Duncan Sheik

Personal Information
DUNCAN SHEIK In addition to writing the music for Spring Awakening, Grammy nominated singer–songwriter Duncan Sheik is collaborating with Playwright Steven Sater on The Nightingale, a musical based on the Hans Christian Andersen classic which premiered during the 26th annual O'Neill Music Theater Conference. Sheik has composed original music for the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night and for The Golden Rooms of Nero, which opened at the Magic Theater in San Francisco earlier this year. His self-titled debut album on Atlantic Records, was an enormous popular and critical success and spent 30 weeks on the Billboard 200. Other albums include Humming, Daylight, Phantom Moon (Nonesuch Records) with lyrics by Steven Sater and his latest, White Limousine (Rounder Records), Duncan’s songs have appeared in many Film Soundtracks including Great Expectations, The Saint, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Three to Tango, What a Girl Wants, Transamerica and Amazing Grace (a documentary about the late Jeff Buckley). Sheik also composed and produced the original score for the feature film A Home at the End of the World, directed by Michael Mayer and starring Colin Farrell and recently finished scoring Mary Stuart Masterson's directorial debut, The Cake Eaters.
 
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Credits

Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Whisper House 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 01/20/2022 Music & Lyrics
2 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 02/04/2020 Music & Lyrics
3 The Secret Life of Bees Linda Gross Theater 06/13/2019 Music
4 Alice By Heart The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space/ The Newman Mills Theater 02/26/2019 Music
5 The Whirligig Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 05/21/2017 Original Music
6 Mother Courage and Her Children East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 01/19/2016 Original Music
7 The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Westside Theatre/ Downstairs 07/27/2015 Original Music
8 A Man's A Man East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 01/30/2014 Music
9 A Man's A Man East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 01/30/2014 Songs
10 The Caucasian Chalk Circle East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 05/30/2013 New Songs
11 Spring Awakening Linda Gross Theater 06/15/2006 Music
12 Songs From An Unmade Bed New York Theatre Workshop 05/24/2005 Composer
13 Twelfth Night Delacorte Theater 07/18/2002 Music

Musician
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Whisper House 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 01/20/2022 Orchestrations
2 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 02/04/2020 Musician
3 The Secret Life of Bees Linda Gross Theater 06/13/2019 Orchestrations
4 Alice By Heart The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space/ The Newman Mills Theater 02/26/2019 Orchestrations
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical The Secret Life of Bees Music
2 NOMINATED 2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music The Secret Life of Bees Music
3 WON 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical The Secret Life of Bees Music
4 WON 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Score The Secret Life of Bees Music
5 WON 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Orchestrations The Secret Life of Bees Orchestrations
6 NOMINATED 2014 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music in a Play A Man's A Man Music
7 WON 2007 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical Spring Awakening Music
8 WON 2007 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Musical Spring Awakening Music
9 WON 2007 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music Spring Awakening Music
10 NOMINATED 2007 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Orchestrations Spring Awakening Music
11 WON 2007 Drama League Award, Outstanding Production of a Musical Spring Awakening Music