Adam Wagner, composer/lyricist
Collaborators: Zachary Dietz, Benjamin Magnuson, John-Paul Benitez, Richard E. Hess, Patrick Soluri
Favorite Venue: Laurie Beechman Theater
Influences
Contemporary Musical Theater -
Jason Robert Brown, William Finn, Maury Yeston, Craig Carnelia, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Ben Folds, "Weird Al" Yankovic
Sounds Like
Sheet music is available for all of Adam's songs for a small fee.
Please visit www.adamjwagner.com to order sheet music.
Adam Jonathon Wagner was born in Chesterton, Indiana on June 27, 1983. He spent most of his life in Indiana, but temporarily lived in Mesa, Arizona during first and second grades.
He received a BFA in Musical Theater from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. During his college life, he taught himself to play piano. In June 2005, he presented an original revue, Don't Look Down, as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. The show received the Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Best Alternative Production and a Cincinnati Enquirer Acclaim Award. A second incarnation of the work was presented in 2008 under the title Giving Up Later. Third time’s a charm and he is now working on turning his collection of songs into a full-scale book musical.
In 2006, he introduced himself as a songwriter to the New York community in An Evening of (mostly) True Songs at the Laurie Beechman Theater, featuring the talents of several Broadway performers. Adam attended the Composers Stage Project as part of the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and was regularly mentored by the Tony-nominated Broadway lyricist, Craig Carnelia.
Adam co-produced Broadway for Barack: The Voices of Hope in February 2008 to raise money for then Senator Obama’s primary campaign. Most recently, he held a benefit concert called Oh, Glaucoma! after being diagnosed with advanced juvenile glaucoma in April of 2008.
As an actor, Adam can be seen as Phil in the film Teeth, which premiered at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and is now available on DVD. He is a proud union member of Actors’ Equity, has done several sketch comedy shows around NYC and performed at The St. Louis Muny, Ogunquit Playhouse, Grandstreet Theater and Seacoast Repertory Theater.
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hey u r probably flying over the mountainy mountains right now... have all the fun in montana!!!! i'll b thinkin of u when i'm on my 12 million trips this month :P
Ohh I sure hope you do :) That would be waay cool. I'm thinkin of going conservatory this year. Gotta audition though. But yahh! Hows that NY huh? My mom and I are thinkin of visiting this summer cause I doooo love it there. :)
adam heyy man. you comin back to grandstreet this summer? how yah been? Oh and hey - when you helped me out with that one song i did in the GST program last summer, Send In The Clowns .. i used your advice and i won the tri area singing competition! they said it was a great song for me and stuff so .. thanks. :)
Well Mr. Adam Wagner, I wanted to let you know that I watched the movie you star'd in "Teeth." LOL Truly, I enjoyed it, I believe and know you are on your way. P.S. I move to the Bay Area of California... Hope all is well..
adam!! ahh!! lol nice, cool, see what did i tell yah?? we were all going to add you on myspace to keep in touch .. and thats just what we did, well at least thats what IVE done .. hopefully the other ladies will follow through lol. so you better stick to this whole keeping in touch thing alright? p.s. as of now, your song is on my myspace. p.s.s. can i ask you a ? concerning audition songs???
Yo Adam, how's it going? It's been a while, hope all's well!! Just dropping in to send some love your way, listen to some of your tracks and to invite you to check out the new demo I've got on my space! ;)) Would love to know what you think!! Thanks dude, wishing ya all the best - keep up the awesome work, keep in touch & keep on rockin'!! Warmest regards, ~Nick :)
hey adam! how are you? well just droppin by to let you know that i will be representing the USA at the World Championships Of Performing Arts next summer in Hollywood! Thousands and Thousands all over tried out and only about 100 people made it! I cant wait! Over 50 countries will be there competing just like the olympics! well hope you are doing good!
How's it goin?? Hope this msg finds you well! First off, many thanks for being my friend - it's a pleasure to be part of your circle and to listen to your awesome music!! Great work!
I'd like to invite you to check out the music vid clip on my space, my song 'Joy Unto My Soul' performed by my Myspace friend Jason Stephenson, as aired on Australian television about a week and a bit ago. Might not necessarily be your style of music, but I hope you enjoy the clip anyway - and feedback is always appreciated!! ;)
Thanks so much dude - wishing you a wonderful week, and all the best!
