LARRY TODD (JOHNSON) COUSINEAU
BOOKWRITER - LYRICIST - PLAYWRIGHT - ANIMATION - TELEPLAYS
5852 N. Broadway St. Unit 2; Chicago, IL 60660
818.522.9893
ltcousineau@gmail.com
THEATER:
ALL THAT HE WAS 2019 (book and lyrics)
Non-equity production of new version; August 12 - September 8, 2019
FLIES! THE MUSICAL! (book and lyrics)
Non-equity production at Pride Arts Center (produced by Pride Films and Plays) May 3 - June 10, 2018
Nominee: Jeff Award for Best New Musical 2018
40 is the New 15 (book and lyrics)
AEA production at the NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA, July 16 - August 22, 2010
AEA production at the Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood, CA, July/August 2009
Winner: Best New Musical 2010 (StagesceneLA)
Winner: Best Direction, Outstanding Production, and Outstanding Ensemble cast (StagesceneLA)
Selected by Stephen Schwartz for the 2010 ASCAP/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop
Nominee: 2010 GLAAD Media Award, Oustanding Los Angeles Theatre
Nominee: 2009 ADA Award, Valley Theatre League
All That He Was (book and lyrics)
Production at Tisch School of the Arts, NYC, 2010
Published by Samuel French http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/5751/all-that-he-was
9 week run at the Tamarind Theatre in Hollywood
Invited to the International theater festival “La Veu Humana” in Barcelona, Spain
Original cast CD on AEI Records
Additional performances in Chicago, IL, Upland, CA, Palos Verdes, CA and Omaha, NE.
The Last Princess (book and lyrics)
Featured in the Disney/ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop
Now and Then a Hero (book and lyrics)
Staged reading at Cal State Northridge on April 15 and 16, 2015
Featured at the Montana Rep's Missoula Colony Festival, June 2010
Mercy: Variations (book and lyrics)
Staged reading at Theatre Wit through Kokandy Productions on March 23 and 30, 2015
Staged reading at the Greenhouse Theatre Center through the Trellis Project, April 8, 2014
Staged reading at the Academy for New Musical Theatre on May 30, 2013
Moving On (book and lyrics)
Finalist for Stages Festival (Chicago)
Murder Mystery Musical Series (book and lyrics)
The Killer Sarsaparilla, Invitation to Murder, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Shooting Star, Who Shot Doc at the Sock Hop.
Over 300 performances in regional theatre.
FILM/TV:
Care Bears - animated series - teleplay
("Stand Up and Cheer" and "Harmony: Unplugged.")
Yin, Yang, Yo!, - animated series - teleplay
("A Bad Case of the Buglies," "Stuck" and "Dance, Dance, Devastation.")
Angela Anaconda – animated series – teleplay
("The Lion, the Witch and the Weasel" and "The Pup Who Would be King")
CHORAL MUSIC:
Songs including "Season of Family", "Our First Christmas", "Really, Santa?", "Twisted Love for Christmas", "Like Any Other Man", and "Even Gayer at Christmas" have been featured in concerts by the Gay Men's Choruses of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.
CHILDREN’S MUSIC:
“Eat a Rainbow” - Shake it Up with Fruits and Veggies album (lyrics)
LAUSD Nutrition Network
Parents’ Choice Award Winner
AWARDS:
Winner: Kennedy Center/ACTF Musical Theater Award
Winner: National Student Playwriting Award
LAUSD Nutrition Network: Parents’ Choice Award
EDUCATION:
UCLA - B.A. Theater Arts
CSUF - Master of Arts in Playwriting
AFFILIATIONS:
ASCAP, SAG, Dramatists' Guild.