Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman (composers) first began working as
collaborators while students at the University of Chicago in 1993.
Based in Chicago, their instrumental and choral compositions have been
featured in theatre productions in all major Chicago theatres and
across the U.S.  They are resident composers and designers for Victory
Gardens Theatre (2002 Tony Award Recipient Outstanding Regional
Theatre), Court Theatre (99-02 resident artists), and Artistic
Associates at Lookingglass Theatre and About Face Theatre.  Pluess and
Sussman have received 6 Joseph Jefferson Awards and Citations, an
L.A. Ovation Award and Drama Critics Circle Award and a Lortel
Nomination for composition and sound design.  Their designs for
METAMORPHOSES and I AM MY OWN WIFE enjoyed successful runs off and on
Broadway.  Other highlights include composition and design for
productions of LIFE'S A DREAM, PHAEDRA, and MARY STUART with Joanne
Akalaitis, ELEVEN ROOMS OF PROUST, TROJAN WOMEN, and THE SECRET IN THE
WINGS with Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman and RACE directed by David
Schwimmer.  Some current and upcoming projects include OUR LADY OF
121st STREET for Steppenwolf Theatre, CYRANO for the Court/Redmoon
Theatres, PERICLES for the Washington DC. Shakespeare Festival, and
THE DAY EMILY MARRIED, a new play by Horton Foot directed by Michael
Wilson for Primary Stages in N.Y., as well as regional tours of THE
SECRET IN THE WINGS at Berkeley Rep., Seattle Rep., and the McCarter
Theatre.

With long-time collaborator Eric Rosen, Pluess and Sussman have
written three music theatre works or song cycles: WORDS ON FIRE,
produced by Steppenwolf Theatre and featuring the writings of various
Chicago poets, WHITMAN, based on Whitman poetry and assorted texts,
and UNDONE, based on the work of performance poet Cin Salach, both
produced by About Face Theatre.  Currently Rosen, Pluess and Sussman
are preparing WINESBURG OHIO, a new musical based on the Sherwood
Anderson novel for a production this summer with Steppenwolf/About
Face Theatres.