composer/writer
Adam (they/he) is a composer and writer who is passionate about dramatic works but experienced in myriad mediums. They are interested in exploring genres, mixing performance mediums, and radical collaboration.
Their work has been performed at Ars Nova, HERE Arts Center, Ars Nova, New York Musical Festival (NYMF), The GreenRoom 42, The West End Lounge, A Little New Music, The Maas Building, The Hartt School, Temple University, and more. Their dramatic works have been developed with Roundabout Theatre Company, the George and Joy Abbott Center for Musical Theatre, Theatre Now New York, and more.
Adam has studied composition, lyric writing, and dramatic writing with the likes of Anna K. Jacobs, Sam Carner, Gilda Lyons, Thomas Schuttenhelm, and Anne Marie Cammarato. They hold the Abbott M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Collaboration (Composer/Lyricist Concentration) from the George and Joy Abbott Center for Musical Theatre at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
dramatic works
All of the pieces below are at various stages of development.
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in early development
barbara/tony
by Adam J. Rineer
History:
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2026 - Johnny Mercer Writers' Grove, Goodspeed Musicals
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2025 - Table Reading, NYC
FLATLAND
Music, Lyrics, & Concept by Adam J. Rineer
Book & Direction by Jason Aguirre
based on Edwin A. Abbot's Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Disco Demo
Music & Lyrics by Adam J. Rineer
Book & Direction by Jason Aguirre
History:
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2025-2026 - R&D Group, The Civilians
Bitchfest: LIVE!
Concept, Music, and Lyrics by Adam J. Rineer
Book and Lyrics by Rachel Graf Evans
Originally commissioned by Prima Theatre (Lancaster, PA, USA) primatheatre.org
History:
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2022 - Table Reading, ART/NY, NYC
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Developed in the UNTITLED Musical Writers Group, NYC
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Developed in part in the Theatre Now New York Musical Writers Lab, NYC