WRITING

Thani has been writing for as long as they can remember — in elementary school when asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, they would say “a poet”. So every birthday present from then on was a journal!

Thani is currently working on their first album, drawing inspiration from Joni Mitchell, Anaïs Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, Hayley Williams, and other folk and rock artists. 

Thani began composing for musical theatre while studying at the University of Michigan under the guidance of Professor Lynne Shankel, and graduated with a Minor in Musical Theatre Composition .   They hope to use their unique voice as a queer, trans, biracial writer to create space in musical theatre for intersectional identities and underrepresented stories.

THE LAUGH OF THE MEDUSA

One night in two timelines millennia apart, a young writer and the mythical gorgon Medusa pray for a new world where they can live authentically in freedom and safety.  Their twin prayers thin the veil that separates space and time, pulling them together on a years-long journey to help each other break free of ancient cycles of violence.  

THE LAUGH OF THE MEDUSA is a trans coming-of-age musical with a folk-rock score that speaks urgently to the power of artists to forge the path to a better world.

JUST ANNOUNCED: THE LAUGH OF THE MEDUSA will be welcoming its first New York audiences as part of the PRISM Festival of New Queer Musicals, Sept 8-13 at The Brick Theater.
Direction by Megumi Nakamura, Music Direction by Déa Thatcher. Tickets on sale soon!