MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Biography

Miguel Sutedjo is a musical theater writer, music director, actor, and educator. As an Indonesian American of Chinese descent, Miguel aspires to tell stories that make people feel seen.

His full-length musical “Fly Me Away: An Asian American Jazz Musical”  was recently showcased in Carnegie Hall’s “United in Sound: America at 250” festival at the Museum of Chinese in America. He also produced and released the show’s concept short film/singles to YouTube/streaming services. The second number, “Hustle,” was awarded a Songbyrd Demo Funding Grant. “Happy to Be Here: A One Man Musical” had runs at Pan Asian Rep’s NuWorks Festival and The Makers Space. Other writing credits include “Mulan: A Children’s Musical” at the “Flowers in Changhua” Festival in Taiwan and “Theseus and Ariadne” at the Narni International Vocal Festival in Italy. MD of The Opening (Off-Broadway Premiere at Players Theater). Music Teaching Artist/Accompanist at the National Dance Institute.

Miguel was a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan ’23-’24, a composer in BMI Musical Theater Workshop ’24-’26, and graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Music and International Political Economy with minors in Mandarin and English from Fordham University.