Professional Resume

Mr. Key received a Bachelor's of Music Education Degree from Western Kentucky University and went on to study Renaissance and Medieval Music at Ohio State University.

In the mid-70s, he recorded in West Berlin for Germany's experimental Delta-Acustic label - working with the legendary, Klaus Schulze, and the mystic, Mannfred Schunke . Returning to this country in 1977, he co-founded the Ohio rock group, SPITTIN' IMAGE, and recorded a number of his songs on the MCA label.

Moving to the northwest in 1985, Mr. Key turned his attention to music for the stage, establishing himself as an actor, musical director, and sound designer in Seattle's thriving theatre community. He has performed with a number of Seattle's most beloved companies including Intiman, Seattle Public Theater, Taproot Theatre Company, Annex Theatre, Left Coast Theatre, The Empty Space, Theatre Simple, One World Theatre, 14/49, and Book-It Repertory Theatre.

His popular collaborations with Eddie Levi Lee for Empty Space Theatre, include THE SALVATION OF IGGY SCROOGE, RODEO RADIO, and MANDRAGOLA UNCHAINED. In 1998, he appeared at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in Peter Parnell's 8-hour stage adaptation of John Irving's THE CIDER HOUSE RULES. He appeared in his latest collaboration with Lee, WUTHERING! HEIGHTS! THE! MUSICAL!, at Actor's Theatre of Louisville as part of their Main Stage 2000 season. In September 2001, he helped create and appeared in DARKNESS LIFTING, a tribute to the 25th Anniversary of Habitat For Humanity. His most recent work was co-writing, with Myra Platt, the musical adaptation of Berkeley Breathed's book, RED RANGER CAME CALLING, for Book-It Repertory's 2003 season.

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