Hannah Z. Morley

My Musicals!!!

I have been writing original musicals since 2017!! Here are just a few of the amazing projects I’ve been lucky enough to help create (and a few that I am still working on…)

Brace Yourself: A Musical Apocalypse

Performances by: Kimberly Chatterjee (left) and Olivia G. Billings (right) Filmed Joe’s Pub.

Book & Lyrics by: Hannah. Z Morley

Music by: Gabi Gibboney.

Brace Yourself: A Musical Apocalypse is an original campy pop-rock musical that follows Holly, a young girl trying to make her orthodnotist appointment to get her braces off… on the first day of a sudden apocalypse.

Armed with only floss, dreams, a Dropout subscription, and endless Brennan Lee Mulligan references, Holly and her friends learn that in an unforgiving world, change is inevitable and usually unexpected. The future you plan for is not always guaranteed and that oftentimes the only way to survive is to learn how to lean on those around you, and let them lean on you too.

Brace Yourself has been performed at 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, The Tank, The Pink Frog, and The Media Theatre in Pennsylvania.

For more information on this show or a copy of our full production history please email me at hannah.zoey.morley@gmail.com!

Homebrewed: A Musical Quest

Screenplay by: Hannah Z. Morley & Delenn Jadzia

Lyrics by: Delenn Jadzia & Preston Towers

Music by: Preston Towers & Delenn Jadzia

Originally conceived in 2018, Homebrewed: A Musical Quest is an original musical about tabletop role-playing, high school, and coming out of the closet.

This independent film, created by myself and project co-creators Delenn Jadzia and Preston Towers, is an hour long FULLY INDEPENDENT musical film made in 2019 and released on YouTube in June 2025.

Funding provided by: The Diana Raab Writing Fellowship & The University of California, Santa Barbara.

Homebrewed also received corporate sponsorships from…

The Five Wit Wigs, Aradani Costumes, Orchard Corset, Corset Story, PolyHero Dice, Heartbeat Dice, and Elderwood Academy.

This film proves that with a dream, a think planner, and a lot of caffeine anything is possible!

Cutting Ties

Music by: Alexander Ronneburg

Book & Lyrics by: Hannah Z. Morley

It’s 2012! The Mayans were wrong! The world didn’t end! But… The Fates have big plans for what comes next.

This “fateful” musical adaptation about The Greek Fates was developed from March 2023 to May 2023.

Shake On It!

Book by:

Hannah Z. Morley, Andrés Worstell, and Ryan Harriman

Shake On It is about the most boringest girl at school, Amanda, who unlike her classmates doesn’t have one defining character trait that makes her special.

HOWEVER! Amanda makes a deal with The Devil to change all of that. With just a handshake, Amanda can now steal any of her classmate’s one defining personality trait and horde them all for herself. CHAOS ENSUES!

As described in this article from The Current, I am so lucky to have had the chance to work alongside so many other young creatives on this project.

Coming Soon: The Jazzipillar…

In a world of bug productivity, a jazz playing caterpillar has entered the scene.

Music by: Jonja Merck