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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT

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FROM THE DEAN’S DESK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DEAD CERTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CAST OF CHARACTERS

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FROM THE CREATIVE STAFF

SETTINGS

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ABOUT THE CAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

ABOUT THE BAND

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ABOUT THE CREATIVE STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

PRODUCTION STAFF

DONATIONS

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Special Thanks to

Salt Lake County’s ZAP Fund for their generous financial support

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A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT

Salt Lake Community College and the Grand Theatre are proud to serve as the community’s home for compelling artistic experiences, including theatrical, musical and dance performances, captivating lectures, engaging screenings, and culturally-significant offerings. As the home of The Grand, the stunning Center for Arts and Media serves as a vital educational hub, combining the latest digital arts technology with the unique and varied talents of our remarkable faculty. Whether you are a community member enjoying a performance or a student embarking on a career, you are always welcome at this state-of-the-art facility. As Salt Lake Community College prepares to celebrate its 75th year in 2023, the Grand and Center for Arts and Media serve as prime examples of our dedication to truly engaging and celebrating our community. Enjoy the show!

Enjoy the show!

Deneece Huftalin, PhD

President, Salt Lake Community College

FROM THE DEAN’S DESK

The Grand Theatre seeks to engage, inspire and connect with our community through exceptional and accessible production. Housed in Salt Lake Community College’s unique Center for Arts and Media, The Grand utilizes professional and local talent to create theatre that excites our audiences year after year. The Grand’s shows are just some of the many artistic and cultural events you’ll find here at the Center for the Arts and Media. Our talented students participate in a wide variety of offerings, including concerts and performances by our band, choir, and dance ensembles, engrossing art displays, screenings for thought provoking films and documentaries, and powerful productions in our Black Box Theatre. We’re excited to serve as the largest venue in Salt Lake City for the annual Sundance Film Festival, where you can join fellow film lovers to appreciate the very best cinema from around the world. You’ll also find professional exhibits in our Eccles Art Gallery, free screenings and discussions with our professors on classic films, and stimulating lectures and presentations.

Art is “doing” and at the South City Campus we are “Doing”! I hope you can continue to join us throughout the 2020-2021 Season.

Richard Scott

Dean, School of Arts, Communication and Media

Salt Lake Community College

www.slcc.edu/arts-comm www.grandtheatrecompany.com

Thanks for visiting us here at the Grand Theatre. We pride ourselves on being the “Community’s Professional Theatre.” In which we are committing to the community to provide exceptional theatre filled with local artists at an affordable price. By working with local talent, we are able to celebrate our community and provide an exceptional theatrical experience for our audiences all while committing to presenting productions that will entertain and engage our audience in new dynamic ways. As you enjoy our productions, please remember to spread the word; it is because of amazing patrons like you that we exist as we continue to bring you the best our community has to offer. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Seth Miller Artistic and Executive Director The Grand Theatre

Thanks to

Dead Certain PRESENTS

Music & Lyrics Book by by Graham Russel Sam Goldstein Craig Clyde

Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SETH MILLER, SAM GOLDSTEIN

Stage Director .................................

Music Director .......................

Choreographer

Stage Manager

Set Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

JIM CHRISTIAN*

JONATHAN MCDONALD

JIM CHRISTIAN*

CAROLINE CAIN

GAGE WILLIAMS

DREW BIELINSKI

JEREMY CORNWALL

Costume Design SHANNON MCCULLOCK

Properties Design

Assistant Stage Manager

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MÁIRE NELLIGAN

MARCIA PIÑA ASH BUTLER

BOYD DENNING

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Holden Smith

Josh Richardson MELISSA DALEY Angie Call

GAYLORD PARRISH

FRANNIE FELDMAN

Zac Freeman

Britty Marie ELLIOT KRELMAN

TRISH WOODWARD

UNCLE GUS

FATHER FLANNERY

HAZEL CONOVER

MR. CONOVER

MR. HEM

Sara McDonald

Aleisha Meier BOOK LADY / ALICE

Jake Trumbo

Trevor Blair

Lorinda Kim Griffiths

Jaiden Castleton

Tynan Portillo

CAMERA GEEK Jake Trumbo

DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN

MATRONLY LADY

MR. CONOVER

ADELE

CERTAINETTE

ENSEMBLE

Jake Trumbo

Lorinda Griffiths

Jaiden Castleton

Ellie Otis

Jordyn Aspyn, Amanda Shrum, Madison Portillo

Jordyn Aspyn, Trevor Blair, Jaiden Castleton, Lorinda Griffiths, Laverne McDermott, Ellie Ottis, Madison Portillo, Tynan Portillo, Amanda Shrum, Jake Trumbo

The Band

Musical Director

Jonathan McDonald

Cello

Guitar

Jay Lawrence

Kayson Brown Drums

Mark D. Maxson

Keyboard

Davin Tayler

Jonathan McDonald, David Slack Bass

FROM THE CREATIVE STAFF

Death, it’s been said, is serious business. In 1834 author David Garrick wrote “But comedy is a serious thing”. Combining the two – death and humor – is a challenging endeavor. Many have tried, few have succeeded. Why are we all so drawn to the idea of death, like a moth to a flame, but unlike the oblivious moth, so afraid? The awareness of our mortality is the obvious answer. Still belief is a powerful ally that reassures us, in some form, we will remain who we are with the ones we love for eternity.

In Dead Certain, the idea of death for our character Boyd is much simpler. As Boyd explains, “See death’s just like birth. It’s just a part of life – the end part – but a part”. His hero’s journey in our story leads him to a life path he could not have imagined when he stepped off a bus in Denver. We humans share so many things, not the least is our fear of the unknown, when we will die, and what happens after we finally pass. No one truly knows so why not laugh while we are waiting!

In May 2015 we set out on an artistic journey culminating in our first rock musical collaboration, A Wall Apart. We were fortunate that it was a featured production in the New York Musical Festival in 2017. Of our production the New York Times wrote: “A Wall Apart is a smart, high-energy exercise in idealism, a rock musical with love and politics on its mind”.

We staged A Wall Apart to sold out audiences at The Grand Theatre in 2019. Dead Certain is our third work for the stage and our first musical comedy. What better themes to begin with than death and humor? And what better time to confront death than when we were –and are – challenged by a world-wide pandemic?

Art provides a perfect opportunity to explore and question our fears and differences. In addition, the stage offers a laboratory for understanding and even affirmative change. Words convey different meanings for each of us. Music evokes our emotions. And perhaps most importantly, together, words and music can, and do, give voice to important lessons.

We must choose to listen. It is our responsibility to learn from the events of the past three years. We encourage you to experience our words and music, to immerse yourselves in our story and embrace your emotions. And, most importantly, laugh and cry with us.

We invite you to join with us as we try to chart a path towards a better understanding of one another, as we endeavor to learn from our past, as we all strive to shape a better future for ourselves and our families.

Sam Goldstein Craig Clyde Graham Russell

SETTINGS

Act I

Scene 1: Street in Storm Lake, Iowa Scene 2: Outside the Storm Lake Bus Station Scene 3: On a bus to Denver Scene

4: Denver street, then interior of the funeral home Scene 5: Funeral home office

Scene 6: Embalming & Prep Room Scene 7: Street in f ront of The Basilica Scene 8: Alley by The Basilica Scene 9: Next day, funeral home foyer Scene 10: Boyd’s apartment Scene 11: Next morning in the funeral home foyer Scene 12: Denver’s Union Station

Act II

Scene 1: Outside funeral home entrance

Scene 2: In f ront the funeral home and inside Scene 3: Funeral home foyer / Frannie’s apartment Scene 4: Montage, in and around, City of Denver Scene 5: Funeral home, later Scene 6: Melissa’s office

Scene 7: Dark alley near the funeral home Scene 8: Opposite side of funeral home, roller coaster Scene 9: Street covered with roller coaster debris

Scene 10: Funeral parlor, two weeks later

There will be a short intermission between acts

ABOUT THE CAST

Jordyn Aspyn (Ensemble) has a BFA in Musical Theatre from Southern Utah University and is a BAST certified singing teacher. Some of her favorite projects include 9 to 5 (Doralee) at The Ziegfeld Theatre and The Egyptian in Park City; Bright Star (Alice Murphy) at the Zig; The Light in the Piazza at Hale Center Theatre; The Spitfire Grill, Five Women…Dress, RENT, Heathers the Musical (SUU); Noises Off (Simon Fest); and the PC Girl Cabaret. @jordynaspyn

Trevor Blair (Flannery) is very excited to be back at The Grand after having been most recently seen as Daryl Grady in Curtains. He has been in many other shows, including: My Fair Lady (Zoltan Karpathy), Herakles (Lycus), Tarzan (Kerchak), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), Romeo and Juliet (Friar Lawrence), Sweeney Todd (Beadle Bamford), Spring Awakening (Otto Lammermeier), and Hair (Margaret Mead). He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Utah.

Angie Call (Melissa Daley) is thrilled to be a part of this amazing production. She has been seen in many theaters including Hale Centre Theatre, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, The Grand, Pickleville Playhouse, and the Children’s Theatre. Some of her favorite roles include The Narrator in Joseph…. Dreamcoat, Princess Fiona in Shrek, Mother in Ragtime, Alice in The Addams Family, Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins, and Adelaide in Guys and Dolls. Angie teaches at CenterPoint’s Academy as the music director, as well as teaching private voice and piano lessons.

Jaiden Castleton (Conover) is a graduate from Westminster College. You may have seen him on The Grand’s stage as Action (West Side Story), in Spamalot, and in A Wall Apart. Jaiden is excited to show you all this fun and exciting show!

Zac Freeman (Elliot) is excited to be back at The Grand so soon after Head Over Heels as King Basilius. He was recently seen as Roger in Rent at Oppa and Big

Jule in Guys and Dolls at Hale Centre Theatre. Other HCT productions include Wizard of Oz, Newsies, Hunchback, Freaky Friday, and Phantom. Some of his favorite roles include Shrek in The Musical, Sonny Malone in Xanadu, Robert Martin in The Drowsy Chaperone and Sir Richard Bingham in the regional premier of The Pirate Queen at HCT. He is so excited to be in this original musical and thanks the production team greatly for the opportunity.

Lorinda Kim Griffiths (Hazel) is extremely honored to be part of Dead Certain, her first show with The Grand, and couldn’t be more excited! Lorinda’s favorite roles have been Bloody Mary in South Pacific (Center Point Theatre) and Christmas Eve in Avenue Q. She also performed in Aida and Ragtime at CPT and Mamma Mia! at Beverly’s Terrace Plaza Playhouse.

Holden Smith (Boyd) is a freshman at USU in the Bachelors of Music, Classical Voice program. He was last seen as Will Bloom in Big Fish. Previous credits include: Mickey in the SLC cast of A Wall Apart, Frank Abagnale, Jr. in Catch Me If You Can, Bellhop in Lend Me A Tenor, Lucas in The Addams Family, Action in West Side Story, The Scarlet Pimpernel (HCT), Crazy For You (CPT), and A Tale of Two Cities (CPT).

Britty Marie (Frannie) feels honored to have been a part of this incredible creative team for so many years. Other roles include Morticia (Adams Family), Sir Robin (Spamalot), Georgia (Curtains), and most recently School Of Rock at Hale Center Theatre. When she is not on stage, she works as a content creator and social media manager. Tiktok: @bemusing

Laverne McDermott (Ensemble) has been doing theatre his entire life and studied theatre at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. He has a passion for acting because he loves brining joy and entertainment to anyone he can. Mr. McDermott is excited to be a part of his first show at The Grand

ABOUT THE CAST

Theatre and can’t wait to see what is to come of his career out in Utah after only being out here for a couple of months.

Sara McDonald (Alice) is delighted to be making her debut at The Grand in Dead Certain. She was most recently seen on the SAG stage in Crazy for You (Irene). Other credits across the valley include: Anything Goes (Reno), Seven Brides (Milly), Next to Normal (Diana), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife) and Hello Dolly! (Dolly). She has been a Special Education Teacher for 10 years and currently teaches at West High School.

Aleisha Meier (Trish) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Dead Certain. She has performed roles such as Cosette in Les Misérables and Dot in Sunday in the Park with George. Aleisha is currently studying Respiratory Therapy at SLCC so she is overjoyed to be able to perform again.

Ellie Otis (Adele) is a recent graduate from the University of Utah who is thrilled to be returning to The Grand. She recently assistant directed their production of Head Over Heels and is excited to experience The Grand from a new perspective. Ellie is pursuing a career in stage directing, and loves having the opportunity to act, sing, and dance as she does so. She ’can’t wait to be part of a world premiere!

Madison Portillo (Ensemble) has been performing for over 20 years. She holds an AFA in Musical Theatre, and a “Mouseters Degree” from Walt Disney World. You may have seen her on stage at Desert Star Theater, Hale Center Theater Orem, and recently starring as Frederic in Pirates of Penzance at The Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden.

Tynan Portillo (Ensemble) has been performing for over 16 years and now makes his debut at The Grand Theatre as a member of the Dead Certain Ensemble! He has most recently been on stage as Edith in the Ziegfeld Theater’s Pirates of Penzance and his favorite

roles number among Richard III (Richard III), Adam (Seven Brides…) and Chuck (Footloose). He is proud to originate a role in this brandnew show!

Josh Richardson (Gaylord Parrish) marks his first show at The Grand, and couldn’t be more excited to be working on a brand-new musical! Josh has performed all over Utah, including at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Egyptian Theater in Park City, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, and at Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley City and in Sandy. When he’s not onstage he works in marketing as an account manager for Holistic Web Presence. Find Josh at www.facebook.com/JoshIsAnActor

Amanda Shrum (Ensemble) is hella-hyped to be a part of her first show at The Grand. She was last seen as The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet with New World Shakespeare. Other favorite roles include Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Madeleine True in The Wild Party and a member of the tribe in Hair. When not on stage, she is writing dystopian jukebox rock musicals. @amandakshrum

Jake Trumbo (Ensemble) is appearing in his ninth show with The Grand. Previous roles include Eddie/Dr. Scott in Rocky Horror Show, and Sir Galahad in Spamalot. After studying acting at Weber State University, Jake has spent more than 20 years on the stage and screen entertaining Utah audiences.

About the Band

Kayson Brown (Cello) holds a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting from BYU where he served as conducting and cello faculty. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Cello Performance from the U. As a cellist, Kayson played principal cello at both BYU and the U and has soloed with more than a dozen symphony orchestras. He was featured in a KBYU Television special performing “Bach

ABOUT THE BAND

Unaccompanied Suites” and has released more than 150 videos on his Learn2playCello YouTube Channel.

Jay Lawrence (Drums) has been a member of faculties at BYU, U of U, Snow College, and other Universities. Jay performed with celebrities such as Cher, Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Andy and Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, Linda Ronstadt, and Nancy Sinatra. Lawrence has concertized with several jazz artists, including Cyrus Chestnut, John Patitucci, Roy Hargrove, Milt Jackson, Carol Kaye, Clark Terry, and Phil Woods. Jay’s recording, Sweet Lime reached number 7 on the Jazz Week charts. His recent album, Sonic Paragon, was named CD of the month by New York’s WBGO. Lawrence has recorded many film scores such as The Sandlot, Gettysburg, Three Ninjas Kick Back, and U-571.

Mark D. Maxson (Guitar) is very pleased to be playing guitar for this production of Dead Certain. Other Utah musical theatre credits include School of Rock, Always Patsy Cline, The Rocky Horror Show, Fun Home, The Last Ship, Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Bat Boy, and more! Mark was a featured performer at Lagoon 1992-1995, and 2013-14 as band leader –also band leader and arranger for the very first Frightmares live show in 1995, The Frightmares Musical Revue. Mark works full time at Weber State University as Program Coordinator, Music & Sound Production, Technology and Innovation.

David Slack (Keys) is pleased to be playing for the stage again after some time away from Desert Star Playhouse, where he was “your musical host for the evening” for six years and music directed for three.

Davin Tayler (Bass) is excited to be performing with the talented cast of Dead Certain. Other favorite stage credits include: Always…Patsy Cline with The Grand Theatre, School of Rock with Hale Centre Theatre, Fun Home with Salt Lake Acting Company and The Rocky Horror Picture Show with The Grand Theatre.

Jonathan McDonald (Music Director, Keys) is an award-winning pianist and Music Director based in Utah. Recent credits include Head Over Heels, The Sound of Music, Little Women, The Musical of Musicals, Anything Goes, West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, and Next To Normal. As a classical pianist, Jonathan has won national competitions and performed with ensembles and orchestras across the globe. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Weber State University.

Creative Staff

Drew Bielinski (Lighting Design) is a freelance lighting designer based in Salt Lake City after having spent the majority of his life living in the Midwest. He currently works as a Technical Director at Abravanel Hall. Prior to moving to Salt Lake City, he worked as the Lighting Supervisor for Teatro ZinZanni in Seattle, Washington, and as the Master Electrician for Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, Iowa. His most recent lighting design credits include Liminal and Men on Boats at the University of Utah, and Curtains and First Date at The Grand Theatre.

Ash Butler (Assist. Stage Manager) is a firsttime student intern at The Grand. Ash has been a Stage Manager for Assassins at SLCC. They are currently studying as a student at SLCC, majoring in technical theater to get an associate’s degree. Ash has had a passion for theater their whole life and wants to do great things in this line of work.

Caroline Cain (Stage Manager) is a graduate of the U of U with her BFA in Stage Management. Caroline has worked for The Grand Theatre since 2008 and became their resident stage manager in 2013. Her most recent credits include Head Over Heels, Noises Off, Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Wall Apart, West Side Story, First Date, Marvelous Wonderettes, Spamalot, and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Other credits include Dead Certain (staged reading 2021), Heat Death of the Universe (2021), Plan-B Theatre’s Script in Hand Series (2018); The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival (2016); Wasatch Theatre’s Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (2016).

ABOUT THE CREATIVE STAFF

Jim Christian (Director, Choreographer)

is a native of Utah with over 45 years of professional experience as a director, teacher, actor, playwright, and producer in the areas of theatre, television and film. He has worked as a director and choreographer for the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Theatre Company, CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, Utah Opera Company, Utah Symphony, Lyric Repertory Company, Hale Centre Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, Park City Egyptian Theatre, Rodgers Memorial Theatre, The Grand Theatre, Utah State University, West Valley Arts, and theaters in California, Kentucky, Arizona, Montana, Florida, Wyoming, Tennessee, and Illinois. In 1996 he was awarded the “Crystal Crest Master Teacher of the Year” for Weber State University. He was the recipient of Utah’s “Best in State” award in 2006 for “Outstanding University Professor.” He was also named “Presidential Distinguished Professor” at Weber State in 2009 and the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award for the College of Arts and Humanities in 2021. His work as an award-winning playwright has been performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC and at venues across the country. Jim is a member of the Society of Directors and Choreographers and The Dramatists Guild.

Craig Clyde (Creator, Book) has appeared in over sixty major films and national television programs for all the major networks — as well as numerous stage roles as an actor. He was Cornelius Hackl in the original national roadshow production of Hello Dolly starring Dorothy LaMour. A member of Actor’s Equity and the Screen Actors Guild, he has written and directed twenty-two feature films and television dramas. His films include Miracle Dogs starring the then unknown Josh Hutcherson and The Derby Stallion starring the also then-unknown Zac Efron. His production of The Christmas Wish starring Kristy Swanson was the highest rated program for the Hallmark Channel in 2012. Craig has taught screenwriting labs at the “Sundance Retreat,” as well as lectures on film-making and screenwriting for various film festivals and schools around the country. Dead Certain, based on Craig’s screenplay, marks his third musical

Jeremy Cornwall (Sound Design) started doing sound for night clubs in 2003 while playing in a band. In 2007 he was able to go on the road with the band Air Supply. He toured with them till 2019 as the Front of House Sound Engineer and Production Manager. While with Air Supply, he was able to visit more than 50 countries and experience venues all over the world. After touring, he has spent his time as a local sound engineer at venues all over the state. He is currently a freelance sound engineer working with bands that come to town at most of the venues throughout the Wasatch Front.

Sam Goldstein (Creator, Book) has served as Executive Producer, Consultant and Writer for a number of film, documentary and industrial projects including the awardwinning documentary Tough Times, Resilient Kids, Winslow The Christmas Bear, Why Won’t My Child Pay Attention And It’s Just Attention Disorder. With Craig, he has co-written nearly a dozen film scripts including the 2017 winner of the True Story Screenwriting Contest, Passing Through. Sam has authored over 50 books including The Power Of Resilience, Raising Resilient Children, and recently Tenacity. Dead Certain is his third musical collaboration with Craig and Graham. He was recently chosen by City Weekly as the Best Neuropsychologist in Utah. For more info: www.samgoldstein.com

Marcia Piña (Assist. Stage Manager) is completing her BFA in Stage Management at the University of Utah. She was recently the Stage Manager for The Emily Dickinson Musical (Studio 115, Open Door) at the U of U, as well as the Assistant Stage Manager for The Book Club Play (Babcock), and Illyria (Babcock). Marci has previously worked as the Stage Manager for Ícaro Compañía Teatral, a professional theatre company in Mexico City on Urinetown (Teatro Milán), The Pillowman (Foro Lucerna), Argonautika (Foro Lucerna), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Foro Lucerna).

Shannon McCullock (Costume Design) is a Utah based costume designer residing in Salt Lake City. She received her BFA in

partnership with Sam and Graham. For more info: screenrtr.com

ABOUT THE CREATIVE STAFF

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.

Jonathan McDonald (Music Director) is an award-winning pianist and Music Director based in Utah. Recent credits include Head Over Heels, The Sound of Music, Little Women, The Musical of Musicals, Anything Goes, West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, and Next To Normal. As a classical pianist, Jonathan has won national competitions and performed with ensembles and orchestras across the globe. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Weber State University.

Máire Nelligan (Props Manager) received her degrees in theater eons ago and spent some time directing with HerVoice, a feminist theater troupe in Kent, Ohio. Moving West, she worked with local and semi-professional theaters in Arizona. During the Arizona years, she also spent time as a fire watch and a ranch hand, as well as an adjunct professor at Cochise Community College. After moving to Utah, Máire worked for SLCC’s Fine Arts department before coming to work for The Grand. She loves being the prop master, and generally considers whichever show she’s currently working on to be her favorite. She will admit, however, that the two “most fun ever” were La Cage aux Folles and Spamalot.

Graham Russell (Creator, Music and Lyrics) is the songwriter and a founding member of the group Air Supply. Their hit songs and twenty-three albums have charted for five decades throughout the world. Billboard magazine recently honored the band in the top 100 most successful groups of all time. While still performing over 130 live shows on five continents with Air Supply every year, Graham is now dedicated to composing for the theatre, where he began his career starring in Jesus Christ Superstar in 1975. This is Graham’s fifth musical score and third collaboration with Sam and Craig. Their previous theatrical works include A Wall Apart and Alamo. Graham’s other group, G and the Jolly Cucumbers is releasing their first album in August. Graham has been a resident of Utah for 31 years. For more info: www. airsupplymusic.com

Gage Williams (Set Design) previously designed A Streetcar Named Desire. Other credits include theatre (Idaho Shakespeare, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Phoenix, Childsplay, Pioneer Theatre Company, and Utah Opera) and Television (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, HBO, MTV, VH-1, ESPN, and DISNEY), winning the CableACE award for Art Direction on the Showtime film Mastergate. Other work includes the Prague Quadrennial Design Expo ‘95,’99,’16 and World Stage Design ‘22. The 2016 United States Institute for Theatre Technology conference in SLC included a retrospective of his theatre design work. He is a Professor of Theatre in the Department of Theatre at the University of Utah where he served as department chair from 2009-18.

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PRODUCTION STAFF

Resident Staff

Artistic and Executive Director

Patron Service Coordinator

Seth Miller

Natalie Trumbo

Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

Adam Day

DaQuan Hurt Technical Director

Resident Stage Manager

Photographer

Front of House Assistant

Box Office Staff

Front of House

Trina Polta

Caroline Cain Marketing Manager

Steve Fidel

Megan McArthur

Elaia Echeverria, Lauren Heibel, Megan McArthur

Chief Usher

Dixie Letts, Maria Guzman,

Cheryl Gren, Peggy Sprouse Ushers

Haylee Markham, Kelly Merizalde, Teresa Nordstrom

Running Crew

Audio Engineer

Jeremy Cornwall

Lightboard Operator

Tahra Si’mone Veasley, Marcia Piña, Ash Butler

Emilly Mullaney Deck Technician

Fly Rail Operator Heather Poulsen

Wardrobe Manger

Josie Maguna

Spot Operator

Marcia Piña, Ash Butler

Willis, Connor Mahoney Assistant Stage Manager

Build Crew

Cara Pomery-Allan, Heather Poulsen Carpenters

Scenic Artist

Cameron Banks, Adam Day, Heather Poulsen Electricians

Emily Mullaney, Josie Maguna, Connor Mahoney,

Heather Poulsen, Megan Willis, Rachel Harned

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Alternative Visions Fund

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Rocky Mountain Power

$250 - $499

Richard Osborn

$100 - $249

Allison Cook Erin Day Janet Behm

Leroy & Marilu Peterson Shirley Carlston Tolford & Mary Young William & Donna R. Vogel

$50 - $99

Angela FeldmanHarkins

Carrie Watters Jason Trowbridge Jessica Curran Jona Curry Katherine Dougherty Lori Reagan Mary Despain

$1 - $49

Alane Fry

Ashley Guajardo Ashley Johnstun

Barbara Cru

Becky Linford Benjamin Linford Bonnie Breeze

Bonnie Nell

Bronwyn Dees Carol Dwyer Christian Sherrow Christina Echeverria Dan Tate

Dawn Brandvold Deborah MacAdams

Dennis England Duane Humphrey Faith McArthur

Gerard Howells

Jason Smith Jeanette Seggar John Vincent Pizzello Jordyn Johnson Joshua Martin Judith Sumner Kathleen Gardner Kimberly Wilson Laura Hamilton Levi Pace Makenzie Skaggs Marilyn Poulsen

Mary Anne Wetzel

Megan Fossum-Blanco Megan McArthur Michael Kerner

Michelle Brown

Natalie Pineda

Nia Sherar

Oliver Spira Pamela McLeese

Patricia Hussey

Patrick Cordes

Patrick De Freitas

Rachel Mardis

Robert Cushing

Robert Griess

Ronald McLean

Ryan Doidge

Samuel Schmidt

Sebastian De los santos

Shannon Fisher

Shirley Swindell

Shoshana Thalberg

Sierra Shepard Stacy Romleski

Stephanie Chatelain Stephanie Crowe

Steve Gagon

Sunny Simkins Tiffanie Barton Tischelle Bonner Todd Butler Traci Black Wyatt Smith Xiaolin Yu

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