatic comedies full of heart, humor, and chaos. Expect ghosts, curses, monsters and magic, and characters trying to find themselves in the middle of it all. In New York, her works have been featured at Lincoln Center, Feinstein's/54 Below, Joe's Pub, and more. She received her MFA from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU Tisch. Maletz has written 12 full-length original musicals, most of which have received workshops/readings or productions in New York and Arizona. As a composer/lyricist, Jamie has studied with Mindi Dickstein, William Finn, Rachel Sheinkin, Michael John LaChiusa, Steven Lutvak and Sybille Pearson. Jamie has worked for Maestra Music, Tom Viertel/The Commercial Theater Institute and Ken Davenport. She is a member of Maestra and ASCAP.
Paul Gordon
Paul Gordon is a Tony Award nominated composer for his musical Jane Eyre, which makes its West End debut in the fall of 2026. Other works include Sense and Sensibility (winner of the 2015 Jeff Award for Best New Work), Daddy Long Legs (2009 Ovation Award, 2 Drama Desk Award nominations, Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination and 3 Outer Critic Circle award nominations). He is the co-founder of StreamingMusicals.com and VirtualStageLab.com where his musicals Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Estella Scrooge, Being Earnest, No One Called Ahead, Ribbit and My Improbable Sisters can currently be streamed. Knight’s Tale, written with John Caird, continues to have multiple productions in Japan. In his former life, Paul was a pop songwriter, writing several number one hits. For more visit Paulgordon.com
Tyler Tafolla
Tyler Tafolla is a Southern California-based composer & playwright who's new original musicals have been produced in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego. Tyler is an AMDA Graduate and a proud member of ASCAP. Writing Credits; Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle, Scott Robbins and the Traveling Show, DanceLand, Dead Moose. Tyler also is the songwriter for The Aquarium of the Pacific's Pacific Pals. For more visit tylertafolla.com