Welcome
Conrad
Reeder
Writer·Performer·Educator
Storyteller, singer-songwriter, and grief workshop educator. Author of Memory Clouds: Good Grief Bad Grief and co-creator of Venus: The Love Show.
What She Does
Three Worlds
The Writer
Author · Essayist · Storyteller
Conrad writes with unflinching honesty about memory, loss, and the beauty of an examined life. Her book Memory Clouds weaves personal memoir with poetic prose, and her articles appear in EQ Magazine, Sierra Club, and gonzotoday.com.
Read the Book →The Performer
Singer · Songwriter · Musical Theater
A world renowned studio singer who also performed with John Denver and co-wrote songs recorded by Denver. With original musicals including Venus: The Love Show and Jack Is Dead, Conrad continues to bring her voice to the stage.
Theatre Works →The Educator
Workshop Leader · MFA · Depth Psychology
Holding an MFA in Film, Theater & Communication Arts and working toward a doctorate in Mythological Studies, Conrad leads the Bloom Again grief writing workshop — helping people heal through poetry, essay, and narrative.
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Memory Clouds
Good Grief Bad Grief
A beautifully rendered memoir written after the death of her husband — eight-time Grammy winning engineer Roger Nichols — Memory Clouds is a meditation on grief, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
“Maybe time is an illusion and everything is happening all at once, especially when memories are so vivid, so in-the-room.”
I take full credit for this book; whatever it is, it is me — a glimmering of words from a subconscious mind that has followed my experiencing self around for nearly sixty years.
— Conrad Reeder, Memory Clouds
About Conrad
Born in Columbus,
Made in the Music
Conrad “Connie” Reeder is a multi-talented artist who began her career as a professional singer and musician, working as a studio singer in studios and performing around the world with John Denver. She studied at HB Studio in New York, performed in Off-Broadway shows, and formed her own bands.
Today, as a published author, educator, and musical theater creator, Conrad continues to break new ground — from her grief writing workshops to her original musicals, she brings decades of lived experience to everything she creates.
Original Musical
Venus
The Love Show
An original musical by Conrad Reeder and Pam Wolfe (1948-2024) — weaving together original songs, spoken word, and storytelling, a fun romp about the battle between Science and Religion: Astronomy and Astrology.
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Bloom
Again
Writing to survive grief — and grow through it.
The Bloom Again workshop uses writing genres — poetry, essay, dialogue, and narrative — to help people work through emotional pain. Led by Conrad Reeder, whose own writing journey through loss produced Memory Clouds.
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