Kimberly Grigsby
KIMBERLY GRIGSBY Music directing/conducting credits include, on Broadway, The Light in the Piazza (lyrics & music by Adam Guettel); Caroline, or Change (music by Jeanine Tesori); The Full Monty (music by David Yazbek); You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown; and Twelfth Night (music by Jeanine Tesori); and Off-Broadway, Spring Awakening (music by Duncan Sheik), Two Gentlemen of Verona; Songs From an Unmade Bed (various composers, lyrics by Mark Campbell); Junie B. Jones (music by Zina Goldrich); The Immigrant (music by Steven Alper); Radiant Baby (music by Debra Barsha); and Twelfth Night (music by Duncan Sheik). For her work on Caroline, or Change in Los Angeles, she received the 2005 Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for Music Direction; and for The Philadelpha Theatre Company's production of Elegies (lyrics & music by William Finn) she received the 2005 Barrymore Award for Music Direction. Additional regional credits include Floyd Collins (music by Adam Guettel) and The First Picture Show (music by Jeanine Tesori). Other collaborations include My Life Is A Fairy Tale and Orphan of Zhao, both with lyrics & music by Stephin Merritt for Lincoln Center Festival; Love's Fire (Adam Guettel); O Pioneers! (Kim Sherman); Fools Rush In (Steve Marzullo); Telaio: Desdemona (Susan Botti). Ms. Grigsby holds degrees from Southern Methodist University and Manhattan School of Music. Bio as of June, 2006. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: SpringboardNYC Mentor - 2006 Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)