About Speaker

Hermitage Fellow Adam Gwon’s musicals have been produced on six continents in ten languages. His most popular two musicals received significant development while Gwon was in residence at the Hermitage Artist Retreat.

His Off-Broadway works include: All the World’s a Stage (Keen Company – Drama Desk nomination, Off-Broadway Alliance Award winner, Best Musical); Scotland, PA (Roundabout Theatre – Drama Desk nomination; Ordinary Days (Roundabout Theatre, Keen Company revival - Drama League nomination); and Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside Theatre). Regional works include: Witnesses (California Center for the Arts – Craig Noel Award, Outstanding New Musical), String (Village Theatre); Cake Off (Signature Theatre - Helen Hayes nomination, Bucks County Playhouse); Cloudlands (South Coast Rep); The Boy Detective Fails (Signature Theatre); and Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). Honors include the Kleban, Ebb, Loewe, and Rodgers Awards, Second Stage Theater's Donna Perret Rosen Award, Weston Playhouse New Musical Award, ASCAP Harold Adamson Award, and the MAC John Wallowitch Award.

In 2026, Adam Gwon was recognized as a finalist for the Hermitage Major Theater Award.

Adam Gwon is appearing on the Music Mondays programs in association with the Hermitage Artist Retreat on Manasota Key, Florida.