Joshua Schmidt is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, lyricist,

bookwriter {{unreferenced, date=January 2014 The book writer is the member of a musical's team who creates the book—the musical's plot, character development, and dramatic structure. Essentially, the book writer is the playwright of the musical, working ver ...

and theatrical sound designer. He is known for the musicals '' Adding Machine'', ''A Minister's Wife'' and ''

Midwestern Gothic ''Midwestern Gothic'' was an American literary magazine based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2010 by Robert James Russell and Jeff Pfaller, ''Midwestern Gothic'' published fiction, essays, poetry, and photography. In 20 ...

''.

Musical theatre

* '' Adding Machine'' (2007, Jason Loewith co-bookwriter, co-lyricist) * ''A Minister's Wife'' (2009, Jan Tranen, lyricist;

Austin Pendleton Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. He is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen who has appeared in films including ''Catch-22'' (1970); '' W ...

, bookwriter) * ''Whida Peru: Resurrection Tango'' (2010, David Simpatico, book and lyrics) * ''

'' (2017, Royce Vavrek bookwriter, co-lyricist)

References

Living people 21st-century American composers American lyricists American sound artists Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-composer-stub