Wes Lieberman

Wes Lieberman (he/him) is a dedicated, versatile, and enthusiastic performer. At UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, Wes was in Happy Birthday Mars Rover, where he played 18 roles, including a paleontologist, a fifth-grader, a Medieval spice merchant, and a post-apocalyptic dog. He was also in the main-stage musical Something Rotten, where he played Shylock, Minstrel, Chef, and Ensemble. He has acted in several student productions as well, and while at UCLA he originated roles in four new works. Wes enjoys physical comedy and being larger-than-life while still staying grounded in the humanity of the character. He is also very passionate about musicality and music theory, and uses them to inform character choices. To him, being an actor is about solving a puzzle, and nothing makes him happier than finding what makes a character tick. Wes stresses the importance of arts education, and is still involved with the nonprofit that introduced him to theater, SFArtsEd.