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 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 on one of her favourite musicals, Little Shop of Horrors - an ArtsClub-Citadel co-production (Autumn), in MOB - the evocative season starter at Workshop West in Edmonton (Oct), in Chris, Mrs. - a newly written Hallmark-inspired musical premiering at Toronto's Winter Garden for which she's associate designing on (Dec), and in the Shaw Festival's 2024 season for their new musical adaptation of The Secret Garden (May).