2024 PROJECTS
A Strange Loop Regional Tour - Music Director - April thru June 2024
Larry The Musical World Premiere - Co-Composer/Music Director - March 2024
Galileo | Berkeley Repertory Theatre - Music Contractor - May 2024
2023 PROJECTS
ACT’s Hippest Trip, Soul Train - Music Director
2022 PROJECTS
Little Shop of Horrors | Theatreworks - Keys 2
Larry The Musical Workshop #2 Premiere
Octet | Berkeley Repertory Theatre - Music Associate
Swept Away | Berkeley Repertory Theatre - Music Director/Conductor/Keys/Contractor
Lenaea Theatre Festival 2022 - Vocal Arts Mastery in Vocal Mechanics and Singing for Theatre
Goddess | Berkeley Repertory Theatre - Contractor
Isaiah Tyrell Boyd Cabaret By The Bay - Music Director | Feinstein’s At The Nikko
2021 PROJECTS
Broadway By The Bay Holiday Album
Little Shop of Horrors - Sitka, AK
Larry Musical Workshop
Summer Soundz - Taylor Iman Jones In Concert
Vocal Masterclass, R& H - Portland Symphonic Choir
Vocal Masterclass - Marin School of the Arts
2020 PROJECTS
Home Hope Holidays: A Virtual Holiday - Broadway By The Bay
2019 PROJECTS
Together Wherever We Go Cabaret - Music Director
Featuring Broadway artists Taylor Iman Jones & Isaiah Tyrell Boyd - 42nd Street Moon - San Francisco
Jesse Manibusan In Concert - Piano/Vocals
Most Holy Redeemer Church, San Francisco, CA
Into The Woods - Music Director
Broadway By The Bay, Fox Theatre, Redwood City, CA
A Tale of Despereaux, A New Musical - Local Music Supervisor
Berkeley Repertory Theatre & PigPen Theatre, Berkeley, CA - November 2019
Theatre Bay Area Awards - Music Director
Theatre Bay Area, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA - November 4, 2019
LATEST NEWS!!!!!!
A STRANGE LOOP REGIONAL TOUR
April 18 - May 12, 2024 | Toni Rembe Theatre - San Francisco
June 5 - 3o, 2024 | Ahmanson Theatre. Los Angeles
LARRY THE MUSICAL WORLD PREMIERE
March 16, 2024 - April 14, 2024 | BRAVA Theatre, SF
CHECK THIS OUT! - ACT’s Hippest Trip, Soul Train - SITZPROBE!!
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SEAN KANA (Music Director, Contractor) is an award-winning Bay Area music director, pianist and conductor currently serving as the resident music director for Broadway By the Bay in Redwood City. In 2018, he worked at Berkeley Repertory Theatre as the Assistant Music Director and Contractor for the Pre-Broadway Hit Musical, Ain’t Too Proud. Soon thereafter, he went on tour with Ain’t Too Proud and served in the same capacity,
Sean teaches vocal masterclasses teaching the fusion of techniques. His other credits include playing keys at TheatreWorks for Rags as well as the world premiere of the musical Triangle, was the Assistant MD at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Aint Too Proud.
Sean earned Theatre Bay Area Awards for Best Musical Direction for his work on both In the Heights and Dogfight.
A classically-trained musician with a degree in vocal performance from San Francisco State University, he has toured internationally and recorded sound for movie trailers and soundtracks for Pfeifer Broz. Music. Sean possesses an extensive knowledge of repertoire, style and technique and is a prominent vocal coach in the Bay Area. He recently taught applied voice for the MFA program at American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco.