MEET THE DINGBATS
LUKE MANUALFounder & Producing Artistic Director
Luke Manual is the Producing Artistic Director and Founder of Dingbat Theatre Project. They are a transplant from Little Rock, AR, where they were born and raised before studying Marketing and Theatre at Mississippi State University. They are a multidisciplinary theatre artist with experience directing, performing, music directing, teaching, and writing. They have a passion for building community through theatre, which led to the founding of Dingbat in 2020.
Notable directing credits include Dingbat productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Seussical, Heathers the Musical, I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire (BwayWorld Award for Best Direction of a Play and Best Play), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wizard of Oz, It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman, Chicago, The SpongeBob Musical, and Shrek the Musical (BwayWorld Award for Best Direction of a Musical). Luke has also created (or co-created) Dingbat original productions of Winnie-the-Pooh, Hercules, Speakeasy Alice, and Peter Pan. |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Luke Manual McFatrich, Gretchen Beaumier, Austin Howeth