Grace Elaine Ward

Biography

Raised on the road with her parent's rock band, Grace is a playwright, lyricist, and composer who is now based in Boise, Idaho. She is currently in development on her first full-length musical.

Grace is a rising senior at Boise State University where she studies Theatre Arts and Political Communications. She is passionate about writing fast-paced comedy for women to perform and shedding light on uncomfortable parts of humanity through humor and compassion. She trained as an actor at the National Theatre Insitute (class of Spring 2020).

Her award winning work as a sound designer includes Passion Play by Sara Ruhl (Boise State University) which she reimagined using foley sound and vocal arrangements of U2's greatest hits and Loves Labours Lost (Braving the Bard) for which she composed musical renditions of some of Shakespeare's most classic sonnets in the style of modern-day folk-pop.