Jerre Dye is a librettist, playwright and director dedicated to the development of new works for both theatre and opera. Dye is the recipient of the Bryan Family Foundation Award for Drama from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Some of his opera librettos include Woman With Eyes Closed with Grammy award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon (Pittsburgh Opera); Taking Up Serpents with composer Kamala Sankaram (Washington National Opera); The Transformation of Jane Doe with composer Stacy Garrop (Chicago Opera Theater); Pretty Little Room with composer Robert Patterson (Opera Memphis); Parksville, a filmed, episodic, VR opera with composer Kamala Sankaram (Opera on Tap); Summer Place (Chautauqua Opera); and Ghosts of Crosstown with composers Zachary Redler, Kamran Ince and Nathanael Stookey (opera cycle for Opera Memphis). His plays include cicada, Distance, Short/Stories, Threads, The New Adventures of Hansel and Gretel, Wild Swans and Live Studio Audience.
