Debra Barsha
DEBRA BARSHA was the composer and co-lyricist of the score to Radiant Baby (the life of graffiti artist Keith Haring), which was produced at the Public Theatre in 2003, directed by George C. Wolfe. Radiant Baby received 3 Lucille Lortel nominations including Outstanding Musical. Composer credits include: Blackout (Amas), Sophie (Jewish Repertory Theater), NBC's Policewoman Centerfold soundtrack, and her one-woman show Go To Your Womb. Barsha has won an ASCAP Popular Songwriter's Award each year from 1995-2002 and has had her songs recorded by George Clinton, Jackie Mason and Marty Balin among others. Her own CDs, Women in Windows and Barsha Raw! (Live at Ars Nova) were also recently released. Her children's musicals, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and The Emperor's New Condo have been performed in schools throughout the country. Her music was heard in the 2005 New York Theatre Workshop's Songs From an Unmade Bed in collaboration with fellow Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award lyricist Mark Campbell. She is also working on a rock opera with Mark. In the fall of 2004, Adelphi University Music Theatre Department produced an evening of Debra's songs called I Was Here, which she directed. Her latest performance was an evening of her own music in a benefit for the LGBT Center in New York in a series called Queer Songbook. Bio as of September, 2008. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: American Theatre Wing Jonathan Larson Grant Recipient - 2002