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Joshua Salzman is the composer of I LOVE YOU BECAUSE. Current projects include QUEEN ESTHER, a family musical based on the Jewish holiday of Purim, and an untitled song cycle. With Ryan Cunningham, he makes his television writing debut this year creating songs for Disney's JOHNNY AND THE SPRITES, starring John Tartaglia. Joshua holds an M.F.A. from NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and degrees in composition and music education from Muhlenberg and Moravian Colleges. He has served in the music departments of WICKED and ALL SHOOK UP and is currently on faculty at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Memberships include: The Dramatists Guild, AFM Local 802 and the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.