Writing Credits

The following list details the writers of the sketches and songs in DEATH, THE MUSICAL.  (Bios)

MUSIC

Aaron Alon (“Celia”, “Lullaby”), Andrew Chukerman (“The Show Must Go On”, “What a Wonderful Body I’ll Be”), Miriam Daly (“Sizzlin’ Sally Quartet”), Elizabeth Doyle (“I Wanna Go Singing”), Steven Jones (“Necrophilia”), Mark Sanderlin (“Black Widow Bitch”, “A Stone’s Throw from Heaven”, “Ridicinol”, “Coffin Full of Love”, “There’s No Point in Living Anymore”, “You’re Working Me to Death”), Thomas Sturm (“Divine Justice”)

 

LYRICS

Aaron Alon (“The Show Must Go On”, “Sizzlin’ Sally Quartet”, “What a Wonderful Body I’ll Be”, “Necrophilia”, “Lullaby”, “A Stone’s Throw from Heaven”, “Celia”, “There’s No Point in Living Anymore”, “You’re Working Me to Death”), Owen Kalt (“I Wanna Go Singing”), Mark Sanderlin (“Coffin Full of Love”), Peter Wittenberg, Jr. (“Black Widow Bitch”)

 

BOOK

Aaron Alon (“Pre-Show Warning”, “The Show Must Go On”, “A Good Time to Die”, “Calling Dr. Randall”, “Them Aliens”, “Taxidermists’ Delight”, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, “News Report: The Midget Strangler”, “Ridicinol”, “Mortuary Wager”, “Kent, the Angry Jock”, “Funeral Rites”, “Waiting for Death”, “Divine Justice”, “New TSA Guidelines”, “There’s No Point in Living Anymore”—co-written with Deb Murphy, “You’re Working Me to Death”), Jason Howard (“A Major Inconvenience”), Eric James (“Last Line”, “8:22”), Deb Murphy (“There’s No Point in Living Anymore”—co-written with Aaron Alon), Mark Sanderlin (“Coffin Full of Love”), Peter Wittenberg, Jr. (“Black Widow Bitch”, “Body in the Road”)

 

ARRANGEMENTS

All music arranged by the respective song’s composer, with the exception of “A Stone’s Throw from Heaven,” which was arranged by Steven Jones.

 

CORE CREATIVE TEAM

The assembly and creation of this musical revue was overseen by creative director Aaron Alon and the core creative team: John Dunn, Eric James, Deb Murphy, and Peter Wittenberg, Jr.