Bob Kelly is a composer, pianist, and music director. His EP Open Road was released on streaming services in January 2021. Works of musical theatre include gilgamesh & the mosquito (with Sam Chanse); Waiting... a song cycle (with Kelly Pomeroy); Truth or Lie (with Jonathan Keebler); and the short musical film A Most Average Musical (with Talia Berger and Jonathan Keebler), which was recently published as part of the Theatre Now New York (TNNY) anthology The 10-Minute Musical and is available to license through MTI.

Bob is a member of the TNNY Musical Writers Lab, and his work has been supported by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Yale Institute for Music Theatre, The Gallery Players, Prospect Theater Company, Leviathan Lab, NY Theatre Barn, NYU CDP Series, New Musicals Inc., and the Festival of New American Musicals in Los Angeles.

Bob was the 2013 recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Max Dreyfus Scholarship for musical theatre composition, and in 2020 he was a finalist for the Johnny Mercer Foundation’s Songwriters Project. His work as a music director includes musical theatre productions and educational programs throughout NYC and across the country.

Bob is from the Twin Cities, MN, and is a graduate of St. Olaf College and the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. He is also a software engineer, currently working at space150 in Minneapolis, MN.