Women of Williams Kristen Anderson-Lopez ’94 Rewriting Narratives—Life as a Draft in Progress

KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ '94 is an Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy award-winning songwriter. She is the co-writer of Frozen on Broadway as well as Disney’s Frozen (Oscar and Grammy wins), Frozen II, “Remember Me” from Pixar’s Coco (Oscar win), and Marvel’s WandaVision (Emmy win). She is also the co-writer of In Transit, the first-ever all a capella musical on Broadway, Finding Nemo the Musical, running at Disney World since 2006, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh, and Emmy nominated songs for TV’s 87th Academy Awards and The Comedians. Upcoming projects include Up Here, a streaming series for Hulu premiering in 2023. A recipient of the BMI Harrington Award and the 2014 Lily Award, Anderson-Lopez serves on the Council for the Dramatists Guild and on the Advisory Board for the Brooklyn Children’s Theatre. She resides in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.