WHO’S WHO

RESA MISHINA (Ensemble) Pioneer Theatre debut! National tour: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Regional highlights: John Proctor is the Villain, (World Premiere, Studio Theatre), White Pearl (Studio Theatre), A Chorus Line (The Wick), Sunrise Coven (Know Theatre of Cincinnati), Holiday Inn, (The Fireside), The Music Man, Annie, 9 to 5 (Flat Rock Playhouse). Proud native of Yokohama, Japan. BFA Rider University. Love to Mama, Tata, and Curly.

KENNEDY PEREZ (Ensemble) is thrilled to be performing in her first show at Pioneer Theatre! Some favorite previous credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Engeman Theatre), Cinderella (Northshore Music Theatre), and swinging A Chorus Line—both at Cincinnati Playhouse and on the international tour. Much gratitude to the cast and crew!

LILA PRINCE (Ensemble) is so excited to be making her PTC debut in The Prom! She just finished her third year in the University of Utah’s musical theatre program and is originally from Southwest Florida. Credits include In Pieces: A New Musical (River), Naked Mole Rat…(Grande), and Mamma Mia (Donna). Big thanks to PTC, her professors, classmates, and family. Her performance is for her sister Frankie. Let’s build a prom, Utah!

BRYNOCH RAMMELL (Ensemble) is thrilled to be in his first show at Pioneer! Originally, he is from Pocatello, Idaho but has lived and performed in Montana, Utah, and Alaska. When not performing, he’s in the mountains camping, hiking, or jumping in lakes. He asks you to bring him some Jalapeno Cheddar Cheetos, and he’ll make sure you have the best show of your life.

HANNAH STAUDINGER (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Pioneer Theatre Company debut! She recently graduated from The University of Utah, where she played Sally Bowles in Cabaret. Other recent credits include Six Songs from Ellis at Repertory Dance Theater and Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show at The Grand Theatre. To stay updated on Hannah’s upcoming projects, visit HannahMStaudinger.com!

FYNN WHITE (Ensemble) is excited to be returning to the PTC stage in The Prom! Recent credits include Hello, Dolly! (PTC), The Emily Dickinson Musical (Open Door Productions), Floyd Collins, and Dracula: The Musical (University of Utah). Fynn is a recent alum of the University of Utah Musical Theatre Program. Many thanks to all the friends and family that provide their continued support!

WESTON WRIGHT (Ensemble) This is Weston’s first show at PTC! He is currently a junior in the Music Dance Theatre program at BYU. His previous credits include Singin’ in the Rain (Ensemble) and Newsies (Elmer) at Hale Centre Theatre, Sister Act (Ernie) and Tuck Everlasting (Hugo) at HCTO, and Shakespeare in Love (Kit Marlowe) and Fiddler on the Roof (Nachum) at BYU.

CHAD BEGUELIN (Book and Lyrics) is a four-time Tony nominee whose works include Disney’s Aladdin (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyrics and Best Book) and The Wedding Singer (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyrics) He also wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Elf. Chad is the recipient of the Edward Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyric writing, the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Award and the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizon Award. Chad is a graduate of New York University’s TISCH School of the Arts Graduate Dramatic Writing Program.

BOB MARTIN (Book) has been working as an actor and writer for over three decades. He has received many awards in both Canada and the US, including a Tony for The Drowsy Chaperone. Recent TV projects include Slings & Arrows (TMN, Sundance), Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays (CBC), Michael: Everyday (CBC), Sensitive Skin (HBO) and “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas” (NBC). Recent theatre projects include Encores! Hey, Look Me Over (NY); The Sting (Paper Mill); HALF TIME (Chicago, Paper Mill); THE PROM (Atlanta); Elf (Broadway, Dublin, London); The Drowsy Chaperone (Toronto, Broadway, London); and Second City Toronto (Performer, Director, Artistic Director).

MATTHEW SKLAR (Music) Tony, Emmy, and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer of the Broadway musicals Elf and The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Music). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for the critically acclaimed NBC stop-motion animated TV Special “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas.” Additional TV/film credits include Sesame Street, Wonder Pets, and PBS’s American Masters. Awards include the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Award and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation.

KAREN AZENBERG (Director/Choreographer)

This marks Karen Azenberg’s eleventh season as Artistic Director at PTC. Favorite projects include the world premieres of Alabama Story and “i”; the regional premieres of Sting’s The Last Ship and Les Misérables; and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Newsies, Sweet Charity, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Originally from New York, her work there includes Lyrics and Lyricists (92nd St. Y), Blocks (a collaboration with Jonathan Larson), Prom Queens Unchained, and choreography for Richard Greenberg’s The Dazzle (Roundabout Theatre Company). Among her other credits are National Tours of Carousel and Brigadoon, West Side Story (over 15 productions), and productions at Indiana Repertory, Geva Theatre Center, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Goodspeed, and Utah Shakespeare Festival. Karen is a past president of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). Her favorite productions are her son Alexander and her daughter Emelia.

PHIL RENO (Musical Director/Conductor) has been Musical Director/Conductor for numerous Broadway shows: Something Rotten!; Elf!; Promises, Promises; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Producers; Thou Shalt Not; Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, and Back With a Vengeance; Cats. Phil also conducted the Rockettes for six seasons at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National Tours: Joseph… (with Donny Osmond); original company Music of the Night; Starlight Express; Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. Off-Broadway: A New Brain; Nightmare Alley; Enter Laughing; Chess. Phil has conducted seven original cast albums and is a twotime Grammy nominee as producer of the Something Rotten! and The Drowsy Chaperone cast recordings. Previously at PTC: Sweet Charity, Chess, The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sweeney Todd, Hello, Dolly!, and Putting It Together.

JO WINIARSKI (Scenic Designer) Jo’s previous designs at PTC were What the Constitution Means to Me, A Distinct Society, Ass, The Lifespan of a Fact, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. Jo’s Off-Broadway credits include HYPROV, Accidentally Brave, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional design credits include Guthrie Theater; Arizona Theatre Company; Utah Shakespeare Festival (over 40 shows); The Old Globe; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Dallas Theater Center; and Geva Theatre Center. Additional credits include Wishes for Disney Cruise Line. Jo was the art director on Late Night with Seth Meyers (episodes 1-844) and received an Emmy nomination for art direction for A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All.

PATRICK HOLT (Costume Designer) Patrick’s costume design credits include The Guthrie Theater, Milwaukee Rep Theater, Kansas City Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Theatre Company, Arizona Theater Company, The American Dance Festival, Arizona Repertory Theatre, and The Colorado Shakespeare Festival. As Resident Costume Designer for Playmakers Repertory Company, he designed the world premiere production of Tazewell Thompson’s Constant Star, and the world premiere of Romulus Linney’s Gint for the North Carolina School of the Arts. Patrick’s work has been seen at The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, The Moscow State Theater, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Carolina Ballet, The

Public Theater, The John Houseman Theatre, The Old Globe in San Diego, Bonneville Media, The inaugural season of the Roanoke Island Festival Park, The American Dance Festival, and on HBO, CBS, A&E, and World of Wonder (where he was featured on three seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and multiple other productions). Currently he is a Professor of Costume Design at the University of Arizona.

DAVID NEVILLE (Lighting Designer) is very excited to be at Pioneer Theatre Company. He has designed lighting for over 300 productions for various regional theatres including Music Theatre of Wichita, Ordway Music Theatre, Papermill Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Pioneer Theatre Company, North Carolina Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Arkansas Rep, Theatre Under the Stars, Music Theatre West, and Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera. Other projects include designs for Off-Broadway, national, and international tours. This year includes designs at Music Theatre of Wichita, Wichita Symphony, Arkansas Rep, and California Music Circus.

AARON HUBBARD (Sound Designer) is enjoying his 15th season with Pioneer Theatre Company in sound mix and design. His favorite productions have been Sting’s The Last Ship, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Next to Normal, and One Man, Two Guvnors. Aaron teaches sound production and recording at Weber State University, and in his spare time he records and produces music. His favorite star is his wife, Melissa, who puts up with all the late theatre nights.

SAMANTHA M. WOOTTEN (Hair and Makeup Design) is excited to continue another season with PTC and the University of Utah as Wig Master. Previous career highlights include Wig Designer for the Utah Opera and Santa Fe Opera, Wig Master for the Washington National Opera, Wig and Makeup Designer for Glimmerglass Opera, Associate Wig Master for Los Angeles Opera, and Wig Master for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

PAMELA BRUSOSKI* (Production Stage Manager) has stage managed on and off-Broadway for more than 20 years, including over 40 shows at Irish Repertory Theatre. She was a PSM at Pittsburgh Public Theater