Grace McLean

“Diver” - song written for Kathleen Turner

-- read poem (by Jacqueline Suskin)

-- read lyrics

Called “electrifying” by The Huffington Post and “phenomenal” by the New York Times, Grace McLean is a multi-hyphenate actress-singer-writer-teacher on the rise. In addition to performing (Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812; Off-Broadway: Brooklynite, Bedbugs!!!, Sleep No More) Grace also makes time for her acclaimed original music with her band Grace McLean & Them Apples. The band performed in both the 2015 and 2016 Lincoln Center American Songbook series, and in April 2015, they toured Pakistan with the US State Department. Grace's pop opera about 12th century mystic Hildegard von Bingen has been developed at CAP21, SPACE on Ryder Farm, the Johnny Mercer Writer’s Colony at Goodspeed, and The Orchard Project and is a commission from Lincoln Center Theater. Grace is the recipient of the 2017 Hunt Family Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center.