Bethany Costello is a Roanoke-based Music Director, Educator and Theatre Artist. A BFA Musical Theatre Graduate of the SC School of the Arts, Bethany loves sharing her passion of Theatre for Young Audiences locally and nationally. This passion has led her to working on regional premiers, national tours and creating with companies such as The REV Theatre Company, The Kennedy Center, Florida Repertory Theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, Virginia Children’s Theatre, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Missoula Children’s Theatre and Anderson University. Favorite creative team credits include: MATILDA, SISTER ACT, SHE LOVES ME, THE WIZARD OF OZ and ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

Through teaching artistry, Bethany hopes to empower students of all ages by listening to their stories, equipping them with new tools to effectively engage with others and reminding them of their greatest power: themselves! In her pursuit to foster accessibility and joy for the arts to students of all ages, Bethany is a proud Elementary Music Teacher within Roanoke City Public Schools, as well as the Conservatory Music Director here at Mill Mountain Theatre.