Celebrating Excellence in Theatre

About Us

Board of Directors

Brenda Mueller
Founder/Executive Director

Brenda Mueller was discovered by a singing teacher at an early age and encouraged to develop her remarkable singing voice.  Having studied with several premier vocalists, instructors, and coaches she embarked on a versatile musical career that has spanned more than 25 years.  She has been a featured soloist throughout the United States and was well-received on her European tour.  Her numerous operatic and musical theatre roles include such beloved favorites as the title role in "Lakme", "Mimi" (La Boheme), "Pamina" (Die Zauberflote), "Susanna" (Le Nozze di Figaro), and "Sophie" (Der Rosenkavalier). In addition to an outstanding voice and unusually broad vocal range, her musical skills also extend to the piano, and she has had a successful career as a vocal accompanist to numerous performing and recording artists.  Recently her talents have been focused on giving back to the community through regional benefit and charitable concerts as well as assisting children in finding their passion for music, having touched the lives of over 4000 young people. 

Currently, her busy schedule includes a private voice studio, from which she coaches many distinguished singers, instrumentalists, and recording groups, as well as directing and coordinating various aspects of Lyric Light Opera of the Northwest, the founding of which was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.

She has directed several musicals in recent years, including Annie Get Your Gun, The Sound of Music, Annie, Brigadoon and Oklahoma - all of which reflect her trademark of excellence and highest quality - from the elaborate/breathtaking sets, authentic costumes, angelic vocal performances to the heartwarming and uplifting messages.  They not only satisfied the most critical viewer, but received rave reviews from industry professionals as well.

Leslie Asplund, Ph. D.
Managing Director/Producer

Leslie Asplund began as a performer but her love of the arts eventually led her into directing and producing as well.  Singing, dancing and acting since she was 3 years old, she managed to maintain her involvement in the arts while developing two other careers; first, as an assistant director in film and television, and, more recently, as a psychotherapist and educator.  As an Assistant Director in Hollywood, she worked at all the major film studios including Warner Brothers, Universal, MGM, Paramount, and Twentieth Century Fox.  Television series included: "Happy Days", "Emergency", "Charlie's Angels", "Cagney and Lacey", "9 to 5", "Here's Boomer" and many others.  Feature films included: "The Goonies", "Audrey Rose", "Day of the Locust" and others.  She sang with vocal jazz groups in Los Angeles and Seattle, and performed in musicals such as "The Sound of Music", "Bye, Bye Birdie", "Fiddler On the Roof", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Carnival" and "Unsinkable Molly Brown", and plays such as "The Hostage" and "Hot L Baltimore".  She toured extensively in the United States, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia with the Voices of Baha choir, appearing on recordings made in Moscow and Bratislava.  She has specialized in producing arts programming for large conferences, infusing the arts into workshops and seminars (sometimes numbering as many as 50) as well as producing gala classical and jazz concerts and major theatrical events for these conferences.  However, her first love is musical theater and she looks forward to a long and happy association with Lyric Light Opera of the Northwest, exploring and developing ways to bring high quality theatrical experiences and training to the communities of the Greater Seattle area.

Debbie Wolf
Marketing Director

Squeezing 15 years into 8 at Microsoft, Debbie Wolf worked both in Business Development and Marketing.  She was part of a small group that developed Microsoft's business in South East Asia.  She then joined Microsoft's Far East Marketing team, introducing several marketing initiatives to the North Asian subsidiaries.  It is estimated she has flown across the Pacific Ocean more than 70 times in her life.  Among the countless opportunities she had with a young but exploding company, she demonstrated Chinese Windows for CBS's Eye to Eye with Connie Chung; and along with the VP of Microsoft's Far East Region, had a private meeting with the Prime Minister of Mongolia to discuss software business in Asia.  She has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Washington.

Since leaving Microsoft, she started two online businesses; she also self published a gift book about her experience with breast cancer.  Currently, in addition to her involvement with Lyric Light Opera, she designs websites and homeschools her children. 

Growing up being very involved in music and drama, she was especially impressed with the high quality of Brenda Mueller's work in directing family-friendly, wholesome musical productions.  She feels it is a privilege to be supporting entertainment that uplifts - because people always leave with a song in their hearts.

Thomas J. Mueller, M.D.
Founder

Kurt Asplund
Board Member

Bryan LaBelle
Board Member

Lyrica LaBelle
Board Member

Jon Wolf
Board Member