Julia Meinwald was elected to The Lambs in February 2021 as junior theatrical member.
She is a composer for musical theatre and opera (and the occasional film and computer game score). Musicals with her collaborator Gordon Leary include PREGNANCY PACT, REB + VoDKa + ME, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, and THE LONELIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD. Julia and Gordon write aggressively empathetic shows that help them understand completely foreign points of view, like Anita Bryant’s anti-gay-rights crusade or teenage girls who decide to get pregnant together. She also collaborated with Sara Cooper and Amy Burgess on ELEVATOR HEART, a modular music theatre piece that explores the diverse experiences of women+ in the 21st century. Julia’s shows have been produced at the Weston Playhouse, Flint Repertory, and Diversionary Theatre, and licensed to colleges and small theatre groups around the US and in Canada. She’s developed work with the Dramatists Guild, Page 73, Ars Nova, Fresh Ground Pepper, the Civilians, 92Y, New Dramatists, American Lyric Theatre, and exciting acronyms like MTF, NAMT, NYMF, and YIMT. Julia is a Thom Thomas award winner, a Larson, Rodgers, and Billie Burke finalist, and her work has received support from the Anna Sosenko trust, Opera America’s Discovery Grant, the DGF’s Writers Alliance Grant, NAMT’s Frank Young Grant, and the NEA. www.juliameinwald.com.