Andy Jones

Andy Jones has been a percussionist and composer for over 20 years, performing in more than 90 theater productions. He is the original percussionist for the Broadway production of Stephen Schwartz's Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre (Grammy Award - Best Musical Show Album, RIAA Certified Double-Platinum Record) Recently he composed a two percussion score for Execution of Justice at About Face Theatre in Chicago (Joseph Jefferson Nomination). At the Goodman Theatre, Andy played The House of Martin Guerre, A Little Night Music, and the Studio production of Wings and its subsequent production at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. He worked on Yale Repertory Theatres pre-broadway workshop of Triumph of Love. Andy wrote the percussion score to the ASCAP award winning musical 90 North, and performed for its staged readings at the Berkshire Theatre Festival and The Kennedy Center. Andy received a Joseph Jefferson Award for his original score for Blade to the Heat at the Apple Tree Theatre. He also composed a solo-percussion score for Chicago Shakespeare Theater's recurring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Andy arranged and music directed the World Premiere of the rock opera God and Country at Victory Gardens and co-music directed The Flower Thieves with The Midnight Circus. He served as assistant music director and percussionist for Pacific Overtures both at Chicago Shakespeare and at the Donmar Warehouse. National Tours: CATS, and Into the Woods. European Tours: Chicago, Cabaret, and On The Town.