Adam Gwon

Associate Professor

Affiliated Departments

Writing and Production for Musical Theater

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Adam Gwon is an award-winning composer and lyricist whose musicals have been produced on six continents in more than six languages.

Gwon's off-Broadway productions include Scotland, PA (Roundabout Theatre), Ordinary Days (Roundabout Theatre, Keen Company revival), and Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside Theatre). His regional productions include Witnesses (California Center for the Arts), String (Village Theatre), Cake Off (Signature Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse), Cloudlands (South Coast Repertory), The Boy Detective Fails (Signature Theatre), and Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma).

Courses Taught (2)

Music and Narrative

CMWT-545

BNYC Graduate Advising: Writing and Design for Musical Theater

CMWT-690

Career Highlights

Drama Desk Award nomination, New York Times Critic’s Pick for Scotland, PA
Drama League Award nomination for Ordinary Days
New York Times Critic’s Pick for Old Jews Telling Jokes
Helen Hayes Award nomination for Cake Off

Awards

Fred Ebb Award (2008)
The ASCAP Foundation Harold Adamson Lyric Award (2009)
Wallowitch and Burman Songwriting Award (2010)
Kleban Prize for Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing (2011)
Donna Perret Rosen Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre (2012)
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater (2015)
The Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award (2019)
Frederick Loewe Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre Writing
Craig Noel Award, Outstanding New Musical (2019)