Sequoia Sellinger is a collaborative composer in musical theatre, opera, and dance based in New York City. She blends bold, unapologetic feminist themes with sharp, witty musical numbers to challenge and explore the societal structures that shape our world. Her work challenges, uplifts, and makes people laugh. Sequoia holds an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts (ASCAP Max Dreyfus Award & Schubert Scholarship). She is on the classical composition faculty at Purchase College Conservatory of Music, where she also earned her Bachelor’s degree. Sequoia’s work has been performed at Classic Stage Company, Ars Nova, Symphony Space, Joe’s Pub, 54 Below, Green Room 42, College of the Atlantic, Dartmouth, The York Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory, and American Opera Projects.

Original musicals include: “Next Year in Connecticut!” (sheNYC Arts 2025 selection, 2025 NAMT finalist, 2026 Eugene O’Neill Music Theater Conference semi-finalist (pending), 2024 Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant, 2025 & 2024 Finalist for Syracuse New Works New Voices, 2024 Finalist for Newport NewWorks Festival and 2024 semi-finalist for Northwestern University's AMTP), “Earth First!” (Macdowell Fellowship, College of the Atlantic, Dartmouth), “With Each Other Together: Step, Ball Change into Success” (New York Public Library for the Performing Arts) “Silent Springs” (BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop), and “Impossible Green” (The York Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory), “Gravity of Me Gone” (Ars Nova ANT Fest). Her micro-opera “It’s Noon, Do You Know Where Your House Plants Are?” was premiered by American Opera Projects in May 2024. She was a composer in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, Prospect Musical Theater Lab Cohort as well as New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio. She is a proud member of both the Dramatists Guild and Maestra.