Staff & Board

Becky Heldt is a long time resident of the Marquette area and a graduate of Northern Michigan University. She has over 20 years of experience in arts management, with extensive experience in production and administration. Beginning her theatrical career in the early 2000s, her regional production credits include Brevard Music Center, Theater West Virginia, the Know Theatre of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Capital Fringe, Chicago Fringe, and the New York International Fringe Festival.

During her years at NMU she was an active member of the Forest Roberts Theater department with numerous credits both on stage and off including The Good Doctor (2004), Tartuffe (2005), Tell Tale (2006), and The Full Monty (2008). An equally active member of the local arts community, she has participated in many community theater productions throughout the Upper Peninsula and has spent many wonderful years as an assistant coach for the Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association (MIFA) programs at Westwood High School.

After spending a few years in the corporate sector as a marketing professional, she returned to her arts roots in 2019 as the Director of Marketing & Communications at the Arkansas Repertory Theater. Prior to joining the Superior Arts Youth Theater as the Executive Director, she was serving as the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at the Michigan Theater Foundation in downtown Ann Arbor.

Becky has always found Marquette to be a place that truly values and celebrates the arts. She believes that Superior Arts Youth Theater plays a significant role in helping to foster that lifelong love of arts that is so vibrant in our community. From performing arts to Art on the Rocks and everything in between, ensuring our young people have access to arts year-round keeps our community creative and vibrant for generations to come.