Derek Gregor (Composer and Music Director) is an NYC-based composer for stage and screen. He is a recipient of a Richard Rodgers Award, a John Wallowitch Award and a MAC award among others. Derek's musical UNLOCK'D (w/ Sam Carner) received an extended off-Broadway run at the Duke Theater, after development at the Ravinia Festival, TheatreWorks Palo Alto and Princeton University. His musical ISLAND SONG (w/ Carner) is licensed around the world, and its frequently-performed cabaret material has led to a YouTube following. TECHIES (w/ Carner) recently became available for licensing. Derek's TYA short musical LOVE SPLAT tours with Theatreworks.

Derek wrote the original songs (w/ Selda Sahin lyrics) for the feature film AMERICAN REJECT (Keala Settle, Annaleigh Ashford, Rebecca Black, Billy Ray Cyrus). Derek's musical MODERN (w/ Sahin) was developed at the Stephen Schwartz ASCAP Workshop, the ASCAP "Grow A Show" Workshop in Nebraska, the Village Theatre, USC's "Live Read" Series and the Bloomington Playwrights Project. His musical PARTICLE (w/ Sahin) was selected for MSU's Imagen series and is scheduled for further development in early 2024.