Meredith Aleigha Wells employed superb technique as Artemis, skillfully conveying complicated plot points (both spoken and sung) with energy and clarity. Her movement and choreography were active and fun, proving just how full of life and motion her character was, disability and all.

Tim J. Lord’s radio play transforms into a heartening world premiere musical following Artemis—a young girl who’s determined to fight to save her dying, flooded town with the help of Aunt Maggie… and a talking heron!

A TYA radio play-turned-musical opens this weekend at the Kennedy Center, with accessibility and community at the forefront.

Go inside rehearsals for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts's world premiere musical Through the Sunken Lands in an all-new video. Check out the video!

Meredith Aleigha Wells was hit with an unexpected diagnosis in college. But it only made Wells more determined to perform and see the world.

Hosted by Julie Schuster of Classic 107.3, Muny Post show Conversations focuses on casual, talk-back-like conversations meant for audience members to listen on their way home from the show each night to give them an inside look!

“Meredith Aleigha Wells is a hyphenate in more ways than one: They're an actor-singer-dancer and theater-maker, as well as a disability-and-LGBTQ-rights activist who works to improve visibility for disabled and LGBTQ performers. Earlier this summer, they sent us an announcement for their current project: one of the principal roles in Sister Act at The Muny, in St. Louis, running now through August 20.

Deloris’s profound effect on the people around her is demonstrated again when she inspires the diffident postulant, Mary Robert, to find her true self. Her story arc is totally convincing in Meredith Aleigha Wells’ deeply moving performance. A wheelchair user, Wells is a full and vibrant participant in the exhilarating choreography by director Denis Jones. The irresistible ebullience of Wells’ dancing on wheels is a powerful demonstration of inclusiveness making a show better for everyone.

But it’s a star-making performance by wheelchair-user Meredith Aleigha Wells as postulant (pre-novice) Sister Mary Robert in her show-stopping “The Life I Never Led” that’s the most memorable moment.

Wells’ Mary Robert is the young postulate who finds her voice through her friendship with Deloris. She disappears into the character and shows exceptional character arc in a featured role. Her performance of ‘The Life I Never Led’ is a beautiful anthem.