No Matter How You Look At It

Susan O'Dea performs "No Matter How You Look At It". Music & Lyrics by Jamie Maletz. Orchestrations by Elspeth Collard.

Hiding Place

Gabrielle Carrubba (Dear Evan Hansen) sings "Hiding Place". Orchestrations: Elspeth Collard. Musicians: Caty Butler (cello), Magda Kress (bass) & Meghan Doyle (drums). 🏳️‍🌈

Twinkle Lights

Susan O'Dea performs "Twinkle Lights". Music & Lyrics by Jamie Maletz. Orchestrations by Elspeth Collard.

Any Other Day

Catherine Ricafort (SpongeBob SquarePants, Honeymoon in Vegas, Allegiance & more) sings "Any Other Day". Music & Lyrics by Jamie Maletz. Orchestrations by Eric Fegan.

A Delicate Dance

Susan O'Dea performs "A Delicate Dance". Music & Lyrics by Jamie Maletz. Orchestrations by Elspeth Collard.

Calm Down

Catherine Ricafort (SpongeBob SquarePants, Honeymoon in Vegas & more) & Devin Ilaw (Miss Saigon, Les Misérables) SLAYED this duet at 54 Below!

STOP.

"STOP." (Music & Lyrics by Jamie E. Maletz), performed by Cori Jaskier. Eric Fegan on piano.

I'm Definitely Gonna Fuck This Up

Ally Bonino & Cori Jaskier perform "I'm Definitely Gonna Fuck This Up". Music & Lyrics by Jamie Maletz. Eric Fegan on piano.

Write a Song

"Write a Song" (Music & Lyrics by Jamie E. Maletz), performed by Marcel Werder, Sam Paley, Jamie Maletz, Javier Talor Fox, Michela Masotti, Lily Lester, David Ossman, and Cori Jaskier.

February Fucks Me Up

"February Fucks Me Up" (Music & Lyrics by Jamie E. Maletz), performed by Devin Ilaw at "Write A Song: An End-of-Year Concert with Songs by the Students of William Finn".

A Delicate Dance

"A Delicate Dance" (Music & Lyrics by Jamie E. Maletz), performed by Cori Jaskier at "Write A Song: An End-of-Year Concert with Songs by the Students of William Finn".

A song cycle about people WHO ARE TOTALLY FINE (ignore the logo, we're fine)

Sometimes in life, you feel like everything is under control, and you're a fairly normal person who has their shit together and you're going to be okay.

OTHER TIMES...

This song cycle is about the other times.

 

For a longer evening of theater, this song cycle can be combined with Lost and Found.

Break Down

Cast/Set Requirements and Production Details

There are 19 songs in What's Wrong With Me?? The recommended cast size for this song cycle is 6 performers, but it can be done with as many as 18. 

Full song list, recommended casting breakdown, and performance notes are available upon request. 

 

Requesting Rights

If you would like to purchase the rights to perform this song cycle, please email jamie.maletz@gmail.com. You can also purchase sheet music for individual songs by going to the Store page on this website.

Jamie Elizabeth Maletz is a composer/lyricist, bookwriter, and producer of new works of musical theater. In New York, her works have been featured at Lincoln Center, Feinstein's/54 Below, NYU, Dixon Place, Under St Marks Theater, and Broadway Night at Prohibition. She received her MFA from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU Tisch. Maletz has written 12 full-length original musicals, most of which have received workshops/readings or productions in New York and Arizona. As a composer/lyricist, Jamie has studied with Mindi Dickstein, William Finn, Rachel Sheinkin, Michael John LaChiusa, Steven Lutvak and Sybille Pearson. Jamie has worked for Maestra Music, Tom Viertel/The Commercial Theater Institute and Ken Davenport.

She is a member of Maestra, ASCAP, and The Dramatists Guild of America.

Maletz received her BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2011, where she designed her own major: Creative Writing and Composition for the Performing Arts. She spent her high school years at Boston Arts Academy, a performing arts high school from which she graduated as Valedictorian.

She is a monster enthusiast & mythology nerd, she loves board games, and she is a photographer/videographer whose favorite models are her two cats, Artemis and Batman. 

 

 

No pressure, but please consider donating to support Jamie's ongoing projects:

  • Virtual performance videos to showcase original new songs and talented performers
  • Semi-regular concerts presenting new works of musical theater
  • Development of the full-length musical The Valley, written by Jamie Maletz and Eric Fegan

Every little bit helps!

 

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