Owen Likely is an Arts Administrator currently working as for Norwegian Cruise Lines as a Theatrical Operations Specialist. Originally from Belle Mead, NJ, Owen grew up going to see Broadway shows with his family which is how he first grew to love theatre. He began acting in school and community theatre productions from a young age. Owen attended SUNY College at Oneonta originally majoring in Dietetics before switching his focus to Theatre. Immediately after college, Owen worked for the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival during their 2013 summer season as a Company Management Production Assistant. From there, he traveled to Chelsea, Michigan to take part in the Purple Rose Theatre Company's Apprentice Program. While there, Owen made his professional acting debut playing his dream role of a Zombie in the World Premiere of 2AZ by Michael Brian Ogden. He soon returned to New Jersey to work as a company management assistant for the Tony Award winning McCarter Theatre Center and then went on to work as the Assistant Company Manager and Assistant Stage Manager for Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY. Prior to COVID Owen worked as a General Management Assistant for Work Light Productions helping to produce and manage national tours. He was the Assistant General Manager for the 2019 National tours of Bandstand and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Owen has spent the past two years working and traveling with Norwegian Cruise Lines. Serving as an onboard Theatrical Operations Manager, Owen helped manage onboard productions while as acting as an officer, overseeing the ship’s Theater department. Owen has has gotten the opportunity to work with well-known artists such as Jeff Daniels, Dylan McDermott, George Wendt, Christine Ebersole, Cleavant Derricks, Gordon Greenburg and Taylor Dayne. Whatever the job is, Owen will most assuredly bring passion, patience and determination to his role. Owen now resides in Tampa Florida where he works for Norwegian Creative Studios.

Owen began baking from a young age, learning most of what he knows from his mother. Owen has done some work as a commissioned baker, as well as baking professionally for Zou Zou's Cafe in Chelsea, Michigan for a short period. Owen loves to bake cookies, cakes and brownies for friends and colleagues. But by far Owen's favorite treat to bake is cupcakes. Owen even started a personal tradition for every show he works on called Closing Cupcakes. While working for Finger Lakes MTF in the summer 0f 2013, Owen forgot to pick up some actors for an evening performance, as an apology he brought cupcakes in for the closing performance. The cupcakes were such a big hit that he began making them for every show that summer. Now, whenever Owen is working on a show he brings in homemade, show themed cupcakes on the closing performance. It's his way of sending everyone out on a sweet note. You can see many examples of Owen's baked goods on his instagram.