Sami Horneff
A born and raised New Yorker, Sami Horneff is a proud graduate of Brown University and an advanced lyricist and bookwriter in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Recent credits include: THE RADIUM GIRLS: A JAW-DROPPING NEW MUSICAL (Lyrics & Book), which was a 2022 NAMT semi-finalist, a five-time winner at The 2021 National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and most recently had its first industry presentation directed by Tony Winner Marissa Jaret Winokur; SINGLE RIDER (Lyrics & Book, Off-Broadway 2018); ArtsPower National Touring Theatre’s JUDY MOODY & STINK (Lyrics) based on the bestselling book series by Megan McDonald; COMING ATTRACTION (Lyrics), a new musical about the life of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo; THE BREAK (Lyrics, Omaha Creative Institute); A NEVER-ENDING LINE (Lyrics, Off-Broadway); ROCK AND A HARD PLACE (Music & Lyrics); THE UNDER 5ERS web series (Writer/Producer, 2016 Indie Series Award Nominee for Best Original Song); and two original songs for the feature film A RING FOR CHRISTMAS (UPtv). Upcoming: BANDIT QUEEN (Lyrics & Book) with Amanda D’Archangelis, and PANDORA IN BLUE JEANS (Lyrics) in collaboration with D’Archangelis and Adam Morrison. Her work has been performed at Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Green Room 42, The Metropolitan Room, The Duplex, Prohibition NYC, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and educational institutions from Northwestern University to The University of Alabama. She was also featured on Ken Davenport’s The Producer’s Perspective podcast in 2019 and on Playbill’s Songwriter Series in 2024. She was also a 2019 York Theatre Company’s New/Emerging/Outstanding (NEO) writer and a 2023-2024 Artist in Residence at The Legacy Theatre in Branford, CT.