David Freeman Coleman
(he/him) is excited to return to Wheelock Family Theater after music directing past season’s THE ADDAMS FAMILY and MATILDA. Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, Lecturer of Music at Tufts University. Recent Music Direction: SOUTH PACIFIC, THE LITTLE MERMAID (Reagle Music Theatre), THE BOY WHO KISSED THE SKY (Company One), SISTER ACT (Lyric Stage), JELLY’S LAST JAM (Long Wharf Theatre), AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ (Central Square Theater & Greater Boston Stage), A STRANGE LOOP, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, CHOIR BOY (SpeakEasy Stage), THE BLUEST EYE (Huntington Theater), WILD: A Musical Becoming (A.R.T.), PASSING STRANGE, SISTER SCHOOL (Moonbox Productions). 4 Eliot Norton Award Nominations for Outstanding Music Direction and 1 win for 2023. Has worked with Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, Mariah Carey, Bobby McFerrin, Ryan Gosling and the Boston Pops. Learn more at www.davidfcoleman.com.
