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credits include Richmond Shakespeare Festival, MacBeth (Lady MacBeth); The Phoenix Theatre, Fairfield and On Clover Road; Indiana Rep. Theatre, The Three Musketeers and Peter Rabbit and Me,(Mama Rabbit and Miss Hammond). Mara’s muggle job is Director of Development at Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and she is currently getting a second Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy.

ELLIE OTIS (Swing) is overjoyed to be working with The Grand and Jamie again after assistant directing for him in Head Over Heels. You may also have seen her recently in the world premiere of Dead Certain (ensemble/Adele) at The Grand. She’s performed and directed for several Salt Lake companies, including AnOther Theatre (Sind of Self Love), Seen and Heard Productions (The Mandela Project), and Chronicle Theatre (King Lear). Ellie is grateful for the artistic platform The Grand has given her and hopes to become a stage director while continuing her acting career.

JADEN RICHARDS (Swing) graduated with his BFA in theatre performance from Westminster College. Some of his memorable performances include: As You Like It (Orlando), The Thanksgiving Play (Jaxton), and Gaslight (Mr. Manningham) on the Westminster College stage, or in Our Town (George), Measure for Measure (Pompey), and The Rivals (Faulkland) at Snow College.

MICHELLE LYNN THOMPSON (Clown One) is charmed to return for her eleventh production at The Grand! Michelle holds a BFA in Acting with an emphasis in Musical Theatre from Cornish College of the Arts in 2015. Previous credits: Pamela - Head Over Heels, Valerie - At The Bottom, Niki Harris - Curtains, Power/ Chorus - Prometheus Bound, Elizabeth - The Byron Five, Woman 1 - First Date, Leader - Women of Trachis, Hailee - With You, Minstrel - Spamalot, Nikki - The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Brenda - Hairspray, The Courtesan - The Comedy of Errors, Henry Condell - The King’s Men, Jean - The Tall Girls, Isabella - The Glorious Ones.

About The Cast About The Creative Team

JAMIE ROCHA ALLAN (Director) is a Freelance Theatre Director specializing in the Classics and New writing. He completed his MFA in Theatre Directing at Birkbeck College London. Born and raised in London, Jamie is now based in the US. Alongside Freelance directing, he is also Artistic Director of Umbrella Theatre Company.

CAMDEN BARRETT (Assoc. Director) is a theatre-maker based in Salt Lake and a student in the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. Pursuing her passion for directing and teaching theatre, Camden served as asst. director at the University for The Old Man and the Old Moon (dir. Jamie Rocha Allan), Matilda Jr. (dir. Alicia Washington), and Storm Still (dir. Alexandra Harbold). Additionally, Camden and Niko Krieger formed KID SISTER, a movement-based theatrical collaboration dedicated to devising new work with emerging professional theatre makers. This past July, KID SISTER premiered its inaugural piece, Kite Flyer, at Memory Grove Park, and in December, KID SISTER produced a second successful piece on the University of Utah campus, Everything is About Something. Most recently, Camden worked as the assistant director for A Year With Frog and Toad at SLAC(dir. Penny Caywood), as part of their Pre-Professional Training Program and Mentorship.

KYLE BECKER (Set Design) has been teaching design and production for the University of Utah’s Department of Theatre since 2007. Kyle has also designed and constructed projects in California, Oklahoma and Florida. He received his MFA from the University of California-Irvine with an emphasis in Scene Design. Locally, he has designed for the Grand Theatre at Salt Lake Community College and Youth Theatre at the University of Utah. Kyle loves to empower students with many skills to make their design visions come to life, from hand carving to 3D printing.

ADAM DAY (Sound Design) has a BFA in Performing Arts Design from the University of Utah. He works as the Technical Director at The Grand Theatre after serving as their Resident Sound Designer for four years. Some of his recent credits include sound design and live mix for Monty Python’s Spamalot, Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, & Hairspray (The Grand Theatre); Steel Pier, American Idiot (U of U Theatre Department) and Climbing With Tigers (Salt Lake Acting Company).

RACHAEL HARNED (Lighting Design) holds a degree in Performing Arts Design from The U of U. Her most recent lighting design credits include Noises Off (The Grand), Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: A Rock Experience (Babcock Theatre), Crazy for You (Bonneville High School) and White Savior, Flying, and WAIT! (PYGmalion Theatre Company), and Night Witches (U of U Theatre Department). She has had the opportunity to design and assistant design at many of the professional venues in Salt Lake Valley over the last 6 years for both theatre and dance. Most recently, she assisted on Rocky Horror Picture Show (The Grand) and Once on This Island, and La Cage aux Folles (Pioneer Theatre).

STACEY JENSON (Dialect Coach) is an Adjunct Professor in the University of Utah’s BFA Actor Training Program and SLCC’s Theatre Department. In SLC, Stacey has served as Dialect Coach for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime and Cabaret (SLCC); A View from the Bridge and Noises Off (The Grand); Dracula, Eclipsed, and The Rivals (U of U); and Mary Poppins (Sandy Arts Guild). In London, she served as Dialect Consultant for Angels in America (The National Theatre); Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain (Fol Espoir Theatre Company); and Simpatico (The Tabard Theatre). Stacey holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Utah’s Actor Training Program, an MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theatre, and an MFA with Distinction in Voice Studies from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London).

SHANNON MCCULLOCK (Costume Design) is a Utah based costume designer residing in Salt Lake City. She received her BFA in Performing Arts Design from the University of Utah in 2010. Shannon began designing for The Grand Theatre as Resident Costume Designer in 2016. Though her body of work emphasis is musical theater, she has also designed for opera, classical Greek theater, American classic theater, children’s theater, and music video. Her resident designer position finds her primarily designing for The Grand, however, she has also been fortunate to design for SLAC, the Utah Classical Greek Theater Festival, Westminster College Opera Studio, the U of U, and the Utah Museum of Natural History Children’s Theater Program.