Bio
Drew Fornarola is a songwriter and playwright from New York City. He has written for DreamWorks' Shrek and VeggieTales franchises, and is currently the artistic director of STARRING BUFFALO.
Film: VeggieTales Noah's Ark (DreamWorks Animation) starring Wayne Brady; 1 Night in San Diego (Metropolitan Entertainment) starring Alexandra Daddario, High School Zoomsical (MTShorts, fall 2020) starring Ryann Redmond. Theater: STRAIGHT (New York Times Critics' Pick, 21 productions worldwide including a sold out run in Mexico City and a European tour, pub. by Dramatic Publishing Company); Claudio Quest (winner of six NYMF Awards for Excellence, LA Ovation Award Nominee for Best Score, in development as an augmented reality experience); Shrek The Halls: The Musical (DreamWorks Theatricals), Molly Shannon’s Tilly The Trickster (Atlantic Theater Company, collaboration with Saturday Night Live's Molly Shannon); Thucydides (Winner of Samuel French Play Festival, pub Samuel French); Hershey's Unwrapped (Hershey's Chocolate World, May '19 - present, winner 2019 IAAPA Brass Ring for theme park show of the year); COLLEGE The Musical (MTVu Award, Hippodrome State Theatre, Dramatic Publishing Company); and 2 musicals for children. Awards: NYMF Award for Excellence in Lyrics, John Wallowitch Award for Songwriting, 2018 Ovation Award Nomination for Best Score, Finalist for the Kleban Award and Richard Rodgers Award, and nine-time MAC Award nominations as a cabaret artist. Concerts: Lincoln Center, Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway au Carre (Paris), London Theatre Workshop (London), Bar Fedora at Au Lac (Los Angeles), MusicalFare (Buffalo), among others. Teaching: Broadway Dreams Foundation faculty member 2014-2018, guest lectures at colleges around the country. Other: Drew provided string arrangements for #1 charting Japanese band CREAM, and his original score for Buddy Thomas' Devil Boys from Beyond (New World Stages) is available for licensing from Samuel French. He is the co-creator and host of the critically acclaimed Madame Mathieu's Soiree, an avant-garde variety show now in its fourth season in the West Village. Education: B.A. Princeton, J.D. Fordham, Alumnus BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.
Film: VeggieTales Noah's Ark (DreamWorks Animation) starring Wayne Brady; 1 Night in San Diego (Metropolitan Entertainment) starring Alexandra Daddario, High School Zoomsical (MTShorts, fall 2020) starring Ryann Redmond. Theater: STRAIGHT (New York Times Critics' Pick, 21 productions worldwide including a sold out run in Mexico City and a European tour, pub. by Dramatic Publishing Company); Claudio Quest (winner of six NYMF Awards for Excellence, LA Ovation Award Nominee for Best Score, in development as an augmented reality experience); Shrek The Halls: The Musical (DreamWorks Theatricals), Molly Shannon’s Tilly The Trickster (Atlantic Theater Company, collaboration with Saturday Night Live's Molly Shannon); Thucydides (Winner of Samuel French Play Festival, pub Samuel French); Hershey's Unwrapped (Hershey's Chocolate World, May '19 - present, winner 2019 IAAPA Brass Ring for theme park show of the year); COLLEGE The Musical (MTVu Award, Hippodrome State Theatre, Dramatic Publishing Company); and 2 musicals for children. Awards: NYMF Award for Excellence in Lyrics, John Wallowitch Award for Songwriting, 2018 Ovation Award Nomination for Best Score, Finalist for the Kleban Award and Richard Rodgers Award, and nine-time MAC Award nominations as a cabaret artist. Concerts: Lincoln Center, Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway au Carre (Paris), London Theatre Workshop (London), Bar Fedora at Au Lac (Los Angeles), MusicalFare (Buffalo), among others. Teaching: Broadway Dreams Foundation faculty member 2014-2018, guest lectures at colleges around the country. Other: Drew provided string arrangements for #1 charting Japanese band CREAM, and his original score for Buddy Thomas' Devil Boys from Beyond (New World Stages) is available for licensing from Samuel French. He is the co-creator and host of the critically acclaimed Madame Mathieu's Soiree, an avant-garde variety show now in its fourth season in the West Village. Education: B.A. Princeton, J.D. Fordham, Alumnus BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.
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