Carmel Owen

Biography

Composer/lyricist for musical theater. Off-BWAY: ASYLUM: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln, York Theatre MainStage production 2006. Licensed by Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, contact rnh.com for further info and to hear score. Current project is MONET, staged reading at York Theatre in March 2018 including lighting and projections, under consideration at several regional theaters - struggle of Impressionists breaking through French Academy rigid selection rules and tragic love of Claude Monet and first wife, Camille; other projects include ONE OF US, turn of century artist Suzanne Valadon and her Montmartre world; The Duchess of East 96th, in process at present and others. Attended both ASCAP and BMI workshops, member of ASCAP and Dramatists' Guild, recent past president of The League of Professional Theatre Women, Drama League member. Professional fundraiser for non-profits, most recently Paul Taylor Dance Foundation and The New York Women's Foundation. Graduate of Indiana University, private studies in music composition and voice in NYC.