Jerre Dye is a librettist, playwright, director, and recipient of the Award for Dramatic Literature from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Some of his work in opera includes the upcoming Woman With Eyes Closed for Opera Philadelphia with composer Jennifer Higdon, Pretty Little Room for Opera Memphis with composer Robert Patterson, Taking Up Serpents for Washington National Opera with composer Kamala Sankaram, The Transformation of Jane Doe for Chicago Opera Theatre with composer Stacy Garrop, Parksville, a filmed, episodic, VR opera for Opera On Tap/New York with composer Kamala Sankaram and Ghosts of Crosstown for Opera Memphis. He is currently working on a new commission for Chicago Opera Theatre, developing an immersive experience for Opera On Tap/New York and serving as a librettist mentor for the Seattle Opera Creation Lab. His plays include Cicada, Distance, Short/Stories, Threads, The New Adventures of Hansel and Gretel, Wild Swans, and Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale Iris Orchestra adaptation. He is an ensemble member of Rivendell Theatre in Chicago.