Jeff once spent three weeks looking for the right word. (SPOILER: He found it.)

Jeff Luppino-Esposito is an LA-based writer, lyricist and director who is always trying to convince you to make your thing into a musical.

Jeff's latest project is the docu-style musical podcast In Strange Woods -- he directed and co-wrote the 5-episode series and its original songs. 

Past noteworthy credits include:
  • The track Jet Lag, performed by Jay Pharoah in the YouTube Original Series "Champaign ILL."
  • The original stage show Nantucket! The MusACKal, which has had two consecutive summer-long runs at Centre Stage in MA.
  • Hall Stars, a mockumentary-style pilot for Nickelodeon.
  • The song You Made Me, which appeared in H&M's campaign with Hailey Bieber.

EXPLORE JEFF'S WORK:

POP & COMEDY SONGS
"JET LAG" - Champaign ILL
The original song "Jet Lag" was performed in the YouTube Original series "Champaign ILL"  by Jay Pharoah (and magnificently reprised later in the episode by a full church choir) and was named by Decider as one of the Top 10 Music Moments on TV in 2018.
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WRITTEN BY: Jeff Luppino-Esposito, Stelios Phili & Leven Kali
​PRODUCED BY: Stelios Phili
Dev09 - "YOU MADE ME"
The breakout track for Dev09 has been streamed over 2 million times across platforms, featured in an H&M commercial with Hailey Bieber, and included in Connor Franta's "Common Culture IV" compilation album.
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WRITTEN BY: Jeff Luppino-Esposito, Dev Murphy and Stelios Phili
PRODUCED BY: Stelios Phili
NICKELODEON - "RANDALL THE WRAPPING PAPER MONSTER"
Two original comedic tracks for Nickelodeon starring Randall, a wrapping paper monster who raps.
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MUSIC & LYRICS: Jeff Luppino-Esposito and Matt Sav

"MAKE A DEAL"
Cricket Wireless asked for an anthem to their proudly thrifty customers. The result is "Make a Deal," a high-energy, comedic jam that's accrued 2MM views across platforms.

MUSIC & LYRICS: Jeff Luppino-Esposito and Matt Sav
LOS PARADISE - "WALK"
Jeff serves as lyricist and frontman of the comedic EDM duo, "Los Paradise." The band’s sophomore music video, “WALK,” is a hard-hitting exercise track about the health benefits of recreational walking.
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MUSIC & LYRICS: Jeff Luppino-Esposito and Matt Sav
"I STILL SEE THE SUN"
Theme song demo for a YA animated comedy about a teenage girl making a new life for herself in a post-apocalyptic world. 
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WRITTEN BY: Jeff Luppino-Esposito & Stelios Phili
PRODUCED BY: Stelios Phili

ORIGINAL MUSICALS

In Strange Woods
In Strange Woods​ is a scripted, musical podcast in the style of a true crime documentary like S-Town or Dirty John -- it follows the turbulent coming-of-age story of 18-year-old Peregrine Wells through the fallout of a gripping missing-persons case in the north woods of Minnesota. 

You can listen to the series here, featuring the voices of Donna Lynne Champlin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Patrick Page (Hadestown, Tony nominated), Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone, Tony winner), Michaela Watkins (SNL, Casual), and Lily Mae Harrington (All Rise).

Jeff served as director and co-wrote the scripts and songs with Brett Ryback and Matt Sav.

NANTUCKET! The MusACKal
 “Nantucket! The MusACKal” is a one-act comedic musical spanning 400 years of history on the island of Nantucket. The show had its world premiere at Centre Stage in Nantucket, MA, for a sold-out 6-week run in the Summer of 2018, and played again for 10 weeks in the summer of 2019.
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  • “The songwriting team of Sav and Luppino-Esposito has found a unique voice, with catchy yet deceptively complex music and inventive lyrics that sparkle with wit.” ​       -The Inquirer and Mirror
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Luppino-Esposito and Matt Sav
​Book by Ryan Runstadler with Jeff Luppino-Esposito
"It's Cool to be a Quaker"
"Quiet on the Island"
"Endless Summer Breeze"

Aces
Set in the summer of 2000, "Aces" is a sci-fi thriller and queer coming-of-age story wrapped into one musical. It follows 14-year-old Kevin Marino as he wrestles with the metaphorical (and literal) demons of joining his first group of male friends.

A preview of "Aces" premiered at the Rockwell Tables and Stage in Los Angeles, the show is currently in development as a full-length stage musical.
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jeff Luppino-Esposito and Matt Sav
"Sign Me Up"
"Bend the Castle Walls"
"Aces Away"

SHORT FORM
TABLE FOR TWO
Two hosts at a fancy restaurant grapple with life, love, and the proper pronunciation of "gluten" in this award-winning webseries.

DIRECTED BY: Jeff Luppino-Esposito
CREATED BY & STARRING: Julia Addis and Brent Pope
COMMON BEAUTIES
A comedic webseries following the life and times of LA's most remarkably average people. Watch additional episodes here.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jeff Luppino-Esposito
CREATED BY: Julia Addis, Brent Pope, and Jeff Luppino-Esposito
HALL STARS (NICKELODEON)
An original mockumentary for Nickelodeon about a ragtag crew of middle school hall monitors.
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WRITTEN BY: Jeff Luppino-Esposito
DIRECTED BY: Jamie T. McCelland
CREATED BY: Jeff Luppino-Esposito & Matt Sav

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