Marcy Heisler

Personal Information
Bookwriter/Lyricist Marcy Heisler and Composer Zina Goldrich have been collaborating since 1993. Their musical Junie B. Jones received a 2005 Lucille Lortel nomination in the category of Best Musical. They are past recipients of ASCAP’s Richard Rodgers New Horizons Theatre Award. Heisler and Goldrich are currently writing songs for Winnie the Pooh at Disney's Toon Studios. This past year, Heisler worked as an adaptor for Disney Theatricals, penning new versions of 101 Dalmatians, Cinderella, The Jungle Book and Sleeping Beauty for young audiences. In addition to being a staff songwriter at Walt Disney Feature Animation, Goldrich has played keyboards on Broadway for Avenue Q, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma, and Titanic, where she also conducted. Heisler and Goldrich co-authored the family musicals Dear Edwina and Dear Edwina Junior, which have been internationally licensed by Music Theatre International, and will be part of MTI’s new touring Young Audience Revue. In April 2000, they teamed with bookwriters Charlie Shanian and Shari Simpson to premiere their full-length musical Adventures in Love at St. Paul's Ordway Music Theatre. In 1998, they joined Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre as Joseph Papp Artists-in- Residence, where they workshopped Allison Under The Stars with bookwriter Susan Kim. Their song, "Taylor, the Latte Boy" is featured on Kristin Chenoweth's album As I Am, released by Sony Records in April 2005. They perform their 2-woman revue, The Marcy and Zina Show throughout the country, and their first songbook was released in January 2004.
 
Credits

Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Junie B's Essential Survival Guide to School Lucille Lortel Theatre 07/27/2016 Book
2 Junie B's Essential Survival Guide to School Lucille Lortel Theatre 07/27/2016 Lyricist
3 Junie B. Jones Lucille Lortel Theatre 03/22/2008 Book
4 Junie B. Jones Lucille Lortel Theatre 03/22/2008 Lyricist
5 Junie B. Jones Lucille Lortel Theatre 11/10/2005 Book
6 Junie B. Jones Lucille Lortel Theatre 11/10/2005 Lyricist
7 Junie B. Jones Lucille Lortel Theatre 07/21/2004 Book
8 Junie B. Jones Lucille Lortel Theatre 07/21/2004 Lyricist
9 Chef's Theater: A Musical Feast The Supper Club 04/14/2004 Songs

Actor
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Chef's Theater: A Musical Feast The Supper Club 04/14/2004 N/A
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2005 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical Junie B. Jones Book