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OSF Associate Producer, Music
Music Director, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
In 8 seasons at OSF: Quixote Nuevo, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Lizard Boy, Rent, The Three Musketeers, Peter and the Starcatcher. Jesse is an award-winning composer-lyricist, writer, and music director. He is a 2024 Miller Foundation Spark Artist Award winner, VCCA Fellow, a two-time recipient of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Frank Young Grant, and a recipient of the Milagro Latino Artist Fund Grant, and has received commissions from Theatre for Young Audiences/USA, Zach Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, 24 Hour Plays, Oregon Cabaret, Portland Opera, and more. Jesse is an alumnus of Musical Theatre West New Works Festival, NAMT, The Orchard Project, The Johnny Mercer Writers Grove, Austin Latinx New Play Festival, Prospect Theatre’s Musical Theatre Lab, OSF’s Black Swan Lab, and New York Theatre Barn Core Programs (mentored by Jerry Mitchell). His work has been showcased at major regional theaters, off-Broadway, opera houses, and other performing venues, including the Playbill Songwriter Series, a sold-out concert of his music at The Green Room 42 in NYC, Songwriter Showcase at NAMT, Broadway League’s The Jimmy Awards (2023-2025), the Broadway Housing Committee Gala hosted by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Jesse is also working with the Dr. Seuss Estate and The Old Globe on a Spanish version of their Broadway musical How the Grinch Stole Christmas. As music director, Jesse has worked in theaters all over the country from Regional to Broadway. Jesse’s music is available for streaming on all major platforms and is featured regularly on Sirius XM Broadway and Musical Theatre Radio. www.jessejsanchez.com @jessejsanchezmusic