Jeanine Tesori wrote the score for Thoroughly Modern Millie, which won 2002 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical and earned her Tony and Grammy nominations. She also scored Nicholas Hytner's production of Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center Theater, for which she received a 1999 Drama Desk Award and her first Tony nomination. Ms. Tesori won wide acclaim for Violet, produced at Playwrights Horizons. Violet was named Best Musical by the NY Drama Critics Circle and the Lucille Lortel Awards, and Ms. Tesori received an OBIE Award for her music. For film, Ms. Tesori has written songs for Mulan II and Lilo and Stitch II, both due out from Disney next year. She has collaborated with lyricists Dick Scanlan, Brian Crawley and Alexa Junge. Ms. Tesori is married to music director and composer Michael Rafter, and they are the proud parents of Siena Rafter.   Playwrights' Sidewalk: Jeanine Tesori has a star on the Playwrights' Sidewalk.

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Kimberly Akimbo	Linda Gross Theater	12/08/2021	Music
2	Soft Power	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	10/15/2019	Music & Additional Lyrics
3	Fun Home	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	10/22/2013	Music
4	Fun Home	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Susan Stein Shiva Theater	10/17/2012	Music
5	Mother Courage and Her Children	Delacorte Theater	08/21/2006	Original Music
6	Caroline, or Change	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	11/30/2003	Composer
7	Violet	Playwrights Horizons	03/11/1997	Composer

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Violet	Playwrights Horizons	03/11/1997	Associate Producer

		Award	Production	Function
1	WON	2022 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	Kimberly Akimbo	Music
2	NOMINATED	2022 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music	Kimberly Akimbo	Music
3	NOMINATED	2022 Drama League Award, Outstanding Production of a Musical	Kimberly Akimbo	Music
4	NOMINATED	2022 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best New Musical	Kimberly Akimbo	Music
5	WON	2022 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	Kimberly Akimbo	Music
6	NOMINATED	2022 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Score	Kimberly Akimbo	Music
7	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	Soft Power	Music & Additional Lyrics
8	NOMINATED	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music	Soft Power	Music & Additional Lyrics
9	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	Soft Power	Music & Additional Lyrics
10	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Score	Soft Power	Music & Additional Lyrics
11	NOMINATED	2020 Pulitzer Prize, Drama	Soft Power	Music & Additional Lyrics
12	WON	2015 Lucille Lortel Award, Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
13	WON	2014 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	Fun Home	Music
14	WON	2014 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Musical	Fun Home	Music
15	NOMINATED	2014 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music	Fun Home	Music
16	WON	2014 Obie Award, Musical Theater	Fun Home	Music
17	NOMINATED	2014 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Score	Fun Home	Music
18	NOMINATED	2014 Pulitzer Prize, Drama	Fun Home	Music
19	WON	2004 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	Caroline, or Change	Composer
20	WON	2004 Obie Award, Special Citation	Caroline, or Change	Composer
21	WON	1997 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	Violet	Composer
			Violet	Associate Producer
22	WON	1997 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Musical	Violet	Composer
23	WON	1997 Obie Award, Special Citation	Violet	Composer