Kenny Mellman
(Herb, Musical Direction)

Kenny has been the co-creator
and musical director of Kiki & Herb
for the better part of a decade.
His work with Justin Bond
included the 2001 Obie-winning
Jesus Wept (Fez Club, NYC),
There’s a Stranger in the Manger
(Westbeth Theater Center, NYC)
which won a 2002 HX Award and
Pardon Our Appearance (Soho
Theatre, London). He has been
nominated for a 2003 Helen
Hayes award for Outstanding
Supporting Performer for his
work in Pardon Our Appearance
(Wholly Mammoth Theatre
Company, Washington DC).
His other theatrical credits
include the part of Georgia
O’Keefe in John Kelly’s Paved
Paradise (Josie’s Cabaret,
San Francisco: Highways,
Los Angeles; the Library,
Manchester U.K.), and his
solo show Countdown
(Fez Club, NYC). He has
performed with the Three
Terrors (Stephen Merrett,
LD Beghtol and Dudley Klute)
at both the Knitting Factory
and the Bowery Ballroom in
New York City and can be heard
accompanying Bob Mould
(Husker Du, Sugar)
on Stephen Merritt’s 6th Album,
Hyacinths and Thistles.
Kenny would like to thank his
Mom and Dad for their constant
love and support, Doug Wright
for his dramaturgy and his kind-
ess and Roland Pearman for his
much needed tough love. Kenny
would like to dedicate his work on
Kiki & Herb: Coup de Theatre to
Feargus Liam Michael O’Sullivan.