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Ronvé O’Daniel is an award winning songwriter, lyricist, composer and hip hop enthusiast. His work has been produced Off-Broadway, as well as TheatreWorks Silicon Valley New Works Festival, Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference, Johnny Mercer Writers Colony Residency at Goodspeed Theater, as well as NYU-Tisch School for the Arts. Ronvé recently made his Off-Broadway debut as Composer/Sound Designer in the premiere of Superhero, produced by Houses on the Moon Theater Company. 

He 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. He 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.
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Ronvé’s other works include: Once Upon a Rhyme (f/k/a iLLA! A Hip Hop Musical), 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). You can keep up with him at ronveodaniel.com.
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