Kevin McGuire grew up in the nearby town of Hoosick Falls. In 1999, after a long and successful career in Broadway productions, he returned home to become Artistic Director of the theatre program at Hubbard Hall. He has directed A Midsummer Night's Dream, Into the Woods, Much Ado About Nothing, Saint Joan, The Cherry Orchard, Sunday in the Park with George, The Heiress, Meet Me in St. Louis, Peter Pan, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sweeney Todd, A Man For All Seasons, Alice in Wonderland, The Seagull, The Lion in Winter, Androcles and the Lion, Philadelphia, Here I Come!, The Time of Your Life, The Crucible, Henry's House, The Enchanted, The Secret Garden and The Three Sisters.

     Kevin played lead roles in the Broadway production of Les Miserables, the Toronto productions of The Phantom of the Opera and Jane Eyre, and the national company of The Secret Garden. Other New York credits include Forbidden Broadway, Big Maggie, Hamlet and The Seagull. He toured for two years with John Houseman's The Acting Company and regionally at Hartford Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, and spent three summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He has sung for Presidents Clinton, Reagan and Ford, and performed his club act in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York City and the Cambridge Hotel.

     Kevin's education includes: St. Mary's Academy, The Hoosac School, the Circle-in-the-Square Theatre at NYU, and the Juilliard School.