Alex Bechtel
Alex Bechtel creates new works of music, theatre and musical theatre. His latest musical, Penelope – for which he wrote music, lyrics and arrangements and co-wrote the book with performer Grace McLean... Read more
Alex Bechtel creates new works of music, theatre and musical theatre. His latest musical, Penelope – for which he wrote music, lyrics and arrangements and co-wrote the book with performer Grace McLean and Director Eva Steinmetz – has had productions at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and Signature Theatre in DC and concert performances at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater. Other recent work includes: music & lyrics for Lightning Rod Special’s The Appointment (“Best of 2019” – The New York Times, Vulture, TimeOut NY; “Best of 2023” – The New Yorker), arrangements/music direction for Pig Iron Theatre Co’s Poor Judge, original music for Hudson Valley Shakespeare’s The Matchmaker, music direction for Night Side Songs by the Lazours, music & lyrics for People’s Light & Theatre Company’s Peter Panto, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty and Shakespeare in Love, Arden Theatre Company’s The Light Princess and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and eight seasons of new music for Shakespeare at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Bechtel is a graduate of The Pig Iron School and The University of the Arts. He is a seven-time Barrymore Award Winner and a 2015 Independence Fellow in the Arts. Bechtel is the creator/composer of The West, Philadelphia Nocturne, and Cheer Up, Dostoevsky.