Composer/lyricist Randy Courts collaborated with playwright/lyricist Mark St.Germain on the musicals THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI (ten consecutive seasons
at the Lambs Theater, two national tours, over 200 productions worldwide); JOHNNY
PYE AND THE FOOLKILLER (Lambs Theater, AT&T New Plays Of The Nineties
Award); JOSEPH AND MARY (Los Angeles, Dallas, Indianapolis and
in concert in New York starring Kris Kristofferson); JACK’S HOLIDAY
(Playwrights Horizons, 3 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, including Best
Musical); THE BOOK OF THE DUN COW (10th anniversary of The New
Harmony Project); and THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE (Playwrights Horizons,
commission from Playwrights Horizons and Dreamworks). Mr. Courts and Mr. St. Germain
also contributed songs to the review A… MY NAME IS STILL ALICE
and to Cass Morgan’s TRUE HOME. Mr. Courts collaborated
with author Walter Wangerin Jr. on the Christmas oratorio ANGELS AND ALL
CHILDREN, and they are currently finishing POTTER, an
opera based on the book of the same title by Wangerin. This summer, Mr. Courts
is set to collaborate with writer Will Osborne on a musical adaptation of THE
MAGIC TREE HOUSE, a popular children’s book series by Mary Pope
Osborne.
Mr. Courts is a member of the Dramatists Guild and a regular participant at the
New Harmony Project. His work has been published by Dramatists
Play Service, Samuel French, Fireside Theatre, Augsburg Fortress Publishing and The Dramatic Publishing Company.