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Jeff Thomson (Music) and Jordan Mann (Lyrics) As a songwriting team, Jeff and Jordan received a 2008 Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Grant. They were 2006-2007 Musical Theatre Writing Fellows with the Dramatist Guild, and were mentored by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Richard Maltby, and David Shire. They co-wrote the 2005 Disney/ASCAP Selection THE NEW KID and participated in the first ever Perry Mansfield Composer Stage Project with Craig Carnelia. Their songs have been featured in the acclaimed Monday Night New Voices programs in Chicago and New York, and the cabaret FACING THE FACTS at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Their song “When The Words Won’t Come” was published in the Fall 2007 issue of “The Dramatist”. Jeff and Jordan are currently developing an evening of their songs and a new project for the ColeBeanBay Theatre of St. Louis. |
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| Jeff Thomson Is a graduate of the University of Southern California where he majored in music. Other accomplishments include winning the co-principal trumpet position in the American Youth Symphony. His mini-musical, THE RED MOON EXPRESS, was performed at the Colony Theater in Burbank, CA where he also served as literary associate. He wrote additional music for the documentary, THE KIDNAPPING OF INGRID BETANCOURT, which won best feature at the slam dance film festival and was broadcasted nation wide on HBO and Cinemax. Other projects include THE HOLY COWS OF CREDENCE, SOUTH DAKOTA and UP IN THE AIR written with lyricist/bookwriter Mark Garcia. He assisted Jason Robert Brown on the upcoming 13 and Terrence McNally on SOME MEN at Second Stage and the workshop of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Jeff is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild, ASCAP and the Humane Society. |
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Jordan Mann Holds an MA in theater at Northwestern University (BA SUNY at Buffalo) where he focused on musical theater history and dramaturgy while also writing lyrics for the 2004 & 2005 installments of the long running WAA-MU show. Currently he is developing a new musical adaptation of THE SECRET SCHOOL (by Newberry Winning Author Avi) for PrimeStage Theatre in Pittsburgh. His adaptation if I.B. Singer's TAIBELE AND HER DEMON was an audience favorite at CityLit Theatre's 2007 Art of Adaptation Festival. |
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