Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Ilene Reid is one of the Grammy-nominated songwriters of "Throw That Girl Around" from the Broadway musical Swing! Her musical Bingo The Winning Musical written with Michael Heitzman and David Holcenberg had a successful Off-Broadway run and continues to have numerous productions nationally and internationally. It was honored with the 2007 Bay Area Critics Association Award for Best Musical.

Her song, "Not Funny" written for and performed by Rebecca Luker, is currently being performed by Kelli O’hara on her symphony concert tour.

In development are two musicals with her partner Michael Heitzman: Solana, a celebration of the non-traditional family (originally developed by Indiana University Premier Musicals), and the hilarious satire, Genius, based on the novel by Patrick Dennis. Also in development: Godsplaining, the dark comic story of what really went down in Genesis, written with Manja Lyssy.

Her YouTube series Going Up features Broadway singers performing Heitzman & Reid material.
 
In addition to writing, Ilene is also a professional singer and private vocal coach in NYC whose roster of students include Broadway performers, singer/songwriters and recording artists. Ilene is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild (2008-2009 Fellow), Maestra and The Writers Guild.