J. Sebastian Fabál
Dramatist, Educator,
Executive Director
J. Sebastian Fabál (he/him/his) is an award-winning musical theatre dramatist, educator, and former Executive Director of Underscore Theatre Company focusing on the development of new musical theatre based in Chicago.
A Cuban-American from Miami, Florida, he lived in NYC where he received his MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
As a composer, lyricist, and bookwriter, Sebastian's work explores the complexities of the second-generation Latinx experience, specifically the weird identity spectrum of neither being American or Cuban enough to be immediately accepted in either community.
Since moving to Chicago, he's worked as a musical dramaturg with The Second City, taught several musical writing classes (Chicago Dramatists, the Dramatists Guild, Porchlight Music Theatre), has created original work for Chicago Children’s Theatre, and was the composer/music director for Remy Bumppo’s production of Nilo Cruz’s Anna in the Tropics.
Full length musicals include The Tenth Floor (music/lyrics) and Yoey & Yeya: A Santeria Musical (book/music/lyrics). TYA: Help Wanted: Pirates! (music), The Elko Aliens (music), The Princess Prob-llama (music/lyrics), The Adventure of our Lives (So Far)! (music/lyrics), Be Real, Macy Weaver (music/lyrics). Be Real, Macy Weaver was commissioned and recently received its world-premiere production with Cape Fear Regional Theatre in Fayetteville, NC.
Husband and father to two adorable spitfires bound to take over the world.
