Sarah Norcross

Biography

Sarah Norcross is an NYC-based musical theater composer, music director, music assistant, and occasional performer. She is a 2020 graduate of The University of the Arts BFA Musical Theater program where she developed her skills as a composer, deviser, and performer. She has also studied for a semester at the Moscow Art Theatre, and has a year of education from Catholic University in MM Composition. Her music draws from folk, indie rock, and contemporary/experimental classical influences and often focuses on sexuality, femininity, religion, literature, disability, and folk narratives. Above all, she likes to make music and theater that challenges the listener and inspires them to seek out beauty in all art forms.
Composer:
Ulysses Missa: NY Theater Festival 2022 (Nominated for Best Score)
The Girl From Montana: Silent Film Score presented at the National Gallery of the Arts
Lilith and Her Demons: Polyphone Festival for New Musicals 2021
Since They Left: Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2019
Now We Are Six: The University of the Arts 2017 (deviser and performer)
I Tried to Do This Alone: Fresh Ground Pepper BRB Showcase 2018 (deviser and performer)
Music Direction:
Unstoppable (Associate): Catholic University of America
Joyful Music: Solo show by Daniel Baskins for AIDA Cruiselines
Honky Tonkin': Country Music Revue by REV Theatre Company
Marie in Tomorrowland (Associate): Polyphone Festival for New Musicals 2019