Jack Lechner, Andy Monroe and Michael Zam

Jack Lechner (lyrics), Andy Monroe (music), and Michael Zam (book) received the 2009 Jerry Bock Award and a 2010 GLAAD Media Award nomination for The Kid, which premiered at the Acorn Theater in New York in May 2010. The show is adapted from the memoir by sex columnist Dan Savage, creator of the “It Gets Better” project. Jack Lechner writes lyrics, produces for film and TV, teaches film at NYU, constructs puzzles, and sometimes writes books (including Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You and Mary Had A Little Lamp). His credits as an executive producer include Blue Valentine (Oscar nominee), Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, The Fog Of War (Oscar winner), Left Of The Dial (Emmy nominee), Sunset Daze, Parking Lot, Very Young Girls, Naked On the Inside, Smile ‘Til It Hurts, and the upcoming Growing Small. He was a producer on the pilot for Mad Men, and an executive on such films as The Crying Game, Good Will Hunting, and The Full Monty. He is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, where he received the 2004 Jerry Harrington Award.

Bio as of March, 2011.

Andy Monroe (music), Jack Lechner (lyrics), and Michael Zam (book) received the 2009 Jerry Bock Award and a 2010 GLAAD Media Award nomination for The Kid, which premiered at the Acorn Theater in New York in May 2010. The show is adapted from the memoir by sex columnist Dan Savage, creator of the “It Gets Better” project. Andy Monroe is currently writing book, music, and lyrics for an original musical called Drive. He wrote music and lyrics for The Tragic And Horrible Life Of The Singing Nun (book and additional lyrics by Blair Fell), which was presented in the 2006 New York Musical Theater Festival. He has twice participated in the 4A15 program at the York Theatre, which produced his short musicals Sally Peaches in April 2009, and Elevator Music in March 2011. Andy’s short musical The Life And Times Of Joe Jefferson Benjamin Blow has been produced regionally. With lyricist Jack Lechner, he wrote a song for the HBO special A Family Is A Family Is a Family, which was performed by Rosie O’Donnell. He is the recipient of the 2001 BMI Foundation Jerry Harrington Musical Theater Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement, and was a 2007-8 Dramatists Guild Fellow.

Bio as of March, 2011.

Michael Zam (book), Andy Monroe (music), and Jack Lechner (lyrics) received the 2009 Jerry Bock Award and a 2010 GLAAD Media Award nomination for The Kid, which premiered at the Acorn Theater in New York in May 2010. The show is adapted from the memoir by sex columnist Dan Savage, creator of the “It Gets Better” project. Michael Zam is a screenwriter whose recent credits include Best Actress, in development with Plan B, which was featured on the 2009 Black List of best unproduced screenplays; Wife Vs. Ninja for DreamWorks; a remake of the Jerry Lewis classic The Family Jewels (all with Jaffe Cohen); and Selfish & Perverse for director Jerry Mitchell. Michael teaches screenwriting at NYU and Modern British Drama at NYU in London (Teaching Excellence Award, 1998 and 2007). He also created the successful Professional Certificate in Screenwriting, the first on the East Coast. He is a former American Film Institute Fellow, and an alumnus of BMI’s Librettists Workshop.

Bio as of March, 2011.