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Elliot Valentine

Based in New York City • New Haven

he/him/his • Member Since 2024

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My Story

Elliot Valentine is a composer, lyricist, bookwriter and dramaturg. He writes queer speculative musical theater, using elements of horror and fantasy to 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. Elliot was an OpenAIR MT Artist in Residence (2024) and Live and In Color Musical Development Program Semi-Finalist for Ghost Story, 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). Other credits include Ring of Keys’ “Queering the Gala” at Joe’s Pub (2024) and LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS: a Transmasc Cabaret at the Green Room 42 (2024). For professional inquiries about musicals written by Elliot and Mel Hornyak, please email melliotwrites@gmail.com. For professional inquiries for Elliot, please email aelliotly@gmail.com.

Sexual Orientation
iSexual orientation describes a person's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to another person.

Gay

Gender Identity
iOne’s internal, deeply held sense of gender. Some people identify completely with the gender they were assigned at birth (usually male or female), while others may identify with only a part of that gender, or not at all. Some people identify with another gender entirely. Unlike gender expression, gender identity is not visible to others.

Trans man

Race/Ethnicity
iRacial identity is the qualitative meaning one ascribes to one’s racial group, whereas ethnic identity is a concept that refers to one’s sense of self as a member of an ethnic group. At their core, both constructs reflect an individual’s sense of self as a member of a group; however, racial identity integrates the impact of race and related factors, while ethnic identity is focused on ethnic and cultural factors. We celebrate our Keys’ intersectionality and understand that creating one’s racial/ethnic identity is a fluid and nonlinear process that varies for every person. Many folks will identify with more than one background while others will identify with a single group more broadly.

East Asian (Chinese)

Discipline

Composer, Dramaturg

Available for Gender Consulting

Yes, I'm available to provide paid gender consulting services for productions. Learn more about Ring of Keys gender consultants here.

Website

http://elliotvalentine.com