R.C. Staab is a New York-based playwright, librettist and lyricist whose musicals and plays have been produced in New York and in the San Francisco Bay Area.  His new musical with Daniel Sturman, "Zombie Wedding", was one of the Top Picks of the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival.  He is Assistant Producer of "Through the Door" staged reading in December 2011.  In 2009, he collaborated with 42nd Street Moon for the new musical Shadows of Pompeii, with music by Tony nominated composer Keith Herrmann. Also in 2009, he collaborated with American Musical Theatre of San Jose on the musical, Fountain of Youth, with music by Jeff Pflaumbaum. Prior to that his musical, "RM3", with songs by Ben Folds was produced at the San Francisco Fringe Festival and his full-length comedy, "A Union of San Franciscans", was performed at San Francisco's Phoenix Theatre.  He lives in Manhattan.