Composer. Playwright. Singer. Musician. Actor.

As the principal author/composer of the Broadway hit, PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES, Mr. Wann also sang and acted the role of "Jim" in its original New York incarnations. Nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical and Best Music on Broadway, nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Musical in London, and winner of Canada's Dora Award for Best Musical, PUMP BOYS is the longest-running musical in Chicago theatre history; has been produced around the world from Prague to South Africa to Australia; and continues to flourish annually across America.

Mr. Wann's off-Broadway successes include DIAMOND STUDS: The Life Of Jesse James, A Saloon Musical, notable for creating "Musicians' Theatre" as a genre; and KING MACKEREL & THE BLUES ARE RUNNING, both co-authored with Bland Simpson. KING MACKEREL’s original cast of “Coastal Cohorts” (Mr. Wann, Mr. Simpson, and Don Dixon) is now in its twenty-third year of special engagements, raising funds for environmental and cultural organizations, with a new cd, “Wild Ponies,” and a new stage show.

THE PEOPLE VS. MONA (co-author, Patricia Miller) enjoyed a sold-out engagement off-Broadway in 2007, and a cast recording, featuring Broadway luminaries, will be released by JAY Records of London in fall 2008. THE GREAT UNKNOWN (co-author, William Hauptman/ Tony Award, Big River) is a newly completed work about John Wesley Powell's expedition to the Grand Canyon in 1869, while Powell's wife Emma, the first woman to climb Pikes Peak, lobbies Congress on behalf of the environment.

In addition to his cast recordings, Mr. Wann has two solo albums to his credit, "Pardon My Southern Accent, Vol. 1: Jim Wann Sings Johnny Mercer," and "Vol. 2: Sings Jim Wann."

Mr. Wann has appeared on TODAY, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE TONY AWARDS, THE PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES SPECIAL (NBC), and KING MACKEREL & THE BLUES ARE RUNNING (WUNC-TV/PBS Special, a pledge drive favorite). As host of Farmers' Almanac TV, a 'green" lifestyle series, he appears on PBS nationally. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Mr. Wann and his wife, Patricia, live in Columbia County, NY, and on Tybee Island, GA, with two silly dogs and a fine fat cat.