Jessica Grace Wing
BornJuly 24, 1971
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJuly 19, 2003(2003-07-19) (aged 32)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Theatrical composer

Jessica Grace Wing (July 24, 1971 – July 19, 2003) was an American theatrical composer active in New York City.[1] She was resident composer of the off-Broadway Inverse Theater Company and wrote one full-length musical, Lost.[2]

Wing was born in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where she attended University High School. She attended college at Stanford University.[1] In 1997 she moved to New York City, where she co-founded the Inverse Theater Company. Her musical accompaniments incorporated a diverse range from bluegrass to opera.

Wing served as assistant sound designer on the Todd Solondz film Happiness and wrote and directed a number of short films in pursuing an MFA in film at Columbia University. Wing was a member of San Francisco-based improvisational ambient electronica band Weird Blinking Lights, providing compositional, vocal, synthesizer, and effects performance, and released several solo electronica compilations under the moniker Warm Blooded Love.[3]

Works

Music and songs for theater

  • Othello (1998)
  • The Death of Griffin Hunter (1998)
  • Twelfth Night (1999)
  • Midnight Brainwash Revival (1999)
  • The Death of Don Flagrante Delicto (2000)
  • The Burnt Woman of Harvard (2001)

Full-length musical

  • Lost (2003)

References

  1. 1 2 McKinley, Jesse (2003-08-03). "Jessica Grace Wing, 31, a Force In New York Downtown Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  2. ↑ Simonson, Robert (2003-07-31). "Off-Broadway Composer Jessica Grace Wing Dead at 31". Playbill.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Jessica grace wing - testimonials".
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