Andrew R. Butler & Andrew Farmer

Andrew R. Butler is a writer, composer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY and hailing from the Florida Panhandle. He has written four musicals with playwright Andrew Farmer: the Floridian folk tale Finn The Fearless; the southern gothic Blessing; an adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (TheatreWorksUSA commission); and the episodic musical travelogue American Cryptids. Also, (PARKLAND/WEATHERS) (Ars Nova), music/lyrics for Anna Kerrigan’s The Dixon Family Album (Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Sagal Fellowship); co-music/lyrics for Jaclyn Backhaus’s Folk Wandering; co-writer/performer for Political Subversities (Joe’s Pub); co-founder of experimental theatre company harunalee (Ars Nova’s Makers Lab; The Public’s Under The Radar Festival; LaMama; Bushwick Starr). Alumnus of Ars Nova’s Uncharted Music/Theater Writers Group, Yale Institute for Music Theatre, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Polyphone Festival at UArts, Civilian’s R&D Group, FGP’s Playground Playgroup, Guild Hall’s JDT Lab, and Aspen Theatre Festival. Andrew holds a BFA in Drama from NYU’s Experimental Theatre Wing. www.andrewrbutler.com

Andrew Duncan Farmer is a writer, performer, comedian and storyteller based in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. His work has been produced at MoMA, Ars Nova, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Guild Hall, The UCB and The Yale School of Drama, amongst others. With Andrew R. Butler he has developed BLESSING (Yale Institute for Music Theatre, Playwrights Horizons Downtown commission), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (TheatreworksUSA commission), Finn the Fearless (Ars Nova Residency, Theatre Aspen, Polyphone Music Festival) and American Cryptids (The Civilians R&D Group.) Recent plays include The Gray Man (Pipeline Theatre Company), The Fall of Hotel Mudafier…(Williamstown Theatre Festival), and I Heard Sex Noises, written with Claire Rothrock, Ryann Weir & Annie Tippe (Ars Nova Residency). Andrew’s stories have appeared in Vogue, New York Magazine, The Moth and The Huffington Post. He’s a member of The Story Pirates along with comedy groups Gentlemen Party and Political Subversities. He holds a BFA in Drama from Playwrights Horizons Theater School at NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts. www.AndrewDuncanFarmer.com