Jay Adana
Biography
JAY ADANA ( she | her ) is loud and shy. Check out my projects on my website <–. The Loophole (Public Theater Studio, music and lyrics), The Jordan & Avery Show (The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, book, music and lyrics), The Woodsman (New World Stages, lyrics), Notes From Now (59E59, contributed music and lyrics), Fingerpaintings (Playwrights Horizons Downtown, music and lyrics), LeFay (Musical Theater Factory, book and lyrics), The Last Tiger in Haiti (Berkeley Rep/La Jolla Playhouse, contributed music and lyrics). Currently developing The Jordan & Avery Show as a musical movie. 2020 Richard Rodgers Award, 2021 Vivace Award, 2018 Jonathan Larson Award, 2019 Dramatist Guild Foundation Fellow. Work featured by PBS, The American Theater Wing, Joe’s Pub, and The Dramatist Magazine. Residencies: Public Theater #BARS residency writer under Jeanie O’Hare, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, SPACE on Ryder Farm. Education: #BARS workshop founded by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, Acting BFA SUNY Purchase Conservatory.
Professional Experience
- Off Broadway
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- LA/Southern California
Hireable as
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Theatrical Lyricist
- Songwriter
- Singer/Songwriter
My Instruments
- Voice
Software
- Logic
Affiliations
- THE DRAMATISTS GUILD
- MAESTRA
Pronouns
- She/Her