I am Julián Mesri, a writer and composer creating musical theater and workshop-ready scores. My work ranges from full-scale productions with Public Theater and The Old Globe to new musical readings and collaborative development across regional theaters. I teach playwriting and have earned fellowships with the Playwrights Center, Dramatist Guild Foundation, and Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group, among others, while continuing to develop my own work as a composer, lyricist, and arranger.…

Julián Mesri

I am Julián Mesri, a writer and composer creating musical theater and workshop-ready scores. My work ranges from full-scale productions with Public Theater and The Old Globe to new musical readings and collaborative development across regional theaters. I teach playwriting and have earned fellowships with the Playwrights Center, Dramatist Guild Foundation, and Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group, among others, while continuing to develop my own work as a composer, lyricist, and arranger.…

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I am Julián Mesri, a writer and composer creating musical theater and workshop-ready scores. My work ranges from full-scale productions with Public Theater and The Old Globe to new musical readings and collaborative development across regional theaters.

I teach playwriting and have earned fellowships with the Playwrights Center, Dramatist Guild Foundation, and Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group, among others, while continuing to develop my own work as a composer, lyricist, and arranger.

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Skills

Experience Level

Composition
Expert
Music Video
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent

Work Experience

Composer/Music Director/Arranger at Public Theater Mobile Unit
January 1, 2017 - Present
Romeo y Julieta (dir. Jerry Ruiz) and related works
Composer/Music Director/Arranger at Stages Theater, Houston
January 1, 2020 - Present
Water by the Spoonful (dir. Jerry Ruiz)
Composer/Music Director/Arranger at New Ohio Theater
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Songs about Trains (Radical Evolution)
Composer at Astoria Performing Arts Center
January 1, 2018 - Present
Evensong (C. Quinatana)
Composer/Playwright at Brooklyn Generator / Dixon Place / BAX
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Bethlehem – a Saturnalia Pageant
Playwright/Composer at Public Theater Mobile Unit
January 1, 2017 - Present
Romeo y Julieta (2017) (dir. Jerry Ruiz)
Composer at New Ohio Theater
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Songs about Trains
Composer at Astoria Performing Arts Center
January 1, 2018 - Present
Evensong
Educator/Costume Interpreter at Lower East Side Tenement Museum
January 1, 2011 - Present
Educator at Brooklyn Generator / Dixon Place / BAX
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016
Bethlehem – a Saturnalia Pageant

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting at Columbia University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2020
Bachelor of Arts at Williams College
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2009
High School Diploma at The Dalton School
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2005
Music Training at Hoff Barthelson Music School
January 11, 2030 - March 19, 2026

Qualifications

Judith Champion Launchpad Residency
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2027
Core Writer
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
DGF Fellow (Musical Theater)
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Emerging Writers Group
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023
Dean’s Fellow, Playwriting
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019
ASCAP Scholar
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Van Lier Fellowship
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services

Skills

Experience Level

Composition
Expert
Music Video
Intermediate