Charles Leipart
# Charles Leipart

Charles Leipart is an American musical theatre bookwriter-lyricist and playwright. He was born in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University. He lives in New York City.

## Works (selection)

MUSICALS Book & Lyrics for all works:

* Good Girls Only, the Rehearsal Club Musical, music by Jamey Grisham; additional music by John Kroner and Eric Scott Reed
* Dickens' Haunted Christmas, the new mystery musical, music by Eric Schorr
* Me and Miss Monroe, an original musical, music by William Goldstein
* Enchanted April, a new musical romance adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's novel The Enchanted April, music by Richard B. Evans
* Frog Kiss, a musical adapted from The Frog Prince by Stephen Mitchell, music by Eric Schorr
* The Showgirl of 52nd Street, an original musical, music by John Kroner
* The Price of Everything, an original musical adapted from Thorstein Veblen's The Theory of The Leisure Class, music by Richard B. Evans
* espresso trasho, an original musical, music by Eric Schorr
* The Doctor's Wife, a musical adapted from Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, music by Eric Schorr

PLAYS

* George and Martha's Wedding Gift, a Play of Enslavement
* Tailoring Hitler, Made-to-Measure in One Act
* The Adolf I Knew, a Play of Collective Memory
* A Kind of Marriage, a play about the private life of British novelist E. M. Forster
* Swimming at the Ritz, a stage play about Pamela Churchill Harriman
* Underfoot in Show Business, a stage play adapted from the comic memoir by Helene Hanff.
* Mr. & Mrs. "A", a stage play
* Deep Sleepers, a comedy, published by Dramatists' Play Service
* The Undefeated Rhumba Champ, a one-act comedy, published by Dramatists Play Service

## Awards

* LGBT History Playwriting Initiative Award 2015, Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, A Kind of Marriage Honorable Mention
* Excellence in Writing: Lyrics, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss
* Most Promising Musical, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss Honorable Mention
* Excellence in Writing: Book, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss Honorable Mention
* Finalist, The Fred Ebb Award, 2005, 2006 & 2008
* Global Search for New Musicals, Cardiff, Wales, 2005, Frog Kiss
* Edward Kleban Foundation Award—Outstanding Librettist, 2001, The Showgirl of 52nd Street
