Gretchen Cryer

Gretchen Cryer (born October 17, 1935) is an American playwright, lyricist and actress. Cryer was born Gretchen Kiger in Dunreith, Indiana, the daughter of Louise (née Niven) and Earl William Kiger. She attended DePauw University as an English major. In one of her music classes, she met Nancy Ford, and the two forged a friendship that eventually led to a number of professional collaborations as the only female composer-lyricist team in Off-Broadway and Broadway New York theater. Their first work, For Reasons of Royalty, was produced at DePauw University and their musical "Rendezvous' was done at Boston University. Their first professional New York production was Now Is The Time For All Good Men (1967), a highly political piece about...