BIO

Michael Ogborn was born and raised in Philadephia, PA and currently makes his home in New York City. He made his Off-Broadway debut in 1993 with the critically acclaimed musical revue, Box Office of the Damned and has worked steadily in the 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, The Wilma Theater, and 1812 Productions (Philadelphia, PA) The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC), City Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA), Horizon Theater (Atlanta, GA), The Diversionary Theater (San Diego, CA), Theater LaB (Houston, TX), and Radio City Music Hall, in New York City.

Some career highlights and awards include the World premiers of both Café Puttanesca and Baby Case at the Arden Theatre Company and creating special material for the legendary Radio City Music hall Rockettes. 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 Msuical Theater Workshop. In 2002, his musical 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 commissioned by the Arden Theatre Company. Other projects in the works include Ä Tour of the Ruins and the music and lyrics for the upcoming People's Light and Theater Company production of Treasure Island.

Mr. Ogborn is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild Inc.m 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); Baby Case (’01); "Mary Don’t Ask" (‘03); Cafe Puttanesca (03) and The USED Faces of 2004.