Max loves to write songs, plays, and musicals in many different styles and genres, including but not limited to, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Camp, TYA and Adult Satire. He's particularly interested in exploring coming of age stories, queer identity, and the impacts of modern technology on the human experience.
Check out some of his work below!
Max recently presented staged readings of two of his short musicals as part of Emerging Artists Theatre’s SPARK Festival NYC - “Brain Rot!” and “The Keeper”
Max’s song “When I Look at the Stars” was featured in concert at 54 Below as a finalist in the Write Out Loud songwriting competition. Take a listen to Broadway’s Mike Cefalo singing it.
Ah cabaret… don’t you love when everyone gets up to sing a sad, six minute ballad? Watch me perform my original “This is Not a Sad Cabaret Song”. Don’t worry, it’s an up-tempo…
Max’s song Heartbreak in the Breakroom was featured on the Office Ladies podcast after they challenged their listeners to write a country song by that title about the events in Season 3, Episode 8 of The Office, “The Merger”. Check it out!
Original Short Musicals
When strange voices come calling in the dark of night, a lonely young lighthouse keeper must find the quiet courage to keep his flame burning. This short musical folktale explores doubt, fear, and those who help us persevere.
Story, Book, Music and Lyrics by MAXWELL CARMEL
Additional Music and Arrangements by SHARON AHN
Social media makes Mason feel like he’s not as cool as his new classmates at Rottingham University, but when a new BlickBlock update causes the other students to have zombie like symptoms, he might be the only one who can save them from a terrible fate.
Story, Book, Music and Lyrics by MAXWELL CARMEL
Additional Music and Arrangements by SHARON AHN
A bloodthirsty alien race has come to take over planet earth, but when their leader develops an obsession for Broadway musicals, he decides to hold auditions for all of humanity to decide who lives and who dies… I hope you’ve been practicing your time steps…
Story, Book, Music and Lyrics by MAXWELL CARMEL