Jessica Grace Wing

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Jessica Grace Wing (July 24, 1971 – July 19, 2003) was an American theatrical composer active in New York City. She was resident composer of the off-Broadway Inverse Theater Company and wrote one full-length musical, Lost.

She was born in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where she attended University High School. She attended college at Stanford University, where she was active in the punk and electronic music scenes. In 1997 she moved to New York City, where she met Kirk Wood Bromley. She co-founded the Inverse Theater Company to produce his plays. Her musical palette was very diverse, and her musical accompaniments incorporate everything from bluegrass to opera.

She also served as assistant sound designer on the Todd Solondz film Happiness and wrote and directed a number of short films in pursuing an MFA in film at Columbia University. She also earned money by designing websites. Her career was cut short by colon cancer.

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[edit] Works

[edit] Music and songs for theater

  • Othello (1998)
  • The Death of Griffin Hunter (1998)
  • Twelfth Night (1999)
  • Midnight Brainwash Revival (1999)
  • The Death of Don Flagrante Delicto (2000)
  • The Burnt Woman of Harvard (2001)

[edit] Full-length musical

  • Lost (2003)

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