Jim Colleran

Jim Colleran is an award-winning writer, music director and teaching artist. His writing credits include the book, music and lyrics for The Gumball Gang: Crime-Solving Kids (TADA! Youth Theater; winner, 2007 National Youth Theater Award); Alienne (NYC Fringe Festival), Gentleman Jim (US tour); Still Life at the Golden Age, Go Girls Go! and Hoarder Patrol (all at The York Theatre); Swampelot and My Little Martian (Allegro Theater in Parsippany, NJ); and My Way or the Subway (CO/LAB Theater Group). With librettist/director Ben Tostado, he wrote the music and lyrics for Stinky Sneakers and The Little Lemonade Girl at The Kaufman Center in Manhattan, where he also contributed songs to the shows Put It On and Bravissimo!