Kira Stone is a composer, lyricist, songwriter, playwright, performer, and music producer passionate about creating stories that center the force of the female experience through pop songwriting and theatrical storytelling. Current musicals include: SALEM, Built for This (w/ Lauren Gunderson), WIDOWS (w/ Matthew Greene), Revival, and others early in development. Her work has been developed at/with the Shubert Artistic Circle Fellowship, Playwrights Horizons, ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop, NAMT, The Lucille Lortel 121 Project, Goodspeed, Circle in the Square Theater, The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, New York Stage & Film, Olney Theater Center, New World Stages, University of Southern California, University of Gothenburg, and 54 Below. Awards include: ASCAP Foundation Cole Porter Award (first woman to ever win), Vanguard Arts Award, NAMT Frank Young Fund Award. Residencies include: Vineyard Arts Project, The BringAbout, Chateau d’Orquevaux (2x). Finalist: Kleban Prize (2024), Dramatists Guild Fellowship, American Music Theater Project at Northwestern (3x), The Orchard Project (2x), Lucille Lortel 121 Project, The Civilians’ R&D Group, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (3x), New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio. Semifinalist: O’Neill National Music Theater Conference (2x). TV/Film: Sesame Street, PBS Kids. She resides in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters. IG: @kirabethstone