Jeffrey Lodin and William Squier are prolific musical theatre writers whose scores range from those with a traditional Broadway sound to songs that are eclectic and contemporary. Their musicals have been seen in production throughout the Northeast, the Midwest and at Florida's Walt Disney World, where they co-authored DISNEY'S DOUG LIVE, the first completely original book musical in the theme park's history. Songs from the score were featured at the 1998 International Children's Festival and in the sound track for the Disney animated feature release, DOUG'S FIRST MOVIE. The team has also written songs for the Disney Channel's P.B. & J. OTTER.

REBELS, their musical about the birth of the American Revolution (co-book: John Allen and Mana Allen, co-lyrics: John Allen) premiered at the Starlight Theatre in June, 2001. REBELS has also been produced by the Spirit of Broadway Theatre, in Norwich, Connecticut, where it holds the distinction of being the highest-grossing new musical in the theatre's history. TOP OF THE HEAP was chosen for New American Theater's New Voices in the Heart Land Festival 2000 and produced at Curtain Call, Inc. A HUNDRED YEARS INTO THE HEART has been seen at Music in a Box (featuring Tony Lo Bianco), New Haven, Connecticut's Edge Festival 2003, where it was awarded the designation "Best of the New Works," and in production at the inaugural New York Musical Theater Festival.

Jeffrey Lodin wrote the score for YOUNG ABE LINCOLN (book & lyrics: John Allen), a show for Theatreworks USA, which ran at the Promenade Theatre and enjoyed a U.S. Tour in 1994 - 95. With Mr. Allen, Jeff also wrote the Theatreworks USA musical THOMAS AND JUPITER. His musical ABOUT FACE (book & lyrics: David Arthur) was selected for the Dramatist's Guild Musical Theatre Development Program and featured at the National Alliance of Musical Theatre 1997 Fall Festival in New York City. Two songs written with David Arthur were recorded by Randy Graff and Judy Kuhn for the CD compilation, A CELEBRATION OF LIFE. He also wrote the musicals NICE PEOPLE (Book & Lyrics: Tony Tanner) and NAUGHTY GIRL (book & lyrics: Scott Hayes, co-music: Christopher Seppe), which was presented at the Collaborative Art‚s Project 21. He was awarded a 2003 "Meet the Composer" grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts.

In addition to collaborating with Jeffrey Lodin, William Squier has written musicals with Thom Babe, Jerold Goldstein, Mildred Kayden, Peter Melnick, Fred Stark and Norman Weiss. His play, THE TREATMENT OF DOCTOR LOVE, ran Off-Broadway for a 137 performances. THE THREE SCROOGES, a Christmas musical written in collaboration with Jerold Goldstein, has been produced by the Ingersol Theatre and twice by Curtain Call, Inc. THE KLEMPERER'S NEW CLOTHES (music: Norman Weiss), a finalist for the 2004 Richard Rodgers Awards and winner of both the 2003 Jackie White Memorial National Children's Play Writing Contest and the South West Theater Association's Coleman A. Jennings New Script Award, was produced by the Columbia Entertainment Company. ROUTE 66 (co-book: Jerold Goldstein; music: Fred Stark) was seen in concert at the Stamford Center for the Arts. Bill's works-in-progress have also been performed at AMAS, CAP 21, Director's Company, Drama League, the Nat Horne, Pen to Stage, the Sanford Meisner, Steve McGraw's and the York Theatre; regionally at Contemporary Arts, the Depot, Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara, Hunterton Hills Playhouse, NEAT and the Theatre Barn; and at the ASCAP / Disney Workshops in New York, Los Angeles and Florida. His writing for other media includes newspapers, magazines (including Newsweek's MY TURN column), radio, television (including the Emmy-winning UNUSUAL PHENOMENA) and a series of award-winning home videos that address parenting issues. Bill was awarded a 2003 Artist Fellowship by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.

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