Morgan is a freelance composer and actor-musician based in San Diego, having performed regionally at such venues as La Jolla Playhouse, ACT of Connecticut, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, and CCAE Theatricals. He has written music for short films, dance pieces, several musicals, and other staged works. Recently, he served on the music team for Redwood at La Jolla Playhouse and Ride at The Old Globe Theatre. He also composed the music for Salty Water, a movement and puppetry piece featured in La Jolla Playhouse’s 2023 WOW Festival. Short films include Fracture (currently on Hulu) and Let There Be Light (Seattle Film Fest).
His first musical, The House of Edgar Allan Poe, was part of NYMF’s 2017 Developmental Reading Series and was part of Weber State University’s 2019 mainstage season. His second musical, Call Your Mother, was commissioned and produced by One Million Musicals and can currently be streamed on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Morgan partnered with librettist Lori Jaroslow to write More Than All the Sky (Eugene O’Neill Center semi-finalist), and they presented a concert of select songs from their piece at The Green Room 42 in March of 2024 (starring Karen Mason, Sydney Torin Shepherd, and many more).
Morgan is an alumnus of the 2018 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project. His folk-rock band, Satin Nickel, released their first full-length album, Shadow of Doubt, in April of 2020. He holds a BFA in Music Theater from UC Irvine.