Alana Jacoby (she/her) is a musical theater lyricist and bookwriter, playwright, lighting designer, stagehand, and teacher. She has written two full-length musicals with composer Scotty Arnold: When We’re Gone (FKA Mortality Play; NAMT Festival 2016; World Premiere at the Lyric Theater of Oklahoma, 2018) and Trivøya Gold (developed at the Musical Theatre Factory, Buck’s Rock Camp, and Wayne State University). Her work has been performed at Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub, 54 Below, the Barrington Stage Company, and the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. A alumna of Brown University and NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program, she runs the Lighting and Sound Design program at Buck’s Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp, and is an early childhood chess tutor with Chess at 3. She is a proud member of the Musical Theater Factory and the Dramatists Guild.