About the Creatives

SUSAN DiLALLO (Book & Lyrics) is the recipient of the coveted Kleban Award. Her libretto for an original musical comedy, Iron Curtain, earned her a Jonathan Larson Award, and was further developed during a residency at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Her book and lyrics to another musical, Once Upon a Time in New Jersey, won both a Richard Rodgers Award and The Global Search for New Musicals Competition, Cardiff. Other credits include: the Mattel/Clear Channel production of Barbie Live! In Fairytopia (book, lyrics); That's Life (Outer Critics Circle nominee); Pinocchio, a Musical About Adoption (winner, KIDDstuff new play competition); and the revised libretto for the classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

DANNY ABOSCH (Music/Lyrics/Orchestrations) is the composer/lyricist of Placebo, a new musical that won the 2012 PMTP Development Award, including a fully produced workshop at the Pasadena Playhouse, directed by Ryan Scott Oliver. Placebo has also been workshopped at the University of Michigan, Oklahoma City University, Emerson College, and Pace University. Danny is also the composer/lyricist of Unwritten Rules, an original musical that placed in the Academy for New Musical Theatre’s 2008 Search for New Voices in American Musical Theatre. Danny’s music has been featured on the TV shows “Dance Moms” and “Last Call With Carson Daly” as well as in the upcoming films “Waiting in the Wings” and “Missed Connections”. http://dannyabosch.com/