JEREMY DESMON is an award-winning playwright and bookwriter/lyricist whose stories have played on stages throughout the world. THE GIRL IN THE FRAME earned him the Edward Kleban Prize and PUMP UP THE VOLUME, his rock musical based on the 1990 Christian Slater film, debuts soon. THE LAST SUPPER, a darkly comic, politically-charged new musical just completed its out-of-town run starring Tony Award-winner Alex Newell.
Other recent credits include the Goodspeed Musicals “revisal” of GOOD NEWS, THE OLIVER EXPERIMENT, THE LADIES QUICK: FAMILY IS MURDER, ONE HIT WONDER, THE KARAOKE KILLERETTES and two brand-new holiday extravaganzas (now available for licensing): THE DREIDEL PLAYERS PRESENT… BEST HANUKKAH SHOW EVER and the Christmas jukebox musical comedy, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD.
Additionally, Mr. Desmon has written countless touring spectacles, theme park extravaganzas and ice shows for the under-five set, featuring every Paw Patrol pup, Disney Princess, big-eared mouse, Baby Shark, furry red monster, curious monkey and magical little pony you can imagine — not to mention multiple editions of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus.
At Dramallama, he’s known for his modern, imaginative comedies, including HOW TO WRITE A PLAY (IN 11 EASY STEPS), WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR KID and TEN WAYS TO RUIN A GROUP PROJECT.
Jeremy is an alum of Stanford University, has an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is in his seventeenth year teaching a Musical Theatre Writing workshop at Princeton University. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and four-year-old nugget, Anderson. They live down the street from that Starbucks.
