Gary Sironen
Gary Sironen is a playwright, lyricist, composer and musician in Grand Rapids, MI. He has written or collaborated on four full-length musicals, Reformation (book/lyrics/music), Voices (book/lyrics/music), both of which were self-produced; Please Come Home for Christmas (music & lyrics), and Fable Us! (music); two short musicals, Martin's Christmas Carol (book/lyrics adaptation/music), and SHELL SHOCKED (music) ; and several short plays. His 10 minute monologue, I Can Fly, has received live and streamed productions, and is published in a collection of short plays entitled GO PLAY OUTSIDE, published by Applause Books.
He has contributed music and been music director for several high school and community theatre musical productions. As a church music director, he has written over 100 worship songs, choral anthems and worship liturgies in a variety of musical styles. Gary is a former public-school band & choir director, a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, TheaterMakers Studio, and the Grand Rapids Federation of Musicians, Local 56 of the American Federation of Musicians.