Jack Richman is a New York-based musician who specializes in Musical Theater songwriting and music direction. They are a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music where they studied Contemporary Writing and Production (Bachelor of Music) with a double minor in Musical Theater Writing and Conducting: Music Direction for Theater. They grew up in Long Island, NY. Jack has a multitude of skills that also include orchestration and arranging for theater, music preparation, and piano.
This summer, Jack finished a Music Direction internship at The Muny in St. Louis. Most recently, at the end of August, Jack produced a concert of songs from his musical, Athanasia at The Green Room 42.
Jack has music directed various shows including Our Own Heroes at Berklee College of Music, The Gateway Playhouse’s Acting School’s production of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Jr., Cultural Arts Playhouse’s production of Chicago: The Musical, John W. Engeman’s children’s production of Pinkalicious: The Musical, KOTA Productions’ Peace, Love and Cupcakes: The Musical, and Retter Entertainment’s Finding My Spotlight.
As a writer, Jack has written a multitude of musical theater songs and has a new musical currently in the works. Check out their music portfolio here.
One of Jack’s main goals as a musical theater writer is to create space for queer and non-binary characters in new material and to open up the stories being told.
