jenne wason

Jenne is a musical theatre bookwriter and lyricist who is fortunate enough to work with incredibly talented composers. Whether working on comedy or drama, she loves to tell compelling character-driven stories and tends to be drawn to a strong female lead.

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Jenne Wason has a BFA in Drama/Dramatic Writing from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts and is an alum of the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. She is both a Kleban Award finalist and two-time semi-finalist for the O'Neill National Music Theatre Conference.

Jenne is the creator of the musical WINESDAY, which had a hit run off Broadway in 2024 and has played sold-out and extended runs in various venues in Canada (composer: Joseph Benoit). The show's success has extended internationally with a French-language adaptation titled VINDREDI and the sequel NEXT WINESDAY is well underway. Wason and Benoit have also collaborated on the family holiday musical FLAKIE and have been honored with the Forte song commission.

With composer Alan Cancelino, Jenne has developed several works including THE WHITE ROSE (concert - New York Musical Theatre Festival; readings - York Theatre Company, Public Theater; workshop - Wright State University) and BINGO CITY (concert - NYMF). The pair is currently working on WRITE NOW, a dark comedy musical, which had a workshop reading as part of Provincetown‘s O’Neill Festival of New Works. Their songs have been performed at various cabaret venues in the US and Canada.

A proud member of the Dramatists Guild, BMI, and Maestra, Jenne is currently serving as Creative Lead on LET'S GET TO KNOW HER, a musical theatre compilation project designed to bring more representation to female-identifying game-changers throughout history.

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