Roy Lightner is an award-winning theatre creator, director, choreographer, and educator born and raised in Kansas City. Prior to his tenure at RMT, Roy served as the Associate Artistic Director for the Transcendence Theatre Company, and also on the Musical Theatre Faculty of Ithaca College. Additionally, Roy has taught courses at Arizona State University and Cornell University. His work as a creator, director, and choreographer spans internationally, including productions and immersive events for Google, Lincoln Center, the Stephen Sondheim Center, Transcendence Theatre Company, MTWichita, Music Theatre of Kansas City, GEVA Theatre, Cape Playhouse, Westin Playhouse, Depot Theatre, and more. As a creator/director/choreographer his credits include: Transcendence Theatre Company’s productions of Oh, What a Night! (2015 Winner - Best Director, Broadway World San Francisco), Superheroes in Love, and Music of the Night; New York City Opera’s Lucky to Be Me (Lincoln Center, assistant to Peggy Hickey), Hairspray, Miss Saigon (Sondheim Center), Hound of the Baskervilles (Cape Playhouse, New Jersey Rep, Westin Playhouse, Depot Theatre), Bring It On (Music Theatre of Kansas City), Hairspray (Winner - Best Director, Broadway World KC), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Good News, Urban Cowboy, Starmites, Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and more. Dance Concert Choreography credits include: two full-length original choreographic works Under the Covers (Ithaca College) and In Your Eyes (Miller-Marley Ballet Company), The Oklahoma City Dance Project, NYC’s Community Dance Project, New York City’s Jazz Choreography Enterprise, Astoria Fine Arts and B.C. Beat. Performance credits total over 40 professional productions. As a national director for Dancers Inc., he toured the country as a Master Class teacher. Roy has taught at New York City’s Professional Performing Arts School, as well as created the contemporary/musical theatre dance program for the Astoria School of Fine Arts. He graduated summa cum laude from Oklahoma City University with a degree in Musical Theatre; and received his Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts with a Concentration in Performance Creation from Goddard College. Roy is currently an Associate Professor of Musical Theatre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Anthony is a pianist, flutist, percussionist, composer/arranger/orchestrator, singer, recording engineer…really into anything and everything having to do with music.

David Myers is an audio engineer and musician based in Birmingham, Alabama. With over 25 years of musical experience and a strong background in both live sound and studio recording, David brings a unique blend of technical precision and artistic insight to every project. As a freelance trumpet player and audio engineer, he has worked with a wide range of artists, ensembles, and productions, delivering high-quality audio and music solutions for theatre, recording, and live events.

Kaléa is a NYC-based performer born in Jacksonville, FL to a Navy family, whose upbringing took her across the U.S., Japan, Bahrain, and South Korea, along with travels throughout Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Caribbean. She earned dual Bachelor’s degrees in Biology and International Affairs from Florida State University and a Master of Public Health from George Washington University before transitioning from global health back to the arts. When she’s not on stage at the Lyric Theatre, she creates content on YouTube, works with community activist groups, reads and writes novels, or enjoys park picnics with her dog, Luna.

Kristen Campbell was last seen on the RMT stage as Dawn in Waitress and Mary in Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins. This experience has been an incredible journey, and she is so grateful to have shared it with such talented students who have taught her so much along the way. A huge thanks to Roy and the RMT staff for the special opportunity. Most importantly, this one goes to Samuel and Rosemary for their unconditional love, patience, and fight as we have walked through life together for the last 19 years. I am who I am because of who you are. I love you both with all of my heart.

MONET is a multi-hyphenate artist, producer and advocate working as a Director, Producer, Actor and Consultant in theatre and tv/film. Based out of NYC, she has worked with countless distinguished playwrights, directors & organizations, spanning new works, films, commercials, voiceovers and music videos. Monet has/works with the likes of Black Thought(The Roots), John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Seller, Ethan Hawke, Michael Grief, Andrew Lippa, John Ridley, Wallace Shawn, The Public, Je’Caryous Johnson and Mila Media. Monet is a co-founder of the WeAre Foundation with Brandon Victor Dixon.