Bethany Costello is a Roanoke-based Music Director, Educator and Theatre Artist. A BFA Musical Theatre Graduate of the SC School of the Arts and the proud Conservatory Music Director at Mill Mountain Theatre, Bethany loves sharing her passion for joy-centered, accessible performing arts 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, CentreStage and Anderson University. Favorite creative team credits include: MATILDA, FINDING NEMO JR., TUCK EVERLASTING, ANNIE JR., SISTER ACT, SHE LOVES ME and every Musical Theatre Conservatory Class she has been blessed to teach at Mill Mountain Theatre. Bethany hopes to empower students of all ages and backgrounds by listening to their stories, equipping them with new tools to effectively engage with others and reminding them of their greatest power: themselves.