Jill Abramovitz (book and lyrics) A contributing lyricist on Broadway’s IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU, Jill is the English language translator of the award-winning Israeli musical BILLIE SCHWARTZ. She is the lyricist of TheatreworksUSA’s MARTHA SPEAKS (book by Kevin DelAguila, music by Brad Alexander), and the lyricist/co-bookwriter of THE PACK with composer Aron Accurso and co-bookwriter Leah Napolin (Weston Playhouse New Musical Award, Jerry Bock Award, NAMT 2011 and Goodspeed’s Festival of New Artists 2012). Jill is a past Dramatist Guild Fellow, a Harrington Award winner in the BMI Workshop, and a past member of the Musical Theatre Factory writer’s workshop as well as Goodspeed’s Mercer Grove, where she developed MISTY MAKES IT BETTER with Brad Alexander and playwright Erik Forrest Jackson. jillaonline.com
Brad Alexander (Music) wrote the music for DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL (book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila), a New York Times Crtiics' Pick that premiered Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel in 2019, played a limited run at New World Stages in Spring 2023, and is now touring the US, Canada and Australia through 2024. He and Kevin re-teamed for CAT KID COMIC CLUB: THE MUSICAL, also a New York Times Critics' Pick and currently touring the US and Canada. Brad wrote the music for SEE ROCK CITY & OTHER DESTINATIONS (book and lyrics by Adam Mathias), recipient of The Richard Rodgers Award, The BMI Foundation Jerry Bock Award, and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. Additional theater credits: TheaterWorksUSA's CLICK CLACK MOO (Drama Desk, Lortel nom), JUST SO STORIES and MARTHA SPEAKS; songs for DUCK FOR PRESIDENT, FLY GUY and WE THE PEOPLE (Lortel nom). Brad was the lead composer for CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG (Scholastic/Amazon/PBS Kids) and scored five episodes of PBS’s Emmy Award-winning PEG + CAT. Additional screen credits include: VH1’s “Celebreality” campaign and web series SUBMISSIONS ONLY. Current projects include musicals BREAD & ROSES and MISTY MAKES IT BETTER (book by Erik Forrest Jackson, lyrics by Jill Abramoivtz). Brad is a member of NAMT, The Dramatists Guild, SAG-AFTRA and BMI Workshop. bradalexander.com