Anna K. Jacobs

Anna K. Jacobs is an Australian composer, lyricist, and book writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She is best known for composing the music and co-writing the book for the musical Teeth. Career Jacobs made her professional American theatrical debut in 2009 with POP! at the Yale Repertory Theatre, which received the 2010 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical. The musical, a collaboration with book writer and lyricist Maggie-Kate Coleman, was first developed by the pair as a student thesis project when they attended NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. It went on to receive productions at Studio Theatre in D.C. and City Theatre in Pittsburgh, the latter of which starred Anthony Rapp as Andy Warhol. In 2012, Diversionary Theatre in San Diego produced the world premiere of Jacobs’ musical Harmony, Kansas, with book and lyrics by Bill Nelson. The production received three Craig Noel Award nominations for Outstanding New Musical, Outstanding New Score, and Outstanding Direction of a Musical. Jacobs was commissioned by George Street Playhouse to write the music and lyrics for Anytown, a musical developed in collaboration with book writer Jim Jack fo