Beardo - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Ian Axness is a music director and collaborative pianist based in Brooklyn, NY. His work ranges from opera to cabaret to contemporary musical theater, moving dynamically between script, lead sheet, and score. He is currently working on two new musicals in development, by way of New Dramatists. Ian has collaborated with students at CAP 21, Brooklyn College, Oberlin, NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Gallatin, and the National Theater Institute, and worked as a teaching artist for New York City Opera. He currently teaches at Playwrights Horizons Theater School. BA: Oberlin. Recent credits: The Threepenny Opera (Atlantic), Clown ... read more Broadway: Falsettos; American Psycho; The Visit; A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder; Sondheim on Sondheim; A Little Night Music; Gypsy (with Patti LuPone); Radio Golf; John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd; Gem of the Ocean; Pacific Overtures; Assassins; Into the Woods; Topdog/Underdog; Dirty Blonde; Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. He has composed scores for the Broadway productions of The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, and Dan Hurlin's Disfarmer (St. Ann's Warehouse). Awards: four Tony Award nominations, four Drama Desk Awards. ... read more