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Adam Wachter

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Adam Wachter is an American composer, lyricist, and music director from Holland, Michigan.

Early life[edit]

Adam Wachter was born in Holland, Michigan to Douglas and Deborah Gordon Wachter. He graduated from West Ottawa High School in 2001, from the University of Michigan in 2005,[1] and from Goldsmiths University of London in 2018.[2]

Career[edit]

Wachter composed the score and wrote the screenplay for the short film, Sign, which won numerous awards, including the Audience Award for Narrative Short at NewFest, the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival,[3] and the Youth Jury Award at the Iris Prize Festival, both in 2016.[4]

In 2017, his musical Tarrytown premiered at San Diego's Backyard Renaissance Theatre,[5] and won the San Diego Theatre Critics' Circle Craig Noel Award for Outstanding New Musical.[6][verification needed] In the same year, he appeared on the ABC primetime television special "Encore!", produced and hosted by actress Kristen Bell.[7]

Wachter is the winner of the 2018 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize for his song "You and Me."[8] He is currently a visiting assistant professor on the faculty of Point Park University's Musical Theatre department in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[9]

References[edit]

  1. Heth, Sarah. "Playwright, music director Adam Wachter remembers local beginnings". Holland Sentinel. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. info@mandy.com. "Adam Wachter, Composer, Musical Director, London & New York". Mandy. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  3. "Award Recipients - NewFest". NewFest New York’s LGBT Film and Media Arts Organization. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. "ANNOUCEMENT OF IRIS PRIZE WINNERS 2016 - Iris Prize". Iris Prize. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  5. Hebert, James. "'Tarrytown' brings 'Sleepy Hollow' into the modern age". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. "San Diego Theatre Critics Circle announces 2017 Craig Noel Award winners". The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. Encore! (TV Series 2017– ), retrieved 2018-10-16
  8. "Stiles & Drewe | Stiles + Drewe Prize". stilesanddrewe.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  9. "Adam Wachter". Point Park University. Retrieved 13 October 2018.


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