MEET THE DINGBATS

LUKE MANUAL

Founder & 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. 

GRETCHEN BEAUMIER

Technical Director & Co-Artistic Director

LUKE MANUAL
Producing Artistic Director / Founder

BRIAN F. FINNERTY
Co-Artistic Director / Social Media Manager

GRETCHEN BEAUMIER
​​Co-Artistic Director / Technical Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Luke Manual McFatrich, Gretchen Beaumier, Austin Howeth