Amanda Wansa Morgan

Music Director - Director - Actor - Educator

"Out of the Slop" from Mary Had a Little Ham Music & Lyrics by Amanda Wansa Morgan Performed by Kyle Davis Staged Reading @ Ole Miss Theatre December 2014

Amanda collaborated with author Margie Palatini on an adorable, original children's musical based on the adorable book Mary Had a Little Ham.  Ham has enjoyed successful staged readings at Kennesaw State University (2018) and the University of Mississippi (2014) and premiered as a full production (virtually) at Young Harris College in Fall 2020.  

Check out videos from the staged reading below!  More videos on YouTube!

 

"Mary's Song" or "Wherever You Are" from Mary Had a Little Ham Music & Lyrics by Amanda Wansa Morgan Performed by Cayley Smith Staged Reading @ Ole Miss Theatre December 2014

In 2009, Amanda collaborated with Pat Flick on an original adaptation of the classic children's story The Velveteen Rabbit and it enjoyed a successful run at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre in Partnership with UCF!  See trailer below!

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF's production of "The Velveteen Rabbit" (2009).

In 2011, Amanda collaborated with playwright Julian Wiles to create a new version of the Dicken's classic A Christmas Carol with original music & lyrics, produced fully at Charleston Stage!

Photos from Waitress, Sondheim on Sondheim, Spongebob, Next to Normal, and Rent courtesy of Casey Gardner Ford

Ragtime photos courtesy of Sydney Lee

Mystery of Edwin Drood photos courtesy of Phillip Waller