Amanda Freedman is a lyricist, librettist, playwright, arts educator and community builder. Her award-winning musical The Angel Makers with Lorenzo Pipino has been developed through NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, the @Abrons Series at Abrons Arts Center, NYU Graduate Acting’s The 29 Project, and Western Connecticut State University’s New Works Class. The show had its premiere production as a part of the 2024 SheNYC Arts Festival at the Off-Broadway Connelly Theatre, where it had a fully sold-out run, and was awarded Best Production of a Musical, Best Score, and Best Leading Actor. Amanda also collaborated with JUNO-award winning children's musician Jack Grunsky to turn his songbook into a new family musical called Playground, with director & co-writer Olivia Daniels and producer Elly Barlin-Daniels. Playground premiered at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival to stellar reviews and was awarded Best of Fringe. Her 20-minute musical The Train Stoppers with Adam LaPorte premiered at the 2025 Downtown Urban Arts Festival and received awards for Best Short and Best Audience. As a lyricist-librettist, Amanda’s other shows in development include Third Temple with Landon Braverman and Molly Reisman (Chutzpah Theatre Festival), Waiting on New York with Natasha Ashworth, Pat Via, and Lisa Weiner Jerden; and Only Yesterday with Stephanie Leah Evans and Jonah Greene (KU Jayhawk Performance Lab).

Amanda taught 8th Grade English for two years as a Teach For America Corps Member, where she incorporated art forms such as poetry, playwriting, and movement into her classroom instruction. She served as the Program Assistant for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), where she oversaw the day-to-day operations for the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students. She developed curriculum for NAMT’s free online education events, built materials for NAMT’s Online Songwriting Resource Center, and collaborated with NAMT students, artists and members. She holds a BA in English from Tufts University and an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch. While she is not a student at Wharton Business School, she is a member of the writing team for Wharton Follies, collaborating with MBA candidates to write a musical comedy parodying the business school experience. She is Canadian, American, and Jewish.