Lorrie Doriza

Biography

Lorrie Doriza is a Greek-American composer and performer based in NY. She got her start writing, producing and performing songs for indie pop group Vespertina and touring with electro-lounge band The Good Johnsons in Japan. In 2021, she released a tribute album for her late grandfather, Greek cabaret singer Tony Rais, entitled “Den S’afino Na Mou Fygeis (I Could Never Let You Leave Me)”. Most songs included are the first known recordings and serve as a living historical time capture of the sounds of the Old Athens cabaret era of the 30s-40s.

Her first short-length comedy musical, The Masterpiece, written with lyricist Allison Light, won the 2021 Jean Banks Award for Best 10 Minute Musical. Their latest 10 min musical, entitled "Meat," was developed within the Music Theater Lab at Prospect Theater Company and premiered at Symphony Space in 2023. Her sophomore album with Vespertina is slated for release in 2025.

When she's not writing music, she's production managing live theater performances and events, music directing community theater shows, consulting, teaching and holding daily in-home concerts for her biggest fans (and critics) - her twin toddlers.

Lorrie is a member of ASCAP, The Dramatist Guild, Maestra, and the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop.