- When did you first discover theater/what was your first experience?
MB: I performed a mean “Someday My Prince Will Come” as Snow White in the first grade afterschool production, and the rest is history!
- When/how did you become a writer? Is there a writer, show, or text that particularly inspired you?
MB: I always loved writing, but I didn’t start writing for the stage until I joined my college’s (DEFINITELY cool) all-female musical sketch comedy team. After graduated, I finally combined my longtime love of musical theater with comedy writing and joined the BMI Workshop.
I’m ever inspired by the hilarious and moving shows on stage today and those that I loved to listen to and perform growing up: Little Shop, Spelling Bee, 13, In the Heights, Kimberly Akimbo, The Bedwetter, and beyond!
- How do you describe your style/work?
MB: Silly and smart, character-driven and catchy, full of jokes and full of heart!
- What is most rewarding to you about writing music?
MB: The fun of cracking a musical or lyrical puzzle side-by-side with collaborator friends who inspire funnier, catchier, better work — and then getting that work endlessly stuck in my head! Thanks a lot, Utsav!