Xander Browne
Xander Browne (he/they) is a queer Black comedic composer/writer based in Brooklyn with a degree in Directing from Columbia University. His work explores the various intersections of religion, sexuality, race, technology, and conservation. He has music-directed workshops at The Public, The Flea, and the 5th Climate Change Theatre Action Festival. He also directed and orchestrated AJ Brady’s Manic Pixie Dream Girls Aren’t Black with the American Theater Project at Northwestern University. His musical W a t c h M e has been workshopped with NYTW, at Adelphi University, Breaking & Entering Theater Collective, and with Roundabout Director’s Group. His musical The Last Vampyre was a finalist for Live & In Color’s Bingham Camp Musical Retreat and was part of L&IC’s summer 2023 reading group. Recently, his music has been featured in Ruby Karp’s stand-up special I Don’t Trust Adults and in Torn Out Theater’s Antigonick.