MEE T THE ARTISTIC STAFF

BENTLEY HEYDT (Lighting Designer) (he/him/his) is a NYC-based Korean American lighting designer with a limb difference. Select Credits: A Number, The Seventeenth Chapel, She Talks to Beethoven, Girlfriend the Musical (A.R.T./NY-Drama League) Assist/Assoc: Life of Pi (Broadway); Rent 25th Anniversary National Tour (Work Light Productions); A Christmas Carol (Indiana Rep). www.bentleyheydt.com

DAVID MUEHL (Sound Designer) is MTWichita’s primary sound designer. During MTWichita’s “off season,” David works for Wichita State, where he is the Performance Facilities Audio Producer and advises technical theater student sound designers. Some of his favorite sound designs have been for The Hunchback of Notre Into the Woods, Les Misérables, and The Wizard of Oz

ABBY STROOT (Costume Designer) is excited to return for another summer at MTWichita! She started as an apprentice in 2005 and worked on the Wardrobe team until moving to Las Vegas in 12. She currently owns a sewing shop, Pincushion, in Las Vegas working on costumes for several productions on the strip as well as teaching sewing classes to the community.

JOSHUA HARRIS (Hair & Makeup Designer) is excited to be returning home to Music Theatre Wichita! Josh has been involved in many ways throughout the years at MTW starting way back as a member of the teen choir! Josh is currently living in NYC swinging on multiple Broadway shows including Beetlejuice, Hadestown, Almost Famous and A Beautiful Noise. Most recently Josh has been the interim Hair and Makeup Supervisor for MJ: The Musical on Broadway. Josh has also enjoyed his involvement in several touring productions including the National Tours of Hairspray and A Bronx Tale as well as the international tour of The Sound of Music. Joshua would like to thank his Wichita friends and family for their endless support.

JENNY LANG (Production Stage Manager): Music Theatre

Wichita, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Theatre Under the Stars, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Park Square Theatre, Jungle Theater, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, Florida Grand Opera, New Orleans Opera, Utah Symphony and Opera, Tulsa Opera, Omaha Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Television: Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, People’s Choice Awards. Member of AEA and AGMA.