Aleksandra M. Weil is a Soviet-born, Brooklyn-based composer and theatre artist telling stories of resistance and resilience.

Born and raised in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Aleksandra’s work explores themes of cultural and political identity, gender inequality, state corruption and the resilience of the human spirit. Her musical A Rebel Prayer (book/lyrics by Eloise Govedare) is currently in development with Syracuse University, where it’s slated for an Academic World Premier in Spring 2026. Her musical Group! (book by Julia B. Rosenblatt, lyrics by Eloise Govedare) premiered at Passage Theater Company in May 2022 and was praised as “savagely powerful” “poignant and wry” and “simply must see”. 

Additional selected works include Goodnight Bär (NYMF/ASCAP); Uprising (The Tank); Henna Leaves (The American Opera Project) and Love in the Dark (Dixon place). She has been commissioned by the NJ Theatre Alliance and ASCAP and held residencies at Goodspeed Musicals and Catwalk Art Residency. Her work has additionally been performed at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Joe’s Pub, New Jersey Performing arts Center (NJPAC), Target Margin, New York University, Portsmouth College in the U.K. and on the West Coast at Bumbershoot Festival, Pride Festival and The Moore Theater. Aleksandra has been a featured guest artist at Columbia University’s musical theatre writing class for playwrights with Michael Korie and was a contributing script reader for the Eugene O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference. Weil is an alumnus of NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.