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Ronvé O’Daniel is a songwriter, lyricist, playwright, director, and hip-hop enthusiast.  His show Once Upon a Rhyme has been produced at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley New Works Festival,  Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference, Johnny Mercer Writers Colony Residency at Goodspeed Theater, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) as well as NYU Tisch School for the Arts. 

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Ronvé collaborated with Virginia Stage Company and Virginia Public Works for the world premiere of The Earth Remembers, an original song-cycle that serves as both education and a celebration of the unique history of the Hampton Roads, Virginia community.  His work was also featured by Theatreworks USA for their series Who Tells Your Story where he pays tribute to Robert Smalls, a man born into slavery who became a Civil War Naval Hero and South Carolina Congressman. He is currently partnering with the new licensing all-digital agent Uproar Theatrics to create The Hippest Wizard of OZ, with longtime collaborators J Kyle Manzay and Jevares Myrick. 
Ronvé recently made his directorial debut with City Springs Theatre Company’s educational musical short film Beautiful Hair, which he also wrote. Ronvé was the recipient of Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference’s Georgia Bogardus Holof Lyricist Award – given to only one lyricist every summer who exemplifies a promising career in musical theater writing.

Ronvé’s other works include: Greenwood (Musical Theatre Factory), Letters to the President, BAPS (Music and Lyrics for National Tour), The New Girl (Concord Theatricals) and We Love (NAMT 15-minute musical).