Elliot Valentine is a composer, lyricist, bookwriter and dramaturg. He writes queer speculative musical theater, using elements of horror and fantasy to explore and converse with underrepresented experiences. He is currently studying Dramaturgy at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Elliot holds a B. A. in English, Theater, Music Theater, and Gender and Sexuality Studies from Princeton University. In his spare time, Elliot Valentine writes pop music under the artist name elliotly. He uses he/him pronouns.
Elliot is a Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference Semifinalist for Adamandi (2023) and the recipient of Princeton’s Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts (2023), Francis LeMoyne Page Class of 1922 Prize (2023), The Mellor Award for Undergraduate Research (2022), and prizes for Outstanding Work in Theater and Music Theater (2020-2023).
For professional inquiries about musicals written by Elliot and Mel Hornyak, please email melliotwrites@gmail.com.
