Creative Team
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Jesse J. Sanchez
Book, Music, & Lyrics Additional Orchestrations 
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An award-winning composer-lyricist, writer, and music director whose work has reached audiences nationwide. He is a 2024 James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation Spark Artist Award winner, VCCA Fellow, a two-time recipient of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Frank Young Grant, a recipient of the Milagro Latino Artist Fund Grant, and a finalist for the Opera America Digital Excellence in Opera Award. He is currently under commission or has received commissions from Zach Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, Oregon Cabaret, Portland Opera, TYA/USA, The 24 Hour Plays, Camelot Theatre, and more. Jesse is an alumnus of Musical Theatre West New Works Festival, NAMT, The Orchard Project, The Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed, Austin Latinx New Play Festival, Prospect Theatre’s Musical Theatre Lab, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Swan Lab, and New York Theatre Barn Core Programs, including the Barn On Fire Festival of New Musicals (mentored by Jerry Mitchell). His works include Sueños: Our American Musical, Zapata: A Folklorico Superhero Musical, desert in, Exhuastion Arroyo, and many more. His work has been showcased at major regional theaters, off-Broadway, opera houses, and other performing venues, including the Playbill Songwriter Series, a sold-out concert of his music at The Green Room 42 in NYC, Songwriter Showcase at NAMT, Broadway League’s The Jimmy Awards (2023-2025), the Broadway Housing Committee Gala hosted by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Jesse is also working with the Dr. Seuss Estate and The Old Globe on a Spanish version of their Broadway musical, How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Jesse’s music is available for streaming on all major platforms and is featured regularly on Sirius XM Broadway and Musical Theatre Radio. www.jessejsanchez.com
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Jeff Chambers
Orchestrations & Additional Music 
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Jeff can be found in the world of musical theater, film and media as a composer, arranger, and orchestrator while constantly expanding to other genres. It is his eclectic approach to music that has given him the reputation of being a creator of fresh and exciting music. In 2013, one of his arrangements was recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine as a "Mind-Blowing Cover”. In 2016 he received the bronze medal in the Seattle Composers Alliance international call for scores with his string quartet, "Whitewater". He was the recipient of the "Best Score" award in the 2016 and 2019 Seattle 48 Hour Horror Film Festival and his score for the film “Crowbar” has won numerous awards around the globe. In August of 2018, he served as a music assistant to a new musical called, "Once Upon a Rhyme” shortly before it was produced at NYU. For more information, visit jeffchamberscomposer.com.
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