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MICHAEL L. COOPER (Book and Lyrics) is the recipient of the 2005 Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, Daryl Roth Award, and Daniel Marshall Multicultural Award for Musical Theatre (TRU New Voices Series). A native of Nogales, Arizona, Michael received his BA in Theatre from Williams College and his MFA from NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. At NYU, he wrote the book and lyrics for “Sunfish,” with composer Hyeyoung Kim, which was showcased at the 2006 National Alliance of Musical Theatre’s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages (directed by Stafford Arima), and further developed by the Lark Play Development Centre. “Sunfish,” was previously workshopped as part of the WriteAct Festival of New Works at New York University’s Graduate Acting Program (May 2005, directed by Lonny Price) and was also a finalist in the Alliance Theatre’s Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition (Staged Reading, Spring 2006.) Other projects include: “The Strange Affair of Dr. Crippen” (2005 Stages Festival of New Musicals, Theatrebuilding Chicago) and “The Story of An Hour,” written with composer Joshua Salzman. Michael is member of the Dramatists Guild and BMI Workshop.
HYEYOUNG KIM (Book and Music) is originally from Seoul, Korea. She is the recipient of the 2005 Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award and Daryl Roth Award, and is a member of the BMI Workshop. Hyeyoung received her MFA from New York University’s Tisch Musical Theatre Writing Program and holds degrees in music composition from Sun-wha Arts High School (1997) and E-wha Woman's University (February, 2002). In Korea, Hyeyoung composed, arranged, performed in, and served as musical director for productions of "Biloxi Blues," and "Crimes of the Heart," as well for a variety of a cappella groups and choirs; she also participated in “The Korean Independent Arts Festival” in 1999. Hyeyoung composed music for the 10-minute musical, “Cat & Dog,” the 20-minute musical “Drum,” and created the score for a modern dance piece (in collaboration with the NYU Dance Department). “Sunfish,” written as her 2004 graduate thesis project, was named a finalist in the Alliance Theatre’s Graduate Playwriting Competition, and a semi-finalist in the Global Search for New Musicals Competition in Cardiff, UK. In February 2005, “Sunfish” premiered as a fully staged student production at Yale University, and had a two-week workshop (directed by Lonny Price) at New York University’s Tisch Graduate Acting Program.
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