Will Aronson

Composer and writer for theater and multi-media. www.willaronson.com As composer and co-bookwriter: -"Maybe Happy Ending" (Alliance Theatre, dir. Michael Arden; Richard Rodgers Production Award) -"il tenore" (CJ Entertainment, in development) -"The Trouble With Doug" (Fredericia Teater, dir. Victoria Clark; Theatreworks Palo Alto, dir. Stephen Brackett; NAMT Festival) -"Bungee Jump," cited by the NY Times in 2013 as Korea’s “most popular original musical,” and winner of Best Score at the 2012 Korea Musical Awards As composer: -"Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Günter" (NAMT grant; upcoming Village Theater mainstage) -"Pete the Cat" (Lucille Lortel Theatre; six national tours) -"Pete the Cat 2: Pete’s Hollywood Adventure" (Theatreworks USA, upcoming) -"Wind-Up Girl" (Ars Nova Uncharted, dir. Shelley Butler) -"Mother, Me and the Monsters" (Barrington Stage; Boston Globe Critics’ Pick) -"My Scary Girl" (Best Musical, 2009 New York Musical Festival) As vocal/dance arranger: -William Finn and James Lapine's "Little Miss Sunshine" (La Jolla Playhouse; Second Stage Theater) Recipient of a Fulbright grant, an ASCAP Frederick Loewe Award, three Korean Musical Awards, an Anna Sosenko Assist Trust grant, a Baryshnikov Fellowship and, with Sarah Hammond, an EST/Sloan grant and a 2015-2016 residency at Ars Nova Uncharted. Has also created 200+ tracks for ESL children's book/DVD series, "English Egg."