DANIEL ZAITCHIK (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a singer-songwriter, playwright, composer, and lyricist. His musicals include Darling Grenadine, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Costume, and Suprema (with Jordan Harrison). His work has been developed and produced at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Roundabout Theatre Company, Lincoln Center Theater, Ars Nova, Marriott Theater, Goodspeed Musicals, NAMT, and others.
Zaitchik is the recipient of the 2017 Kleban Prize for most promising musical theatre lyricist. Other honors include the Kahn Career Entry Award from Boston University, the Frederick Loewe Award from New Dramatists, and the Georgia Bogarduz Holof Lyricist Award. The Roundabout Underground production of Darling Grenadine was a 2020 Outer Critics Circle Awards honoree in the category of Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The Marriott Theatre production was a Jeff Award nominee for Best New Musical.
As a singer-songwriter, Zaitchik has played venues from Rockwood Music Hall to Joe’s Pub, and his albums can be found on all music streaming services.