Lex Leigh

Artist Profile

Lex Leigh returns for his eleventh show at Chance Theater. Lex received his MFA in Music Direction from the University of California, Irvine. Since then, he has taught around southern Orange County, including as adjunct faculty at UCI. Lex is a pianist and violinist, and one of his hobbies is to continually pick up and learn new instruments. Lex has music directed around southern Orange County for almost two decades. He has music directed Fun Home; Striking Twelve; Ride The Cyclone; Rent; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Sweeney Todd; Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical; Tick,Tick… Boom!; Scrooge! The Musical; and Once at the Chance. Other MD credits include Company, Green Day’s American Idiot, Les Misérables, She Loves Me, Next to Normal, and Hello, Dolly!

Productions at Chance Theater

Production Date Role
Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill: The Musical July 2026 Music Director
Once January 2026 Music Director - Piano
Once January 2026 Da - Strings/Accordion
Scrooge!: The Musical November 2025 Music Director
Tick, Tick… Boom! January 2025 Music Director
Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical November 2024 Music Director
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street July 2024 Music Director
Hedwig and the Angry Inch January 2024 Music Director
Hedwig and the Angry Inch January 2024 Skszp/Keyboard
Rent July 2023 Music Director / Keys
Ride the Cyclone January 2023 Music Director
Striking 12 November 2021 Music Director
Striking 12 November 2021 Post-Nasal Drip Guy/Keys/Violin
Fun Home January 2020 Music Director