Adam Ben-David has been active as an arranger, music director, conductor, and pianist on Broadway for the past 22 years. His credits include: The Book of Mormon, Jersey Boys, Spring Awakening, Wicked, High Fidelity, The Light In The Piazza, Bombay Dreams, Aida, and Once Upon a Mattress. He has accompanied numerous artists including: Mandy Patinkin, Kelli O'Hara, Jarrod Spector, James Taylor, Patti LuPone, and Megan Hilty. Adam is currently composing a theatrical adaptation of the children’s classic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. He has also written music for film and television, as well as a ballet for the Boston Ballet. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School.

Christyn Budzyna is a musical theatre lyricist based in New York City. Works include: The Prince and the Wooglefoof (with Anthony DeAngelis and Jessica Penzias, upcoming productions at Stimulus Children’s Theatre and Fuse Productions), Baked Goods (with Helen Park and Charlie Cohen, 2016 Sound Bites Festival, winner of the 2017 City Theatre Summer Shorts Festival, winner of the 2018 Sam French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival), The Fox Sisters (with Anthony De Angelis and Jessica Penzias), BOTS! (with Denver Casado and Jessica Penzias, Beat by Beat Press commission), and The Lights Before Christmas poem (Bank of America commission performed by Jane Krakowski at the Bryant Park Christmas Tree Lighting Skate-tacular ). Christyn was awarded the 2017 City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting for her work on Baked Goods. The piece will be published and licensed by Samuel French Inc. in the coming year. Christyn is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Tony Award-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Christynbudzyna.com

Polly Hilton and Brian Dratch have been writing together ever since they met at Emerson College, in Boston, MA. Their collaborative writing credits include, Coloring Anomaly, A Bad Case of Stripes, Getting Mother Settled, and Follow My Light. Brian Dratch, in addition to composing, is a director. His previous credits include The Little Mermaid, Spring Awakening, Shrek, and Cabaret.

A.J. Freeman is a writer, director, and performer originally from Los Angeles, now based in New York. She has worked for over 12 years in educational theatre, directing dozens of full scale productions, and running her own literacy-based musical theatre program for low income students. Though this nonprofit, The Troupe, thousands of children in schools across Los Angeles received free reading books. The Troupe’s free musical theatre workshops and assemblies inspired students from all backgrounds to use their gifts and talents through visual and performing arts. She is also a cabaret performer, championing brilliant but forgotten music of the 1920s and 30s, and is a lyricist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and at 92Y.

Lizzie Hagstedt is an actor/singer/musician/composer from Sayville, New York. She met her Hereville collaborator, Robby Sandler, at school at the University of Miami and they had two of their musicals produced during their time there. You will never see them. Current projects include: Oneida with Beth Blatt, Misha Loves Jaja More Than Cheese with Jerry Colker, and Sophie Blanchard’s High Flyin’ Rock’n’Roll Extravaganza. In Fall 2018, Asolo Rep will tour a production of The Tempest utilizing her original music. Member of the BMI Workshop. www.lizziehagstedt.com

Polly Hilton and Brian Dratch have been writing together ever since they met at Emerson College, in Boston, MA. Their collaborative writing credits include, Coloring Anomaly, A Bad Case of Stripes, Getting Mother Settled, and Follow My Light. Polly Hilton, in addition to writing, is an actress and is currently an artist in residence at the 92Y, where she most recently performed as the title role in Little Red Riding Hood.

Dimitri Landrain is an NYC-based composer and pianist from Paris, France. His work has been featured in Tony Award winner William Finn’s Songs By Ridiculously Talented Composers series and on French Top 50 artist Liane Foley’s platinum album Entre Nous. Dimitri holds a BM from Berklee College of Music, an MM in Jazz Performance from The University of Cincinnati, and an MFA from the NYU/Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. He works extensively as a pianist and has released a solo piano album titled September, NYC which is available on Spotify, iTunes, etc. Dimitri is currently attending the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

Daphny Maman is a screenwriter, playwright, and lyricist, living and working in New York City. Daphny has more than ten years of experience as a professional screenwriter and editor for the Israeli television and film industry. Together with her collaborator Sujin Kim-Ramsey, she wrote a full length musical comedy titled Wait! And three short musicals. She currently works on Sugar Rush—a musical comedy for kids and their grownups, along with Sujin Kim-Ramsey and Aden Kent Ramey. Her work has been performed at 54Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, HERE Theatre, The Playroom Theatre, and Berklee College of Music. Daphny is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, the Israeli Screenwriters Association, and CISAC. She holds an MFA from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in May, 2013, and a B.A in Film from Tel Aviv University. www.daphnymaman.com

Jessica Penzias is a New York-based librettist and playwright. Works include: The Prince And The Wooglefoof (with Anthony De Angelis and Christyn Budzyna, upcoming productions at Stimulus Children’s Theatre and Fuse Productions), BOTS! (with Denver Casado and Christyn Budzyna, Beat by Beat commission), The Fox Sisters (with De Angelis and Budzyna), Dime A Dozen (ESPA Drills Finalist), M.R.S. Degree, and The Whole Damn Thing (Midtown International Theatre Festival Production, Lark Playwrights' Week Finalist). Jessica is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Tony Award-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. She was awarded the Jerry Harrington Award For Outstanding Creative Achievement in 2016. As an associate at Jill Furman Productions, Jessica aided in the development and production of Hamilton and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. BA: University of Pennsylvania. JessicaPenzias.com

Aden Kent Ramsey is a composer of musical theatre and film residing in Queens, NY. His works include the scores to The Curious Contents of Christie’s Wastebasket which was recently workshopped/performed by the Berklee Theatre Arts Collaborative at Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA), Chicken Noodle Woop! (produced by 4@15 Four New 15 Minute Musicals), One Wish, and Survive. In addition to musical theatre, Ramsey has written songs and dramatic music with orchestrations for the ESL children's book series, English Egg. He is a graduate of Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, NYU. Ramsey is both excited and honored to be included in this year’s residency at the 92Y Musical Theatre Development Lab. www.adenkentramsey.com

Sujin Kim-Ramsey is an active composer, music director, arranger, and pianist in the New York city area. Along with her collaborator, Daphny Maman, she has written several musicals performed in NYC including, A Good Morning for Coffee (Here Center of the Arts, 2013 / Seoul, 2017), The Mystery of the Deadly Singer (Playroom Theatre, 2015), and Congratulations! (NYU, 2015). Sujin music directed the off Broadway production of KPOP at Ars Nova and also Sunday in the Park with George at the Burning Cole Theatre in Raleigh, NC, as well as several concerts, readings, and workshops in and around NYC. She holds degrees from Yonsei University, Berklee College of Music, and Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, NYU. www.sujinkimramsey.com

Robby Sandler is a lyricist/librettist/musical theater obsessive from Miami, Florida. He met his Hereville collaborator, Lizzie Hagstedt, at school at the University of Miami and they had two of their musicals produced during their time there. You will never see them. Current projects include Hereville and two concurrent full-length memoirs. Member of the BMI Advanced Workshop. @robbysandler on all social media platforms if you're so inclined.

Mehmet S. Yildirim is a New York based composer, videographer, and graphic designer. He holds an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. His works have been performed at various places including Barrington Stage Company, Prospect Theater Company, The Times Center, 54 Below, the Brooklyn Museum, and the American Opera Project. As a videographer and graphic designer, he has worked with prominent theatres including the Vineyard Theatre, Performance Space New York, and Ars Nova. www.msy.nyc