Beyata is a queer, half-Chinese, Alberta-based theatre artist, currently living with a household of beloved friends & dogs in Amiskwaciywâskahikan (colonially known as Edmonton).

 

Her theatrical origins lie in children's musical theatre, for which she spent the bulk of her youth entrenched, shifting to design in high school when her AD heard she could draw. She still maintains a fervent, geeky love of musicals - and an especial love for Sondheim (but don't hold that against her).

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Beyata's favourite pieces to contribute to are newly-developed works, re-contextualized canonical shows, and movement-based/musically-driven theatre. She enjoys embracing the theatrical & absurd; there is nothing she likes more than watching a performer struggle to sit on a miniature folding chair while their scene partner lounges on a massively oversized chaise. She likes to work holistically with a creative team during the design process and is a firm believer that theatre cannot be designed in vacuums. Unless vacuums are what you're into.

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You can see Beyata's upcoming work on a newly-adapted show based on Joyce Carol Oates' Freaky Green Eyes, performed at the Backstage Theatre (January), in Jersey Boys on the Citadel's Shoctor Stage (February) and in the Shaw Festival's 2023 season for their studio-opener, Playboy of the Western World (May) and their lunchtime, Village Wooing (June).