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The Johnny Mercer Foundation Young Songwriters Intensive

Meet the Faculty

Anna K. Jacobs

Anna is a Jonathan Larson and Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award-winning composer, lyricist, and book writer. In collaboration with Michael R. Jackson (Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of A Strange Loop), she wrote the music and co-wrote the book for the Drama Desk Award and Lucille Lortel-nominated Teeth, which was recently seen Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons and New World Stages. An original cast recording has been released on Yellow Sound Label. Anna’s new stage adaptation of Moana is currently in residence at the Walt Disney Theatre onboard the Disney Treasure.

Adam Gwon

Adam is a composer/lyricist whose musicals have been produced on six continents in many languages. He is a recipient of the Kleban, Ebb, Loewe, and Richard Rodgers Awards, as well as the Weston Playhouse New Musical Award and the ASCAP Harold Adamson Award. His show Ordinary Days has enjoyed multiple productions in many countries, including Off-Broadway and Off-West End appearances, and his show Scotland, PA (also produced Off-Broadway) received both an NYT Critic’s Pick and a Roundabout Theatre Drama Desk Award nomination.

Kaitlin Hopkins
Artistic Director

Kaitlin is an award-winning actress, director, producer, and educator. She has performed on and off Broadway, on national/international tours, and in film and television for more than 30 years. As an educator, she created the musical theatre program at Texas State University and was recognized by the Broadway Dreams Foundation as an innovative voice in education and as one of the Top 6 women educators in the performing arts. Hopkins is also the proud creator/CEO of Fontus Dry Mouth Lozenges. Hopkins consults for arts organizations worldwide, specializing in institutional wellness.

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