James Valcq

James Valcq is the composer of the off-Broadway musical The Spitfire Grill (Playwrights Horizons, 2001) which has been seen in nearly 900 productions spanning North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as a highly lauded London premiere in 2015. Also off-Broadway, Valcq was the composer/author of Zombies from The Beyond, which opened to critical acclaim in 1995. Regional credits include The Passage (a collaboration with Fred Alley), Victory Farm and Boxcar for Northern Sky Theatre, and adaptations of the classic children’s books The Pancake King (commissioned by Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre) and Anatole (commissioned by First Stage).

During his decade as co-Artistic Director of Third Avenue Playhouse in Wisconsin, Valcq created performing editions of several early 20th-century musical theatre pieces, including his reconstruction of George Gershwin’s first Broadway musical, La La Lucille, for its centennial in 2019. As a conductor, orchestrator, actor and stage director, his career has spanned Broadway, National Tours and regional theatre. He holds an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud member of Actors Equity.