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IN THE PIT

John Kuhlman playing a Miura fretless bass for Super Summer Theatre's "In The Heights" - photo by London Mace

Trying to figure out what these twisty things do at the end of the bass. Back stage of "In The Heights."
Photo courtesy of London Mace Photography

John Kuhlman is an electric and double bassist working out of Spokane, Washington and Las Vegas, Nevada. He began performing in musical theater in 2012 in Las Vegas, with recent credits including Matilda, The Last Five Years, and Violet, as well as an onstage performance as Jacek in Hedwig & The Angry Inch.​

SELECT MUSICAL THEATRE CREDITS

SUPER SUMMER THEATRE (Las Vegas)

  • Kinky Boots | Electric Bass | MD Nancy West (August 2023)

  • You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown | Electric Bass | MD Nancy West (July 2021)

  • Chicago | Double Bass | MD Bill Fayne (August 2019)

  • She Loves Me | Double Bass | MD Toby McEvoy (July 2018)

  • In The Heights | Electric & Fretless Bass | MD Robby Wingfield (July 2017)

  • The Wedding Singer | Electric & Fretless Bass | MD Toby McEvoy (June 2017)

  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Double Bass | MD Toby McEvoy (September 2016)

  • Memphis | Electric Bass | MD Dan Bernbach (June 2016)

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SUPER SUMMER THEATRE STUDIOS (Las Vegas)

  • The Last Five Years | Fretless Bass | MD Dr. Ryan Kelly (March 2022)

  • 35 MM | Electric & Double Bass | MD Dolly Coulter (January 2022)

  • First Date | Electric Bass | MD Nancy West (January 2020)

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NEVADA CONSERVATORY THEATRE (Las Vegas)

  • Violet | Electric Bass | MD Dr. James Whiting (May 2023)

  • Little Shop of Horrors | Electric Bass | MD Dr. James Whiting (December 2022)

  • Fun Home | Electric, Fretless & Double Bass | MD Dr. James Whiting (October 2019)

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LAS VEGAS LITTLE THEATRE (Las Vegas)

  • The 1940s Radio Hour | Double Bass | MD Toby McEvoy (December 2022)

  • Assassins | Electric & Double Bass | MD Toby McEvoy (January 2019)

  • Company | Electric Bass | MD Toby McEvoy (January 2018)

  • A Little Night Music | Double Bass | MD Toby McEvoy (January 2017)

  • Avenue Q | Electric & Double Bass | MD Toby McEvoy (July 2015)

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RAINBOW YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY (Las Vegas)

  • Matilda | Electric Bass | MD Shane Jensen (May 2022)

  • A Charlie Brown Christmas | Electric Bass | MD Dr. James Whiting (December 2019)

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MAJESTIC REPERTORY THEATRE (Las Vegas)

  • Hair | Electric Bass | MD Laurence Sobel (August 2017)

  • Carrie The Musical  | Electric Bass | MD Giani Matteo (May 2017)

  • Little Shop of Horrors | Electric Bass | MD Susan Easter (October 2016)

  • Hedwig & The Angry Inch | Electric Bass | MD Halsey Harkins (August 2016)

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