Ernie Bird is a writer, composer, actor, and singer living in New York City. Born and raised in Ukraine, he wrote the music for RISE, with a book by Gabrielle Mirabella, which premiered Off-Broadway at Kaufman Music Center in 2022. He is also a co-founder and producer of the critically acclaimed and New York Times-featured musical theatre podcast, What Will She Do Next. His autobiographical musical, The Ukrainian War Diary, premiered at the National Opera Center in 2023 and is scheduled for a full showcase in the fall. His other musicals include Sunday Brunch, Renn Faire: The Musical!, The Foreign States of America etc. Ernie also writes plays, short stories, novels, and TV shows. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and earned an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU Tisch, where...
Ernie Bird is a writer, composer, actor, and singer living in New York City. Born and raised in Ukraine, he wrote the music for RISE, with a book by Gabrielle Mirabella, which premiered Off-Broadway at Kaufman Music Center in 2022. He is also a co-founder and producer of the critically acclaimed and New York Times-featured musical theatre podcast, What Will She Do Next. His autobiographical musical, The Ukrainian War Diary, premiered at the National Opera Center in 2023 and is scheduled for a full showcase in the fall. His other musicals include Sunday Brunch, Renn Faire: The Musical!, The Foreign States of America etc. Ernie also writes plays, short stories, novels, and TV shows. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and earned an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU Tisch, where he was honored with a full scholarship. Currently, Ernie is a composer/lyricist at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, a guest composer at Columbia University’s MFA Playwriting program, and the Senior Editor of Music & Materials at Theatrical Rights Worldwide. As an actor, his international voice-over work includes; A Goofy Movie (Max; Walt Disney Pictures), Hercules (Walt Disney Pictures), and Bad Teacher (Columbia Pictures). He is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild.