Who Are We

A black and gray image of Yigit and Kait, reflected in a shiny black surface. They are holding hands which appear to be upside in the very bottom of the frame, due to the tricky reflection.

We are a family partnership, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with roots in Appalachia and Türkiye. Our practice is creative and playful.

Kaitlyn Wittig Mengüç

Founder of Marble Wit Research Co., Kait is trained in theater, puppetry, arts research, and arts administration and policy. She utilizes the performing and creative arts as teaching and healing tools in our personal and professional lives. Find her previous work as an artist at her personal site and as a professional at her LinkedIn.

A man with a brown complexion and short gray-and-black hair is wearing black, round, wire-rimmed glasses and a long-sleeved, blue, linen shirt. He is standing in the woods and smiling at the camera. The sun is peaking through the tree canopy onto him

Pictured: Yiğit in a sunbeam in Frick Park. Photograph by We Are the Richards. April, 2026.

A white woman with short brown hair is wearing a yellow sweater and smiling while she looks at the camera. She is holding a stag mask made out of papier mache, branches, and dried brown moss.

Pictured: Kait holding a mask of a stag spirit. April 2026. Photograph by We Are the Richards.

Yiğit Mengüç

Co-Owner of Marble Wit Research Co., Yiğit is trained in mechanical engineering and soft robotics. He now practices basic noticing, which is conveniently applicable to intuition and discovery in the scientific endeavor. Find work from his previous life as an academic and corporate researcher on ORCID, Google Scholar, and LinkedIn.