Veronica Mansour and abs wilson
"Runaway Girl"
- When did you first discover theater/what was your first experience?
VERONICA: I started doing community theatre when I was 8, playing Marcie in "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and I caught the theatre bug from there! abs: My first named role was "Beggar #2" in a Bible fan fiction play about the apostle Luke's turbulent love life and I've never peaked so high since.
- When/how did you become a writer? Is there a writer, show, or text that particularly inspired you?
VERONICA: I remember loving to write pop songs for my friends when they had crushes in middle school, channeling my inner Taylor Swift and wanting to help them through! abs: In kindergarten, I wrote a plagiarized version of "The Giving Tree" except all of the humans were mice— you can pretty much only go up from there!
- How do you describe your style/work?
We're passionate about female-driven narratives and having our work create space for people to feel seen in a new way. We love using different musical styles such as pop, country, punk, etc. to help make big ideas feel a little more approachable and personal.
- What is most rewarding to you about writing music?
When you create something, it can reveal that we're all just reflections of each other and we're not alone and there's community in that, which is super rewarding. When we're able to move people with our songs...that's what it's all about!