Pasek & Paul

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are a musical theatre writing team living in New York City. Their first show, EDGES, has been produced throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe and is licensed by Music Theatre International. Current projects include the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH and DOGFIGHT, a new musical commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater. They are the youngest winners of the Jonathan Larson Award and served as songwriters for Disney Channel’s four-time Emmy nominated series JOHNNY AND THE SPRITES. They contributed to IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE and DUCK FOR PRESIDENT for Theatreworks USA and were listed as part of the “50 to Watch” up-and-coming writers by The Dramatist Magazine. They were interviewed on National Public Radio, selected as 2007-2008 Dramatist Guild Fellows, and their music has been broadcast on Sirius XM’s Live On Broadway channel. The duo has played sold-out concerts across America at venues including The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Joe’s Pub in New York City and the Falcon Theater in Los Angeles, and will soon perform in Australia’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival in June of 2010. They wrote DR. WILLIAMS for Orchard Project’s 24-Hour Musicals benefit and will be featured in the upcoming documentary “Overnight Musicals” about the process by Incubation Films. They are proud graduates of The University of Michigan.