Napisi Reyes

Voice and Musical Theatre Department

Napisi Reyes is a musical theatre book writer , stage director, composer/ song writer/ lyricist.

As a Stage Director and composer/ lyricist she wrote the song and lyrics for : Oodid and the Magic Picky Bank , the Musical; (Stock Market and Thai Cultural Centre), Dearest Moon (Stock Market and Queen Sirikit Convention Centre), Oodid and the Magic Picky Bank series2: the forgetful Mice at Stock Market and Kad Suankaew, Opera in Thai language “The Story of Long – Gone Animals” for Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra

As a stage director her works include Der Freichutz (Bangkok Metropilitan of the Opera) at the Thai Cultural Centre, The Mikado at Music auditorium , Mahidol University, The Marriage of Figaro (Bangkok Metropolitan of the Opera) at the Thai Cultural Centre, Hansel and Gretel , Bastien und Bastien and the Impresario, Cosi Fan Tutte (Mahidol University)

As a musical book writer/ stage director her work include Eng and Chang, the Musical (Mahidol University) and some other productions.

As a a composer/ lyricist she worked for many Thai theatre productions: Bussaba-Unakan, Pimpilalai, Raden-Lundai, I love Bangkok, Equus, Rachomon, Dearest Moon version 1, The Toothless Shark, Phaya Kunkark, Me – Myself, Rachomon Condomeneum, Heha Pakedron, Shanghai the Musical, I Shall Ride the Rainbow when I’m growing up, Arkansaw Bear,Dear Death,etc. Silent movie: Nanook of the North, The Cabinet of Dr. Calihari, Tales of Horror, other music for advertising, documentary, presentation, Light and Sound production, Institution’s songs, other TV.program

Other works include : TV producer and director, translator

Education background

  • B.A.(Drama) Department of Dramatic Arts, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
  • M.S. University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Music Education
  • M.A. New York University (Educational Theatre) Educational Theatre

Teaching areas:

  • Drama and Movement
  • Stage Acting
  • Directing
  • Musical Theatre History

1. Research/Creative Works

2. Musical Book writing, Case study : Eng and Chang, the Musical

3. Academic Services (outside)

4. Thesis Advisor

5. Others