Erin J. Reifler (she/her) is a New York-based musical theater writer and musician. Originally from Evanston, IL, Erin received a B.A. with honors from Brown University in Music and her M.F.A from NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program in Lyric and Book writing. 

 

Her work has been featured at the Goodspeed, NYMF, Green Room 42, Feinstein's 54 Below, and Two Rivers Theater. With collaborator Zonia Tsang, she is the bookwriter & lyricist of A PAIN IN THE NECK (Drama Club Camp Residency, Dramatist Guild Fellowship Finalist, Civilians R&D Group Finalist, Moxie Arts Incubator Finalist) and SONGS OF HOME (NMI Merit Award Winners, Civilians R&D Group Semi-Finalist). With her collaborator Kevin Renn, she is the composer of SHOWCASE: A REHEARSAL MUSICAL, which is slated to close Carpe Diem Theater’s first season in Fall 2026 and has been developed at universities across the country.

 

As a musician, Erin’s worked on numerous musicals on and off Broadway, the West End, and Asia, including THE GREAT GATSBY, SHUCKED, PARADISE SQUARE, and ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS. She was the first music supervisor of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Music Theater Conference and has worked with artists such as Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Lea Salonga, Edie Falco, Peter Dinklage, and The National.