About Us
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Magritte & Rosen are a musical theatre songwriting duo who have been collaborating for a decade. Known for their “gift for vocal harmony and their willingness to push the boundaries of subject matter in musical theatre,” they contribute equally to book, music, and lyrics. Their original works explore the spectacle of the mundane and the intersection between the political and the personal.
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Alara Magritte (she/her) is a songwriter, playwright, producer, and art director whose work finds itself situated in the space between the grotesque and the gorgeous. She is a 2015 California Playwrights' Project winner for her piece "The Tangible Tollbooth." She has worked with many theatre organizations including Playwrights Foundation, the New York Musical Festival, Playdate Theatre, and Tony Award-winning TheatreWorks: Silicon Valley, as well as had her work featured across the country at La Jolla Playhouse, The Connelly Theatre, The Duplex, Midnight Theatre, and more.
Alongside Daniel Rosen, she co-wrote and produced the original festive holiday collection This Year, and the spine-tingling Halloween album, Magritte and Rosen’s House of Haunts. Recently, the pair blended artistry with advocacy to produce the benefit concert “My Body, My Voice,” uniting singer-songwriters and musical theatre artists to support the nonprofit The Brigid Alliance in helping to provide equitable access to women's healthcare. Magritte is a 2024 cohort member of the Beth Morrison Projects’ Producer Academy and holds a BA in Playwriting from Purchase College. |
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Daniel Rosen (he/him) is a writer, arranger, and performer originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. He made his first foray into playwriting in 2014 when his one-act "Good Buddy" was selected for TheatreWorks Young Playwrights Project. In 2018, he produced the Vassar Devils' music video "Out of the Dark" and contributed arrangements and co-produced the Devils' 2020 studio album, Words Unsaid, a multiple-nominee at the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards. In 2021, he worked with Boomerang Theater Company to produce a TikTok musical Work from Home to raise awareness for the Performing Artists That Help community relief fund.
Along with Alara Magritte, Daniel has co-written multiple full-length musicals including With Great Power and the award-winning Safe Hands, which received a sold-out extended run at the SheNYC Arts Festival and was most recently featured at Seattle Public Theater’s Distillery New Works Festival. In 2024, the pair had their repertoire performed at a composer / lyricist cabaret as featured artists at the Phoenix Theatre Company Annual Festival of New American Theatre and are a regular feature at Urban Stages’ annual Winter Rhythms Festival. |