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AWAKENING
Book by Jenny Stafford. Lyrics by Joel B. New. Music by J. Oconer Navarro
Full length, Two Act Musical based on the novella "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
[Winner - Margo Lion Award; Recipient - NYU Alumni Grant made possible by the Frederick Loewe Foundation; Finalist - Eugene O'Neill National Music Theater Conference; Finalist - Yale Institute for Music Theatre]
"What's It Like?" / performed by Farah Alvin
 "Someone I Used to Know" / performed by Farah Alvin & Tiffan Borelli 
 "Silence" / performed by Carrie Love & David Burnham
 "Reaching" / performed by Mariand Torres
BIRTH DAY
Conceived with Diana Glazer, Words & Music by J. Oconer Navarro
One Act 20-Minute Musical
[Developed and Produced by Prospect Theater Company, Presented by National Asian Artists Project]
BREATHE
Co-conceived with Orlando Pabotoy, Words by Isabella Dawis, A. Rey Pamatmat, Ralph B. Peña, Ren Dara Santiago, Words & Music by J. Oconer Navarro
Full length, One-Act Musical inspired by the project and exhibit by Rosem Morton, commissioned by Photoville and Friends of the Philippines Society USA for the 2021 Photoville Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park
[Developed and Workshopped by the New Studio on Broadway, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Drama]
DEATH OF THE PASTORES
By J. Oconer Navarro and Laura Dadap
Inspired by the work of influential Filipino Folk Guitarist Michael Dadap

"Discernment" /  performed by Jaygee Macapugay
"Archipelago" / performed by Devin Ilaw
"Almusal" /  performed by Lydia Gaston
THE NEW PEGGY
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Book and Lyrics by Drew Larimore. Music and Lyrics by J. Oconer Navarro
[Recorded for The Micro-Musical Theatre Show podcast featuring Ann Harada]
Available on Spotify and iTunes!
ORGANIZING IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 AND OTHER LESSONS MEMBERS OF GENERATION Z HAVE LEARNED, ARE LEANING, WILL LEARN BEFORE EVERYTHING IS SAID DONE ... OR, ALSO TOO, MAYBE NOT
A Partially Devised Zoom-Adjacent Play with Music by Keelay Gipson. Music and Lyrics by J. Oconer Navarro
[Commissioned and Produced by Drama Department at Western Connecticut State University​]
"A Hug and a Smile" /  performed by Victoria Santiago and Ethan Chan

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