Meet Madison
Photographer | Theatre Profesional | Arts Administrator
Madison (Mads) is a dreamer at heart & thrives in curious spaces. This is why storytelling is the center of her life! Through an array of mediums, Mads thrives when ensuring stories are curated and presented honestly, ethically, and accessible to all.
Telling stories since 01’
All About Me!
Madison is a photographer & theatre professional who graduated from Western Washington University with a BA in Theatre Production, concentrating in directing & playwriting.
When she wasn’t in the theater, she spent most of her evenings capturing touring musicians & Bellingham’s DIY scene from 2021-2023.
She loves basketball, karaoke, writing essays in Substack, and spending time in nature, preferably by the water.
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(the Professional Stuff)
She spent the last 5 years in Bellingham, directing alongside an array of professors & guest directors from across the nation. She composed Untethered, a new musical, alongside 3 other colleagues. In 2022, it premiered as a reading at the Region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival & was a semi-finalist for the O'Neill National Musical Theatre Conference. It remains in development.
In the Fall of 2026, Madison will be attending Carnegie Mellon University to study Arts Administration within Heinz College’s Information Systems and Public Policy.
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Photography Portfolio
Photography Portfolio
Theatre Portfolio
Theatre Portfolio
Recent Creative Projects
Loving & Loathing, An Immersive Gallery
Creative Director: Chlo Ordello
Director of Photography: Madison Joy LeFever
In July of 2025, Chlo Ordello and I physically curated a gallery in collaboration with Wink Wink Boutique’s monthly artist feature titled “Loving & Loathing”. This immersive gallery captured all facets of infidelity. It was a personal project inspired by Chlo’s individual experience with infidelity and their need to make this very individual experience a communal one. Infidelity, betrayal, and deception exist beyond the confines of intimate relationships.
Edith Can Shoot Things & Hit Them
Director: MJ Dizon
Dramaturg: Madison Joy LeFever
WWU’s Gaysian Theatre Festival produced Edith Can Shoot Things & Hit Them (ECSTAHT) by A. Rey Pamatmat.
"When I write about ethnicity, I try to do it from the inside. I don’t like writing about ethnicity as a thing to display to other people. I think it’s more interesting if the audience steps into your shoes." - A. Rey Pamatmat
It was not a question of whether this piece of media is relevant or if the Bellingham community was “ready” for it. This play extended an invitation—and a challenge—to confront the realities already present in our neighborhoods: isolation, identity, survival, and the quiet resilience of queer youth and immigrant families.
Pamatmat’s quote illuminates much about ECSTAHT. It offers insight into how crucial it is to understand the characters from within their lived experiences. Through my dramaturgy research, I offered an entry point into that understanding.
DIVINE
Lead Photographer & Creative Director 1: Madison LeFever
Creative Director 2 & Props Coordinator: Chlo Ordello
In 2022, I assistant-directed, led dramaturgical research, and composed music for what the Gods gave me by Eryn McVay— a piece interrogating themes like occultism, Lilith, and reclaiming divine feminine rage. The work, the research, and my own complicated feelings about autonomy during a creatively electric era of my life birthed DIVINE. This session felt full circle, a moment where I pulled from my education as a director and my evolving artistic voice.
“DIY BELLINGHAM”
At the start of my music photography career, I was shooting house shows in Bellingham, WA. Sweaty college houses occupied by musicians who played their hearts out in basements, porches, and living rooms.
I was drawn to the chaotic intimacy of these DIY spaces. The 2021 DIY scene brought people together and made creativity feel urgent and alive. At the height of my own creative drive, I wanted to capture that energy in images. My digital gallery, DIY BELLINGHAM (2021–2022), documents a post-pandemic scene where these spaces became essential. We were reclaiming our creative autonomy. Through this gallery, I aim to preserve the raw energy, independence, and joy that defined this moment in Bellingham’s music scene.