FLIP THE SCRIPT COLLECTIVE
Kyle Adkins (composer/bookwriter/lyricist) is an Orlando native and graduate of the University of Central Florida. His plays for young audiences include "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "For Carmen in San Sebastian" and "The Magic Paintbrush" (co-written with Rachel Benjamin). Since 2013, he has served as Script Supervisor and Music Director for the Echoes Creative Writing Competition at The REV Theatre Co., the largest writing competition in the country for middle school theatre writing. Serves as Artistic Associate at The REV Theatre Co. Member: Dramatists Guild of America.
Stephanie Figer (bookwriter/lyricist) resides in Auburn, NY. A proud veteran of Merry-Go-Round Youth Tour, she spends her summers teaching acting, voice and speech and musical theatre at The American School in Switzerland. She has also taught locally with Auburn Public Theater, and throughout the Northeast as an actor-educator with Children’s Stage Adventures. She has penned three world premiere musicals: Same Sky, produced in 2017, Sketch, produced in 2016, and The Happy Prince, produced in 2015. She has two more pieces that are in development: That Chicken Play, which will tour Upstate New York as part of the MGR Youth Tour season, and Cry Wolf, a musical that will be performed by children and adults throughout the Northeast and Canada. A graduate of Point Park University, Stephanie hopes to someday use her writing skills in the growing field of Drama Therapy.
TJ Liquori (composer/lyricist) is an avid music educator and composer in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area. He earned his undergraduate degree in Music Education at Berklee College of Music. During his time at Berklee, TJ directed the student classical chamber choir, “Crepusculum”, for two years. He was then a recipient of the Music Education Most Promising Alumnus award upon graduation from Berklee. TJ currently teaches elementary general music at five schools in Woburn, MA. He also runs an after-school music theatre program in Woburn where students learn to sing, act, and dance in an original musical they create. In addition, TJ works during the summer as a teaching artist at The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) as a drama and music educator for international elementary, middle, and high school students.
Sandra Preciado (bookwriter/lyricist) Originally from Mexico, Sandra is a multidisciplinary theatre maker working internationally. After graduating from her Master’s degree at the Royal Conservatoire in Scotland, Sandra has been working mostly as a director and movement director. Her work has been seen in Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, UK, Denmark, and France. Sandra draws her storytelling and inspiration from her various areas of experience as a director, choreographer, writer and performer. She enjoys collaborative work and early development of new pieces. Amongst others, she has adopted the Theatre of the Caress technique from her work with Cirque Du Soleil creator Daniele Finzi Pasca. As a writer, she has developed a handful of shows for The American School in Switzerland, as well as a multigenerational and multidisciplinary show in current development.
Most recently Sandra has been working with Darkfield, translating and directing Spanish versions of their audio shows. She is also currently collaborating with Orchestre National de Lille and Aalborg Symphony Orchestra on an upcoming production of Weil and Brecht’s Seven Deadly Sins.
Jami Reimer (lyricist/composer) lives in Vancouver, BC. As an interdisciplinary artist and educator Jami has taught, directed, music directed, and sound designed from Canada to Switzerland to Mexico to Egypt! In 2023, Jami was awarded the Robert Fleming Prize for composition from the Canada Council of the Arts for her ongoing performance research on the endangered music of amphibian choruses. Jami’s original work has been presented by rEvolver Festival (Upintheair Theatre), Biosonic Festival (Active/Passive Performance Society), Dream Cabaret (Vancouver Opera), Sound Palace (Hard Rubber Orchestra) and Indie Fest (re:Naissance opera). As summer faculty in performing arts at The American School in Switzerland, Jami has collaborated on writing and directorial teams for three original musical premiers and counting! Jami holds a Bachelor of Music from Canadian Mennonite University, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba, and a Masters of Fine Arts from the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University (SSHRC fellowship recipient) where she currently serves as sessional faculty in music composition.
Mikey Rosenbaum (lyricist/composer) is a traveler/actor/singer/playwright and composer crafting new musical theater experiences for audiences of all ages. Mikey received his MFA from the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at TISCH/NYU (2020 Frederick Loewe Scholarship for Musical Composition). Mikey has co-created over a dozen scores and has had musicals produced and performed at venues all over NYC: Ars Nova, 54 Below, Rockwood Music Hall & Lincoln Center and all over the world: Nashville, Los Angeles, Locarno Film Festival, The American School in Switzerland (Lugano). Recently, Mikey participated in the Catwalk Residency, produced/created his first album: GET LOST! w/ Mikey Rose & The Flower People. Currently: Head of AR @fvrdrmstudios (Bushwick); Summer Director of the Performing Arts at The American School in Switzerland. Mikey is always up to something!