"I arranged and recorded my very first musical Ugo’s Last Dance at the DMCA in 2003, and I’m quite certain the project would not have been a success had it not been for the countless hours Lee Faulkner spent helping me in the studio. Beyond that initial project, the DMCA staff continued to support my work throughout my tenure at Yale. Their constant support, instruction and expertise helped to shape the artist I am today. The DMCA was truly one of the greatest resources and most valuable treasures I found during my time Yale."
David Lefort Nugent is a NYC-based playwright and composer, and graduate of the Yale School of Drama. He is currently writing the book, music and lyrics for Open the Dark Door, a new indie-rock musical commissioned by the Stratford Festival of Canada to be work shopped in October 2007.
David’s fledgling theatre company One Kind Theatre- NY was recently awarded a New York State Council for the Arts grant to co-develop and workshop his newest play The Old Woman, her Song and the Waves in collaboration with Medicine Show Theatre this Spring. Other projects include collaborations with three NYC based composers to write Ghost Songs, a political musical for New Sounds Theatre (NYC).
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