MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Biography

Lucas Colón (he/his) is a NYC-based music director, pianist, actor/improviser and pit advocate.

Selected pit credits include Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Falsettos, Beauty and the Beast, Heathers, Sunset Boulevard, and the Western New York premieres of both TITUS XX (a punk rock adaptation of Titus Andronicus) and WICKET: The Untold Story of the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village. He also serves as one of the go-to pianists for Buffalo Cast Party (Buffalo’s Theatre Open Mic).

In his spare time Lucas is an actor who has performed with many of Buffalo’s major stages and companies, including Shea’s 710, Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Theatre of Youth and Drunk Theatre Buffalo. He is an ensemble member of ComedySportz WorldWide and First Look Buffalo Productions.

Lucas makes it a priority to advocate for musicians of non-traditional backgrounds, exclusively hiring BIPOC, femme, LGBT and under-30 musicians in his bands. In 2022, he was a recipient of Creatives Rebuild New York’s GIA grant for his continued pit advocacy work in WNY. In 2023, he was selected as a member of the inaugural cohort of BMEP (Broadway Musicians Equity Partnership). He is a proud member of AFM Local 92 and the RISE Theatre Directory.