Alex Bechtel

Alex Bechtel creates new works of music, theatre and musical theatre. His latest musical Penelope – for which he wrote music, lyrics and arrangements and co-wrote the book with performer Grace McLean and Director Eva Steinmetz – has had productions at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and Signature Theatre in DC and concert performances at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre. Other recent work includes: Music & Lyrics for Lightning Rod Special’s The Appointment (“Best of 2019” – The New York Times, Vulture, TimeOut NY; “Best of 2023” – The New Yorker), Arrangements/Music Direction for Pig Iron Theatre Co’s Poor Judge, Original Music for Hudson Valley Shakespeare’s The Matchmaker, Music Direction for Night Side Songs by the Lazours, Music & Lyrics for People’s Light & Theatre Company’s Peter Panto, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty and Shakespeare in Love, Arden Theatre Company’s The Light Princess and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and 8 seasons of new music for Shakespeare at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Bechtel is a graduate of The Pig Iron School and The University of the Arts. He is a seven-time Barrymore Award Winner and a 2015 Independence Fellow in the Arts. Bechtel is the creator/composer of The West, Philadelphia Nocturne, and Cheer Up, Dostoevsky.