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Sonya Hayden

Sonya Hayden

  • She/Her
  • Biography

    Sonya Hayden (she/her) is a composer, lyricist, librettist, and playwright based in New York. Her work includes musicals WANDA DOES THE WATER CYCLE (book/music/lyrics, Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival), CRAZY BUT TRUE (book/lyrics, CAIM Creative Co.), IT AIN’T OVER ‘TIL THE BAT LADY SINGS and SING A SONG OF SIX PANTS (co-book/music, NYPL for the Performing Arts), and THE LUCKIEST GIRL (book/music/lyrics, Princeton University); plays CASSIE GOES TO CONGRESS (New Perspectives Theatre), THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW (Piccolo Spoleto Festival; Finalist, Tennessee Williams Festival Play Contest), JUST LIKE MAGIC (Little Fish Theatre), and THE CLUMPS (Pittsburgh New Works Festival); and songs “If I Didn’t Know Better” (music/lyrics, Lotte Lenya Competition Songbook, $1,500 award), “Our Little Life” (lyrics, Urban Stages), and “Snow One Else for Me” (music, Urban Stages, Playdate Theatre Holiday EP). She is a member of the BMI Advanced Musical Theatre & Librettists Workshops and New Perspectives Theatre’s Full-Length Play LAB. She was previously a member of Maestra’s Mentorship Program (mentor: Broadway Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell), the Recording Academy’s Musical Theater Mentorship Program (mentor: Grammy Award-winning Producer Kurt Deutsch), and the Princeton Triangle Club Writers Workshop (Milton Lyon Award for Outstanding Writing). Master’s in Playwriting, University of Edinburgh; A.B. Music, Princeton University. sonyahayden.com/contact

    Professional Experience

    • Regional
    • Concerts/Cabaret
    • Education
    • Community Theatre
    • Bachelor’s Degree
    • Master’s Degree

    Regions

    • NYC/Tri-State Area

    Maestra Expertise

    • Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
    • Theatrical Composer (Music only)
    • Theatrical Lyricist
    • Theatrical Bookwriter
    • Songwriter

    Software

    • Finale
    • GarageBand
    • Logic

    Additional Skills

    • Playwright

    Affiliations

    • ASCAP
    • THE DRAMATISTS GUILD