- Source: Bridgette Wimberly
Bridgette Angela Wimberly (January 7, 1954 – December 1, 2022) was an American playwright and librettist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio to John Wimberly and Conchita Wimberly (née Smith), Bridgette Wimberly attended Columbia University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in 1978 and also pursued graduate studies in medical research. She worked in medical research at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center prior to her career as a playwright. She is best known for Saint Lucy’s Eyes, a play about a back-alley abortionist living in 1968 Memphis. In 2015, she wrote the libretto for Charlie Parker's Yardbird.
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- Bridgette Wimberly
- Deaths in December 2022
- Close Enough
- Anna Gutto
- WP Theater
- 2022 in classical music
- Charlie Parker's Yardbird
- Charlie Parker
- 2015 in classical music
