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. She still maintains a fervent, geeky love of musicals - and an especial love of Sondheim.

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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 and firmly believes theatre should be nothing less than magical. 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 in a new musical adaptation of The Secret Garden for the Shaw Festival's 2024 season (June) and in a Citadel/Theatre Calgary/MTC tri-co-production of The Play That Goes Wrong (Summer/Autumn). She'll also be associate designing on The Inheritance - a newly written 2-part play produced by Canadian Stage this March.