Kevin O’Donnell

A New Jersey native who studied music at Northwestern University, O’Donnell became a fixture in Chicago’s band scene after graduation, playing drums in groups including Mount Pilot, Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire, and his own swing-jazz-pop ensemble, Kevin O’Donnell’s Quality Six. At the same time, he was writing music for a local dance company, which led to his first theatre job, Redmoon Theater’s Salao: The Worst Kind of Unlucky, in 2002.