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= Masi Asare = Masi Asare (born 21 April 1978) is a composer, lyricist, playwright, voice teacher, and theatre professor. Her most notable work includes writing lyrics for Broadway musical Paradise Square.

Early Life & Education
Asare was born to Francislee Syversen Osseo-Asare and Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, a professor at Penn State University. She earned her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Harvard University and got her master's and PhD at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.

Career
Asare is an assistant professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Northwestern University. She was named Faculty Fellow at the Northwestern University Kaplan Institute for the Humanities for 2021-2022 for her research on black women and vocal sounds in musical theatre.

Shows she has written book, music, and/or lyrics for include:


 * The Family Resemblance (books/music/lyrics) commissioned by Theatre Royal Stratford East
 * Rishvor (books/music/lyrics) commissioned by Barbara Whitman/Grove Entertainment
 * Monsoon Wedding (lyrics) adapted from Mira Nail' s Monsoon Wedding
 * Mirror of Most Value: A Ms. Marvel Play (book) commissioned by Marvel
 * Paradise Square (lyrics)
 * Sympathy Jones (music/lyrics)

In June 2020, Asare hosted a podcast Voicing Across Distance in which she spoke about vocal sound during the coronavirus pandemic and bringing together voice scholars and practitioners.

Awards & Nominations
Asare was nominated for a Tony Award (Best Score) for her lyrics in Paradise Square in 2022. She is also a past Dramatists Guild Fellow and the first recipient of the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award for emerging female musical theatre composers.

Additional awards, nominations, and honors include:


 * Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Score 2022 Paradise Square
 * Clarence Simon Award for Teaching and Mentoring 2022
 * Women to Watch on Broadway List 2021
 * Stacey Mindich “Go Write A Musical” Lilly Award 2019
 * Theater Hall of Fame Emerging Artist Grant 2019
 * NYU Outstanding Dissertation Prize Honorable Mention 2019
 * Paulette Haupt Composition Prize 2018
 * Georgia Bogardus Holof Lyricist Award 2018