Alex Bechtel

(He/him) People’s Light: Shakespeare in Love, Musical pantos Sleeping Beauty (Composer/Lyricist), Cinderella (Tomcat), and Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon (Sir Kay). Theatre Includes: Milwaukee Rep, Lightning Rod Special, Arden Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, 1812 Productions, Walnut Street Theatre, New Paradise Laboratories, Theatre Horizon, and more. He is the creator/composer of The West, Philadelphia Nocturne, and Cheer Up Dostoevsky, The Light Princess (Barrymore Awards for Original Music & Leading Actor in a Musical), and Lightning Rod Special’s The Appointment (“Best of 2019” from The New York Times, TimeOut NY, and Vulture). His new musical, Penelope, a concert-theatre adaptation of The Odyssey, is currently in development. See and hear more at: alexbechtel.com