Kaylan Wetzel is a performer, director, and theatre educator with over two decades of experience on stage.

As a child, Kaylan begged her parents for a tutu and ballet shoes while training seriously in karate at her father's school in Rochester, Pennsylvania. He eventually gave in and let her take dance lessons — and after seeing her perform for the first time, he knew she was meant to do it.

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When Kaylan was 14, her father passed away, and she went to Performing Arts Camp in Sewickley, PA. It was the only thing that saved her. The mentors she found there gave her hope and showed her what was truly possible and she never stopped performing after that summer. It's where she first knew she wanted to give other kids that same chance.

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A graduate of the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University, Kaylan has spent over 20 years performing across regional theatres in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware — with lead roles in over 30 musicals, including Donna in Mamma Mia!, Cassie in A Chorus Line, and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, earning her a BroadwayWorld.com nomination for Best Actress. On camera, she's appeared in national campaigns for Harley-Davidson, NASCAR, and ClassPass.

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She currently serves as Resident Director/Choreographer at Rochester High School and is the founder of Triple Threat Academy, a musical theatre intensive built to give the next generation that same space to grow and discover their potential.

For Kaylan, performing and teaching have always been the same gift — a chance to turn what you're feeling into something powerful. That's what theatre gave her. It's what she hopes to give every student who walks through her door.