Jesse J. Sanchez is an award-winning composer, lyricist, writer, and music director. He is a two-time recipient of the National Alliance For Musical Theatre Frank Young Grant, a recipient of the Milagro Latino Artist Fund Grant, a finalist for Opera America’s Digital Excellence in Opera Award, and has received commissions from TYA/USA, Zach Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, 24 Hour Plays, Oregon Cabaret, BMG Music, Portland Opera, and more. He is an alumnus of The Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals, Austin Latinx New Play Festival, Prospect Theatre’s Musical Theatre Lab in NYC, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Swan Lab, and New York Theatre Barn Core Programs, including the Barn On Fire Festival of New Musicals (mentored by Jerry Mitchell). His work has been performed at the Jimmy Awards on Broadway, Broadway Housing Gala (co-hosted by the Miranda Family Foundation and Latine Musical Theatre Lab), The Green Room 42, Boston Lyric Opera, Long Beach Opera, Zach Theatre, Prospect Theatre Company, Cutting Ball Theatre, 24 Hour Plays, Prop Thtr Small Hours Festival, Arizona Theatre Company, Oregon Cabaret, Camelot Theatre, New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, NAMT Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, and more. Jesse’s music can be streamed on all major platforms.