ZACHARY CATRON (he/him) is an award-winning composer, lyricist, and performer who bridges the gap between new opera and musical theatre. New York City premieres include: the ballet Training in Love (Rovaco Dance Company), incidental music for Fuente Ovejuna: A Disloyal Adaptation (The New School for Drama), the chamber operas Tin Man and The Walt Whitmans of Fort Greene Park (NYU/AOP Opera Labs), and the full-length musical The Battle, Not the War. The Battle, Not the War received its concert premiere at Feinstein’s/54 Below in June 2019 as part of NYC WorldPride, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

Catron received his off-off- and off-Broadway songwriting debuts in the Spring of 2022 with WAR STORIES at The Tank NYC, and Village Songs at the Rattlestick Theater (in collaboration with the Tenement Museum). He has recently composed for film and TV, including the indie film La Dame de Monte-Carlo (Arthouse Film Festival 2021 Official Selection) and an unannounced animation pilot.

A composer of many styles, Catron released his first J-pop single, “Tokimeki (Heart Pounding)”, as part of the East-Meets-West project, with lyrics by Momo Akashi and vocals by Joo Won Shin (Squid Game). Currently in development is his new, Carnatic-Western-fusion musical epic, Sati: Goddess Incarnate, with librettist and Bharatanatyam dancer, Vaibu Mohan. Catron has performed at Lincoln Center, Studio 54, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center; and he was a pianist for Brooklyn Youth Chorus between 2017 and 2022. By day, he works at Roundabout Theatre Company, fundraising for their education programs.

In May 2022, Catron received his M.F.A. from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He is a member of ASCAP.