Mark Sonnenblick

Mark Sonnenblick is a composer, lyricist, and scriptwriter, although not always at the same time. Collaborations include Midnight at The Never Get (York Theatre Company; Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and OCC nominations; MAC Award, Bistro Award, NYTimes Critic’s Pick), Independents ("Best Production" FringeNYC, NYTimes Critic’s Pick), Dragons Love Tacos (TheatreworksUSA, NYTimes hasn’t seen it I don’t think), Twenty Minutes Or Less (Washington National Opera), Ship Show (Yale Institute for Music Theatre), Stompcat in Lawndale (Ars Nova Ant Fest), Wheel of Misfortune (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), and Bunkerville (Yale DRAMAT, BSU Discovery Festival winner). He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, won the Jonathan Larson Grant (American Theatre Wing) and the Harold Adamson Lyric Award (ASCAP) and is a three-time finalist for the Kleban Prize. Mark has developed work at The Johnny Mercer Writers Colony (Goodspeed Musicals), UCross Foundation, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, The John Duffy Institute (Virginia Arts Festival), Composers and the Voice (American Opera Projects), and The Johnny Mercer Songwriting Project.