Ryan O’Connell

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Ryan O’Connell is so excited to partner with Chance Theater again! He recently music directed and orchestrated the Off-Broadway run of Ernest Shackleton Loves Me at Second Stage NYC (streaming on Broadway HD). He also contributed music to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, now open at Disneyland. Other MD credits include: Mary Poppins, Oliver (MTW), A Chorus Line, Loch Ness, Claudio Quest (Chance), In The Heights, Into the Woods, CATS (Broadway at the Gardens), Bonnie & Clyde, Bright Star (Candlelight), 42nd Street (Palos Verdes), Pipe Dream, On the 20th Century, Pal Joey (MTW RRS), Grammy Experience (NCL), Nightline: JFK Special (NBC). As orchestrator: Loch NessClaudio QuestSinatra 100 (CBS), Michael Bublé’s Christmas in Hollywood (NBC), Browsers (Amazon), Bronies (3rd St Theatre). As composer/arranger: Dragons(Dreamworks), I Am Big Bird (Copperpot Pictures), Calgary Stampede, choral arrangements for Shawnee Press/Alfred.

Productions at Chance Theater

Production Date Role
Disney’s “Beauty and The Beast” July 2019 Musical Director
Claudio Quest January 2017 Musical Director
A Chorus Line July 2016 Musical Director/Piano
Loch Ness, a new musical January 2015 Orchestrator/Music Supervisor
She Loves Me November 2014 Piano Accompanist