The Composer and Co-Lyricist
WILLIAM WHITEFIELD
William Whitefield is a respected composer, lyricist,
conductor and performer in New York City. He
collaborated with science fiction writer Ray Bradbury
on the musical adaptation of The Day It Rained
Forever, based on Mr. Bradbury's short story of the
same name. He also wrote music for The 13
Hallucinations of Julio Rivera, a play by Stephen Culp
which premiered at The Lark Theatre last year in NYC.
Recently, he conducted the world premiere of Frederick
Hohenzollern at Spivey Hall in Atlanta and The
Connecticut Arts Gala at the Bushnell in Hartford.
Off-Broadway, he played Bob Becket in H.M.S.
Pinafore with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
at Symphony Space and Randy in Identical Twins from
Baltimore at Playhouse 91. He has been seen at such
regional theatres as Goodspeed Opera House,
Tennessee Repertory Theatre, American Stage Company
and Northshore Music Theatre.
William is the Associate Director of Western
Michigan's Cherry County Playhouse and the Artistic
Director of The Genesius Guild, a non-profit theatre
company in NYC dedicated to the development of new
plays and musicals.
He is a member of American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers, The Dramatists Guild, American
Federation of Television of Radio Artists and Actor's
Equity Association.