Adam gwon biography

American composer and lyricist

Adam Gwon is an American composer and lyricist living in New York City.^[1]

Personal life

Gwon was born in Boston, and spent his childhood in Baltimore before attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts.^[2][3] While studying acting at NYU, Gwon was encouraged to pursue writing by a teacher, David Bucknam, and was later mentored by the musical theater writing team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.^[4] Gwon is of Chinese-American and Jewish descent.^[5]

Professional life

Gwon made his off-Broadway debut in 2009 with Ordinary Days, the first musical production in Roundabout Theatre Company's black box space, Roundabout Underground.^[6] In 2011, Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, premiered Gwon's musical The Boy Detective Fails, based on the novel by Joe Meno, as part of their American Musical Voices Project.^[7]South Coast Repertory commission