Michael Andrew Currey

Director of Production/Production Stage Manager

Michael Andrew Currey has been the Director of Production for Ballet West since 2009.  He left briefly to assume the position of Executive Director of California Ballet in San Diego from January 2018 to May 2019.  Michael has also assumed the role of Production Stage Manager for the 2026-2027 season. 

While at Ballet West, Michael was instrumental in fundraising efforts for the company’s $3 million campaign to produce a new Nutcracker.  He also oversaw the design and construction of the $32 million Jessie Eccles Quinney Ballet Centre, Ballet West’s home since 2015 next to the Capitol Theatre in Downtown Salt Lake City. 

In an over 40-year career in theatre, Currey has served in leadership roles at The Joffrey Ballet, New York City Opera, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse and others. A Coronado California native, Currey was on the staffs of San Diego Opera, San Diego Civic Light Opera (Starlight), and Moonlight Amphitheatre before moving east to further his career. 

Recent design credits include lighting designs for Pygmalion (Salt Lake City) and Ballet West, and scenic designs for several productions at Ballet West, including Helen Pickett’s Games, and the Family Series productions of Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  Michael can also be seen in Robert Altman’s 2003 film The Company, staring Neve Campbell and Malcolm McDowell, in which he plays the stage manager. 

Michael previously served as the President of the Board of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.