Musicals
LYRICS for:
MY MARCELLO
Musical adaptation of the movie "For Roseanna" a.k.a. "Roseanna's Grave." Music by Rosabella Gregory. Book by Corey Brunish. World premiere recording to be released August 20, 2021. Presented in excerpt at BEAM2018, Theatre Royal Stratford East. Workshopped in Portland, OR (2015). Commissioned by Corey Brunish & Brisa Trinchero (2014).
BOOK & LYRICS for:
HELLO SKY — 2010
Musical imagining of artist Georgia O'Keeffe's journey to New Mexico. Music and additional book & lyrics by Alisa Bair. Produced under former title "Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman on Paper" by OperaLancaster - Roschel Performing Arts Center, PA (2010). Songs featured in From Page to Stage season of new musicals - The Landor, London (2014).
FALLING — 2008
Musical adaptation of Korean movie. Music by Hyeyoung Kim. Commissioned by Musical Heaven. Produced in Daegu International Musical Festival, S. Korea (2010). Winner of Chang Jak Factory prize (2009). Songs presented at NAMT songwriter showcase (2010) and Pigalle Club, London (2009).
T-ROOM, The Musical — 2021 (in development)
Musical about the legendary Texas Inn a.k.a The T-Room, in Lynchburg, VA. Commissioned by Endstation Theatre Company. Inspired by the play Counter/Top by Kirin McCrory. With music by Rosabella Gregory.
TRAINRIDE — 2006
One-act musical about dying. Produced by Impetuous Kinship - Warehouse Theatre, Croydon (2006).
WILLY & RUPERT — 2005
Original musical about two lifelong friends and their quest to be in The Times obituaries. Music by Sam Piperato.
Presented at O'Neill National Music Theater Conference (2005). Part of Bridewell Theatre's Creativity Outbreak season, London (2004). Daryl Roth grant recipient.
IN NOMINE AMORIS — 1997
Original musical. Love story set in a cemetery. Music by Rosabella Gregory. Winner of Vivian Ellis Prize (1997). Showcase presented at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London.
CITY STORIES — 2014 to 2016
Lyrics for songs co-written with composer Rosabella Gregory featured in series of interwoven stories, written by James Phillips and produced at various venues including St.James Theatre, London, and 59E59, NYC (2016).
Operas
LIBRETTO for:
The Barefoot Dancer & The Demon of the Belfry — 2018
Aria "Where No Bell Tolls," written with Rosabella Gregory and commissioned by the National Opera Studio. Premiered at Hoxton Hall, London (June, 2018). Subsequent performances: Grimeborn Festival, UK, and various venues in Moscow, Russia, as part of the British Council's UK-Russia Year of Music. Full opera about Maud Allan in development.
Plays
HALF — One-act play about a verbally brutal encounter. Samuel French Short Play Festival (2007).
SPITTING DISTANCE — Experimental play about transgression. Produced by Looking Glass, NYC (2007). Samuel French Short Play finalist (2005). Duologue published in Women's Monologues Vol. II (2008).
WORDS & LADDERS — One-act cyclical play about mistrust of words. Produced by Looking Glass, NYC (2005). Produced by Out of the Woodwork, Gielgud Theatre, London (2004).
Songs
I have written hundreds of songs, most of them with my twin sister and musical-half, Rosabella Gregory. She is a singer-songwriter in the UK who also composes, arranges, improvises, orchestrates, and lectures when she is not on stage!
GRATEFUL — Song commissioned for the Canales Project, with music by Rosabella Gregory. Premiered at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, and presented at various venues, internationally (2019)
DAYS — Song co-written with Rosabella Gregory. Featured in movie "Big font. Large spacing." 33Story productions/Paul Howard Allen
SEE YOUR WORLD — Song co-written with David Lee & Rosabella Gregory. Commissioned by Time Life for launch of new website (2009)
HEART SO FULL — Song written with Hyeyoung Kim for Lincoln Center's Holiday Songbook series (2017).
SIMPLE THINGS — Song written with Rosabella Gregory. Commissioned for audiobook "Higher Ground." Published by Chrysalis (2005).
Choral Songs
WORDS APART— Choral song written with Alisa Bair. Published by Choristers Guild.
ANGEL BREATHING OUT— Choral song written with Alisa Bair, published by Heritage Music Press. Received JWPepper Editor's Choice award.
I WILL TREAD LIGHTLY — Choral song written with Alisa Bair, published by Heritage Music Press.
FROM THERE — Choral song written with Alisa Bair, published by Heritage Music Press. Received JWPepper Editor's Choice award.