HELLO!

I'm a playwright, composer, lyricist, and researcher based in San Diego, CA. I write about the questions that keep me up at night, whether they be about Asianness, technology, youth, board games, or soul-eating demons. I'm also a professor in Computer Science, and this very much informs my writing practice. My work has been developed and produced all over, with some highlights including The Old Globe, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center (NPC '22), the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT '22), Theo, Village Theatre, and Prospect Musicals.

I’m a MacDowell Colony fellow and I’m currently on commision by Audible Theatre and Arena Stage.

FULL-LENGTH SHOWS

• Baked! The Musical
• House of India
• Stories in Mother Tongues
• Advanced Persistent Teenagers (on commission from Audible)
• Lovedeep Singh and the Deep Love Singers (new musical, in-development)

SHORTER SHOWS

• Newton’s Third Law
• Crush
• Playing Ourselves, 15-minute musical on commission by the Musical Theatre Factory

PRODUCTIONS

• House of India
  • World Premiere Production. The Old Globe. San Diego, CA. May 2025.
• Baked! The Musical
  • Developmental Production. Theo. Evanston, IL. Sept 2023.

AWARDS

• MacDowell Colony Fellow 2023
• Baked! The Musical
  • Selection, 2022 NAMT Festival of New Musicals
  • Semi-Finalist, 2022 Eugene O’Neill NMTC
  • Best lyrics, lead performer, supporting performer, ensemble performer at Chicago Musical Theatre Festival 2020
  • Selection, 2020 New York Musical Festival
  • Selection, 2020 RAVE Festival of New Musicals
• House of India
  • Finalist, American Blues Theatre Blue Ink Competition 2023
  • Selection, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2022
  • Semi-Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2022

CONTACT

For professional inquiries, please feel free to contact my agent:

Rachel Ellicott
Paradigm Talent Agency
rellicott@paradigmagency.com
212.897.6400

If you’ve come looking for my academic computing research, go here.