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Biography

NICO RAIMONT is a Latin musical-comedy writer, rapper, performer & director from South Florida. Nico holds an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

As a writer, his work has been performed at UCB, Pregones/PRTT, The O’Neill Theater Center, Theater 555, Joe’s Pub and Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center.

Select Writing: BODAS (Music/Lyrics, De La Flor Co.), Como Correr (Music/Lyrics, O’Neill NMTC 2022), The Busy Bees’ Great Adventure (Composer, World Premiere, Adrienne Arsht Center). Select honors include: The 2023 Hip-Hop Theatre Creator Award (The Kennedy Center) and a 2025 Commission from PEAK Performances. www.nicoraimont.com

Pit Musician credits: Dar Tarjameh [Live & in Color] (Piano), VIDA starring Carolina Gaitan [Repertorio Español] (Guitar, Piano, Timbales), BODAS [De La Flor Co] (Live looping, Guitar, percussion, keys), Earthnauts [New Dramatatists] (Keys, Guitar), The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal (Percussion + Vocals) at three sold out runs across Brooklyn, Romeo y Julieta; Limeño (Table Read, One Man Band: Piano, A. Guitar, Percussion), The Story of A Daughter (Stage-Reading, Percussion), Romeo y Julieta; Limeño (Stage Reading, Percussion)

Live Music Production credits: Como Correr: A Hip-Pop Musical (29-hour reading, PEAK PERFORMANCES), The Busy Bees’ Great Adventure (World Premiere, Adrienne Arsht Center), Como Correr: A Hip-Pop Musical (4xLatiné Concert), Romeo y Julieta; Limeño (Stage Reading, NC Black Rep Theatre), KARUNA (Choreographers’ Composers’ & Designers’ Concert), and hundreds of concerts.

Recorded Music Production credits (original music, beats, albums etc.): HARDDRIVE (new album, 2026), Burnout (2021), WHATEVA MAN (2021), Mantequilla [Short Film Score] (2020), Seven (2020), POPSTAR [Full Album] (2019), Goblin (2019), PINK RADIO (2018), Destiny (2018), Nineteen (2018), Loverboy (feat. CupcakKe) (2017), and more!

Select Honors: 2024 Eugene O’Neill NMTC Semi-Finalist (Chasing Paper Skies),  2022 Eugene O’Neill NMTC Finalist (Como Correr: A Hip-Pop Musical), The Hip-Hop Theatre Creator Award & Distinguished Achievement in Latinx Playwriting Award from The Kennedy Center, and ASCAP’s Max Dreyfus Scholarship.