Creators
Dianne Adams McDowell
Composer
Dianne Adams McDowell, a native of West Virginia, is an accomplished composer, conductor and vocal arranger whose work spans Broadway, regional theater and
internationally renowned venues. She served as vocal arranger for Broadway’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, recipient of seven Drama Desk Awards, four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and a 2015 Grammy nomination. She was commissioned to compose for Radio City Music Hall’s Magnificent Christmas Spectacular.
Tazewell Thompson
Librettist
His opera Blue with composer Jeanine Tesori, won the 2020 MCANNA Award for Best New Opera in North America. The New York Times listed Blue as Best in Classical Music for 2019. He has more than 150 directing credits, including 30 world and American premieres, in major opera houses and theaters across the USA, France, Spain, Italy, Africa, Japan and Canada, including Glimmerglass, New York City Opera, Teatro Real, La Scala, L’Opera Bastille, Cape Town, Tokyo, Vancouver and San Francisco Opera. His award-winning play, Constant Star has had 16 national productions, garnering 9 Barrymore Awards, 5 NAACP Awards and 3 Carbonell Awards; Mary T & Lizzy K, commissioned and produced at Arena Stage, is the recipient of The Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award; author of Jam & Spice: The Music of Kurt Weill; an adaptation of A Christmas Carol; and a contributing writer to Our War, short plays for Washington DC.
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