Career
Children who sing on Francoeur"s CDs include Brooke Mercer, Kelsie Mercer, Kate Louis, Victoria Olona and Jessica Olona. 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 & Mistress
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). 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.
