Bio

Nicky Phillips is an award-winning composer, lyricist and teacher.

She is currently a member of the BMI-Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop where she was awarded the Jean Banks Award for outstanding achievement in Musical Theatre. An alumnus of the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, Nicky was mentored by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Craig Carnelia. Her work has been showcased at Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Don't Tell Mama, The Laurie Beechman Theatre and The New York Theatre Barn. She has had writing residencies at CAP21, the Human Race Theatre Company and was awarded the artist in residence at the Margret and H.A.Rey Center. She was honored to have written an original song for Colm Wilkinson that was featured in Music of the Night-a tribute to Colm Wilkinson.

As a musical theatre writer, Nicky's musical works include: The Last Party (Toronto Fringe Festival); The Curious Journey (ASCAP Stephen Schwartz Workshop, Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals, CMTP); In Between (Bravo Academy); Stagefright (Prospect Theatre Musical Theatre Lab); Becoming Tussaud (In Development); Bus Trip (BMI); contributed material to Touch Me: Songs for a (dis)Connected Age (Forte Musical Theatre Guild); In Flanders Fields (First commissioned and produced by Smile Theatre Company,  additional productions at Golden Apple Theatre and Lunchbox Theatre in Calgary where it was nominated for a Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Production). Nicky is proud to have two songs featured on the Wellsongs Project CD, available for purchase through Broadway Records.

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As a composer for the theatre, Nicky has written music for the following plays: The Snow Queen (Theatre New Brunswick); Buyer and Cellar (Alberta Theatre Projects); Old Man And The River (Theatre Direct); Jane Eyre,The Penelopiad and The 39 Steps, (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre). She is a proud member of ASCAP where she was awarded a 2018 ASCAP Plus Award.

When not writing, Nicky is teaching private voice lessons in her home studio in Nyack, as well as in the heart of Midtown Manhattan and online!

Music

(for more songs visit Shows)

Musical Theatre Songs

This Is The Year

From In BeTween

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Orchestrations by Andy Roninson

Featuring: Sarah Bock, Layla Capers, Jordan Cole, Parker Dzuba & Kaylin Hedges

In BeTween

From In BeTween

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Orchestrations by Andy Roninson

Featuring: Sarah Bock, Layla Capers, Jordan Cole, Parker Dzuba & Kaylin Hedges

Flying High

from The Curious Journey

Music & Lyrics by Nicky Phillips

Featuring: Kennedy Caughell

Mike Burns

from The Last Party

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Steven Gallagher

Featuring: Arri Simon

Wallflower

from So You Think You Can Kill

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Featuring: Nicky Phillips

A Life To Live For

from Becoming Tussaud

Music & Lyrics by Nicky Phillips

Featuring: Sara Farb

Dino Kid

From In Between

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Featuring: Layla Capers

The Kevin I Used To Be

From In Between

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Featuring: Jordan Cole

Find Your Light

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Orchestrations by Andy Roninson

Featuring: Jason Pintar & Hannah Levine

I'll Miss You

from The Last Party

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Steven Gallagher

Featuring: Hansel Tan

I Don't Care

from Bus Trip

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Laura Kleinbaum

Featuring: Tara Halpern

It's Just Not My Thing

Standalone Song

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Featuring: Natalie Jenowski

Camping for Christmas

From In Between

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Featuring: Hailey Hedges

The Sun Ain't Comin' Out Tomorrow

Standalone Song

Music by Nicky Phillips,

Lyrics by Robert Gontier & Nicky Phillips

Featuring: Gabi Epstein

RBF

Standalone Song

Music by Nicky Phillips, Lyrics by Sarah Ziegler

Band Arrangements by Rick Bassett

Featuring: Alison Prussing

Incidental Music

The Snow Queen

Theatre New Brunswick

Incidental Music by Nicky Phillips

Old Man & The River

Theatre Direct

Incidental Music by Nicky Phillips

Jane Eyre

Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

Incidental Music by Nicky Phillips

The Penelopiad

Royal Manitoba Theatre Center

Music by Nicky Phillips

News

March 2021

Tune in to "In Between the Lines" on Musical Theatre Radio at 10am on Saturday March 19th LIVE! Nicky will have a song featured on their 10th episode.

February 2021

Two of Nicky's songs are featured on the Wellsongs Project CD, available for purchase through Broadway Records.

This November 2020, In BeTween is having its premiere developmental production with Bravo Academy in Toronto, Canada

Gallery

Contact

Literary Representation

Paradigm Talent Agency

Rachel Ellicott
212.897.6400
rellicott@paradigmagency.com

Contact Nicky

nicky@nickyphillips.com