Sean McCabe is a musical theatre composer, lyricist, and bookwriter from Ottawa, Canada. His work has been performed at Lincoln Center, The Players at Gramercy Park, Two River Theater, and elsewhere.

 

Sean's musical Saint Sebastian, with music by Jinhee Kim, has been presented by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York Theatre Barn, and the NYU Tisch New Musical Theatre Workshop.

 

Recently, Sean won the Drama League's Anthem for the Future of Theatre for his song "One Day”, with music by Paulie Pecorella, and was in residence at the Catwalk Art Institute to develop his new musical The Covenant, a gay adaptation of the Biblical story of David and Jonathan.

 

Sean has his MFA from NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, and his BA and BEd from Queen's University in Canada.