About Us
Sharon Kenny (music & lyrics)
Sharon Kenny writes songs and the words that go with them. She lives in New York.
Kenny’s music has been prominently featured worldwide on television (Netflix, Lifetime, Amazon), most notably with five placements on the hit show, Dance Moms.
Her theatre work has been produced and/or developed at New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, 92NY, Williamstown Theatre Festival, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, The Yale Institute of Music Theatre, The Institute for American Musical Theatre, and Stages Theatre Company. Sharon’s work in Children’s Theatre includes adaptations of the NY Times bestsellers What Do You Do With an Idea?, Maybe (both by Kobi Yamada), Dragons Love Tacos (by Adam Rubin), as well as commissions for 92NY (The Tempest, Mother Goose, Ice Queen, A Midsummer Night’s Dream).
Additionally, Kenny serves as Musical Director to Broadway’s Abby Mueller (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Six), and the upcoming musical Rutka (Lincoln Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). As a pianist, she has played extensively on Broadway. BFA, The Hartt School. www.sharon-kenny.com
Cristina Pippa (book)
Cristina Pippa is an award-winning playwright and filmmaker.
Collaborations with Sharon Kenny include commissioned world premieres for 92NY, such as Ice Queen and The Tempest, which was recommended by The New York Times, as well as musical adaptations of Kobi Yamada's What Do You Do with an Idea? and Maybe and Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin for Stages Theatre Company.
Cristina's musical short film Curtain with songs by Sharon Kenny premiered at New York CineFest this year. Her short film Amelia premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival Kids International Film Festival and won the Golden Gateway Award at the Mumbai Film Festival.
She completed her BA at Columbia University and her MFA at the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop, where she received the Iowa Fellowship for the Arts and the Norman Felton Fellowship. www.cristinapippa.com