Biography
Singer-songwriter and musical theatre composer, lyricist and bookwriter. As a singer-songwriter, he has performed at venues including Joe's Pub, 54 Below, Rockwood Music Hall, and The Bootleg Theater. He was the frontman and writer for the 11-piece, multi-voiced band Blue Bottle Collection, and his albums include Summer of the Soda Fountain Girls and Bad Dancer. He is currently recording his next solo album. Zaitchik’s musicals include Darling Grenadine, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Costume, and Suprema (with playwright Jordan Harrison.) His work as been developed at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Roundabout Theatre Company, Lincoln Center Theater, New Dramatists, Ars Nova, NAMT, Princeton University, Goodspeed Musicals, and others. As a sometimes-actor, he has worked at theatres including Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theater Festival, Barrington Stage, and Long Wharf Theater. Zaitchik is the recipient of the 2017 Kleban Prize for most promising musical theatre lyricist. Other honors include The Ester B. Kahn Career Entry Award from Boston University, the Frederick Loewe Award from New Dramatists, and The Georgia Bogarduz Holof Lyricist Award.
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