Matthew Dean Marsh is a New York City–based theater composer, director, photographer, writer, and performer whose work merges classical and contemporary influences into rhapsodic story-driven scores. Acclaimed for his lush harmonies, evocative orchestrations, and stirring emotional resonance, Marsh has collaborated with David Cale on We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time (The Public Theater, Goodman Theatre) and Sandra (Vineyard Theatre), and co-created Centuries and You Don’t Know the Lonely One at the Ancram Center for the Arts. He recently began directing The Reality Show program at NYU and has scored a range of films and documentaries.