Jay Eddy

is a writer, composer, and performer. Their solo show Driving in Circles won the Richard Rodgers Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters), as well as the Jean Kennedy Smith and Musical Theatre Awards (Kennedy Center). The Gull, their musical adaptation of Chekov’s Чайка, also won the Kennedy Center’s Musical Theatre Award. Fellowships include New Jewish Culture, Yaddo, New Harmony, NYFA, Connecticut Office of the Arts. Their work for the stage has been called, “Bracingly original, astonishingly resourceful, and daringly theatrical,” and, “a joy to listen to...a beautiful tapestry of sound.” As a performer, they’ve been called, “Kate McKinnon on a cocaine bender.” MFA Playwriting, BU. MA Music Theatre, RCSSD.