Adam Yankowy (he/him) is a native of Louisville, KY and is currently an Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at Michigan State University. Over the past 10 years he has taught in the theatre departments at Drake, Iowa State (ISU), Grand View & Minnesota State Universities. Adam holds an MFA in Musical Theatre (Minnesota State University, Mankato), Bachelor’s in Music Education (University of Louisville), and a Musical Theatre Performance Certificate (AMDA, NYC). Before teaching, Adam lived in NYC pursuing his acting career and it was here that his obsession with musical theatre flourished. A few of his performance credits include Babes in Toyland (Lincoln Center), Ruddigore, The Pirates of Penzance (NY City Center), Broadway’s Rising Stars (Town Hall), Swinging Christmas (Carnegie Hall), The Monster in Young Frankenstein (DMPlayhouse- Cloris Award), Jud in Oklahoma!, Javert in Les Misérables, Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Curious George Live!, Streetmosphere (Venetian Resort in Macau, China.)
He currently is the artistic program director for the New Musical Laboratory at Michigan State University – a program that helps shape and support new musicals in their development process. He also is the host of a musical theatre radio program on WKAR in East Lansing, MI. The program celebrates musical theatre, Broadway and the great talent across the state of Michigan. His creative research centers on the creation of new musicals and the revision of older musicals as new musicals in addition to continuing to create work as a director, music director and performer. A few highlights of those works include Kinky Boots (DMPlayhouse – Cloris Award Nomination for Direction), Carrie (KCACTF National Recognition), Cabaret (DMPlayhouse- Cloris Award for Music Direction), Fun Home (Iowa Stage- Cloris Award for Music Direction).
He currently serves on the advisory board for Pipeline Arts Foundation and is actively involved in the National Alliance of Musical Theatre (NAMT), DramaClub, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, American Association of Community Theatres, National Association for Teachers of Singing, Musical Theatre Educators Alliance and the Music Theatre Dance Association.
Besides musical theatre, he loves traveling, Disney and a good bourbon. Adam resides in Lansing with his husband, Eric and their two doodles, Rue and Beo.