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Professor of Musical Theatre – Musical Theatre BFA Coordinator

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Michael Casey has been a familiar face in the Springfield Arts Community for the past 25 years. He has served as Resident Musical Director for Springfield Little Theatre, guest conductor for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, conductor for Springfield Ballet’s The Nutcracker, and regularly performs with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and the Ozarks Chamber Orchestra.

Joining the faculty at Missouri State University in 1983, Casey currently serves as Musical Theatre Coordinator and Professor of Music, as well as Artistic Director for Missouri State’s Tent Theatre. Stage direction credits include the world premiere of Cicada Dance, Into the Woods, Beguiled Again, A Chorus Line, A Grand Night for Singing, Footloose, Zombie Prom, the Hammons Hall presentation of Crazy for You, and the recent Gillioz Theatre presentation of Little Women: The Musical. As Musical Director he has conducted over fifty musicals, including the Hammons Hall productions of Follies, Damn Yankees, Steel Pier, Guys and Dolls, and Oklahoma! A champion of new works, he conducted the premieres of Many Thousand Goneand The Red House (for which he received a Meritorious Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival).

As a performer he has appeared in virtually every venue in Springfield. In Branson he has worked with Shoji Tabuchi, Wayne Newton, John Davidson, Ray Stevens, Kenny Rogers, Bobby Vinton, Les Brown Jr., and Neil Sedaka. His musical arrangements have been featured by James and Judith Billings, the Springfield Symphony, Springfield Little Theatre, and Shoji Tabuchi, as well as regular performances by the Missouri State Pride Band.

Casey holds degrees from Arkansas Tech University and the University of North Texas, as well as post-graduate work in conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music.



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