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Honk! Honk! Welcome to Salt Lake Acting Company’s production of Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! We’re thrilled to have you join us for a wacky and wonderful adventure that celebrates the joy of imagination. Get ready for a busload of fun!
This season, we’re all about big imaginations, laughs, and a little dash of chaos! Just like our feathered friend Pigeon, we’re bending the rules, pushing boundaries, and reminding you that sometimes the best adventures come from saying, “Why not?” instead of “No way.”
We hope you’ll embrace your inner Pigeon today—be eager, be curious, be loud! Feel free to giggle, cheer, and let loose as we bring this story to life. Our talented team has worked tirelessly to create a colorful and energetic experience with everyone singing, laughing, and embracing the joy of community. Thank you for being here. Buckle up, enjoy the show, and whatever you do, don’t let the Pigeon drive the bus!
Wishing you love and light this holiday season,
Cynthia Executive Artistic Director
Pigeon Creative Team, Photo by Todd Collins Photography
Back for the 13th year, we are proud to partner with the Visual Art Institute! Student artwork will be displayed in SLAC’s Green Room Gallery — inspired by the school’s efforts to plant the seed of creative curiosity early in life.
Established in 1978, VAI encourages students to integrate their creativity into every aspect of their thinking, education and life, and provides exceptional visual art programs to elementary through high school students, including year-round classes and an intensive figurative workshop in the summer.
You’ll find literature about the Visual Art Institute in the Gallery. Please stop in to enjoy the exhibit.
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical
Script By Mo Willems & Tom Warburton
Music By Deborah Wicks La Puma
Lyrics By Mo Willems
Dramaturgy By Megan Alrutz
Director/Choreographer/Music Director
Penelope Caywood
Executive Artistic Director
Cynthia Fleming
Scenic Designer
Dennis Hassan
Co-Props Designers
Erika Ahlin
Anna Blaes
Lighting Designer Costume Designer
Jesse Portillo** Sofia Paredes-Kenrick
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Bridgette Lehman Tahra Veasley
December 6 - December 30, 2024
Professional Theatre Program
Assistant Director
Assistant Set Designer
Matthew Tripp J.S. Peterson
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 vitality and success .
FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
SALT LAKE COUNTY ZOO, ARTS & PARKS PROGRAM
THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
UTAH DIVISION OF ARTS AND MUSEUMS | UTAH LEGISLATURE
GEORGE S. & DOLORES DORÉ ECCLES FOUNDATION
TERENCE KEARNS STEPHENS CHARITABLE FUND
HERBERT I. & ELSA B. MICHAEL FOUNDATION
S.J. & JESSIE E. QUINNEY FOUNDATION
ANONYMOUS
B.W. BASTIAN FOUNDATION
JOHN & MARCIA PRICE FAMILY FOUNDATION
SALT LAKE CITY ARTS COUNCIL
SORENSON LEGACY FOUNDATION
MARRINER S. ECCLES FOUNDATION
NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK
MCCARTHEY FAMILY FOUNDATION
LAWRENCE T. & JANET T. DEE FOUNDATION
JARVIS & CONSTANCE DOCTOROW FAMILY FOUNDATION
SEMNANI FAMILY FOUNDATION
Salt Lake Acting Company sincerely thanks the following Corporate Partners who make the 2024/2025 season possible:
1WIRE
ALBION FINANCIAL GROUP
ASSIST INC. COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER
BEEHIVE CHEESE
BEEHIVE DISTILLERY
MAGICSPACE ENTERTAINMENT
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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.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
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JOSEPH PAUL BRANCA (He/Him):
Most recently seen at SLAC in SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive, SLACabaret: Down the Rabbit Hole, Pete the Cat, and Saturday’s Voyeur. Elsewhere: How to Succeed… (Hale Center Theater Orem), Fremont Jr. High… (Good Co. / World Premiere), and The Foreigner (WVCArts). JosephBranca.com / @JosephBranca
WENDY JOSEPH (She/They):
Most recently seen at SLAC in Elephant & Piggie’s: “We Are in a Play!”, SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Hairy & Sherri. Elsewhere: God Kinda Looks Like Tupac (Good Co.), Squeak! (Plan-B).
PEDRO FLORES (He/Him):
For full cast bios and information, please scan the QR Code or follow the link: https://shorturl.at/jhP5y
Most recently seen at SLAC in #SLACabaret. Elsewhere: Full Color (Plan-B), With You (Great Salt Lake Fringe), In the Heights (WVCarts).
LAUREL MORGAN (She/Her):
Most recently seen at SLAC in SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in
the Beehive & A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Elsewhere: A Midsummer Night’s Dream & The Tempest (U of U), Pride and Prejudice (The Grand). She is currently a student in the Actor Training Program at the U of U. @Laurel.G.Morgan
BRYCE ROMLESKI (He/Him):
Most recently seen at SLAC in SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive & A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Elephant & Piggie’s: “We Are in a Play!”. Elsewhere: Into the Woods & Cabaret (U of U), Much Ado About Nothing (Kaiserslautern Military Community OnStage). He is currently a student in the Musical Theatre Program at the U of U. BryceRomleski.com
ALEXA SHAHEEN (She/They):
Most recently seen at SLAC in SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive. Elsewhere: Nightmare Cabaret (Lagoon), SpongeBob the Musical (Youth Theatre at the U). They are currently a student in the Musical Theatre Program at the U of U. @AlexaShaheen
JOSEPH PAUL BRANCA
WENDY JOSEPH MARC NIELSON
LAUREL MORGAN BRYCE ROMLESKI ALEXA SHAHEEN
MO WILLEMS Script & Lyrics is an author, illustrator, animator, and playwright. He was the inaugural Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence (2019-2022), and he continues to collaborate in creating fun new stuff involving classical music, opera, comedy concerts, dance, painting and digital works with the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera, Ben Folds, Yo-Yo Ma, and others. Willems is best known for his #1 New York Times bestselling picture books, which have been awarded three Caldecott Honors (Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale; Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity), and his celebrated Elephant and Piggie early reader series, which has been awarded two Theodor Geisel Medals and five Geisel Honors.Mo’s art has been exhibited around the world, including major solo retrospectives at the High Museum (Atlanta) and the NewYork Historical Society (NYC). Over the last decade, Willems has become the most produced playwright of Theater for Young
Audiences in America, having written or cowritten four musicals based on his books. He began his career as a writer and animator on PBS’ Sesame Street, where he garnered six Emmy Awards (writing). Other television work includes two series on Cartoon Network: Sheep in the Big City (creator + head writer) and Codename: Kids Next Door (head writer). Mo’s recent TV projects include the live action comedy special Don’t Let the Pigeon Do Storytime! and an animated rock opera special based on Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, which originally premiered on HBO Max. In April 2023, Mo will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! with the publication of Be the Bus: The Lost & Profound Wisdom of The Pigeon (Union Square Kids, April 4, 2023), a humor book for adults, and Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! 20th Anniversary Edition (Hyperion Books for Children, April 4, 2023) including an exclusive board game. His papers reside at Yale University’s Beinecke Library.
WHO’S WHO
DEBORAH WICKS LA PUMA Music is a composer, music director, and orchestrator, and one of the most produced Theatre for Young Audiences artists working today. Some of her most popular musicals include Ella Enchanted (based on the book by Gail Carson Levine), Oliverio: A Brazilian Twist, and Einstein Is a Dummy with playwright Karen Zacarías, and the off-Broadway hit She Persisted (based on the book by Chelsea Clinton) with playwright Adam Tobin. Deborah has created three musicals with bestselling children’s author Mo Willems: Elephant and Piggie’s: “We Are in A Play!”; Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience, and Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!. On the small screen, she has worked with Willems on the adaptation of Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience (released in 2022 on HBO Max), and the upcoming animated series Unlimited Squirrels. As a music director and orchestrator, she has worked with major regional theatre companies across the country, including the Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She received her MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. Her honors include an Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Family Musical, the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, an NEA New American Works Grant, two Parents’ Choice Awards, and a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Musical Adaptation. A proud Mexican-American and “Navy brat” who grew up in Brazil, Portugal and California, La Puma is a member of TYA/USA, ASCAP and The Dramatists Guild. Mother to three daughters and Mimi the Cat, La Puma lives in Southern California with her PR agent and loving husband, Chris.
PENELOPE CAYWOOD Director/ Choreographer/Music Director (She/Her) is excited to return to Salt Lake Acting Company for another children’s show! Recent directing credits include the Utah premiere of Yoga Play (SLAC), the world premiere of Fremont Junior High is NOT Doing Oklahoma (Good Company Theatre), and The Book Club Play (University of Utah). Her past SLAC Theatre for Young Audiences
projects include Elephant and Piggy: We Are in a Play, A Year with Frog and Toad, Pete the Cat, Pinkalicious, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly, Art Dog, Cat in the Hat, Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type, How I Became a Pirate, and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Penelope also serves as the Artistic Director of Youth Theatre at the U and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre Teaching, where she loves creating opportunities for young talent to shine. Special thanks to SLAC, Cynthia, Jennie, and the entire design team for their creativity, support, and dedication to bringing this production to life.
JESSE PORTILLO**
Lighting Designer (He/ Him) Jesse Portillo is lighting designer based in Los Angeles, and an Associate Professor of Theatre at Cal Poly Pomona. Previous SLAC credits include Passing Strange, Pete The Cat, Saturday’s Voyeur, Climbing with Tigers, and Harbur Gate among many others. Additional credits include productions for South Coast Rep, Pioneer Theatre Company, Arizona Broadway Theatre, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Ancram Opera House, LOOK Musicals, New Century Dance, Repertory Dance Theater, Samba Fogo, PURE Theatre, Mobile Opera and Plan-B Theatre Company. He holds an MFA from Indiana University, and has previously served on the faculty of the University of Utah and the College of Charleston. He is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, and an active member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, where he is the Co- Commissioner for Lighting Design and Technology. He is a founding member of La Gente: The Latinx Design Network, and works to make all aspects of live entertainment more diverse, equitable and inclusive by deploying anti-racist approaches in all aspects of his work.
BRIDGETTE LEHMAN
Stage Manager (She/Her) is happy to be back at SLAC for another holiday season! Favorite Stage Management credits include Hairy & Sherri, A Year with Frog and Toad, You Will Get Sick, SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive (SLAC), Sherlock Holmes and The Final Problem (Plan-B Theatre and KUER), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Good Co. Theatre). Favorite
Assistant Stage Management credits include SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Whitelisted. She is a Weber State alumnus with her BA in Theatre Arts/Sound Production and Recording.
TAHRA VEASLEY Assistant Stage Manager (She/Her) is excited to be back at SLAC for the kids show for a third year in a row! Favorite select Stage Management credits include Whitelisted (SLAC), The Bleeding Class (59E59), Bald Sisters (SLAC), Can I Say Yes to That Dress? (SLAC), & Sankofa This Journey (SLAC), Senior Stages Play Tour Series (Plan-B Theatre Company), In the Heights & Noises Off (The Grand Theatre), & Eclipsed (Studio 115/KCACTF). Favorite Assistant Stage Management credits include Elephant & Piggie, Hairy & Sherri, Frog & Toad (SLAC), Once on This Island, Mamma Mia, Cagney, & Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Pioneer Theatre Company).
DENNIS HASSAN Set Designer (He/Him) is a Professor of Scenic Design at Utah State University, Dennis has designed over 180 productions for theatres from Hawaii to Maine. He also designs costumes, properties, corporate events, immersive experiences and puppetry. Favorites include costumes for Macbeth, My Fair Lady, Winter’s Tale, Dido and Aeneas; sets for Fun Home, August Osage County, Light in the Piazza, Sweeney Todd, Tales of Hoffmann; and puppets for Shockheaded Peter, Little Shop of Horrors, Issun Boshi and Beauty and the Beast. He has an MFA in theatre design from The Ohio State University. Dennis is delighted to return to SLAC where he has previously designed costumes for Whitelisted, Frog & Toad, Egress, Pete the Cat, and sets forb Streetlight Woodpecker, Winter, Fun Home, and Silent Dancer.
ANNA BLAES Co-Props Designer (She/ Her) is pleased to be working with SLAC again after having done Props Co-Design for Close Encounters in the Beehive, Bald Sisters, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and A Year with Frog and Toad. She has previously done Props for A Night to Dismember and Sympathizer at Great Salt Lake Fringe. Film: Set Dressing for Enactment by Bridger Roberts. BFA Theatre Design from the University of Utah, ABlaesDesign.com
ERIKA AHLIN Co-Props Designer (She/Her) is so excited to be on the creative team for this production. She has designed previously at SLAC for SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive, Bald Sisters, You Will Get Sick, SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and Assistant Props Design for Yoga Play. She has been working administratively with the SLAC since 2012, and is currently Director of Development. In her free time, Erika plays bass in NADEZHDA.
SOFIA PAREDES-KENRICK Costume
Designer (She/They) is delighted to be costuming Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! at Salt Lake Acting Company! Sofia was recently seen on the SLAC stage in last year’s TYA show Elephant and Piggie’s: “We Are in A Play!” as Squirelle 1, which sparked her joy for children’s theater. She was recently nominated for a Regional Broadway World Award for her costume work on Tooele Valley Theatre’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace and is the Costume Coordinator
WHO’S WHO
for the Youth Theatre at The U program. Sofia is so excited to be putting two of their biggest passions together for this production, and give young audiences a colorful and fashionable show!
MATTHEW TRIPP PTP Asst. Director (He/ They/She) - is PUMPED to be back at SLAC, this time as Assistant Director! Matthew has previously appeared at SLAC as an actor in their last two children’s shows, Elephant and Piggie’s: “We Are in a Play!” and A Year with Frog and Toad. For the last three years, they’ve taught drama under Penelope Caywood (the director of this show!) at the University of Utah and Wasatch Elementary through the University’s Youth Theatre and Drama Residency programs. They’re also a part of the Story Weavers at Hale Centre Theatre, bringing theater to schools and communities that don’t readily have access to it. They consider themselves very lucky to have found their niche as a teaching artist, serving the community through education and children’s theater.
J.S. PETERSON PTP Asst. Set Designer (He/ Him) is excited to work with the Salt Lake Acting Company for the first time. He is a scenic designer from Idaho, with a passion for creating immersive environments for audiences. His recent credits include The Tempest at Utah State University and Disney’s Descendants at Dare to Dream Children’s Theatre. One of his favorite aspects of scenic design is model making. Whether it’s building intricate scale models or designing full sets, he loves the process of bringing ideas to life.
CYNTHIA FLEMING Executive Artistic Director (She/Her) has been on the administrative staff at Salt Lake Acting Company since 1998. During this time, she has overseen multiple departments including Marketing, Communications, Development,
Production, and Audience Services. In 2015, Cynthia was named to her current role as Executive Artistic Director. Prior to arriving at Salt Lake Acting Company, Cynthia performed in the Broadway, National, and International companies of the original run of A Chorus Line, directed by Michael Bennett. Cynthia remains a working artist in the theatre and continues to direct and choreograph works both at SLAC and elsewhere. Those credits include SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive, SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, SLACabaret: Down the Rabbit Hole, SLACabaret 2021, Silent Dancer, Saturday’s Voyeur (16 years as Choreographer, 7 as Director/Choreographer), Bat Boy, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, as well as guest directing the MFA Playwrights’ Workshop—a partnership with the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival, Stanford University, and the National New Play Network. She has also served as a visiting professor for the University of Utah’s Musical Theatre program. Outside of her theatrerelated pursuits, Cynthia is a member of the Women’s Democratic Club of Utah, as well as 100 Women Who Care SLC. Cynthia is proud to serve SLAC and its mission to engage and enrich the community through brave, contemporary theatre.
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PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
Through the Professional Theatre Program for Emerging Artists (PTP), SLAC provides opportunities for students and early-career theatre artists to gain meaningful, fully paid experience alongside theatre professionals during each production.
This production’s PTP participants are: Matthew Tripp (PTP Asst. Director) and J.S. Peterson (PTP Asst. Set Designer)
“I’m so excited to be able to help build this awesome show from the production side and see this process from a different angle.”– Matthew Tripp - PTP. Asst. Director
“I am excited to be working at the Salt Lake Acting Company. It is a fantastic opportunity to grow as a young designer and collaborate with an amazing team of talented artists!”– J.S. Peterson - PTP Asst. Set Designer
Our thanks to the following funders for their generous support of this program: Terence Kearns Stephens Charitable Trust
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A comedy about grief, workshopped in SLAC’s 18/19 New Play Sounding Series. Roberta arrivess in Dublin but her suitcase— which contains her father’s ashes—doesn’t. Her trip turns into a magical mystery tour and the lost suitcase becomes a symbol of her life. This lyrical and intoxicating comedy tests forgiveness, love, and our trust in the universe.
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