Lisa is a lyricist, librettist, and playwright from Illinois, now based in Brooklyn. She is an alumna of William & Mary and a member of the renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop and The Dive Musical Writers Group. Her work has been performed Off-Broadway and at venues including Joe’s Pub, Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Duke, Signature Theater, and Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, and more. She is a contributing writer for the viral satire rag Reductress.

Her work has been selected for incubator programs and opportunities by organizations including Out of the Box Theatrics, Forestburgh Playhouse, Western Connecticut State University, Pendragon Theater, The Phoenix Theater, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, Ring of Keys, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and the Johnny Mercer Foundation. She has been featured in showcases and festivals such as the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival, SoundBites, and Playbill’s Songwriter Series, and worked with students at conservatory and collegiate programs.

Lisa is a collaborator of Amanda D’Archangelis and Sami Horneff, Rae Covey, Joanna Burns, Jake Chapman, Fernanda Douglas, Grace Oberhofer, and other brilliant artists.

THEATER CREDITS…

THE RADIUM GIRLS (Lyrics & Book), co-written with Sami Horneff and Amanda D’Archangelis — a NAMT Festival Finalist, Eugene O’Neill NMTC Semi-Finalist, and five-time Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival award winner following its developmental premiere production at Western Connecticut State University. The musical received NYC industry presentations directed by Tony Award winner Marissa Jaret Winokur in 2023 and 2026, alongside workshops at IAMT and Norwalk Conservatory. It is currently in development with High Octave Productions and will premiere Off-West End at Southwark Playhouse in 2027.

WE ARE THE BENJAMIN HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL HORSE GIRLS! (Lyrics & Book), with composer Joanna Burns — developed through Out of the Box Theatrics’ series ‘The Edit’ and presented via In The Works at The Duplex and at the Pasadena Writers Retreat. Lisa and Joanna’s collaborative work, including their spec adaptation of Lars and the Real Girl, has been showcased by the BMI Workshop at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre, by Ring of Keys at Joe’s Pub, and more. You can find their absurdist musical comedy videos and other projects under their duo name DOLL CAMP. 

LIFEGUARDS (Lyrics & Book), co-written with Rae Covey — a brand new piece debuted in a salon presentation Brooklyn in early 2026, and subsequently showcased in concert at The RAT.

THE COLOR OF THINGS (Lyrics & Book), with composer Grace Oberhofer — a new family musical adapted from the book of the same name by Vivienne Shalom, was recently selected for the In the Works In the Woods Festival and presented in two staged readings at Forestburgh Playhouse in fall 2026.

FOREVER NOON (Lyrics & Book), with composer Fernanda Douglas and co-writer Danielle Smith — developed through a series of artist retreats in residency with Pendragon Theater in Saranac Lake, NY. The show premiered in a sold-out staged reading at Littlefield in Brooklyn in 2025. The next draft of the piece premiered at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC in additional sold-out staged readings in 2026, with additional concert presentations to come.

SICK (Lyrics & Book), with composer Jake Chapman — developed through the BMI Workshop and inspired by Lisa’s experiences as a patient in children’s hospitals. The project is loosely based on their short musical which won Best Book at SoundBites at Signature Theatre and was a City Theatre National Short Playwriting Award Finalist.

Other projects in development include the musicals CAMP FOR DEAD PEOPLE and THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN TOWN (AND HER COW), and the play THE BECK. Additional credits include lyrics for the song cycle A NEVER-ENDING LINE (Off-Broadway run at Players Theatre; album released by Broadway Records), the play PARTY PEOPLE (Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival), and book for the musical GUTS (Across A Crowded Room Program). She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Ring of Keys, and Maestra.