Will Van Dyke is a Grammy-nominated music producer, songwriter, music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger working in theater, television, and film. His musicals have been performed regionally across the United States. Ten Brave Seconds (written with Jeff Talbott) debuted at Pioneer Theatre Company in January of 2026. fuzzy (also written with Talbott) received its world premiere in July of 2025 at Barrington Stage Company and went on to win Best Musical from the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association. His musical Writing Kevin Taylor (written with Josh Halloway) has played at Village Theatre in Seattle, WA and Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester, MI. His other musicals include Magnificent Climb (written with Rick Elice), Imagine Harry (NAMT 2015, 2017 O’Neill Finalist), Wintersong (2016 Goodspeed Johnny Mercer Colony, 2017 NAMT Finalist), The Circle and the Wheel (commissioned by Grove Entertainment and Barbara Whitman Productions) and Seven Broken Hearts (2017 Rhinebeck Writers Retreat), as well as a theatrical adaptation of his debut album Chasing the Day. Will has also penned the scores to Noises Off, The Lehman Trilogy, The Messenger, Ass and i at Pioneer Theater Company.
Other composition credits include: The 64 Keys (written with Jeff Talbott and produced as a short film for Cleveland Play House), The Gravedigger’s Lullaby (off-Broadway), Straight (off-Broadway), and The Lion King Experience titles (Disney), among others. Will was the Executive Music Producer for the film Theater Camp. On Broadway, Will has served as the Music Director of Galileo, Swept Away (Helen Hayes Award), The Heart of Rock and Roll, Kinky Boots, and Rent. Will also serves as the Music Supervisor, Orchestrator and Arranger for the hit revival of Little Shop of Horrors, for which he also received a Grammy Award nomination for producing the Cast Recording.
Additionally, Will was the Orchestrator and Arranger and continues to supervise the musical adaptation of Pretty Woman, first on Broadway, now worldwide. Other credits include Fly, The Addams Family, Grease, and Wicked. Will was a finalist for the 2019 Fred Ebb Award and the 2021 Kleban Award. Will is a founding partner in Joy Machine Records, a theater-based record label which is changing how the theatrical industry thinks about recorded music. He has a band and has recorded numerous EPs and albums, including Forget Tonight, Forks Don’t Break, The Mayor, A View of the River, and Chasing the Day, among others.