Elliott Culpepper
Composition and music direction for theatre productions, with a unique passion for devised theatre.
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“They have an absolutely brilliant understanding of how music works within a piece of theater, and can speak to directors about the relationship of music and text with a fluency that is essential in music theater collaborative spaces. They have an incredible ability to teach music to inexperienced and experienced casts in an approachable but concise manner.” – Director
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“Elliott has many strings to their bow and has experience in writing, acting and creating music. Their talent makes them.” – Director
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“Elliott absolutely inspires a group – the way they lead warm ups, the way they lead a band. I have worked with them and can say there are productions which would have fallen apart without them.” – Director
The Rover dir. Philip Wilson, 2022 Photo by Andrew Ab
POLARI co-dir. Freya Griffiths, Ben Blais, 2023 Photo by Brian Roberts
FERAL dir. Nursa Rozley, 2023 Photo by Andrew Ab
Gilgamesh dir. Nick Bagnall, 2022 Photo by Andrew Ab
POLARI co-dir. Freya Griffiths, Ben Blais, 2023 Photo by Brian Roberts
FERAL dir. Nursa Rozely, 2023 Photo by Andrew Ab
Theatre Music Portfolio.
About Elliott
Elliott Culpepper has written songs and composed music for a variety of theatrical projects, specializing in devised ensemble-based shows.
They contributed original music and arrangements to POLARI, The Rover, Gilgamesh (Simon Armitage, LYR), Mother Courage, As You Like It, The Spectacular, Artivism, Beat Sex And Violence, Education Revelation and more.
They also wrote MIDTERMS, a full length musical, with mentorship from David Andrew Laws. MIDTERMS was developed in residency at Hi-Arts in El Barrio’s Artspace (NYC.) with a workshop reading starring Daphne Rubin-Vega, Kevin Mambo, Alex Boniello and Michael Lee Brown.
They are an expert vocalist, with the ability to sing multiple styles and arrange harmonies for a company. They are also an accomplished musician — a skilled guitarist and pianist as well as competent ensemble player on bass, ukulele, and other stringed instruments.
They trained in acting, music, and devised theater, at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, where they graduated with first class honors, and at Developing Artists, a premiere training program for young artists in NYC, where they received the Kevin Geer Merit Award for their excellence in acting, writing, music, and leadership in an ensemble.
They also studied music in the Department of Music and Audio Technology at High Tech High School of Performing Arts, and acting at NYC’s HB Studios.
They release original alt-folk tracks as mr.culpepper.