Composer. Playwright. Singer. Musician. Actor.

Jim Wann is the principal author/composer of Broadway's Tony-nominated (Best Musical) PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES in which he appeared, originating the role of "Jim".  The London production of PUMP BOYS received an Olivier nomination for Best Musical, and the Toronto version won Canada's Best Musical (Dora Award).  The longest-running musical in Chicago theatre history, PUMP BOYS continues to be produced across the country and around the world, most recently in South Korea.

Off-Broadway, Mr. Wann co-wrote (with Bland Simpson) DIAMOND STUDS: The Life Of Jesse James, A Saloon Musical; KING MACKEREL & THE BLUES ARE RUNNING: Songs and Stories Of The Carolina Coast (with Mr. Simpson, Don Dixon, and Jake Mills); and THE PEOPLE VS. MONA: A Musical Mystery Screwball Comedy (with Patricia Miller).  The 2009 MONA original cast recording features Broadway singers Marc Kudisch, Christiane Noll, Lillias White, Natalie Toro, and Ron Raines.  Songs from KING MACKEREL and its cd followup, WILD PONIES, are being performed in concert by the COASTAL COHORTS (Wann, Simpson, and Dixon), on tour in in North Carolina in 2010 to benefit N.C. Coastal Federation and Core Sound Waterfowl Museum.

On September 25, 2010, the premiere of Mr. Wann's "New Bern Romance", a new work commissioned by the Carolina Chamber Music Festival, will commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of New Bern, N.C.

Mr. Wann has recorded a cd of Johnny Mercer songs (PARDON MY SOUTHERN ACCENT, Vol. 1) and one of his own songs (Vol. 2), and acted as host of FARMER'S ALMANAC TV, a "green" lifestyle show on PBS.  A Morehead Scholar graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Mr. Wann was elected to the Order Of The Golden Fleece, the University's honor society dedicated to unity, harmony, and service.  He lives in New York's Hudson Valley and on Tybee Island, GA, with his wife Patricia, three silly dogs and a fine fat cat.