Occupation Musician Children 4 | Name Bill Francoeur Role Music composer | |
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Full Name William Francis Francoeur Books Gone with the Breeze, Little Luncheonette of Terror |
The Ever After - A Musical
Bill Francoeur (November 18, 1948 – February 2, 2015) was a musical theatre composer and actor, who produced over 75 musicals for the amateur theatre market in a career spanning over 25 years.
Contents
- The Ever After A Musical
- GROOVY Presented by Pacific Repertory Theatres School of Dramatic Arts
- Career
- References

Children who sing on Francoeur's CDs include Brooke Mercer, Kelsie Mercer, Kate Louis, Victoria Olona and Jessica Olona.
GROOVY! Presented by Pacific Repertory Theatre's School of Dramatic Arts
Career
Francoeur was a junior and senior high school teacher for ten years before turning to playwriting. His work includes the music and lyrics for the musical The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (2005), co-written with longtime collaborator Scott DeTurk, with a book by James Mellon. With DeTurk, Francoeur also created the musical Western Star, with book by Dale Wasserman, garnering California's Elly Award for Best Original Work (1993). In 2002, his children’s musical, Oz!, was produced Off-Broadway.
Francoeur began to collaborate with playwright Tim Kelly in the mid-1980s, with whom he created Oz! and numerous other works.
Bill Francoeur died February 2, 2015 in Colorado. He had four children.