TROY ANTHONY

2026 SOZO FELLOW
COMPOSER, DIRECTOR, AND THEATER-MAKER
NEW YORK, NY

Troy Anthony is a Kentucky-born Obie Award winning composer/lyricist, director, and theater-maker based in NYC rigorously practicing Black queer joy. He’s received commissions from 5th Avenue Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pink Fang, Public Theater, St. Louis Rep, and The Shed and has enjoyed residencies with Chelsea Factory, Musical Theater Factory (MTF), and O’Neill Theater Center to name a few. He was the first musician artist-in-residence at the National Dance Institute and was a social practice artist-in-residence at The Shed from 2022 through 2024. Additionally, he’s presented work with the Apollo, BAM, Doris Duke Foundation, Guggenheim Museum, Holland Festival, and National Black Theater, including a recent production of his musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Pericles for the Public Theater at St. John The Divine.

Troy’s work lives at the intersection of art, social justice and community practice. In this spirit, he founded Fire Ensemble Inc, a community-centered production company creating revolutionary new work rooted in music, ritual, and revelation by gathering through choirs that foster collective liberation and intergenerational healing as a home to develop his work. The Fire Ensemble is generously supported by The Mellon Foundation and The Darnell-Moser Charitable Fund and is fiscally sponsored by Producer Hub.