Ale Fonseca
2024 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge winner Ale Fonseca. Photo by Rebecca J. Michelson
Ale Fonseca is a senior at Miami Arts Studio 6-12 @ Zelda Glazer. She is a singer-songwriter and performer based in Miami, Florida. Ale has taken an active role at her performing arts school, and her intensive training in music and voice allowed her to create songs that made her a 2024 YoungArts Winner with Distinction and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. With a passion for musical theater, she has recently produced her original one-act musical, Sonder, and hopes to develop it in the future. Her passion for music and theater drives her to pursue a career in the arts.
Ale Fonseca providing feedback during rehearsals of her original song, "Overthinking." Photo by Rebecca J. Michelson
“Overthinking”
Music & Lyrics by Ale Fonseca
Program Mentor: Zeniba Now
Orchestrator: Teresa Lotz
Featuring Stephanie Machado, Dominic Dorset, Telly Leung & Katryna Marttala
Kelly, an aspiring musician, tends to focus solely on her career, disregarding the people closest to her. After forgetting to pick up her best friend Morgan from an important dinner, never checking in with her older brother Nick, and lack of communication with her partner Thomas, their voices start to creep into her mind as she recollects the moments in which they began to act differently towards her. Not fully convinced she did something wrong, she tries to convince herself she is just “overthinking.”