Jan Roper

First and foremost a piano player and a singer - a composer, a music director, a worship leader. A teacher. A coach.

For many years I worked as a singer and performer, playing high-profile gigs and venues, fronting my own original bands Breathing Room and later The Horizons - and releasing records along the way.

Writing musicals has been a years-long, all-consuming love. The Path to Catherine, América Tropical, City of Light, and Jerusalem A.D. are full-length works I'm immensely proud of - each one a long road of writing, recording, arranging and scoring toward production.

Music directing brings everything together. In 2019 I was honored with the LA Scenie Award for Music Director of the Year. When the world stopped in 2020, I used the silence to write - and two new shows are deep in development. The Path to Catherine released its cast album on Center Stage Records in 2025, available on all music streaming platforms. América Tropical has several productions planned for the coming 2026-27 season. I'm also currently writing a new musical called Not I, But God about the life of the latest young Catholic saint, Carlo Acutis.

Winner of 2 L.A. Scenie Awards for Best Music Director in 2019-20 and 2022-2023, and nominated for Best Musical Direction by the L.A. Drama Critics Circle in 2024.