Veronica Mansour is a composer, lyricist, and artist. She is a two-time Richard Rodgers Award winner, Fred Ebb Award winner, Jonathan Larson Grant winner, Eric H. Weinberger Librettist Award winner, Dramatists Guild Fellow, recent nominee for a Marvin Hamlisch International Music Award (Musical Theatre Composition), one of four writers selected for the DreamWorks Theatricals, MTI & NBCUniversal Emerging Writers Program (composer and co-lyricist for How to Train Your Dragon Jr.), and one of three 2023 Write Out Loud contest winners for her song “Runaway Girl” (written with abs wilson).
Mansour’s work has been developed with the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT Festival ’24), the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (NMTC ’23, ’24), Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (’24), Goodspeed Musicals (Johnny Mercer Writers Grove, ’24), The Orchard Project (’25), New York Theatre Barn (New Works Series, ’23), the South Carolina New Play Festival (’24), Musical Theatre West (New Works Festival, ’24), Syracuse University (New Works Series, ’24), Manhattan School of Music, St. Olaf College, Millikin University, the University of Notre Dame, and more.
Mansour is also an accomplished cellist and vocalist, having studied for many years at the Colburn School and the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. She is a proud member of Maestra, the Dramatists Guild, and BMI. She holds an MFA in Graduate Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Mansour’s work has been developed with the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT Festival ’24), the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (NMTC ’23, ’24), Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (’24), Goodspeed Musicals (Johnny Mercer Writers Grove, ’24), The Orchard Project (’25), New York Theatre Barn (New Works Series, ’23), the South Carolina New Play Festival (’24), Musical Theatre West (New Works Festival, ’24), Syracuse University (New Works Series, ’24), Manhattan School of Music, St. Olaf College, Millikin University, the University of Notre Dame, and more.
Mansour is also an accomplished cellist and vocalist, having studied for many years at the Colburn School and the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. She is a proud member of Maestra, the Dramatists Guild, and BMI. She holds an MFA in Graduate Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Composition:
- 2025 Fred Ebb Award Winner
- 2025 Richard Rodgers Award Winner (The Dark Lady)
- 2024 Richard Rodgers Award Winner (LIGHTHOUSE)
- 2024 Jonathan Larson Grant Recipient
- 2025 Eric H. Weinberger Librettist Award Recipient (The Dark Lady)
- 2024-2025 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow
- 2023 Write Out Loud Contest Winner for “Runaway Girl” (written with abs wilson).
- Selected as one of four writers for DreamWorks Theatricals, MTI & NBCUniversal Emerging Writers Program (developing new musical adaptations of DreamWorks Animation films for MTI’s catalogue)
- Nominee: 2022 Marvin Hamlisch International Music Award (Musical Theatre Composition category)
- How To Train Your Dragon Jr.
- Commissioned by DreamWorks Theatricals and MTI (in development)
- The Dark Lady
- Richard Rodgers Award Winner, 2025
- Eric H. Weinberger Librettist Award, 2025
- Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship, 2024-2025
- Manhattan School of Music Reading, 2025
- NAMT Finalist, 2025
- Musical Theatre West New Works Festival (29-hour reading), 2024
- Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals, 2024
- South Carolina New Play Festival, 2024
- Circle in the Square Emerging Writers Residency Finalist, 2024
- Syracuse New Works New Voices Finalist, 2023
- 2023 National Music Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center - Winner
- LIGHTHOUSE
- Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Project Recipient, 2025
- Orchard Project, 2025
- Richard Rodgers Award Winner, 2024
- 2024 National Music Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center - Winner
- NAMT Festival Winner, 2024
- Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, 2024
- Syracuse New Works New Voices - April, 2024
- St. Olaf College World Premiere - February, 2024
- 2023 National Music Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center - Finalist
- Vanguard Theater New Works Festival Commission, 2023
- 2023 Write Out Loud Winner ("Runaway Girl")
- Olney Theatre Center Vanguard Arts Fund Finalist, 2023
- New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series - Playwrights Horizons, October, 2023
- NAMT FInalist/Playlist, 2023
- An Old Family Recipe (book/music/lyrics)
- filmed/premiered at the University of Notre Dame in May, 2021 (set for re-release TBA)
- named in BroadwayWorld's Regional Awards as "Best Streaming Musical" 2021
- CYRANO (music/lyrics)
- premiered at the University of Notre Dame in February, 2022
- part of NAMT's "Other Shows You Should Know About Jukebox" 2022
- NAMT Playlist, 2023
- "Subway Ballet" as part of Zoe Howard's play, Midnight Mirage (music, instrumentalist)
- premiered at Theatre Row as part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival, 2022
- placed third in the "Best Short Play" category
- Blue Bedroom (music/lyrics)
- original EP released on all streaming platforms August 2020
- The Imaginary Invalid (music, vocal/instrumental arrangements)
- Composer and arranger of music in Notre Dame Film Television and Theatre’s production of The Imaginary Invalid (Moliere) directed by Carys Kresny, November 2018
- Selected Mentee
- Maestra, 2022-2023
- The Society of Composers and Lyricists, 2022-2023
- Principal cellist of the Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra, 2019- 2021
- Selected soloist with University of Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra, Elgar cello concerto mvt. IV, March 2019
- Selected soloist in Phillip Glass concert for Phillip Glass himself, Orbit, University of Notre Dame, March 2019
- Selected cellist in the 2016 Piatigorsky International Cello Festival: Participated in the Mass Cello Ensemble and Antonio Lysy’s Young Cellist Ensemble. Performed at Disney Hall and USC
- Bowdoin International Music Festival, 2016
- Finalist in Young Musicians Foundation 2015 David Weiss Memorial Scholarship competition
- Quarter finalist in Los Angeles Music Center’s 2015 Spotlight Awards
- Featured cellist in episode of ABC’s The Goldbergs, 2015
- Session musician in film “Kids Versus Monsters,” 2015
- Honorable Mention: Brentwood-Westwood Symphony “Artists of Tomorrow,” 2013
- Featured soloist/cellist at Carnegie Hall performance, 2015, 2013
- Winner of MTAC VOCE competition- junior division strings, State Level, 2011
- Performed in string quartet for opening of University of Notre Dame's grand opening of O'Neill Hall for President George Bush, 2018
- Performed on KUSC’s Sunday’s Live radio broadcast at the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art, May 2016
- Selected Cellist in Young Musicians Foundation’s Chamber Music Series, 2015-2016
- Cellist in Junior Chamber Music’s Playing With the Pros series, 2015
- Cellist in Honors piano trio for Junior Chamber Music program, 2014-2015
- Invited to participate in JCM’s 2016 Honors Tour to perform at Carnegie Hall and NEC
- 2nd Place SYMF chamber music competition – chamber music category, July 2015
- Cellist in the Young Musicians Foundation Chamber Music Series, 2011-2012
- Co-Founder and President of the Young Artists Alliance: an organization that holds annual benefit concerts for various children’s charities. Organization has raised nearly $30,000 for charities such as the Make-A–Wish Foundation, Red Cross Haitian Relief, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, etc., 2007-present
- Awarded National Music and Inspiration award - recognition for Arts Leadership through the National Teen Leadership Program, July 2014