David Reiser

David Reiser is a Jewish-American writer/composer with over 15 years experience working on Broadway, Hollywood, and the West End. He is on the full-time Performing Arts faculty at Stockton University, focusing on developing new works. He lives in New York City, was born and raised in Tallahassee, has Romaniote-Jewish family roots, and is a proud father and partner.

David's original work has been produced at such renowned venues as Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Cadogan Hall, Drexel University, Feinstein's at the Nikko, Galapagos Art Space, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and more, by such acclaimed artists as Leslie Odom Jr., Gavin Creel, Caissie Levy, Celisse Henderson, Sebastian Arcelus, Nikki M. James, Laura Dreyfuss, Keala Settle, and many more.

David was selected for the 2013 Johnny Mercer Songwriting Fellowship at Northwestern University; his work was chosen to be part of the 2016 Broadway's Future Songbook Series at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts; and he is a recipient of the 2020 Stockton University Professional Development Grant for his work on the musical film Abey Baby.

David has worked closely with groundbreaking artists to develop and direct their new works, including Matt Gould & Griffin Matthews’ The Family Project, Charly Evon Simpson’s While We Wait, and Alexander Sage Oyen & Nora Brigid Monahan’s Maximilien Robespierre Did Nothing Wrong.

David has also directed mainstage collegiate productions of Into The Woods, Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and more. He is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey, where he teaches classes on developing new works, lyric writing, story structure, acting, show business, and more. David's latest project at Stockton, the Creative Project Development Lab, connects Stockton students with professional writers/creators for extended residencies to develop their latest work over the course of a full semester at Stockton. See @StocktonTheatre for more info. David is also on the Musical Theatre faculty at AMDA (the American Musical and Dramatic Academy) in Manhattan, where he teaches their Senior level Mock Audition course.

As an actor, David has played leading roles on Broadway in Good Vibrations, on the National Tour of Mamma Mia!, at La Scala Opera in West Side Story, at Off-Broadway venues including Playwrights Horizons, Theatre Row, Safra Hall, and at regional houses and workshops like Casa Manaña, Weston Playhouse, and NY Stage and Film.

David previous work experience includes serving as a production scout for Marc Platt Productions, as a music assistant for Andrew Lippa's musical Big Fish, and as the Logic Pro instructor at The Apple Store NYC.

David received an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, an MA in Music Theory from City College CUNY, and a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan, where he is proud to have been mentored by the late, great Opera legend, Shirley Verrett.

Member: SDC, Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, AEA.

David's original work and collaborations include:

SHOWS
Joni and the Whale • Static Electro (fka Walker in Babylon) • Charlotte's Web • Any Other Way • Pericles: Born in a Tempest (New York Innovative Theatre Award nomination)

ALBUMS
Friends For A Few • A Few For Friends • Storytellers Ball

FILMS + SHORTS
Abey Baby • Rapid Paranormal: Room 812 • A Simple Christmas • North Pole LLC • Two Northern Lovers In A Dixieland Storm

BOOKS
Outkast & The Love Below - Analyzing the Pop Concept Album • Is Your Phone Still In The Toilet? - Variations on Voicemail