Madelyn Sheppard (died in 1990) was an American pianist, singer, and composer from Selma, Alabama.

She frequently collaborated with lyricist Annelu Burns on spirituals and blues songs, including creating music for the theater and film industries.

The musical was staged in December the same year by the American Committee for Devastated France as part of a post-war fundraising effort.

[10] According to Cait Miller at the Library of Congress, the play "may well have been the first full-length Broadway musical authored entirely by women.

"[4] She also wrote music for The Greatest Game in Town by Dorothy Looker with lyrics and choreography by Evelyn Davis.