Adam Wachter

Adam Wachter is a composer/lyricist, music director, and educator who has taught musical theatre performance on the faculties of Point Park University in the US and both the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and LAMDA in the UK. The Hollywood Reporter called him a "breakout star" for his music direction (and quips) on the Disney+/ABC series "Encore!", and his other pit experience includes MD and keyboard credits on Broadway ( The Addams Family, War Paint, Allegiance, Finding Neverland ),...See more

Adam Wachter is a composer/lyricist, music director, and educator who has taught musical theatre performance on the faculties of Point Park University in the US and both the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and LAMDA in the UK. The Hollywood Reporter called him a "breakout star" for his music direction (and quips) on the Disney+/ABC series "Encore!", and his other pit experience includes MD and keyboard credits on Broadway ( The Addams Family, War Paint, Allegiance, Finding Neverland ), Off-Broadway ( Carrie, Old Jews Telling Jokes, Unlock'd, Yank! ), and regionally (The Old Globe, Barrington Stage Co., DC Shakes, Signature Theatre Co., Bay Street, PCLO, Wallis Annenberg, Weston Playhouse, La Mirada). His musical Tarrytown won the Craig Noel Award for 'Best New Musical' and was short-listed for the Richard Rodgers Award, and his original songs have been performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, 54 Below, the Hackney Empire, and the Savoy Theatre, and on CBS, Bravo, Boomerang, and the BBC. He has won the Stiles + Drewe 'Best New Song' Prize and the MAC Wallowitch Award, earned an MA from Goldsmiths, University of London, and received the 'Professional Achievement' Alumni Award from his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Visit adamwachter.com to learn (and hear) more! See less