May, 2011

TODD ALMOND is a composer, lyricist and playwright.  His musicals include WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE (Yale Repertory Theater, with playwright Adam Bock, dir: Anne Kauffman), ON THE LEVEE (Lincoln Center Theater, dir: Lear deBessonet); GIRLFRIEND (Berkeley Rep., with songwriter Matthew Sweet, dir: Les Waters) the award-winning PEOPLE LIKE US (dir: Gus Kaikkonen), , AHRAIHSAK (Theater Mitu, dir: Ruben Polendo), KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY (dir: Sam Gold).  Almond served as Music Director for the world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's TRES NIÑAS, and he has written musicals for both Juilliard and NYU Grad as well as music-directed and reconceived classic works, most notably HAIR at the Skirball.  In addition to having some of the theater world's top singers perform his music (Sherie Rene Scott, Victoria Clark, Cheyenne Jackson, Jayne Houdyshell, Laura Benanti, and more), Almond regularly performs his own material in NYC's top venues and he recently released a CD of original songs entitled MEXICO CITY.  He has been an artist-in-residence at Sundance (both Utah and Ucross, Wyoming), Vassar (with New York Theatre Workshop), and The Orchard Project.  

Almond is currently collaborating with Warren Leight and Stafford Arima on a musical adaptation of John Knowles' novel A SEPARATE PEACE.