We are thrilled to welcome the 2026 Fellowship cohort, comprised of five emerging theater artists who will gain Broadway-level experience in partnership with the musical, WANTED.
Working alongside mentors and members of the WANTED production team, Fellows will gain hands-on experience in their disciplines while learning how a Broadway production comes to life. Beyond the production, KDF provides professional development, mentorship, career resources, and opportunities to build meaningful relationships across the industry.
Throughout the Fellowship, the cohort also explores what it means to be a socially engaged artist, connecting their individual craft and career goals to community and a larger purpose. Together, these experiences are designed to help Fellows build the skills, relationships, and support systems needed for sustainable careers in the arts.
Learn more about our 2026 Fellows below!
Community Partnerships Fellow
LySaundra Campbell is a multidisciplinary storyteller and cultural organizer with over a decade of experience with mission-driven nonprofit organizations. As a storyteller-activist, her practice draws on Black feminism, West African & Afro-Caribbean cosmologies, and speculative relations to craft and amplify stories that encourage radical honesty, imagination, and joy. Fellowships, workshops, and residencies include Candela Theatre Writers Fellowship, BMI Musical Theatre Songwriters Workshop, EmergeNYC (BAX), lordship house, and Anaphora Literary Arts. LySaundra holds an M.A. in Art Politics from NYU Tisch and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Maestra, and Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity.
Projection Design Fellow
Wei-Fang Chang is a video designer and creative technologist, made in Taiwan, physically based in New York, and spiritually in the universe.
With a background in theatrical video design, her practice integrates computational thinking with time-based media, large-scale video systems, and procedural motion design. She considers herself a technology-driven video designer and a video-driven technologist.
Wei-Fang has worked as a video designer, animator, and programmer in theater productions across the U.S. and Taiwan, including CalArts, REDCAT, LA Dance Project, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, The Tank NYC, MOCA Taipei, Taipei Performing Arts Center, National Taichung Theater, Sónar+D Barcelona.
She also freelances as a TouchDesigner developer and has given a talk at the DATLAB NYC TouchDesigner Meetup. She collaborates on interactive programming with studios such as NightLight Labs (LA), One to 13 Studio (NY), AARTIFACT Studio (NY), and LuxuryLogico (TW). She likes green and all things computational.
Scenic Design Fellow
Maggie Jackson (she/her) is a freelance Scenic Designer based in NYC from Carlisle, PA. She holds an MFA in Scenic Design from Indiana University. Maggie obtained her BA in Technical Theatre Design & Musical Theatre Performance from East Stroudsburg University (East Stroudsburg, PA). Her work has been seen regionally at Forestburgh Playhouse, Cortland Repertory Theatre, Theatre SilCo, Constellation Stage & Screen, Creede Repertory Theatre, Weston Theater Company, Cumberland Theatre, Summit Performance Indianapolis, and Indiana University Summer Theatre; and internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Dramaturgy & Engagement Fellow
Kennedy J.L. Jopson is an American actor, writer, dramaturg, and voice artist trained at Central Saint Martins School of Art, working across new writing and politically engaged theatre.
Her artistic practice began in art curation, performance art, spoken word, and creative and critical writing, later evolving into theatre performance and dramaturgy. This interdisciplinary background informs her approach to text, embodiment, cultural research, and audience engagement.
Most recently, she was commissioned by Shakespeare’s Globe to write and perform her original writing “Shakespeare IS A Black Woman… SAY HER NAME” as a curtain raiser for Chadwick Boseman’s Deep Azure during the historic venue’s inaugural Black Out Night.
Lighting Design Fellow
Elianna Kruskal (they/he) is a queer, trans, and Jewish lighting designer and assistant designer based in Brooklyn. They are incredibly grateful and excited to be the Lighting Design Fellow on Wanted! Recent credits include: Bocking (Assistant Lighting Designer, Baltimore Center Stage), Ailey II (Lighting and Production Assistant), Boys Will Be Dogs (Lighting Designer, Brooklyn Art Haus), Building the Wall (Urban Stages, Lighting Designer), 100 Yor Artef (Target Margin Theatre, Lighting Designer), You Were Wild Once (Ballet Hispánico 2, Lighting Designer). BFA in Theatre Design and Production/BA in Social Theory and Practice from the University of Michigan.
