Mrs. Blair was once a seven-year-old kid who snuck out of the house to see her very first play, Peter Pan. From then on, she knew theatre would be a main part of who she was. Mrs. Blair has studied theatre for over 14 years. She's a 2021 graduate from CWU with a Bachelor's in Theatre Education. She keeps herself plenty busy with teaching, planning, writing, working on her Master's, and caring for 2 cats and 2 dogs at home with her husband. Be prepared for some much-needed changes for our Kentlake Theatre Company. Mrs. Blair is looking forward to building this program into the student-driven, all-inclusive environment theatre is meant to be.

Wendy Martinez-McKee is from Chicago, Illinois and graduated from DePaul University with a Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis on Vocal Performance. She was the Founder and Artistic Director of Brava!, a professional women’s ensemble from 2001–2009 and also served as the Music Director for St. Paul UCC in Palatine, IL from 2002–2009. Ms. McKee was the Artistic Director for the Palatine Children’s Chorus from 2002 to 2006, where she conducted the top 3 of their 5 choirs. Wendy taught private voice at the Bloomingdale School of Music for 3 years before operating her own vocal studio. She worked extensively with Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska ACDA groups and was also on the board of the NW ACDA as the Industry Representative. In 2016, she retired to spend more time with her family. She is currently the Vice President of both the Rainier Youth Choirs board and the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium. She is also the conductor of the Emerald Heights Chorale, at a retirement community in Redmond.

AnnElise Fishel is a substitute teacher in the Kent School District. As a graduate from CWU with a BFA in Performing Arts, she has been seen on stage and behind the scenes. She has danced on the Parisian stages at le Pallais next to the Eiffel Tower and choreographed a few student productions in her time. She is excited to be working with Mrs. Blair and the cast of the Musical this spring and hopes you enjoy the show!

Mr. Necessary joined the Kentlake Music team in Fall 2020 as the Orchestra Director. He holds a Bachelor's of Music Education from Pacific Lutheran University where he studied conducting. As a PNW native, Mr. Necessary has worked with many of the Youth Symphonies in the area and is currently a conductor at the Maple Valley Youth Symphony. Along with working in the Pacific Northwest, Mr. Necessary has also taught music at public schools in Vienna, Austria.

Mr. Urmenita, known as JU to many of the students, has been working with KLTC since 2014. In that time, he was able to be a part of many wonderful productions including Mary Poppins, Shrek, A Christmas Story, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, Sister Act, and The Sound of Music. JU loves all the technical and artistic aspects of drama, thanks to his mentor Mrs. Cressey. He began as a pit musician, but quickly moved into sound design, pit directing, orchestration, vocal coaching, set building, and has even dabbled in fly and lighting. JU really just likes hanging around the theater, and ends up getting put to work, and he is all about it.