Karl Hinze is a composer and playwright in New York City.

He enjoys collaborating with actors, musicians, directors, lyricists, playwrights, and producers to create and present new musicals, plays, plays-with-music, and anything in-between.

Played by an excellent four-piece band, Karl Hinze’s frequently mournful music is lovely.” —The New York Times on 210 Amlent Avenue

Karl has a PhD in Music Composition from Stony Brook University and has studied playwriting at ESPA.

NYC Premieres

• Prophesy
  July 9–15, 2018 at the Wild Project
• The Exposed Bone Workshop Collective Ensemble Studio…
  April 26–June 2, 2018 at the PIT Loft
• Cooking For Two at Sound Bites 5.0
  May 28, 2018 at the Signature Theatre Center
• “Baseball Season Again” at MuseMatch 9.0
  April 14, 2017 at Feinstein’s/54 Below
• “Every Year” at MuseMatch 7.0
  June 18, 2016 at Feinstein’s/54 Below
• “One Day Closer” and “I’ll Make It” at Contemporary Christmas
  December 5, 2016 at the Duplex
• Miss Metcalfe Goes To College at the Prospect Musical Theatre Lab
  July 27–31, 2016 at the 14th Street Y Theatre
• 210 Amlent Avenue, Official Selection of the NYMF 2015 Next Link Project
  July 9–14, 2015 at the Signature Theatre Center
• Are They Edible? by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
  Nov 7–10, 2013 at the La MaMa Puppet Series
• Plague Victims Catapulted Over Walls Into Beseiged City for soprano, flute, and piano
  September 17, 2011 at the Juilliard School