Raiah Rofsky
Biography
Hi, I'm Raiah! I'm currently in my second and final year at NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. I am a Jewish, queer composer currently living in New York City. Before I moved here, I lived in LA where I wrote a cabaret musical for the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival called LORELEI: I'M COMING OUT. For that I received three Broadway World Los Angeles Award nominations. I have also written a short song cycle titled IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE, which was set to premiere at the Oxy Arts Center before COVID-19 shut it down. My most recent project is NAYIKA, which I composed and orchestrated with lyricist and co-composer, Vaibu Mohan. NAYIKA was workshopped at the 2021 Phoenix Theatre 2021 Festival of New American Theatre, and its album iteration is currently on Spotify. At the moment I am writing my thesis musical at GMTWP, and am studying under Emily Grishman in this year's Maestra Mentorship.
Professional Experience
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- LA/Southern California
Hireable as
- Theatrical Composer (Music only)
- Music Director/Conductor (Not Pianist)
- Music Assistant
- Songwriter
- Singer/Songwriter
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Music Copyist
- Music Transcriber
- Other
My Primary Instrument
- Piano
My Instruments
- Guitar - acoustic
- Piano
- Synth - keyboards
- Voice
Software
- Finale
- GarageBand
- Logic
Affiliations
- BMI
- THE DRAMATISTS GUILD
Current HS, College, or Grad Student?
- Yes
Pronouns
- She/Her