Other productions by Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner

MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THE COMPOSER

Jahnna Beecham (Playwright/Lyricist) and Malcolm Hillgartner (Composer/Lyricist) met while acting at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, were married onstage at the Empty Space Theatre in Seattle, and have built a life together in the arts. Beecham and Hillgartner have worn many hats as actors, directors, authors, producers, composers, audio book narrators, and playwrights.  The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Cincinnati Playhouse, The San Jose Stage Company, The Barter Theatre and others have all produced Beecham and Hillgartner’s musicals, which include Chaps!,  Dogpark, The Doll People, and They Came From Way Out There. Holmes and Watson Save the Empire! won the Ovation “Best Small Cast Musical” for 2013 in Vancouver, BC. Parcel from America sold out its opening run at the historic Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin, Ireland in 2022. Allie Kazan and the Magic Mansion had its first production at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte in 2023 and opens at Orlando Family Stage in 2024.

Under the pen name Jahnna N. Malcolm, the duo has written 130 novels for juveniles and young adults including Simon & Schuster’s Love Letters, Bantam’s Hart and Soul, Scholastic’s Scared Stiff and the very popular series, The Jewel Kingdom. Beecham and Hillgartner produced, scripted—and Beecham directed—The Ruby Princess Runs Away, which won Best Picture at the 2001 Burbank International Children’s Film Festival.

Beecham and Hillgartner have also written weekly columns for Sesame Street Parents magazine, computer games for Trilobyte/Virgin Games, and award-winning learning programs for Hooked on Phonics. Beecham’s most recent projects include Editing National Geographic's Science Encyclopedia for 8–to–12-year olds, and co-writing and editing the soon-to-be released Living With Dying: A Complete Guide for Caregivers. Hillgartner is an award-winning narrator of over 275 audiobooks.

This writing team lives in Ashland, Oregon where they raised their two children, Dash and Skye.

For more information on this team’s work, visit: jahnnanmalcolm.com

Malcolm’s audiobook site is malcolmhillgartner.com

And check out Jahnna Beecham and Katie Ortlip's website and healthcare blog: Livingwithdying.com