Jessica Grace Wing

Jessica Grace Wing
Born	July 24, 1971 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	July 19, 2003(2003-07-19) (aged 32) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	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. 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".

• Obituary in the Tucson Citizen
• Obituary at Playbill

External links

• Official site
• Warmblooded Productions, her production company, including music and video samples
• Jessica Grace Wing at IMDb
• Obituary from New York Times