11 Facts About Jeff Whitty

Jeffrey Daniel Whitty was born on September 30,1971 and is an American playwright, actor, and screenwriter.

Jeffrey Whitty was born September 30,1971 in Coos Bay, Oregon where he was raised as the fifth of six children.

Jeff Whitty won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a musical for Avenue Q, written with composers Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, which opened at Broadway's John Golden Theatre in 2003 and ran commercially in New York City for sixteen years.

Jeff Whitty won the 2011 Bay Area Critics Circle award for his work.

Jeff Whitty wrote the libretto for Bring It On: The Musical, a "free adaptation" of the popular film series with an original story by Jeff Whitty, with music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda and lyrics by Amanda Green and Miranda.

In 2015, Jeff Whitty premiered his original vision of Head Over Heels at the outdoor 1100-seat Allen Elizabethan Theatre at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Jeff Whitty devised the jukebox musical as a hybrid of Sir Philip Sidney's The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia and the back catalog of 80's pop stars The Go-Go's.

In 2016, Jeff Whitty left the production when director Michael Mayer took over directing duties, installing Tom Kitt as music supervisor and firing all of Jeff Whitty's collaborators.

Mr Jeff Whitty's plays include The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler which was commissioned by and received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in January, 2006; The Plank Project ; the multi-play cycle Balls; The Hiding Place, a romantic Manhattan comedy which received its New York debut at the Atlantic Theater Company; the dark comedy Suicide Weather.

Jeff Whitty is an occasional actor, having appeared in New York productions of plays by Amy Freed, including The Beard of Avon and Freedomland, as well as small roles in the films Garmento, Lisa Picard is Famous, and a cameo in Shortbus.

Jeff Whitty's older brother George Whitty is a noted jazz musician and producer, and the winner of multiple Grammy and Emmy Awards.