Molly Beach Murphy

Writer of plays + musicals

Texas | NYC | Birmingham, UK

MOLLY BEACH MURPHY is a writer of plays and musicals originally from Galveston, Texas. Her plays have been developed in New York City with New York Theater Workshop (where she is a NYTW ‘Usual Suspect’), Ars Nova, Page 73 Productions, The Civilian’s, New York Stage & Film, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Orchard Project, and more. Regionally, Molly’s work has been developed with The Alley Theatre, The Wilma, Two River Theatre, The Village Theatre among many others. Molly was The Drama League’s Beatrice Terry Resident, a member of Page 73’s I-73 writing group, a New Georges Audrey Resident and a semi-finalist for the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship.

Her essays and personal writings have been published in American Theatre Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Hairpin, & The Santa Ana River Review. She is a Guest Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.

musicals

begin again

Based on the film written and directed by John Carney
Book by Jenna Clark Embrey & Molly Beach Murphy
Music and lyrics by Pat Monahan of the band “Train”
Music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Brian Usifer
Choreography by David Neumann
Directed by Lorin Latarro

The Old Globe, September 6 – October 11, 2026

COWBOY BOB

Jackie Burns and Ashley Perez Flanagan. Photograph by Lynn Lane. Alley Theatre Production 2023

Created by Molly Beach Murphy, Jeanna Phillips & Annie Tippe
Music & Lyrics by Jeanna Phillips
Book & additional lyrics by Molly Beach Murphy
Additional Music by Alex Thrailkill
Directed by Annie Tippe

Word Premiere, The Alley Theatre March 2023

Houston Chronicle Review | “a unique and boisterous show that smoothly shifts gears into something more haunting, an ode to and elegy for the American dream.”

Texas Monthly Review | “a helluva soundtrack, mixing the euphoric rage of a few Riot grrrl–inspired numbers with country tunes that could be at home in a smoky honky-tonk”