EMILY Rose Simons
Musical Theatre Writer and Film Composer
Composition and writing Credits
Seven Fishes
Short Film July 2020
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Composed the soundtrack and the film’s song
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Composer for MA students May-July 2020
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Composed the music for students writing a musical as part of an MA elective
Skeleton Rep: The Great Vanishing
YouTube Series May-July 2020
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Composed the soundtrack
The Other Palace, On Hope: A Digital Song Cycle
YouTube Concert May 2020
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Wrote, arranged and performed ‘Attempting A Song On Hope’
Skeleton Rep: Short Play Festival
The Tank NYC, production run January 2019
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Composing incidental music for the plays and wrote one of the plays
The Repatriot
JW3’s Kvell Your Darlings May 2019
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Composer, lyricist and bookwriter. Directed by Adam Lenson. Currently on it's 4th draft. 4th reading expected Autumn 2020
The F*** Am I Doing? 2017-Ongoing
New York Musicals Festival Concert: July 2020
Kickstarter Workshop: January 2019
Ripley Grier Studios Workshop: October 2018
Primary Stages: ESPA Presentation Showcase: August 2017
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Composer and music director for this song cycle- lyrics by Ali Keller.
CRY HAVOC Company: Fair, Kind and True
Short Film for The Sonnet Project 2020
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Composed the soundtrack
Skeleton Rep: Wendell and Pan
The Tank NYC, production run January 2019
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Composing incidental music for Katelynn Kenny’s play
Skeleton Rep: Inconvenient Miracle 2017-Ongoing
BEAM Presentation: March 2018
The Tank Workshop: April-May 2018
New York New Works Presentation: September 2018
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Composer, Lyricist and general musical theater adaptation guidance; Brought on by the playwright and the director for the musical adaptation after the play’s New York run.
The JEWish Cabaret: Jew You Love Me? 2018
Lion and Unicorn Theatre: Premier: August 2018
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Tour November 2018
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Associate Composer-Lyricist; Brought on to write songs as time was running out for it’s premier performance.
Confessions Of A Rabbi’s Daughter 2012-2018
JW3 Production: May 2018
The Tank NYC PrideFest Run: July 2017
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Book, Music, Lyrics; toured the UK and US, 2012-14. Revisiting the musical for PrideFest at The Tank Theater
Feinstein’s 54 Below: MuseMatch X Concert: July 2017
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Wrote “Yet” for Badia Farha to be performed as part of this concert.
Ensemble Stage Theatre: You’re The Only One That Gets it Workshop Presentation: June 2017
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Composer, Music Director, Pianist; Presented as part of Ensemble Studio Theater’s Bloodworks festival
International House, NYC: The Internationals Production: March 2017
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Book, Music, Lyrics, MD, Co-producing, Casting Director; Commissioned by International House to write a musical for their Then and Now Series. The musical was about and performed by residents of the house.
Barrington Stage: My Mum Concert: June 2016
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Composer-Lyricist; Selected by William Finn for his Ridiculously Talented Lyricists and Composers You’ve Probably Never Heard Of But Should at Barrington Stage Company
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
City Lit 2019-Current
Playwriting Classes with Sharmila Chauhan
Mercury Musical Developments 2017-Current
Advance Writers’ Lab (2017-Current)
Claude Michel Schonberg masterclass (2018-Current)
Tisch, New York University 2014-2016
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program
Book, Music, Lyrics Workshops, London 2012-2017
Advance workshop (2017)
Librettist workshops (2013-2014)
Composer/Lyricist workshops (as a composer) (2012-2014)
Bristol University 2008-2012
MA in Music (Composition Pathway) (2011-2012)
BA in Music (2:1) (2008-2011)