Keyboardist and musical director best known as a member of the Michigan-born production company Starkid, the creator of fan musicals like A Very Potter Musical and Starship. He is also a member of the band TalkFine with Pierce Siebers.
He first joined Team Starkid while attending the University of Michigan.
Marrying his band and theater pursuits, he worked with the Tin Can Brothers to produce the comedy musical Spies Are Forever.
He grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his parents, Robert and Gretchen, and his older brother Dean. His mother Gretchen was a music teacher.
Other notable members of the StarKid team are Darren Criss, Joey Richter, and Brian Rosenthal.