Dr. Michael McBride (he/him, Music Director)  is a Jeff Award- winning music director, internationally- performed composer, performer, and educator. At Music Theater Works, he previously music directed THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, BRIGADOON and BILLY ELLIOT. He is currently the resident music director for THE CHOIR OF MAN at the Apollo Theatre. Other credits include BIG FISH(Boho Theatre, Jeff Award) ;  REVOLUTIONS(S) (Goodman Theatre); GREASE(Drury Lane Theatre); THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL(Engeman Theatre, NY); RENT, NEW FACES, SING 1951, PORCHLIGHTpALOOZE, BROADWAY BY THE DECADE(Porchlight Music Theatre); PASSING STRANGE (Theo Ubique); 49TH & 50TH ANNUAL JEFF AWARDS CEREMONY; AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, PIPPIN, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD(workshop), MAN OF LA MANCHA, MAMMA MIA, INTO THE WOODS, THE LITTLE MERMAID(Timber Lake Playhouse) ; THE BOYS AND THE NUNS(Semi-finalist for the National Music Theatre Conference at the O’Neill, composer & MD), FUN HOME, VIOLET, CABARET, TINTYPES, SHE LOVES ME, SPRING AWAKENING, HOT MIKADO, URINETOWN, INTO THE WOODS(Loyola University Chicago); THE CHRISTMAS FOUNDLING(composer and music director; Pride Arts Center); FOOTLOOSE(Wallace Bowl); The Drake Hotel holiday programming, and The Cabaret Project in Chicago, St. Louis, and Lake Geneva. He is proud to be music director at A Church 4 Me MCC in Chicago. Having earned a DM in composition from Northwestern University, he has served on faculty of Northwestern University, Loyola University Chicago, and North Park University where he is a visiting assistant professor.