Biography of Peter Dizozza

Peter Dizozza is a long-term songwriter/composer/playwright who can be found performing a monthly piano set at SideWalk in the East Village where he resides. This play was originally written for La Mama's Experiments '05 series and later rewritten for five actors, cello, clarinet, guitar and flute. Dizozza subsequently began writing plays with music for La MaMa's Experiments Series in 1997, introducing "Prepare to Meet Your Maker," "Coppelia," "The Golf Wars," "The Last Dodo" and "The Eleventh Hour (a ghost story)." For the 2007 summer series at Manhattan Theatre Source, he helped create a wild new musical romp, "Hermaphroditism Through the Ages." During this production he will be at the piano. He is a member of the Dramatist Guild, The Lambs Club and The New York Composers Circle and Chair of the New York City Bar Association Entertainment Committee.