Mike Pettry is a New York based composer/lyricist and musician. He is a
2007 Jonathan Larson Award Winner. Musicals written include The Time
Travelers Convention, Long Distance, World of Heroes, The Wonderful
World of Zidney (featured highlight at Kennedy Center Page to Stage
Festival), and Flipside (2007 NYU Frederick Loewe Award winner). Mike’s
songs have been performed all over the country and in the UK. Muzz
Skillings (formerly of Living Colour) is producing several of Mike’s songs for
the forthcoming Lin McEwan album "When I Wake..." Mike’s solo album
“The Voices In My Head” is available on iTunes. He also wrote the score
for the film The Promise of New York (Big Muddy Film Festival Audience
Choice Best Documentary).
RESUME

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UPCOMING EVENTS
9/26
Lincoln Center Songbook Series Concert
Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln
Center, NYC
9/26-10/2
 Godspell on Broadway (rehearsal pianist)
 Circle in the Square Theater, NYC
PRESS

    "If you're in the mood for sardonic, quirky New York piano pop, Mike Pettry's your man."
    - Absolute Powerpop


    "The highest praise goes to music director Mike Pettry ... whose abundance of talent made
    "RENT" so sensational [earlier this season]. The music is of the highest caliber and rivals that of
    the finest Broadway production."
    - Times Beacon Record's review of Fiddler on the Roof at the Engeman


For Fly By Night at TheatreWorks ...
    "The three authors' lyrics, melody and story blend seamlessly, floating on the crisp
    performances and deft work of music director Michael Pettry's quartet. "
    - San Francisco Chronicle

    "The onstage band ... anchors the proceedings with aplomb. ... The band is equally effective
    during quieter moments as it is when belting out some of the more powerful numbers."
    - Stark Insider


For My Fair Lady at the Engeman ...
    "The work of ... musical director Mike Pettry is impeccable."
    - Northport Patch

    "Mike Pettry ... rates the highest marks for music ... It was ... music perfection down to the
    hemisemidemiquaver."
    - Times Beacon Record


For Sound of Music at the Engeman ...
    "Kudos go to Music Director, Mike Pettry, who always does a remarkable job."
    - Northport Patch

    "Pettry produced a sound that was actually Broadway pit band."
    - Times Beacon Record

    "Music director Mike Pettry shifts into soaring gear. The Nazis don’t stand a chance."
    - Newsday
As a musician, Mike toured the country with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2007-2008) as assistant conductor,
and appeared off-Broadway in Signs Of Life (music director) and Rooms: A Rock Romance (Time Life
cast album). Other music direction includes RENT, Fiddler on the Roof, and My Fair Lady at the John
W. Engeman Theater. In 2010, he played guitar in Barrington Stage Company's production of Pool Boy.
Other NYC performances include The Black Suits (Public Theater), Green Eyes (Fringe), and Things To
Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis (Second Stage, Sh-K-Boom cast album). Mike is a songwriting teaching
artist with Lincoln Center. BA in piano and composition from Shepherd University, MFA in musical
theatre writing from NYU/Tisch.

Mike has worked with notable folks such as Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Shoshana Bean, Nick Blaemire,
Celina Carvajal, Mary Bond Davis, Darius de Haas, Maria Dizzia, Felicia Finley, William Finn, Annie
Golden, Lisa Howard, Matt Hinkley, Joe Iconis, Leslie Kritzer, Doug Kreeger, Michael John LaChiusa,
Marin Mazzie, Eddie Mekka, Anthony Rapp, Krysta Rodriquez, Muzz Skillings, Phoebe Strole, Mary Testa,
Jeanine Tesori, Jason Wooten, and more.