Truth Future Bachman

(they/them/theirs) is a “rising-star nonbinary composer” (Playbill), vocalist, and writer of socially focused musicals. NYTimes: “musically and vocally rich”, Truth is praised for “golden-voiced”, “soulful vocals” (Vulture). They were recently featured in Runnersworld and Teen Vogue.

Recent original musicals: Second Sight (Lincoln Center World Premiere) SKYWARD: An Endling Elegy (Lincoln Center, Powerhouse), Luna & the Starbodies (Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub at the Public, Powerhouse Theatre at Vassar College), Horsemanship (Princeton), Shapeshifters: A Queer Comic Book Musical (Musical Theatre Factory, The Delacorte), FARMED: A Live Podcast Album (Twenty Summers, Joe’s Pub, The Greenespace at WNYC, The Parsnip Ship, Fresh Ground Pepper), Chasing Fear (Cygnet, UCSD Amphitheater).

Other original musicals: Poof! (Ancram Opera House), Detentionicide (La Jolla Playhouse, Future of Storytelling Festival), The Name Game (Prospect Theatre Co.), Piano Bar (The Duplex), In Real Life: A Slenderman Musical (TFANA reading), Pyre Cantata (HERE), Coromandel (Dixon Place, HERE).

Truth has musically directed, supervised, or performed in nearly 100 off Broadway musicals and plays, notably Black Light (The Public, A.R.T.), Duat (SoHo Rep), and The Nomad (The Flea). Their short film Who Holds Us debuted at NewFest 2021. Truth is an artist in residence at Joe’s Pub at the Public, La MaMa E.T.C., and an alum of New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio, Johnny Mercer Writer’s Grove at Goodspeed Musicals, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, and Joe’s Pub Working Group. 2024 Gaudino Creative Fellow, 2024 Frank Young Grantee, 2023 Jonathan Larson Award Finalist, 2022 Richard Rogers Award Finalist, and 2021 Jerome Hill Finalist in music.

Truth has mentored multiple generations of artists through instruction at Princeton University, Williams College, Vassar College, Fordham University, University of the Arts, West Carolina University, Baruch College, Brooklyn College, Queens Theatre, Arts Connection, NYU Tisch, and NYU Abu Dhabi.

Truth is an avid marathoner who will complete five of the six Abbott World Majors in 2026.