Meet the Authors of The Dream Team
Richard Wesley, Book Writer
RICHARD WESLEY (book) was most recently the librettist for The Central Park Five, an opera composed by Anthony Davis, which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Wesley was the screenwriter for the films, Uptown Saturday Night and Let’s Do It Again. He authored the Broadway drama, The Mighty Gents. His memoir, It’s Always Loud in the Balcony, was published in 2019 by Applause Books. He is an Associate Professor in the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Mr. Wesley is married to novelist Valerie Wilson Wesley.
Thomas Tierney, Composer
THOMAS TIERNEY (music) composed ELEANOR - An American Love Story at Ford’s Theatre and many other U.S. theaters - and NARNIA (London and New York) based on “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (over 1000 productions worldwide). Other musicals: The Year of Living Dangerously (54 Below in NYC), Jungle Queen Debutante, Off-Broadway’s Pets!, Tommy Tune’s one-man Ichabod, Diamond and the North Wind and Zack Hill and the Rocket Blaster Man Adventure. Also: AT&T’s theme song for Disney’s EPCOT Center, NBC’s Unicorn Tales, and 6 musicals for TheaterWorks/USA. Tom has performed his own music at New York’s Lincoln Center and at the White House.
John Forster, Lyricist
JOHN FORSTER (lyrics) Singer/songwriter, playwright and humorist, John is a 4-time Grammy nominee whose musicals have played on Broadway and off, throughout the world and even in space (where his song “This Pretty Planet” was used as the astronaut wake-up on John Glenn’s last mission). His songs have been recorded by Faith Hill, Rosanne Cash, Christine Lavin and many others. NPR’s “Morning Edition” has featured many of his wicked comedy songs. Forster’s music-comedy albums include “Entering Marion,” Helium” and “Broadsides.” His live act at the piano is a one-man comic tour de force. For more info visit: www.johnforster.com