Musical Theater Writer, Composer/Lyricist, Teacher

Joel Weber Knopf

News

2026: 

  • Beginning a new musical project for New Era Creative Space in Peekskill. Details to follow! 

Spring/Fall 2025: 

  • Wrote the music for an adaptation of Velveteen Rabbit with White Pond Community Theater, where I also MD’ed Beatlejuice, Pippin, and 25th Annual Putnam County  Spelling Bee! 
  • Performed a new song at Broadway in Beacon

Spring 2024: 

Spring / Summer 2023: 

  • Last Ibex was selected for CoNMF (Colorado new musical festival!) Presentation in August 2023. 
  • Last Ibex was a finalist in Normal Ave’s new musical series.

Fall 2022 / Winter 2023: 

Fall 2021:

  • Organized a DIY writer’s retreat in December 2021
  • Hosted a full-length reading of The Last Ibex in Brooklyn, NYC. Check out my Patreon for more details!
  • Performed at Young Ethel’s in Brooklyn