JAY ADANA
I MAKE musical stories.
composer | lyricist | performer
From the mundane to THE Fantastical, I make work about people figuring out how to heal themselves.
The fancy stuff.
For which I AM deeply grateful.
The Richard Rodgers Award (2020) for THE LOOPHOLE
The Vivace Award (2021) for VERA & THE BATTLE OF NEW SEOUL
The Jonathan Larson Grant (2018)
Dramatist Guild Foundation Fellow (2019)
My work has been seen at New World Stages, The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Ars Nova, 59E59, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Musical Theater Factory, New York Theater Barn, Playwrights Horizons NYU, Joe’s Pub, and PBS.
Come check out the kitchen.
