Henry Lewers, Conductor – Henry Lewers is Assistant Professor of Theatre and music director for the musical theatre program at The University of Alabama. UA credits include Violet, Cabaret, She Loves Me, Into The Woods, Legally Blonde, Pippin, and Spring Awakening. Prior to joining the faculty at UA in 2019, he was the associate conductor/keyboardist on the US national tours of Memphis and Bullets Over Broadway, as well as a music assistant on the Broadway production of Aladdin. Additional music direction credits include Bright Star and A Year With Frog & Toad at Quisisana Resort in Maine, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (starring Loretta Swit), Mary Poppins, and 42^nd Street at the Forestburgh Playhouse in New York. Henry has served on the musical theatre faculty at the Kentucky Center’s Governor’s School for the Arts and the Open Jar Institute in New York City. Originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire, Henry graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and holds a Master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.