Julia Meinwald

Julia Meinwald is a composer for musicals, film, and the occasional computer game score. Julia’s musicals with collaborator Gordon Leary include Pregnancy Pact (2012 premiere production at the Weston Playhouse, 2011 NAMT conference and Yale Institute for Musical Theatre selection), I Love You, Anita Bryant (2015 workshop production at Philadelphia’s UARTS, 2014 OutLoud reading with Ars Nova), Galaxy Comics (2014 United Airlines in-flight programming), and Disappeared (2009 Lincoln Center Directors Lab). They are currently developing a show called Reb + VoDKa + Me as part of the Civilians’ R&D group. You can hear Julia’s music in the score to short films featuring Josh Gad (The Losers), Matt Walsh (Breast Picture) and Mary Louise Parker (Wing Woman.) Julia was a participant in the New Dramatists Composer Librettist Development Program, a Dramatists Guild fellow, a resident artist with American Lyric Theatre, an Uncharted resident writer at Ars Nova, and a member of the Civilians R&D group. She holds a BA in Music from Yale University and an MFA from NYU’s GMTWP.

UPCOMING WORKS

Reb+VoDKa+Me: Music by Julia Meinwald, Lyrics by Gordon Leary, Director Benjamin Kamine
Something Blue: Music by Julia Meinwald, Lyrics by Gordon Leary, Director Ethan Heart

CREDITS

I Love You Anita Bryant : Music by Julia Meinwald, Lyrics by Gordon Leary, Directors Benjamin Kamine, Portia Krieger

(Concert Production at UARTS 2015, Ars Nova Uncharted Residency 2013-2014, Musical Theatre Factory 4×15 series 2014, developmental workshop at The Flea 2013, Weston Writer’s Retreat 2013, Two Rivers Writers Retreat 2013)

Pregnancy Pact : Music by Julia Meinwald, Book and Lyrics by Gordon Leary, Directors Mark Brokaw, Joe Calarco

(Premiere Production on Weston Playhouse Mainstage Summer 2012, NAMT selection 2011, YIMT selection 2011, Weston Playhouse New Musical Award 2011)

Galaxy Comics: Music by Julia Meinwald, Lyrics by Gordon Leary, Director Kevin McMullen

(United Airlines in-flight programming 2014, Sarasota Film Festival 2013, New York Television Festival Award 2012)

Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating!): Music by Julia Meinwald, Book and Lyrics by Harrison Rivers and Daniella Shoshan, Director Pirronne Yousefzadeh

(NYFM next link selection 2011, Ars Nova ANT fest 2009)

One Man Show : Music by Julia Meinwald, Lyrics by Gordon Leary, Book by John Heginbothom

(Joe’s Pub 2010, DanceNow Festival at Dance Theatre Workshop 2009)

Disappeared: Music by Julia Meinwald, Book and Lyrics by Gordon Leary, Director Jeremy Kronenberg

(Lincoln Center Directors Lab 2009, Prospect Theatre Company Dark Nights 2008)

Le Fou: Music by Julia Meinwald, Book by Bekah Brunstetter, Lyrics by Rob Shapiro, Director Alice Reagan

(New Georges workshop 2009)