Isidore Elias is a playwright, librettist and songwriter whose work has been produced in the US, Canada and Europe. Honors: grants from the BMI Foundation for his musical, I Don’t Do Club Dates (book and lyrics) and the NYS Council on the Arts for his play, Tiger Slayer; commissions from the Royal Carre’ Theatre in Amsterdam for his musical, Move! (book and lyrics) and Cross-the-Pond Productions, London, for his play, Test Tube Baby of Mine; Carbonell nomination for best new work for his musical, The Bialy Sisters (book); Outstanding Achievement Award Great American Song Contest for his song, Guns. Recent productions of his plays include Muffin (Nylon Fusion Theatre, NYC), Jim Silverstein's Will (Fresh Produc'd, NYC), Willow Grove (Metropolitan Playhouse, NYC) and Goods (The Vortex, NYC). He is currently working on the libretti of two new operas: Icarus Rising (working title) with composer Elliot Sokolov and The Peace, with composer Nizan Leibovitch. Past productions of his musicals include Move! (book and lyrics, Royal Carre Theatre, Amsterdam), Falling Apart (book and lyrics, Century Theatre, NYC), The Bialy Sisters (book, Actors Playhouse, Miami). As an actor, he was last seen in Simone at American Globe Theatre and Goods (which he also authored) at The Vortex. Performs solo programs of his monologues. Developing a vaudeville act, Bucky and His Friends, for which he is providing book, music and lyrics. Teaches writing for musical theatre at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre as well as privately. Long-term member of the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and an alumnus of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop. Proud member, The Dramatists Guild.