ELECTRIC & DOUBLE BASSIST

JOHN
KUHLMAN

John Kuhlman is an electric and double bassist based in Spokane, Washington. His credits span more than a decade of musical theatre, live performance and recording work in Las Vegas and the Inland Northwest.

John Kuhlman playing the double bass
Everybody Say Yeah," Kinky Boots. John Kuhlman, electric bass.

in the pit

MUSICAL THEATRE

John’s musical theatre credits span more than a decade and include electric, fretless and double bass books for productions in Las Vegas and the Inland Northwest.Selected recent credits include:
Crazy for You
Double Bass | Aspire Community Theatre, 2026White Christmas
Double Bass | University High School, 2025Kinky Boots
Electric Bass | Super Summer Theatre, 2023Violet
Electric Bass | Nevada Conservatory Theatre, 2023

ON STAGE

LIVE PERFORMANCES

Beyond the pit, John has performed in concert productions and special events throughout Las Vegas, including engagements at The Mirage, Westgate, Hard Rock and The Cosmopolitan. His credits include appearances with Clint Holmes, Katie Marie Jones and Laurina Rose, as well as performances with The Moonshiners, Space Karate, and Octavian.Selected credits include:
Broadway Under the Stars with Clint Holmes
Electric Bass | Super Summer TheatreMy Strongest Suit with Katie Marie Jones
Electric & Double Bass | The SpaceThe Sidecars
Double Bass | New Year’s Eve private event opening for Lizzo, The Cosmopolitan

Space Karate performing at Club Vinyl at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas

ON INSTAGRAM

THE OTHER RESUME

Performance clips, pit photos, rehearsal footage and the occasional view from behind the bass.

RECORDINGS

space karate

John played electric, fretless, and double bass on Space Karate's 2017 album, "Space Karate Performs Beck's Song Reader." An eclectic mix of Americana, jazz, gypsy, prog rock, and folk interpretations of Beck's music.

Based in Spokane, John performs throughout the Inland Northwest. For musical theatre, concert, recording or substitute inquiries, drop me a line by clicking your preferred means of communication below.

MUSICAL THEATRE CREDITS

INLAND NORTHWEST

ASPIRE COMMUNITY THEATRE (Coeur d'Alene)

  • Crazy for You | Double Bass | MD Presley DuPuis (August 2026)

LAKE CITY PLAYHOUSE (Coeur d'Alene)

  • Miracle on 34th Street | Electric Bass | MD Scott Michaelsen (December 2024)

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL (Spokane)

  • White Christmas | *Double Bass *| MD Heather Brown (December 2025)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

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)

  • A Grand Night of Singing | Electric Bass | MD Bill Fayne (May 2012)

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)

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)

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)

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)

ONYX THEATER (Las Vegas)

  • Merrily We Roll Along | Electric Bass | MD Shane Jensen (October 2014)

  • Song Poems: Wanted | Electric Bass | MD Kyle Boatwright (April 2014)

  • Assassins | Electric Bass | MD Julian Lam (February 2012)

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)

SIERRA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL (Las Vegas)

  • Grease | Electric Bass | MD Susan Easter (May 2023)

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SELECT LIVE PERFORMANCES

CABARETS (Las Vegas)

  • My Strongest  Suit with Katie Marie Jones, The Space, Las Vegas

  • Broadway Under the Stars with Clint Holmes, Super Summer Theatre, Las Vegas

  • Unknown Favorites, Laurina Rose, Las Vegas

  • Vegas Valley Concerts, The Space, Las Vegas

  • MU Foundation Concert, Club Vinyl, The Hard Rock, Las Vegas

  • Seasons of Love, Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas

  • The Songs of Jekyll & Hyde, The Mirage, Las Vegas

  • INC! Launch Concert, Sam's Town Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas

  • Guys & Dolls, The Westgate (formerly Las Vegas Hilton)

  • Saturday Night by Stephen Sondheim, Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas

BANDS

  • The Sidecars - New Year's Eve Private Party (opening for Lizzo), The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas

  • Space Karate

  • Octavian

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