mongillo & burns
Lisa Mongillo and Joanna Burns write songs and scripts for musical theater & film.
Their work has been seen Off-Broadway, in the CBS Diversity Showcase, Playbill Songwriters Series, and ASCAP Dreamworks Musical Theater Workshop. Their songs have been performed at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, the Metropolitan Room, and many more.
Their collaborations have been showcased by Ring of Keys at Joe’s Pub, by the BMI Lehman Engle Musical Theater Workshop at the Deane Little Theater, and at The Duplex.
They share a love of Christopher Guest movies, striped button-down shirts, and Diane Keaton red carpet photos.
featured project:
We Are The Benjamin Harrison High School Horse Girls!
An off-beat musical comedy feature set in the suburban Indiana of 1993, where a teenage recluse must reckon with her horse girl past in order to help a trio of horse girls meet a real horse. Think Napoleon Dynamite meets The Craft.
Originally created as a stage musical, including two developmental readings with Out of the Box Theatrics in NYC.
clips
“She’s A Very Good Horse”
by Mongillo & Burns
performed by Joanna Burns
“I Know It’s Just Me”
by Mongillo & Burns
performed by Amanda D’Archangelis and Maya Jacobson @ Joe’s Pub
demos
bios
Joanna Burns
Joanna is a queer composer/singer-songwriter from the armpit region of New Jersey. She is a member and sometime guest-moderator of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, a recipient of the BMI Harrington Award, and member of the Dramatist Guild. Some composer /arranger credits include: the web series CITY OF DREAMS (NY Times, USA Today), the web pilot CAROL’S A DEMON (NYTV Fest), the short film WHALE HELLO THERE (Buffer Festival), the opening number for the CBS DIVERSITY SHOWCASE, and the new musicals WE ARE THE BENJAMIN HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL HORSE GIRLS!, FLOPHOUSE, and WELCOME TO SHOOFLY (ASCAP Dreamworks Musical Theater Workshop, Los Angeles). She has also toured the U.S. performing as a singer-songwriter. Her LP, The Green Year, is available on Spotify. Her non-music fascinations include Gilded Age mansion tours and puzzles of all kinds. Please ask her about them.
Lisa Mongillo
Lisa is a writer/lyricist from the rolling strip malls of Illinois. She is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and a contributor to Reductress. Her playwright/lyricist credits include: THE RADIUM GIRLS: A JAW-DROPPING NEW MUSICAL (directed by Tony winner Marissa Jaret Winokur and starring Tony nominees Andy Karl and Orfeh); A NEVER-ENDING LINE (Off-Broadway); PARTY PEOPLE (Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival); WE ARE THE BENJAMIN HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL HORSE GIRLS! (Out of the Box Theatrics); FOREVER NOON (Pendragon Theater); and HOSPITAL KIDS (Best Book at SoundBites Festival). Her work has been showcased by Playbill and performed at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, Joe’s Pub, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and more. She is an alumna of William & Mary, the Second City, and the Annoyance. She is a former synchronized swimmer and current autistic bisexual.