Jacob Combs
Jacob Combs is a writer, composer, and director based in Los Angeles. Jacob wrote the music & lyrics for Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (based on the beloved children’s book by Eric Kimmel), which has been produced annually since 2018 by Chicago’s Strawdog Theatre. Previous theater projects include Selling Out (Strawdog Theatre), Legends & Lore (New York Theatre Barn, Musical Theatre Workshop) and Palin! The Musical. A lifelong film nerd, Jacob recently worked in the writers’ rooms of two top-secret projects at Pixar, and wrote several episodes of the Disney+ documentary series Inside Pixar. Jacob also wrote the short film Messrs., which is beginning its festival run, and his first short film as writer/director, Without, showed at several festivals in 2019 and 2020. If he’s not writing or composing, Jacob is probably playing piano with his husband Jacob (that’s right, two Jacobs) or eating a chocolate pot de crème.
Strawdog Creative Team
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (Season 32)
Music and Lyrics
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (Season 31)
Music & Lyrics
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (Season 31)
Composer
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (Season 34)
Composer