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Table of Contents

Welcome �� 6 CLIMBING WITH TIGERS..................................................................................... 7 Acknowledgements......................................................................................... 8 Cast of Characters........................................................................................ 11 CLIMBING WITH TIGERS Sponsors.................................................................... 12 Who’s Who ��13 Meet The Animator....................................................................................... 20 Corporate Partners ��22 Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory............................................................... 23 In The Room with Dallas Graham and Nathan Glad....................................... 24 Did You Know............................................................................................... 26 Sponsors Friends and Supporters................................................................. 28 Salt Lake Acting Company Staff ��32 Board of Trustees ��33 Red Fred Partnership.................................................................................... 35 For Our Audience ��36

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Welcome

Do you know the feeling when everything seems to fall into place and you say to yourself “I must be living right.” That’s what Salt Lake Acting Company felt when Robert Scott Smith and Alexandra Harbold asked if SLAC would be interested in producing CLIMBING WITH TIGERS and collaborating with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory. This play is based on a book by Nathan Glad and Dallas Graham, founder of Red Fred Project. Pinch! Yes, SLAC has been living right. Throughout the last six years, Salt Lake Acting Company’s focus, along with producing high quality theatre, has been to give back to a community that has given so much. We’ve enjoyed performing for free on our stage, in libraries, schools, and various non-profit events. We partner with many non-profits and have built lasting relationships. We work closely with Title 1 elementary school students with preshow warm-ups and post-show Q & A. We watch their spirits lift confirming the power of theatre. All of these wonderful outreach events and community relationships have prepared SLAC for this very special play, CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. The words, magic and magical are very prominent when you glance at Red Fred Project’s website: Redfredproject.com. Dallas lives from the heart and his passion to create stories with critically ill children who face significant challenges in all 50 states inspires joy. It’s thrilling that SLAC has the opportunity to bring Nathan’s wonder-filled book to life on its stage. Nathan is extremely smart and has a great sense of humor—you feel better in his presence and want to be a better person. We’ve embraced Nathan and his family: his parents, Rachel and Ryan; his sister, Courtney; and brother, Jason. The Glad family is part of SLAC’s family now. This play fits our mission to engage and enrich community and our vision to embrace opportunities to think and act in compassionate, supportive ways. Through our arts education and outreach programs the following organizations and schools will see the play for free: Ronald McDonald House, Shriners Hospital, Angel’s Hands Foundation, Boys and Girls Club, Asian Association of Utah, Christmas Box House, Nathan Glad’s school and 2 Title 1 elementary schools. We’re thrilled to share this play with you and fill our theatre with Utah families. Thank you for climbing with us, Cynthia Executive Artistic Director

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CLIMBING WITH TIGERS Adapted for the stage by Troy Deutsch Based on the book by Dallas Graham & Nathan Glad In Collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and Red Fred Project Director

Alexandra Harbold

Digital Artist/Animator

Jarom Neumann Composer

Thomas George

Light Design

Kevin Mathie

Jesse Portillo

Stage Manager

Annie Brantley*

Puppet Design and Fabrication

Set Design

Mark Hofeling

Costume Design

Rodney Cuellar

Assistant Stage Manager

Robert Scott Smith*

Audio Recording Services

David Evanoff Sound Design

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Acknowledgements The Salt Lake Acting Company gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and government agencies for their very generous sponsorship. Their support is truly essential to SLAC’s success and vitality.

Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Funds Salt Lake County Cultural Facilities Support Program National Endowment for the Arts Utah Division of Arts & Museums Salt Lake City Arts Council The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Emma Eccles Jones Foundation George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Anonymous B. W. Bastian Foundation John & Marcia Price Family Foundation Terence Kearns Stephens Charitable Fund Edgerton Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundation Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation R. Harold Burton Foundation The Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Sorenson Legacy Foundation McCarthey Family Foundation Henry W. & Leslie M. Eskuche Foundation C. Comstock Clayton Foundation Utah Humanities The PI Fund Manners/Golden Rule Foundation Whittenburg Foundation

This project is supported in part by Salt Lake County’s Zoo Arts and Parks program, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the Salt Lake City Arts Council.

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Cast of Characters NARRATOR/DRED FRED/TIGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Scott Smith* BLUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Archer*

THE JOLLY TROOP RED FRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ty Burrell* YVETTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Burrell PENNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Shippobotham BLACK JACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Sincell* STILTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tito Livas* UPPER TWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latoya Cameron UNDER TWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyson Baker MAGNUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coltyn Robert Giltner ALGERNON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Young * Member of Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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WHO’S WHO AUSTIN ARCHER

and Nail Theatre); OUR TOWN (The Grand Theatre); MOCKINGBIRD (Pygmalion); and (Blue) This is Austin's BASH (Plan-B). Film: Wildlife 2015 Festival second collaboration De Cannes Court Métrage | Winner | with Flying Bobcat after American Pavilion Selections. Robert having co-created and Scott is the Founder and Co-Artistic performed in LOVE at Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical the Leo. Other credits Laboratory. Past productions include a include: A FEW GOOD MEN, SPELLING collaboration with the SLC Men’s Choir BEE, PETER AND STARCATCHER, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE ROCKY HORROR LOST IN THE WOODS a theatrical concert at The Masonic Temple; a collaboration SHOW (Pioneer Theatre Company) with choreographer Charlotte BoyeSATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2011-2014, THE CAT Christensen, NOW-ID and NYC Playwright IN THE HAT, HOW I BECAME A PIRATE, Troy Deutsch to create FEAST a siteCLICK CLACK MOON, BLOODY BLOODY specific performance at The Great ANDREW JACKSON, TOO MUCH MEMORY Saltair. And at The Leonardo he created (Salt Lake Acting Company). Television and film: Blood & Oil, Everwood, Touched the POPUP@LEO program where he cocreated and performed in SENSES 5, By an Angel, Whisper Island. As always thanks to SLAC for being my home for so LOVE, and MIND OVER MATTER. Robert Scott is currently an adjunct instructor many creative endeavors, to Scott and for the Department of Theatre at the Andra for being such bold and inspiring University of Utah. Education: MFA Old collaborators and friends, and to my Globe Theatre San Diego; BFA Actor family for absolutely everything else. Training Program University of Utah. Enjoy the show!

ROBERT SCOTT SMITH (Narrator,

Dred Fred, Tiger, CoFounder and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory) Robert Scott Smith’s NYC credits include KEEPING ISHMAEL (Workshop); PERICLES (SLANT); and the co-development of Roger Benington’s new work, MORMON BIRD PLAY. SLC acting credits include SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2015, RAPTURE BLISTER BURN, GOOD PEOPLE, CHARM (World Premiere), SWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS, SIX YEARS, BIG LOVE, BATBOY: THE MUSICAL, and GROSS INDECENCY (Salt Lake Acting Company); CRUCIBLE (Pioneer Theatre Company); SHHH! BURLESQUE, PAINS OF YOUTH, and SANTALAND DIARIES (Tooth

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TROY DEUTSCH

(Adaptor) is a writer, director, and actor from rural Minnesota living in New York City. Last fall he studied with Nicky Silver as part of The Vineyard Theatre’s Fall Playwriting Workshop. Troy’s three-act family drama THE ROSE GARDEN, a semi-finalist for the O’Neill Playwriting Conference, received a week-long developmental workshop in 2014 at American Theater Company in Chicago. His play BULL SHARK ATTACK was workshopped in 2014 at Salt Lake Acting Company and was presented as part of their New Play Sounding Series. Troy’s play IN A TILTED PLACE premiered at IRT Theater in August 2015. His play LAKE WATER, a semi-finalist for the O’Neill

WHO’S WHO Playwriting Conference, was developed at The New Group through the New Group/New Works Reading Series. LAKE WATER received its world premiere at IRT Theater directed by Daniel Talbott. Troy’s play PUSSYCAT was produced by the University of Utah, directed by Sandra Shotwell, and was a regional finalist with Kennedy Center ACTF. Troy recently wrote the text for FEAST, a multi-disciplinary collaboration between Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and NOW-ID, which was performed at The Great Saltair. As an actor: RABBIT HOLE (Broadway u/s, Manhattan Theatre Club). Regional: RABBIT HOLE (The Huntington Theatre Company, The Cleveland Playhouse); LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, A FLEA IN HER EAR (Chautauqua Theater Company).Training:

BFA from the University of Utah Actor Training Program.

ALEXANDRA HARBOLD (Director,

Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory) Previously at SLAC, Harbold directed this season’s TRIBES, the premieres of (a man enters) and THE PERSIAN QUARTER, and several NPSS readings; and acted in TWO STORIES, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, SIX YEARS, and ICE GLEN. Current projects: directing PICNIC for the Grand Theatre, dramaturging Pioneer Theatre Company’s AN INSPECTOR CALLS; and acting in Pygmalion’s upcoming REMINGTON & WEASEL. Harbold is an Adjunct Instructor of Theatre at the University of Utah, where she

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WHO’S WHO most recently directed TWELFTH NIGHT for Salt Lake Shakespeare. Previous Flying Bobcat collaborations include: directing LOST IN THE WOODS, a theatrical concert with Musical Director Dennis McCracken and the Salt Lake City Men’s Choir; and performing in FEAST, a sitespecific performance created with NOWID Founder/Choreographer Charlotte Boye-Christensen and Playwright Troy Deutsch. Harbold co-created and directed SENSES 5, LOVE, and MIND OVER MATTER for POPUP@LEO. Education: Masters, University of London Goldsmiths College; BA, Middlebury College, Vermont; SITI Summer Intensive, Skidmore College, New York; and BADA Midsummer at Oxford, Balliol College. Ever thanks to Salt Lake Acting Company and to this creative team.

JAROM NEUMANN (Digital Artist/

Animator) is a recent graduate from Brigham Young University’s animation program. He was the editor for BYU’s 2015 academy award winning short film, Ram’s Horn, and a producer for BYU’s 2014 short film, Bothered. Before entering the industry as a freelance animator, Jarom worked at BYUtv, animating for Studio C. He is currently engaged to the love of his life, Kara Lohberg.

KEVIN MATHIE (Music Director)

Kevin Mathie is thrilled to be a part of CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. He is a full-time musician and composer. He spent 12 years as the resident musical director for The Grand Theater, and is currently the resident musical

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WHO’S WHO director/arranger for Salt Lake Acting Company’s SATURDAY’S VOYEUR. This past fall, Kevin composed and arranged the music for a new adaptation of BABES IN TOYLAND that was produced at Centerpoint Legacy Theater in Centerville. He has also written complete original vocal scores for SHEAR LUCK (book/lyrics by Brenda Cowley), RUMPELSTILTSKIN (book/ lyrics by Dana Keiter), JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (book/lyrics by Dana Keiter), and Intermountain Heath Care’s LIVE WELL (co-written with Eric Jensen and Robin Wilks-Dunn) that tours schools throughout Utah. He has also written incidental scores for Salt Lake Acting Company’s TWO-HEADED and VOICES IN THE DARK, The Grand Theatre’s MISS EVERS’ BOYS, and OUR TOWN, and Weber State University’s DANSE MACABRE. Kevin is also a busy composer for film/ tv, including arranging and musically directing a special comedy song for the Showtime special Larry Wilmore’s “Race, Religion, and Sex in Utah.” He was awarded Best Musical Score for the short film “Enthusiasm” at the 2014 Las Vegas 48-Hour Film Project, and Best Musical Score at the 2009 Salt Lake City 48-Hour Film Project for the short film “S.H.A.T.” Kevin is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

THOMAS GEORGE (Set Designer)

Thomas is a former Adjunct Instructor of Theatre at the University of Utah. He holds an MFA from U.C. San Diego, and a BFA from the University of Utah. Current projects include shows at Plan B Theatre and Pygmalion Productions, among others. Previous credits include MOCKINGBIRD, HELLMAN VS. MCCARTHY. (Pygmalion), A FLEA IN HER EAR, THE ADDING MACHINE, REASONS TO BE PRETTY

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WHO’S WHO (Guest designer – U of U), TWELFTH NIGHT and YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN (Salt Lake Shakespeare), HAMLET for the Brooklyn Gallery Players, YOU ARE HERE at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York, THE MISANTHROPE at the Mandel Weiss Forum Theatre, and AS YOU LIKE IT for the Potiker Theatre at UC San Diego. You can see more of his work at www. tgscenic.com

RODNEY CUELLAR (Costume

Designer) PROJECT FABULOCITY I & II, THE SANTALAND DIARIES, THE PAINS OF YOUTH, FULLY COMMITTED, CRAVE, ARABIAN NIGHTS (Tooth&Nail Theatre Company), SERIOUS MONEY (Bard College), IT’S A CRUEL CRUEL SUMMER (The Joyce Soho Theatre), TIMOCINA & THE CROCODILES (Drama League, Schaeberle, Theatre), ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Sundance Theatre Educational Tour), OLIVER, CINDERELLA (Sundance Outdoor Summer Theatre), GRIMM, IVONA PRINCESS OF BURGUNDIA, HARVEY, THE TEMPEST, TARTUFFE, LIFE IS A DREAM (Waterford Black Box Theatre).

ADAM DAY (Sound Designer) has

a BFA in Performing Arts Design from the University of Utah. Some of his recent credits include sound design

and live mix for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (The Grand Theatre), AMERICAN IDIOT (University of Utah Theatre Department), GODSPELL (University of Utah Theatre Department), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (The Grand Theatre), LOST IN THE WOODS (Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory), FEAST (NOW-ID) and SPRING AWAKENING (University of Utah Theatre Department). He also works as the Technical Coordinator at the Draper City Amphitheater where he has been for the last six seasons.

JESSE PORTILLO (Lighting Designer)

is happy to work with SLAC again. He previously designed for TWO STORIES, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, DR. SEUSS’S THE CAT IN THE HAT, CLICK CLACK MOO, RED, HOW I BECAME A PIRATE, IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE, THE PERSIAN QUARTER, GO, DOG. GO! and TOO MUCH MEMORY. Locally, Jesse has designed for Pygmalion Theatre, the Egyptian Theatre Company and the Babcock Theater. He is on the faculty at the University Of Utah Department Of Theatre where he teaches light design.

ANNIE BRANTLEY* (Stage Manager)

Annie is returning to SLAC for the second time and has spent the past decade working countless shows for several

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WHO’S WHO companies filling every production role imaginable. Favorite past productions include RED NOSES, (Lighting) EQUUS,(Sound) THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNUM COUNTY SPELLING BEE,(Lighting) GRACE, (Stage manager) WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (Stage manager) NOISES OFF (Props) and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Stage manager) She earned her BFA in technical theater with an emphasis in stage management from Westminster College and was a technical director there for two years.

MARK HOFELING (Puppet Design and

Fabrication) Mark Hofeling is a veteran designer in the film and television industry. While he finds the conceptual and managerial responsibilities of the film world immensely satisfying, he misses the hands-on craft that underpins all of showbiz. So he was delighted to jump at the amazing invitation to create Thunder Tiger for SLAC’s production of CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. He considers it a great honor and responsibility to help bring this important vision into 3 dimensions, and thanks all involved for the opportunity to play in their space.

CYNTHIA FLEMING (Executive

Artistic Director) has been in the world of dance and theatre professionally for over 37 years, during which time she performed in the Broadway, National and International companies with A CHORUS LINE. Since 1995 she has worn many hats at SLAC, including Choreographer, Director, Box Office Manager and Director of Audience Services. She developed SLAC’s high quality customer service titled: Mayberry meets Space Odyssey, which is the foundation for the record breaking number of subscribers. She

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conceived and created the position of Director of Communication and Audience Development and assembled the communication team to generate a renewed energy and excitement about the theatre. In 2010 she became CoExecutive Producer and is now honored to be SLAC’s Executive Artistic Director. Cynthia remains a working artist in the theatre and has choreographed many SLAC productions including SATURDAY’S VOYEUR for 15 years which she has directed/choreographed for 5 years. Cynthia is proud to serve SLAC and its mission to engage and enrich community through brave contemporary theatre.

SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY –

Salt Lake Acting Company is celebrating its 45th season in flight, and continuing its mission is to engage and enrich community through brave contemporary theatre. Founded in 1970, SLAC is a notfor-profit 501(c)3 professional theatre dedicated to producing, commissioning, and developing new works and to supporting a community of professional artists. SLAC has been nationally recognized by the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Edgerton Foundation, among others. SLAC operates under a SPT Actors Equity Association contract and is a Constituent Member of Theatre Communications Group (a national organization for nonprofit professional regional theatres), and the National New Play Network (a national alliance of non-profit professional theatres that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays).

Meet The Animator! Jarom Neumann

Neumann, as his friends call him, is a chameleon that loves the emotion of story and would rather spend his day observing all the unique people in the world go about their fascinating lives. Neumann took in Nathan and Dallas’ story, Troy’s adaptation, and Flying Bobcat’s instincts and created the stunning visual world of CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. Neumann is an aspiring Story Artist, and is currently studying in the animation program at Brigham Young University. He has extra skills in Motion Graphic, 3D modeling, and compositing in After Effects.

Nathan Glad and Austin Archer at rehearsal.

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(AEA) – founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

National New Play Network

(NNPN) - is the country’s alliance of nonprofit professional theaters dedicated to the development, production, and continued life of new plays. Since its founding in 1998, NNPN has supported more than 150 productions nationwide through its innovative National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere program, which provides playwright and production support for new works. Additional programs - its annual National Conference, National Showcase of New Plays, and MFA Playwrights Workshop; the NNPN Annual and Smith Prize commissions; its residencies for playwrights, producers and directors; and the organization’s member accessed Collaboration, Festival, and Travel banks, and online information sessions - have helped cement the Network’s position as a vital force in the regional theater landscape. NNPN's programming allows its members and their affiliated artists to create, grow, and share new work across the country and around

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Flying Bobcat

Theatrical Laboratory Robert Scott Smith and Alexandra Harbold

Flying Bobcat is a theatrical laboratory dedicated to exploring the possibilities of storytelling in performance through language, movement, technology, and design.

I’d been dreaming of this type of work for what seems like a lifetime when I first asked Andra to collaborate with me on the POP-UP@LEO series at The Leonardo Museum. That invitation led to the creation of FEAST with Now-ID three devised original works: SENSES 5, LOVE, and MIND|MATTER. It stirred up our curiosity about forming an ongoing creative partnership and ultimately inspired us to form our own totem and company, Flying + Bobcat. It also initiated other collaborative relationships that we have continued to build upon in CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. We recognize that what we dream of creating is only achievable through collaboration and mad, determined play. Which is evident in our most recent collaborations that have included; LOST IN THE WOODS a theatrical concert at The Masonic Temple with the SLC Men's Choir; FEAST a site-specific performance at the Great Saltair with choreographer Charlotte BoyeChristensen, NOW-ID and NYC Playwright Troy Deutsch. Early in our work at The Leonardo, we discovered a book by Michael J Gelb, in which he explored what he identified as the guiding principles of Leonardo da Vinci: Curiosità, Dimostrazione, Sensazione, Sfumato, Arte/Scienza, Corporalità, and Connessione. We adopted those principles as a blueprint for our own creative process and hope they are evident in our work: curiosity and an appetite to learn; responsive experimentation; storytelling that taps into the potential and expressivity of the body and the senses; and an appreciation for the amplification of ideas possible through collaboration. Thank you to Salt Lake Acting Company for saying yes to Troy Deutsch’s beautiful adaptation of Nathan & Dallas’ CLIMBING WITH TIGERS and to this production. SLAC has supported the development of this new work at every turn and afforded us the opportunity to assemble this undeniably brilliant creative team whose work daily outstrips our dreams of what the project could be. Let us take you to a magic place…. Robert Scott Smith and Alexandra Harbold, Flying Bobcat Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors

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In The Room

With co-authors of the book CLIMBING WITH TIGERS, Dallas Graham and Nathan Glad Dallas and Nathan sit down with SLAC's Erika Ahlin.

Erika: Let’s get started! Tell the audience a little bit about yourselves. Dallas: I’ll go first, just because I am wearing leather boots. I’m Dallas, I live in Salt Lake City and I love Salt Lake Acting Company. I’m sitting here with this really great friend of mine. And we are about 3 decades apart in age, but I feel like we’re also kind of close in age too in a bird kind of way. So this is Nathan, but I’ll let Nathan speak for himself. Nathan: Hi I’m Nathan Glad and I wrote the book Climbing with Tigers and I have a disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, but the abbreviation is OI. Erika: Nathan, you are 9-years-old and are already a published author. How does it feel? Nathan: Feels the same…like any other normal day. Erika: I know a lot of adults who would love to write a book and they haven’t quite done it yet, but hopefully they will. Dallas, will you tell me a little bit about the Red Fred Project? Dallas: Sure. A couple years ago, I had this idea, or rather my birds (The Jolly Troop) had an idea, that we wanted to write books with kids. The kids that we wanted to work with had critical illnesses, meaning these were illnesses or diseases that really impacted daily living. I reached out to some friends of mine in the community in Salt Lake and two different friends pointed me to this man named Steve. Steve works with a bunch of families, about 300 of them, in Salt Lake

City. These families with kids who have rare diseases,have gotten together through this organization called Angel's Hands Foundation. And they do really cool stuff, they have events, they pull families together, they make really great things happen with the kids and their families. So when I met Steve, I said “hey, two friends of mine said I needed to meet you and that you knew someone I should meet.” And it was in seconds he said, “I know exactly who you need to meet. His name is Nathan Glad.” And then he pulled up a picture. I had never met Nathan or seen him, but we talked about Nathan for an hour and then he gave me the number to Nathan’s parents. So I called them and said, “hey you guys, I’ve heard about you, what would you think about making a book together?” Erika: And the rest is history. Tell us about writing the book—Nathan, did you have fun writing the book? Nathan: Yeah, it took a long time, that’s for sure because we got sick, we had other events, just a lot of obstacles in the way. But we did get it done. Erika: It’s a beautiful story. What was your favorite part about writing it? Nathan: Making my bird. Erika: What’s your bird’s name? Nathan: Blue. Erika: Can you tell us a little bit about Blue? Nathan: He’s this little black bird that can’t fly. And he wants to go and see the world but

NATHAN GLAD is the happiest boy you will meet. He takes nothing for granted and is completely genuine in his passion for people and life. You will never find a more grateful boy; in fact, his first spoken words were “gank you.” Nathan’s condition is Osteogenesis Imperfecta or O.I. for short (also known as Brittle Bones). He breaks his bones on average once a month—usually a long bone like a femur or humerus. He has been through a dozen surgeries to place rods in his legs and arms—to both straighten and strengthen his bones. Nathan’s biggest goal right now is to walk. He is working hard at physical therapy to get to the point where he can stand and, hopefully, someday take his first steps! Nathan loves playing baseball for his miracle league team, the Angels, and is fascinated with speedy things (cars, motorcycles and rockets).

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he can’t because he can’t fly. And he sees the Jolly Troop and he asks them to take him on an adventure with them. And they say, “Alright, come on!” and he’s like, “But I can’t!” And you’ll have to read the rest! Erika: Your school is coming to see CLIMBING WITH TIGERS, how do you feel about that? Nathan: I think they’ll like it. Most of them have read the book. Probably my whole school. I think a lot of people are fighting for the book in the library. I don’t check it out though because I know someone else has got it. Erika: You both just saw a rehearsal, what do you think so far? What are you most excited to see come to life? Nathan: I think it is amazing. I just think this is really cool. Dallas: I’m so excited to see the costumes, I’m excited to see the birds fly, and I’m excited to see Blue turn into kind of a human in the actors, and the set design is incredible, it’s amazing. Erika: Dallas, what does it mean for the Red Fred Project to have the story come alive on stage? Dallas: I think it means it’s this galactic beautiful ripple that we weren’t expecting to happen. We’re trying to make books with children in different states. I think it just shows the sort of connectivity and the influence that a creative community can have in a city to help bring awareness, cause delight, inspire imagination. So in a very awesome, wonderful way, it shows us that in other communities Boise, Tennessee, anywhere else that we’ve

been, it would be so great to see these communities think, “oh why don’t we make plays with our kids.” Salt Lake Acting Company’s showing that this is possible and that there is a way to do that. It’s gorgeous. I can’t say enough about it. It’s amazing. Erika: Nathan, is there anything else you’d like to say to the audience? Dallas: (whispers to Nathan) How about like, “Hey, come to the show!” Nathan: Come to the show! Have a good time! Erika: I think that’s just perfect. Thank you guys so much! Nathan: Tweet ya later!

DALLAS GRAHAM is the founder and creator of the Red Fred Project: a children’s

book collaboration between himself and 50 children with critical illnesses across the 50 states. He created Red Fred and his colorful friends, The Jolly Troop, six years ago and has been telling stories with them ever since. Dallas is a photographer, graphic designer, writer, and enjoys discovering creative ways of connecting people through their stories. He has produced a number of personal and community driven projects and can’t seem to turn off his “idea” switch. The Red Fred Project is a culmination of three of his favorite things: narratives, hope and children.

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DID YOU KNOW? Salt Lake Acting Company’s reach extends much further than the walls of the 19th Ward House. Our suite of arts education, outreach and new play development programs connect us to the community like never before. • The University Professional Theatre Program helps university and college students get one step closer to winning that Tony Award, through paid professional experience with SLAC. Since 2013, 53 students have benefited from this program, and are practicing their acceptance speech. • SLAC’s Title I Arts Education Program opens the world of theatre to more than 1,300 Title I elementary students who see our children’s show for free. They laugh with us, dance with us, applauded what we do right, and point out what we might have missed – all while brightening up our day. • The SLAC Scholarship gives four deserving young theatre artists from colleges and universities around Utah the freedom and flexibility to pursue meaningful opportunities in the arts, enriching our community while also jumpstarting their careers. The colleges and universities are blown away by a professional theatre company giving a scholarship. • SLAC makes meaningful contributions to the American Theatre arena through our New Play Development programs: ∏∏ For 21 years, the New Play Sounding Series has provided a safe, creative space for playwrights and audiences to explore the questions that arise as a new play is being developed for full production. STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER, TWO STORIES, HOW TO MAKE A ROPE SWING, and many other SLAC productions have been workshopped in the NPSS.

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DID YOU KNOW? ∏∏ In 2015, SLAC started a unique and innovative program called the Salt Lake Acting Company Playwrights’ Lab. The Lab assembles a company of artists from Utah and all around the country to investigate and develop brand new scripts. The Lab is writer-led and writer-focused, giving playwrights invaluable space and resources to deepen their work. “The experience of the lab was incredibly rejuvenating. I came back to NYC, back into processes that are on-going, midway complete or launching with more creative thinking, more simple thinking and certainly more patience. It reminded me that the bottom line is that we are ALL storytellers. And telling a good story in the best way possible, is all we need to keep our eye on. SLAC rocks!”Tamilla Woodard, Director ∏∏ SLAC’s partnership with the David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists provides playwrights 35 and younger an opportunity to workshop a new script with a team of professional theatre artists, culminating in a public reading at SLAC. Last year's reading was met with so much unforeseen excitement, we had to add chairs! • For each production, we partner with nonprofit organizations whose mission exemplifies or addresses a theme or idea from the play. In the past, we’ve been lucky to partner with Canine’s with a Cause, Alzheimer’s Association, Music & Memory Coalition, Fisher House SLC, Urban Crossroads Center, Bad Dog Arts and more! • Our Green Room Gallery is a space that allows us to nurture our local, creative community, and celebrate the reinforcements born between the visual and performing arts. This season we have been very lucky to partner with ART ACCESS, who has filled our Green Room Gallery with artwork by veterans, individuals with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers, and members of the Deaf community.

Thanks to the generous support of donors and corporate sponsors, we can pilot and implement innovative programs that impact the theatre world and place SLAC on the national stage. Join us in inspiring the next generation of theatre goers, actors, designers, stage managers, directors and arts administrators! If you would like to learn more about one or all these vital programs, please contact Olivia at 801.363.7522 or olivia@saltlakeactingcompany.org

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Red Fred Partnership Salt Lake Acting Company is thrilled to be partnering with The Red Fred project during CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. The book CLIMBING WITH TIGERS was created through this absolutely beautiful organization. The Red Fred Project is a silver-starred, magical collaboration through which Dallas Graham co-creates original stories in the form of self-published books with 50 children with critical illnesses across the 50 states. The books use photography, graphic design, story-telling techniques and star a likable group of birds made from commas and exclamation marks called The Jolly Troop. These magical, creative children have faced significant challenges in short lifetimes— with humor, compassion and wisdom-filled stories to share. Dallas wants to know how they view the world and help them create an original, one-of-a-kind book, publish it, place it in their hands and say, “Way to go! You’ve published a story; you’ve created a book!” Pick up your very own copy of CLIMBING WITH TIGERS in SLAC’s lobby, and visit redfredproject.com to learn more about this incredible organization.

Design Team

The design team of CLIMBING WITH TIGERS: Jesse Portillo, Adam Day, Jarom Neumann, Thomas George, Kevin Mathie, Annie Brantley, Rodney Cuellar

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The Upstairs Theatre is not wheelchair accessible, please call for further details. An ADA approved restroom is available in the lobby. The use of film, video or audio recording equipment in the theatre during a performance is expressly prohibited. Please turn off all cell phones.

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