About

Franklyn Stark is a professional off-Broadway musician and a creator of theatre. Her pronouns are she/they. They started singing and playing piano very early in life, and writing both music and words followed naturally. She was classically-trained in piano, and though she has a deep love for classical music, her favorite music to play and listen to has always been musical theatre. Franklyn got her start in professional musical theatre during her sophomore year of undergraduate school, when she was brought onto the composition team for her university's original Spring 2021 musical Still, for which she did notation work. Following that experience, she went on to write three musicals, a song cycle, and a one-act play, respectively titled: The Path Theory (Spring 2021), Tin Pan Alley (Spring 2022), Kitty & Jill (Fall 2023 - Present), Beatitudes (Fall 2022), and Congratulations (Fall 2022). Congratulations had its debut performance at Franklyn's undergrad university on April 28th, 2023. Kitty & Jill was presented as a 15-minute culminating experience performance in partial fulfillment of Franklyn's master's degree requirements at BerkleeNYC, and has been a semifinalist for both the WP Theater Lab and the SheNYC Theater Festival. Franklyn is pursuing further development of Kitty & Jill while simultaneously developing the pilot concept for a new musical television show that speaks to religious deconstruction and the consequences of American Christian nationalism.

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Franklyn has established themself as a dedicated musical theatre accompanist and music director. One of her proudest accomplishments in these areas is music directing and accompanying for six abridged shows over the course of six weeks in the Summer of 2022: The Wizard of Oz, Shrek the Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and Oklahoma!. You can find their full creative and performance résumé on the Homepage of their website, and a comprehensive list of their performance work specifically on the Music Direction/Pit/Accompanist Work page. She also does freelance music work, which you can check out on the Services page.

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In their precious free time, Franklyn loves to see theatre; read fiction, particularly fantasy and sci-fi novels; bake; watch movies, especially Marvel and Star Wars; surf YouTube for gaming videos; spend time with their friends and peers; explore more of New York; and try any new coffee shop they can find. Passions of Franklyn's besides musical theatre include LGBTQIA+ rights and representation, openness on the discussion of mental illnesses and disorders, and religious deconstruction.

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Franklyn holds a double-major Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition and Piano Performance, with a minor in Musical Theatre. She also holds a Master of Arts in Creative Media & Technology, with an emphasis in Writing & Design for Musical Theatre, from Berklee NYC.