Composer
Nathan is a composer of music theatre, incidental music, and other music for the stage. He is also is a capable music arranger and orchestrator.
He has composed music for three full length musicals.
THE LAND OF OZ adapted from the book by L. Frank Baum
book & lyrics by George Brant
music by Nathan Motta
MIDSUMMER adapted from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
music, book, & lyrics by Nathan Motta
LITTLE WHITE GLOVES adapted from the film “All I Wanna Do”
music & lyrics by Nathan Motta
THE LAND OF OZ
THE LAND OF OZ had its World Premiere in December 2022 at Dobama Theatre in Cleveland Heights, OH.
This title is currently under consideration to have performance rights distributed for professional licensing.
See the video to the right for an excerpt from the opening song from this new musical.
Midsummer
IMidsummer is a music theater adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Dialogue for the lovers and mechanicals received a modern adaptation, with Oberon, Titania, Puck, and the fairies retaining the original Shakespearean text.
The orchestration is for a 13-piece ensemble including strings, but can be pared down.
*recording tracks are from the original production at Heights Youth Theatre
little white gloves
little white gloves is a musical comedy about a close-knit group of friends at a girls’ boarding school in Connecticut. They learn their school will join with a boys' school to become co-ed, at which point the girls put their teaching to use in attempting to stop the merger.
The show is based on the feature film "All I Wanna Do” by screenwriter Sarah Kernochan, who gave permission to adapt the script for a musical.
*recording tracks are from the original production at Laurel School.
