HOCHMAN, Laurie

Laurie Hochman is a writer, songwriter, and musical theatre creator. She holds a BA in Writing for Film & TV from Emerson College, where she received an Evvy nomination for a personal essay, and graduated from the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. A published member of BMI since 2001, she is also a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

Hochman’s music and lyrics have appeared on Nickelodeon’s *The Wonder Pets!*, Essential Voices USA’s *Celebrating the American Spirit*, and The Pushcart Players’ *Happily Ever After: A Cinderella Tale*. With writing partner Bryan Blaskie, she co-created *Forty Elephants*, *Ghost Girls: An Undark Musical*, and *Nothing to See Here*, which had its world premiere at Rubber City Theatre in 2021. The duo are two-time semi-finalists for development at the O’Neill Center’s National Musical Theatre Conference. Additionally, Hochman was a finalist for the Warner Bros. Writers' Workshop Program in 2014 and 2015, and has received recognition in over a dozen screenwriting competitions and film festivals.