Alexander Sage Oyen

Alexander Sage Oyen was on a reality TV show when he was thirteen, but let’s not talk about that. He is the recipient of the 2014 ASCAP Foundation’s Lucille and Jack Yellen Award for lyricists and the Lotos Foundation Prize in the Arts and Sciences. His musicals include Tyrants (book by S.P. Monahan, directed John Simpkins); Proxy (book by Austin Regan and Rachel Franco); Diva: Live From Hell (Theater for the New City, 2017; book and characters by S.P. Monahan, directed by Daniel Goldstein); Outlaws (Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals; book by James Presson, directed by Noah Himmelstein); Tethered (book by Rachel Franco); Archie’s Final Project (Book by James Presson, based on the film directed by David Lee Miller); and Moment By Moment (54 Below; directed by Brandon Ivie), which received a production at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. He and collaborator James Presson were awarded the 2013-2014 Dramatists Guild Fellowship, and their musical Outlaws was the recipient of the 2014 ASCAP Workshop. He was named one of Playbill’s “Contemporary Musical Theatre Writers You Should Know,” and he was selected for the 2014 Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project. His music has been heard at Lincoln Center; Goodspeed Opera House; Symphony Space; 54 Below; Joe’s Pub; Playwrights Horizons; Signature Theatre; New World Stages; the Laurie Beechman Theatre; and in venues in Thailand, London, the Netherlands, and all across the world. He is the songwriter and a co-lead vocalist of his theatrical rock band, Discount Ghost Stories!, who can be seen playing through every borough and the astral planes. His debut solo record, Feelings and Blood, is available for purchase on Apple Music and Spotify. Proud member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild.