Sam Carner is a New York-based lyricist and bookwriter. He won the $100,000 Kleban Prize, the Richard Rodgers Award, and the John Wallowitch Award. He and composer Derek Gregor were among Playbill.com’s 12 “Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know,” and 13 of their songs have been nominated for MAC Awards. Their musical ISLAND SONG has had over 60 productions internationally, including translations in Japanese and Italian. Their musical UNLOCK’D played and extended Off-Broadway run and went on to several regional productions. Their show SECOND LINE was the 2020 Pace New Musical, having had readings at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, NC State, and more. Sam has taught musical theater writing and analysis courses at Yale and NYU and is currently on faculty at Temple University. He built and directs the non-profit Musical Creators’ Institute, which offers revolutionary training to the next generation of musical theater writers. www.musicalcreatorsinstitute.net.