R.C. Staab is a New York-based playwright, librettist and lyricist whose musicals and plays have been produced in New York, San Francisco and England. ONE WAY TICKET:  A Musical Murder Mystery, written with Daniel Sturman, will have its premier November 2013 in England, having been part of the developmental Notes From The Page, Emerging Artists Series, with a staged reading on March 23, 2013.  With Kelsey Mathes, he recently finished SIGNAL MALFUNCTION, a contemporary farce, which had a staged reading in New York this January and which has just been accepted into the Midtown International Theatre Festival in New York for the summer of 2013.

With Daniel Sturman, Staab wrote the musical, ZOMBIE WEDDING, which sold out the Gorleston Pavillion in October 2012.  In New York, ZOMBIE WEDDING was one of the Top Picks of the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival. In 2009, he collaborated with 42nd Street Moon for the new musical SHADOWS OF POMPEII with music by Tony nominated composer Keith Herrmann. Also in 2009, he collaborated with American Musical Theatre of San Jose on the musical, FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. Prior shows includes RM3, with songs by Ben Folds and the full-length comedy, A UNION OF SAN FRANCISCANS.  He is a member of Theatre Resources Unlimited and TDF.

He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Valari, and his dogs, Zach and Cotton.