Reggie Herbert

Co-founder, president, artistic director and accessibility specialist

Reggie Herbert is a multidisciplinary theatre maker, musician and accessibility advocate whose work blends performance, disability culture and a do-it-yourself ethos. Holding an MFA in Theatre, he has built a career rooted as much in curiosity and community as in technique. Born with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye condition, he values the problem-solving determination his lived experience as a blind person has given him. His blindness skills directly inform his acting, directing, sound design and teaching. His background in punk and metal shaped a practical, collaborative ethic: make things with the people you trust, with the resources you have, and make them matter.

Reggie has taught acting, voice, and movement at the University of Montana and led workshops for students, educators, emerging artists and national audiences. His teaching foregrounds embodied exploration, imagination and access-first practices, informed by his own lived experience as a blind performer. He values the rehearsal room as a place where people learn not just how to perform, but how to listen.

Alongside his artistic work, Reggie serves in multiple leadership roles within the National Federation of the Blind. He is Vice President of the Performing Arts Division, President of the Missoula Chapter, and a board member of the Montana state affiliate. His advocacy ranges from IEP support for blind K–12 students to peer mentorship, accessibility consulting and community education. He also serves on the board of directors at the Zootown Arts Community Center.

Reggie believes that cultural access is a human right and telling stories is how we shape the way we navigate the world. When he’s not busy working on any of the things mentioned, he is probably reading an Alastair Reynolds book, at band practice playing guitar or drums or hiking somewhere in Montana with his partner, Meg.

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