Kooman & Dimond

Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book & lyrics) met while students at Carnegie Mellon University. Their most recent musical, GOLDEN GATE, premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Their musical DANI GIRL has been workshopped at the Kennedy Center's New Visions/New Voices Festival, American Conservatory Theatre, the ASCAP/Disney Musical Theater Workshop, CAP-21, and was awarded the KC/ACTF Musical Theatre Award. JUNIOR CLAUS, a family-friendly holiday musical, debuted in Minneapolis this winter, and is slated for a midwest tour next year. The duo’s song cycle HOMEMADE FUSION has been produced at CMU, the Pittsburgh CLO’s Late Night Cabaret, the Zipper Theater, Monday Night New Voices: Chicago, and has been featured in several NAMT showcases. Michael and Chris are 2009-2010 Dramatists Guild Fellows, were recently Fellows at the O’Neill Music Theater Conference, and were finalists for the 2009 Fred Ebb Award. They have been invited to perform a concert of their music at the Kennedy Center as part of the “Broadway: Today and Tomorrow” celebration. Last August, they attended the Johnny Mercer Songwriting Workshop with mentors Andrew Lippa and Craig Carnelia. They are proud members of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP, and are currently working on a CD to be released later this year. Visit them online at www.koomandimond.com