the sylph
adapted from the ballet “La sylphide” by Nourrit & Løvenskiold
Book & Lyrics: Chiara M. N.
Music: Aaron Nash
The Sylph is a tragic romance musical based on the 1830s ballet, “La Sylphide.” Phineas travels to the French countryside to marry a woman he’s never met to help her inherit her family’s estate but, once there, he encounters a magical forest being, a sylph, and is instantly drawn to her. He struggles with the choice to follow through with his duty or to follow his heart.
Full-length musical developed at NYU Tisch: Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.
Song selection, “Not Everything that Encircles Encloses,” performed at The Cutting Room — May 2025
Singers: Joe Montoya and Leana Rae Concepcion
Piano: J. Oconer Navarro
Bass: Jarrett Murray
Percussion: Danny Ursetti
Violin: Jackson Brothers
Cello: Augustin Uriburu
Videographer: Micah Joel
the woman sawed in half
Book, Lyrics & Story: Chiara M. N.
Music & Story: Tess Edwards
The Woman Sawed in Half takes place between the worlds of Vaudeville and an underground magic club in NYC, 1920. After discovering new and daring forms of magic, and realizing how much her potential has been limited, a young magician’s assistant named Lillian takes the leap to pursue her own form of magic as a solo performer. With the encouragement of an amateur magician named Arthur and the abrasive mentorship of a strong woman named Reesa, Lillian uses her magic to conceptualize what it means to be a woman split in two between her dreams and the restrictions of societal standards.
Full-length musical developed at NYU Tisch: Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.
Song selection, “It’s Over,” performed at The Cutting Room — May 2025
Singers: MinJi Kim and Sami Staitman
Piano: J. Oconer Navarro
Guitar: Kris Kusnierz
Bass: Jarrett Murray
Percussion: Danny Ursetti
Violin: Jackson Brothers
Cello: Augustin Uriburu
Videographer: Micah Joel
planet cabinet
Libretto: Chiara M. N.
Music: Felipe Segovia Sanhueza
The year 2006: The Council of Planets has received a message from NASA that questions whether Pluto is actually a planet. With the deadline to maintain or revoke Pluto’s status quickly approaching, they begin to grapple with the question of what really makes them planets.
Performed at The African Grove Theater — April 2025
Singers: Hannah Banks, Andrew Palmieri, Lav Raman, Regine Torres, Dante D’Antonio, Maddy Glave, Ethan Peterson, Ronnie Spoto, Allie Lewis
Piano: Darren Cohen
Videographer: Micah Joel
Beyond the pale
C0-Composed with Felipe Segovia Sanhueza
Developed at NYU as part of the Choreographers, Composers, and Designers Workshop
Performed at The Jack Crystal Theatre — April 2024
Choreographers: Addie Levandowski and Jack Pallante
Dancers: Clara Gough, Avery Lau, Sophie Tosh
Musicians: Diana Herold, Brian Levels, Jennifer Shaw, Allie Lewis
additional works
POETRY
A Step in My Humble Shoes — Chapbook
A collection of 20 poems
“Mercy”
2022 Dyer-Ives Poetry Competition: First-Place Undergraduate Category
Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing
“If You Give an Insomniac a Cookie”
Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing
“How to Cope With Funerals”
Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing
“2020 as a Psychological Thriller”
Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing
“Huckleberry”
Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing
“Dear Dad”
AWP Intro Award: Honorable Mention
Chiara M. N. 