Andy Mientus is a multi-hyphenate creative based in New York City. Other directing includes associate positions on  the pre-Broadway run of Maybe Happy Ending (Alliance Theater), ALIEN/NATION (Williamstown), and the upcoming musical The Interestings by Sara Bareilles, Sarah Ruhl, and Meg Wolitzer, all as associate to Michael Arden, with whom he co-conceived Deaf West Theater’s landmark Broadway revival of Spring Awakening, a production in which he also appeared as an actor. Other notable acting work includes the 2014 Broadway revival of Les Misérables,  last season’s The Jonathan Larson Project (Off-Broadway, Orpheum), and many television appearances including major roles on Smash (NBC), The Flash (CW), and the upcoming Disinherited (FX). Writing includes four published novels including the YA thriller Fraternity, and the books for the musicals Burn All Night, which premiered at American Repertory Theater in 2017 and WEST, which is currently in development by Center Theater Group in Los Angeles and recently won a NAMT grant. He has twice been named on Out Magazine's OUT 100 list of most influential queer people of the year.