Douglas Lyons

Writer • Actor • Teacher • Composer • Lyricist • Producer

Bio

Douglas Lyons is a multi-hyphenate artist. As a writer, he earned a GLAAD nomination for his Broadway playwriting debut, Chicken and Biscuits, which was the 2nd most produced play in America in 2022-23. In Summer 2024, his world premiere play, Table 17, which premiered at Off-Broadway's MCC Theater, was deemed a NY Times Critic Pick. Douglas served as a writer on both seasons of Apple TV's Emmy award winning series Fraggle Rock. His Broadway acting credits include the Book of Mormon, plus the Original Casts of Beautiful and the Tony award winning Broadway revival of Parade. Tour credits include Rent,Dreamgirls and Book ofMormon. As a composer-lyricist, his music and lyrics have been featured on Nickelodeon, BET Plus, Apple TV, CBS's Sunday Morning Show, and more. His musicals include Polkadots (Off Broadway Alliance Winner Best Family Show, Atlantic Theater Company), Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival),  the world premiere of Five Points (Theater Latté Da) and more. He is currently developing television with Gabrielle Union's I'll Have Another,  Sky Dance and Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort.

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Latest News

Table 17

Douglas' play Table 17 extended twice at MCC and was a NY Times Critics Pick!

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Don't Touch My Hair

Douglas' new play Don't Touch My Hair will get a workshop production in Los Angeles in Feb 2025 at IAMA Theatre!

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Rent

Douglas starred as Collins in the San Diego Symphony Concert of Rent.

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Deep Breath Trilogy

Douglas has announced the Deep Breath Trilogy: New plays for Black women.

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Table 17

Douglas' new play Table 17 will get its world premiere this summer at MCC, starring 3X Tony nominee Kara Young.

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Goodnight Bedtime Stories

With writing partner Ethan Pakchar, Douglas co-wrote the theme song to Nickelodeon's new podcast Goodnight Bedtime Stories.

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Pure Glitter

Douglas' new play Pure Glitter was selected for the 2024 Ephrata PAC  Queer Voices Series.

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Connecticut Voice Arts & Entertainment Award

Douglas is the 2024 recipient of the Connecticut Voice Arts & Entertainment Award!

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Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical

Constellation Stage and Screen will premiere a puppetry version of Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical in Spring 2025!

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Big River

Douglas has been tapped to pen the feature film adaptation of the Tony Award winning musical "Big River."

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Fraggle Rock

Season 2 of Apple TV's Fraggle Rock will premiere on March 29th, 2024.

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Behind the Resume

Check out this Douglas' Behind the Resume podcast interview.

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Grammys 2024

The Broadway Revival Cast album of Parade received a 2024 Grammy nomination. You can hear Douglas' voice featured on the track Rumblin' and Rollin'.

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Table 17

Two Time Tony Nominee Kara Young will star in the industry readings of Douglas' new play Table 17.

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Invisible

Douglas' latest play Invisible received a workshop as a part of Forestburgh Playhouse's Into The Works Festival!

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Band Geeks

The Band Geeks Studio Album Released September 8, Featuring Lindsay Mendez, Ruthie Ann Miles, Douglas Lyons, More

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Table 17

Douglas' new play, Table 17, a commission with New Works Provincetown receives its first workshop in PTown.

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Invisible

Casting has been announced for Invisible, Douglas' new play, which was selected for Forestburgh Playhouse's In The Works Festival this September.

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The Moon and The Sea

Douglas penned the book for "The Moon and The Sea", a new  musical running through June 25th at Constellation Stage and Screen

Big Apple Film Festival

Lyons and Pakchar's musical film Beau to screen at the Big Apple Film Festival!

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Parade

Douglas and Courtnee Carter from PARADE Perform at the Future of Everything Festival.

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Parade

Douglas is currently playing Riley in the Broadway revival of Parade opening March 16th, 2023.

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Beau: The Musical

Lyons and Pakchar's Beau: The Musical film won the Industry Choice Award for Best Film at Dances With Films. Best of Show, Best LGBTQIA+ and Best Ensemble awards for IndieFest Film Awards and is a 2022 nominee for Montreal independent Film Awards.

Beau: The Musical

A film version of Lyons and Pakchar's Beau: The Musical will make its world premiere in NYC, Dec 1st, 2022 as the opener for Dances With Films at Regal Cinemas Union Square.

Parade

Douglas has opened Parade at NY City Center!
"Sung with liveliness by Courtnee Carter and Douglas Lyons..." - The NY Times

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Parade

Douglas will play Riley in New York City Center's Gala production of Parade, November 1-6th, 2022.

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Five Points

Five Points, now in development with Papermill Playhouse, was selected for a  Discovering Broadway workshop residency.

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American Theatre

Douglas’ Chicken & Biscuits is the 2nd most produced play around the country in the 2022-23 Season - making him one of the top 20 produced playwrights of next season!

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GLAAD

Douglas is a 2022 GLAAD nominee for Chicken and Biscuits, nominated Outstanding Broadway Production.

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Chicken and Biscuits

Douglas' Broadway play Chicken and Biscuits is now available for licensing

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Storytelling School

Listen to Douglas talk about bringing Black stories to Broadway and beyond.

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Fraggle Rock

Douglas served as a writer and composer on Fraggle Rock, which premieres Jan 21, 2022 on Apple TV.

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New York Times

Douglas speaks to the New York Times about Chicken & Biscuits and Broadway's re-opening.

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Broadway Direct

Douglas, Michael Urie, and Norm Lewis sat down with Broadway Direct to discuss Chicken & Biscuits.

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Chicken & Biscuits On Broadway

Douglas' play Chicken & Biscuits, will Open this October at Braodway's Circle in the Square.

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Sunflower at Flint Rep

Sunflower, Douglas's new audio play, recently premiered at Flint Rep.

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Breathe Premiere

'Breathe' will premiere this weekend during a special Saturday matinee on iHeartRadio Broadway.

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Charity Angél Dawson, Carly Hughes, Joey Contreras, More Set for Virtual Broadway's Future Concert

Lyons and Pakchar’s “Together We Can” will premiere as part of Carnegie Hall’s Voices of Hope Festival in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on April 26th.

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Breathe

The new musical Breathe, featuring songs by Lyons & Pakchar, will premiere virtually on Overture+ on May 14th. A cast album will be released simultaneously through Broadway Records. The show will also be licensed by MTI.

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Get In Touch!

For Theater/TV/Film inquiries:

Michael Finkle | WME
MFinkle@WMEAgency.com

For Music Publishing & Licensing Inquires:

Carter Armstrong
818.480.7026
carmstrong@peermusic.com

Management

Gabrielle Lewis
(323) 297-3440

For Acting Inquiries:

CLA Partners
Cyd Levin and Harold Lewter
harold@cla.partners

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