Meet the Team
Denver Casado
Founder/Writer
Denver discovered early on the joy of writing songs and telling stories. This led him from a small town in California to New York City, where he studied the craft of writing musicals with some of the best in the industry. Since then his 10 musicals have been performed in over 35 countries. Denver’s innovative approach to exploring musical theatre with kids has earned him invitations to speak at the national conferences of the American Association of Community Theatre and the American Alliance for Theatre Education.
Betina Hershey Russo
Writer
Betina has been writing and singing songs ever since she started talking. Her favorite roles include touring as Meg in Phantom of the Opera and as Anybody’s in West Side Story. She’s been all over the world performing and teaching swing dancing. From her training as a lyricist at BMI Musical Theater Writing Workshop, Betina now spreads her passion for the stage by teaching songwriting, poetry, ballroom, voice and guitar to all ages.
Linda Trinh
Marketing & Development
Before coming to Beat by Beat, Linda spent her career advising business leaders on M&A transactions. She always dreamed of working in theatre. Luckily now she’s using her business skills to attract audiences to great children’s theatre.
Joeseph DeVenuta
Operations
Raised on a vast pig farm in Central Florida, Joseph always dreamed of something bigger. Joseph landed in New York with a dedication to great service, technology and the web and is now BBB operations manager. Though he does miss the pigs.