Ethan Crystal

Ethan Crystal is an actor writer musician and comedian based in New York City originally from Wilsonville OR Ethan has appeared on TV OffBroadway and online in various shapes and forms Credits include HBOs I Know This Much Is True Nickelodeons Social Media For The Record The Brat Pack on the Norwegian Escape and NBCs The Sing Off Ethan is the cowriter book music lyrics of Golem Owned a Tropical Smoothie a new musical about Golem owning operating a smoothie shop in Panama City Beach Florida winner of Best Musical Best Lyrics Best Direction at Sound Bites 60 NAMT Frank Young Fund Grant recipient Eugene ONeill Conference Semifinalist City Artist Corps Grant Recipient Ethan is an awardwinning vocal arranger comedy writer and composer His pilot 1 backpack won Best Comedy Screenplay in the Oregon Short Film Festival 2019 and his acappella arrangements for collegiate high school groups have accrued several awards over the years Hes contributed as a vocalist writer and arranger to Brooklynbased music collective Apartment Sessions and Scrantonbased poprock band Modern Ties Musically comedically Ethan is a believer in the internet the absurd and the value of great effort put into a lighthearted pursuit Influences include comedian Norm MacDonald Gilbert Sullivans Pirates of Penzance Spongebob seasons 13 and comedian Casey Frey He has worked freelance as a jingle writer wedding singer audition cut creator musical improviser musical improv accompanist session vocalist beatboxing instructor church chorister meme maker and more