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Christopher Dimond’s first musical, Homeless: The Musical (music by Suzanne Polak), premiered at Duquesne University (2006) where it will be remounted by Pittsburgh’s Summer Company this July. He wrote the lyrics for the song cycle Homemade Fusion (music by Michael Kooman), which debuted at Carnegie Mellon before transferring to Pittsburgh’s Civic Light Opera Cabaret Space (both 2006). He also contributed lyrics to productions of Shakespeare’s As You Like It (2006) and Brecht’s Man is Man (2006), both at Carnegie Mellon University.

His most recent musical, Dani Girl (music by Michael Kooman), was given a workshop production as part of CMU’s 2007 Winter New Plays Festival. Other works include Confessions of an 8th Grade Nobody (readings: CMU, 2006), Burying Barbie (winner: Chameleon Theatre Circle’s 8th Annual New Play Competition, 2007), It’s a Miserable Life (winner: Uncle Dickie’s Wicked Little Christmas II competition, 2004), and Shakespeare on Drugs (winner: Outstanding Production, Pittsburgh New Works Festival, 2002).

As a screenwriter, his animated feature Monkey Trials was the winner of CMU’s 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Competition.

Chris has taught playwriting at CMU, the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Suffield Academy, Chatham College Summer Arts and Music Day Camp, and Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School. He served as dramaturg for Pittsburgh City Theatre’s Young Playwrights’ Festival (2006) and is a two-time recipient of the Schubert Fellowship for Dramatic Writing (CMU). Chris is a graduate of Duquesne University and The University of Pennsylvania, and will receive his MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University in May of 2007.

Labels: Bio, Class of 2007