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Michael Ogborn was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, and currently makes his home in New York City. A graduate of DeSales University,he made his Off-Broadway debut in 1993 with the critically acclaimed musical revue Box Office of the Damned, featuring then “new-comer” Kristen Chenoweth.
He has worked steadily in the professional theater for the past twenty years composing original musicals, cabaret revues, song cycles and special material. His work has been produced at the Arden Theatre Company, People’s Light & Theater Company, The Wilma Theater, and 1812 Productions in Philadelphia, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; City Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA; Horizon Theater, Atlanta, GA; Diversionary Theater in San Diego, CA; Theater LaB, Houston, TX and Radio City Music Hall, in New York City.
Some career highlights and awards include the World Premier productions of Baby Case and Café Puttanesca at the Arden Theatre Company under the direction of Terry Nolen; creating special material for the legendary Radio City Rockettes, and receiving first prize for piano composition in the Mordechai Anielewicz Creative Arts Competition. As a “Piano Man”, he received Philadelphia Magazine's 1992 "Best of Philly" Award for Cabaret Performer, a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award in 1993 for the PBS music video "Soldiers in the Sky" and in 2003, the “Harrington Award” for outstanding creative achievement given by BMI Musical Theater Workshop. In 2002, his musical fantasia Baby Case, received eleven Barrymore  nominations and four Barrymore Awards including Outstanding Music and Best Musical of the Year.
He is currently at work with playwright Michael Hollinger on the musical Tulipomania, which was commissioned by the Arden Theatre Company and Dot Comet with Craig Pospisil.
Other projects in the works include A Tour of the Ruins , The Three Marie’s and the music and lyrics for his third collaboration with Kathryn Petersen for Peoples Light and Theater Company’s holiday panto production of Snow White.
Mr. Ogborn is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild Inc, the BMI Musical Theater Workshop and the owner of Leydensong Music Co.
Other produced titles include Fishwives ('81); Earbeds ('83); The Vagabond Age ('84); "Oh, Antigone!" ('86); Pinocchio: A Real Boy ('87);"C'est la Guerre!" ('89); Ozone-a-thon ('96) Regalia ('97); Jungle Book (‘00), “Mary, Don’t Ask !” (‘03) and The USED faces of 2004. Treasure Island (‘07), Cinderella (‘08), Sophisticated Twinkies (‘08) Snow White (‘09)
Michael pictured here with the late Jilline Ringle.
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