Julia Hisoo Riew
She/Her
Biography
Julia Riew is a Korean-American composer-lyricist and writer. She is best known for Dive, which is currently being developed into a stage musical with Tony-Award winning director Diane Paulus and GLAAD-Award winning playwright Diana Son for the American Repertory Theater and into a middle grade novel after amassing over 130k followers and 3 million likes worldwide. Other works include her new musical ENDLESS premiering in Korea in 2025, her YA Fantasy Novel The Last Tiger (co-written with brother Brad Riew) publishing with Penguin Random House in 2025, and her Middle Grade Novel Shimcheong publishing with Harper Collins in 2026. In addition to being the youngest recipient of the Fred Ebb Award at 23 years old in 2022, Julia has been Playbill’s Featured Songwriter of the Month, a Woman to Watch on Broadway, a Princess Grace Award Honoraria recipient, and the recipient of the Harvardwood Artist Launch Fellowship. Julia graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude as a member of Phi Beta Kappa with a joint-degree in Theater, Dance, Media (TDM) and Music.
Professional Experience
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- Boston/New England
Hireable as
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Theatrical Lyricist
- Bookwriter/Librettist
- Songwriter
- Singer/Songwriter
- Home Studio Whiz
My Instruments
- Violin
- Voice
Software
- Ableton
- Finale
- GarageBand
- Logic
Affiliations
- BMI
- MAESTRA