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Table of Contents Welcome �� 6 STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER............................................................................... 7 Acknowledgements �� 8 Cast of Characters........................................................................................ 11 Who’s Who ��13 Corporate Partners ��22 University Professional Theatre Program....................................................... 23 In The Room with Shawn Fisher and Richie Call............................................ 24 Green Room Gallery...................................................................................... 26 Sponsors Friends and Supporters................................................................. 28 Salt Lake Acting Company Staff ��32 Board of Trustees ��33 Coming Next: CLIMBING WITH TIGERS............................................................. 35 For Our Audience ��36

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Welcome Welcome to the World Premiere of STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER by Utah playwright, Shawn Fisher. It’s your appreciation of new work, expansive thinking and wondrous journeys that allows Salt Lake Acting Company to soar to new heights in developing and producing new plays. You are at the heart of all our efforts and we thank you and give you a standing ovation. The month of February is a wild ride of creativity. Call it having a sense of adventure or being brave, the act of creativity takes a lot of guts and is the essence of SLAC. Our hats are off to all the amazing creative artists that said ‘YES’ and generously shared their passion for new work. On the first of February, we celebrated four magnificent women, Julie Jensen, Anne Cullimore Decker, Margaret Battin and Tracy Callahan at SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series where Julie’s play WINTER was read. This same day we collected scripts for The David Fetzer Foundation/Salt Lake Acting Company partnership in which one playwright 35 years of age or younger will be given the opportunity to develop a new play by participating in a workshop and reading at SLAC. Now in rehearsal in the Chapel theatre preparing for its March opening is CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. This World Premiere is a beautiful collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and The Red Fred Project. This play is adapted for the stage by Troy Deutsch and based on a book by Nathan Glad and Dallas Graham. If you haven’t booked your tickets for this visually spectacular adventure for all ages, do so now. February 20th - 27th, 40 more artists will be in the building from 9am to 9pm with one purpose in mind: to serve four playwrights in developing their plays. SLAC’s Playwrights’ Lab launched last year and was a transformative experience for everyone involved. The Lab put SLAC on the map nationally and deepened our artistic relationships locally. Speaking of national recognition, Allison Considine from American Theatre Magazine is doing a story on SLAC and CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. Her visit will also include observing our Playwrights’ Lab and attending STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER. This prestigious magazine is the nation's only general-circulation magazine devoted to theatre. It is a huge honor for SLAC to be featured. Another VIP visitor during this time is the Executive Director of the National New Play Network, Nan Barnett. This vital organization is the country’s alliance of nonprofit theatres that champions the development, production and continued life of new plays. We’re thrilled to show her how incredible SLAC is! Thank you for being here, -Cynthia Fleming, Executive Artistic Director

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World Premiere

STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER By Shawn Fisher Director

Richie Call Set Design

Light Design

Dennis Hassan

Jesse Portillo

Sound Design

Costume Design

Jennifer Jackson

Nancy Hills

Dialect Coach

Adrianne Moore

Prop Design

Janice Jenson

Production Stage Manager

Justin Ivie*

FEBRUARY 10-MARCH 6, 2016 University Professional Theatre Program Assistant Director

Jennifer Grzybowski Assistant Set Design

Assistant Light Design

Assistant Sound Design

Assistant Costume Design

Joshua Roberts Surreal Cox

Martin C. Alcocer

Cortney Millecam

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 Mark Family 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 BENJI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefan Espinosa SAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carleton Bluford* ELIZABETH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Custodio MATT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Sincell* * Member of Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER Cast: Carleton Bluford, Stefan Espinosa, Olivia Custodio and Matthew Sincell. MILLS PUBLISHING, INC. Dan Miller, President; Cynthia Bell Snow, Office Administrator; Jackie Medina, Art Director; Leslie Hanna, Ken Magleby, Patrick Witmer, Graphic Design; Paula Bell, Karen Malan, Dan Miller, Paul Nicholas, Advertising Representatives; Jessica Alder, Office Assistant; Jody Martin Administrative Assistant; The Salt Lake Acting Company playbill is published by Mills Publishing, Inc.,772 East 3300 South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 Phone: 801.467.8833 Email: advertising@millspub.com Website: millspub.com Mills Publishing produces playbills for many performing arts groups. Advertisers do not necessarily agree or disagree with content or views expressed on stage. Please contact us for playbill advertising opportunities. Copyright 2016.

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The Salt Lake Acting Company Playwrightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lab is an exciting new endeavor dedicated solely to the development of new scripts. The SLAC Lab is modeled after the Sundance Theatre Lab and is led by its founder David Kranes, along with SLAC's Associate Artistic Director Shannon Musgrave. The second annual SLAC Lab will welcome playwrights Troy Deutsch, David Jacobi, Hansol Jung, and Kate Tarker along with a diverse company of artists from Utah and across the country. SLAC will be bursting with creativity February 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 27, 2016.

The 2016 Lab company includes: Cohen Ambrose (Montana dramaturg) Daniel Beecher (SLC actor) Charlotte Boye-Christensen (SLC choreographer) Anne Louise Brings (SLC actor) Tony Campisi (NYC actor) Nicole Cardoni (NYC actor) Paul Castles (NYC composer) Vichet Chum (NYC actor) Bobby Cody (SLC stage manager) Trent Cox (SLC stage manager) Troy Deutsch (NYC/SLC playwright) April Fossen (SLC actor) Luis Galindo (Texas actor) Martine Kei Green-Rogers (SLC dramaturg) Bill Harley (Massachusetts storyteller) David Jacobi (Philadelphia playwright) Michael Scott Johnson (SLC actor) Hansol Jung (South Korean playwright) Julienne Hanzelka Kim (NYC actor) Valerie Kittell (SLC stage manager) David Kranes (SLC Lab Founder) Dan Larrinaga (SLC actor)

Robin LeMon (Texas actor) Tito Livas (SLC actor) Will Manning (NYC actor) Ricklen Nobis (SLC musician) J. Ranelli (NYC resource artist) Kenny Raskin (Massachusetts improv artist) Topher Rasmussen (SLC actor) Michael Rau (NYC director) Latoya Rhodes (SLC actor) Richard Rice (Florida resource artist) Megan Monaghan Rivas (Pittsburgh dramaturg) Shannon Robert (South Carolina scenic designer) Jennie Sant (SLC stage manager) Jasmine St. Clair (LA actor) Cassandra Stokes-Wylie (NYC/SLC actor) Leslie Swackhamer (Texas director) Kate Tarker (NYC playwright) Patrick Tovatt (Oregon dramaturg) Larry West (SLC director) Joleen Wilkinson (NYC actor) Robin Wilks-Dunn (SLC resource artist) Tamilla Woodard (NYC director)

WHO’S WHO STEFAN ESPINOSA

(Benji) is honored to be joining the amazing SLAC cast for this exceptional new play! Some regional theatre credits include: Arizona Theatre Company, PCPA Theatrefest, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Theatre, and The Great American Melodrama. Stefan has a BFA in Musical Theatre (University of Arizona) and an MFA in Acting (University of Houston PATP). Stefan is the co-founder/director of the Utah Festival Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and is a member of the Theatre faculty at Idaho State University.

the Utah AIDS Foundation/Plan-B AIDS Plays and his play NIGGAH was read as part of the Edward Lewis Black Theatre Festival. MAMA was his first full-length production at Plan-B. He is excited to be returning to Salt Lake Acting Company for STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER.

OLIVIA CUSTODIO

(Elizabeth) is grateful to be a part of such a vital and thoughtprovoking play with such an incredible team of actors. You may have recently seen her as the Museum Director in ART DOG (SLAC), Heavenly Mother in SATURDAY’S VOYEUR (SLAC), Domina in A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (University of Utah), Eunice in A STREETCAR NAMED CARLETON DESIRE (Radical Hospitality Theater), BLUFORD* (Sam) or as the understudy for Sue Mengers played Riff Raff in in I’LL EAT YOU LAST (SLAC). Olivia has ROCKY HORROR SHOW, a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University Graffiti Pete in Pioneer and her Masters in Music from the Theater Company’s University of Utah. She has sung IN THE HEIGHTS, and leading roles in such operas as LA VOIX Joshua Moore in Pioneer’s reading of AN HUMAINE, HANSEL AND GRETEL, and ALABAMA STORY. Carleton has previously FALSTAFF. A lover of all things comical, appeared in Plan-B’s WALLACE, SLAM Olivia has studied improv at The Second and THE THIRD CROSSING which was City in Chicago and hopes to one day nominated for three Arty Awards in Salt get famous on YouTube for something Lake City Weekly. Other acting credits random that took very little effort. include JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR (Park Much love to her family, Dan, and her City’s Egyptian Theatre), RAGTIME (Hale pug, Otis. Center Theatre), THE OVERWHELMING (Salt Lake Acting Company), RUINED MATTHEW SINCELL* (People Productions), and CIVIL WAR (Matt) is delighted to be with Merrill Osmond (Hale Centre returning to SLAC for his Theatre). Recent film credits include second production of the Saints & Soldiers: The Void, Stop year with the company Pepper Palmer (Best Supporting Actor, as Matt in STREETLIGHT WorldFest Houston) The Step Sister, WOODPECKER. You may and most recently, the remake of have recently seen Matt as Daniel in Saturday’s Warrior. As a playwright, SLAC’s production of TRIBES earlier this his play BREATHE was read as part of

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WHO’S WHO season. After 10 years in New York City, he made his way westward and hasn’t looked back. He has worked regionally and internationally in both theatre and film. Some past experiences include a UK premier and London West End transfer of Shakespeare’s R & J, an international artistic residency with The Globe Theatre, three seasons with The American Shakespeare Center, guest artist and teacher at West Virginia University, a handful of independent films, and a former member of Blessed Unrest, one of NYC’s longest running Off-Broadway companies.

SHAWN FISHER (Playwright) Shawn Fisher’s original plays include SCOPE, THE CROW SONG, CHUMMING, BETWEEN BAKED AND BURNT, and STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER which premieres this

season here at Salt Lake Acting Company. His play HOW TO MAKE A ROPE SWING had national premieres at both SLAC and Cape May Stage and is published by Original Works Publishing. It won an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, was a nominee for the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association Playwriting Award and the Stavis Playwriting Award and was a national finalist for the Osborn Playwriting Award. His play DO NOT HIT GOLF BALLS INTO MEXICO was a National Finalist for the MetLife Nuestras Voces Playwriting Award and the David M. Cohen National Playwriting Award. His written work has been produced or had staged-readings at the Spanish Repertory Theatre (Off-Broadway), the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Urban Stages (Off-Broadway), and Salt Lake

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WHOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WHO Acting Company, among others. Shawn is also the Co-founder and Director of the National Playwrights Symposium at Cape May Stage where he hosts many great American playwrights including many Tony and Pulitzer winners and nominees including, Stephen Adly Guirgis, David Auburn, Terrence McNally, Israel Horovitz, Amy Herzog, David Ives, Ken Ludwig and others. Recently he co-created and co-hosted the Playing Shortly radio program, produced by his company The Fusion Theatre Project and Utah Public Radio. He earned his MFA from Brandeis University and currently serves as a Professor and Head of Graduate Studies in Theatre at Utah State University where he teaches Playwriting and Design. He is a native of New Jersey and is a proud member

of both The Dramatists Guild of America and United Scenic Artists Local 829.

RICHIE CALL (Director) is thrilled to

be directing STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER. He directed a reading of this play for SLACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Play Sounding Series and as a workshop production for the Fusion Theatre Project. He has worked with Shawn Fisher on several projects, including Playing Shortly, a radio show that featured new short plays by American playwrights which aired on Utah Public Radio. Richie is a director and actor with credits at Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake Shakespeare, Mile Square Theatre (New Jersey), American Globe Theatre (New York), and Gorilla Rep (New York). He is a co-artistic director of the Lyric Repertory Company

Salt Lake Acting Company is proud to partner with Canines with a Cause during the run of STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER. Canines with a Cause saves dogs from kill shelters, uses prison inmates to train the dogs, and provides veterans living with PTSD a well-trained emotional therapy dog. A therapy dog will be in the lobby during select performances.

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WHO’S WHO in Logan, Utah where he also works as an Assistant Professor of Acting in the Department of Theatre Arts at Utah State University. He holds an MFA in Acting from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

DENNIS HASSAN (Set Designer)

is Co-Artistic Director of the Lyric Repertory Company and Professor of Scenic Design at Utah State University. He has designed over 150 productions from Hawaii to Maine. Favorites include: AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY, LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, SWEENEY TODD, PHANTOM, AIDA, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, SECRET GARDEN, OLIVER! and AMADEUS.

JUSTIN IVIE* (Stage Manager) is a

proud member of Actors’ Equity who is thrilled to be stage managing his first full production in STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER. He recently stage managed SLAC’s reading of Stag’s Leap and has also directed readings of GRANT & TWAIN and BANG-BANG (PAUSE) BANG for SLAC. Audiences here would recognize Justin from his seven appearances in the cast of SATURDAY’S VOYEUR and as Jones in 2010’s TOO MUCH MEMORY. He is looking forward to performing as Dev in SLAC’s upcoming STUPID F*CKING BIRD. Justin’s many other acting credits include appearances with Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah Musical Theatre, Egyptian Theatre Company, Old Lyric

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WHO’S WHO Repertory Theatre and many others both locally and in Chicago. Last year, Justin appeared in DRIVING MISS DAISY for Walk-Ons, Inc. – a production which he also directed, designed and coproduced. Wearing his director’s cap, Justin has staged numerous seasons of The Senior Theatre Project - which tours short plays (written by, for, and about seniors!) to community senior centers and residence facilities. He has also directed Arthur Miller’s THE PRICE for The OtherSide Players and JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL for OurSpace Theatre Company. A Weber State alumnus, Justin earned his MFA in Acting at Northern Illinois University. He has taught theatre and communications at LDS Business College, NIU, Triton College, and Weber State. Justin also designs scenery, props and theatrical masks, writes an occasional play, and sometimes even plays his banjo (when he’s pretty sure no one is listening).

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.

JENNIFER JACKSON (Sound

Designer) Sound Design credits include ROMEO AND JULIET (Yale Repertory Theatre); THE TALL GIRLS (Yale School of Drama); and THE LAST FIVE YEARS

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WHO’S WHO (Salt Lake Shakespeare). Sound Design and Original Music credits include BLACKBERRY WINTER, TWO STORIES (Salt Lake Acting Company); TWELFTH NIGHT, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, HENRY IV, PART I (Salt Lake Shakespeare); GOOD KIDS, SCHOOL FOR LIES, THE OWL GIRL, ROMEO AND JULIET (University of Utah Department of Theatre); and THE ORPHAN (Children of an Idle Brain Theatre Company, NYC). Jennifer is currently writing her second musical with her hilarious husband, Steve. jenjacksonsound.com

NANCY HILLS (Costume Designer)

was born in a Studebaker in San Mateo, California. She is a head of Theatre Costume Design at Utah State University’s Caine College of the Arts in Logan, Utah. Nancy is a member of the Costume Society of America, the Costume Society of Great Britain and the U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology. Some of her favorite designs include LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, GOOD NIGHT DESDEMONA, GOOD MORNING JULIET, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, AMADEUS, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, THE MISER, ENCHANTED APRIL, OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD and JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS. Her designs for THE MISER and

DANGEROUS LIAISONS were displayed at the International Prague Quadrennial held every four years in Prague, CZ. She has designed at the Artist Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon including NEXT TO NORMAL, AND SO IT GOES, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and BLITHE SPIRIT. In 2013 she received the Janet Arnold Award from the Society of Antiquaries in London that funded the development of a collection of patterns taken from two historic clothing collections in the UK. Nancy can be found giving a TEDX Talk on YouTube discussing the impact of WWII on clothing called Make Do and Mend. She is the mother of twin sons Douglas and Tristan.

ADRIANNE MOORE (Dialect Coach) has served as dialect coach on many previous SLAC productions including TRIBES, GOOD PEOPLE, VENUS IN FUR, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, RED, ANGELS IN AMERICA, CHARM, THE CARETAKER, SKIN IN FLAMES, I AM MY OWN WIFE, POLISH JOKE, and MEMORY OF WATER. Directing credits for SLAC include RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, 4,000 MILES, HOW TO MAKE A ROPE SWING, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION and HOLD PLEASE. Adrianne has also coached dialects for the Utah

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WHO’S WHO Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Theatre Company Utah Contemporary Theatre, The Egyptian Theatre Company, Pygmalion Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Company, and Tuacahn Center for the Performing Arts. Film includes THE REDEMPTION OF SARAH CAIN and the AMC pilot GALYNTINE. Adrianne is a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association.

CYNTHIA FLEMING (Executive

Artistic Director) has been in the world of dance and theatre professionally for over 36 years, during which time she performed in the Broadway, national and International companies with A CHORUS LINE. In 1978 as a U of U Theatre student, her performing relationship with SLAC began. Since 1995 she has worn many hats at SLAC,

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University Professional Theatre Program SLAC is delighted to partner with local universities to heighten theatre students’ educational experience by taking them out of the classroom and hiring them at a professional theatre. During STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER, we are thrilled to have an Assistant Director, Assistant Set Designer, Assistant Lighting Designer, Assistant Sound Designer and Assistant Costume Designer at SLAC. We would like to welcome Jennifer Gryzbowski, Joshua Roberts, Martin C. Alcocer, Surreal Cox, and Cortney Millecam as a part of the University Professional Theatre Program (UPTP). “This program (UPTP) will allow me to sample my desired career path and get a feel for what it’s really like working in a professional theatre company, with a dedicated cast and crew coming together to share a story and evoke change or at least start a dialogue about some touchy subjects in our modern day society.” – Jennifer Grzybowski | Assistant Director | Utah State University

USU students: Joshua Roberts, Cortney Millecam, Jennifer Grzybowski.

“This internship will allow me to obtain more professional theater experience and create new theatre contacts in the professional world.” -Joshua Roberts | Assistant Set Designer | Utah State University “By working with SLAC and the UPTP, my goal is to gain experience in the professional world of Theatre. I want to see and learn how a costume designer and all other departments interact to create the magic. By participating in this internship, I believe I will be able to see the qualities that are necessary to be an efficient and useful costume designer while I am in school, but also after I graduate.” -Cortney Millecam | Assistant Costume Designer | Utah State University “This valuable experience will further my studies and skills. Working with the design team will help me transition to the professional world of theatre.” – Martin C. Alcocer | Assistant Light Designer | University of Utah

“I envision that UPTP will give me needed professional experience and put me ahead in this career path. I hope to gain some hands on knowledge and a better understanding of the process that goes into the theater industry. Also, I believe this program will help me gain connections for furthering my career.” -Surreal Cox | Assistant Sound Designer | Salt Lake Community College Sponsors: The John & Marcia Price Family Foundation & Terence K. Stephens.

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In The Room With

Shawn Fisher and Richie Call

Playwright Shawn Fisher and Director Richie Call discuss STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER with SLAC’s Cynthia Fleming and Erika Ahlin Erika: Thank you for being here, welcome to “The Room.” Shawn, what inspired you to tell this story? Shawn: I was really interested in the ideas of how family, culture and faith, the people you have grown up with, the people who have interested you, how those people and your background affect your perception of yourself and how that might lead to certain choices that one makes in life. Cynthia: Where does the veteran come in? Shawn: You know, I don’t think I started with the veteran idea initially. The idea that there is this character whose manhood was in question throughout his life, his whole family expected more from him. How does this person live his life, and prove that he’s a man, and prove that he’s something, especially for a character that is written as not the most masculine, tough, athletic type of character? Going off to war and being able to come back and have a uniform and being able to talk about his experiences as a marine, would be, sort of, the ultimate demonstration of his manhood. Erika: The play takes place in an Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Philadelphia. What is the significance of this setting? Shawn: First of all, when you get to the Northeast, especially places like Philly—I didn’t grow up in Philadelphia, but just outside—you have all these cultural pockets, which have very strong, deeply held traditions that are usually connected to ancestry somewhere else. I wanted the characters, at least a few of them, to be religious characters. I felt like the best parallel (to Utah audiences) would be Catholic because you have strong leadership in the Catholic Church and you have strong traditions. Growing up where I grew up, surrounded by a lot of Italian families, the connection to those traditions is a no nonsense thing. You don’t question it, you don’t debate it. It makes for really interesting conversations over pasta dinners, that sort of thing. So, I felt that was an environment that would really lend itself to interesting moments between the characters.

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Director Richie Call & Playwright Shawn Fisher

Erika: This is a brand new play receiving its World Premiere at SLAC. What are you most looking forward to? Richie: That’s a big question. I think what I’m looking forward to is today (the first rehearsal). We read it with each other, we read it in the living room, and we’ve just been doing this play so much without them (the actors), that I’m looking forward to having it come from them today and hearing what they do with it. I think that’s one of the strengths of Shawn’s writing. He’s really good at picking up on the strengths of actors, on the strengths of directors and he’ll hear something and go “oh man… what if….” It’s going to become a different play in their hands and that’s always the most exciting thing for me. We approach our work in such isolation, and then when we can finally start collaborating again, it’s really exciting. Erika: What do you hope the audience will take home from the production? Richie: To me, at the heart of this story is just love. We have such an absence of it. People who claim to be tolerant, people who claim to be loving and accepting…I think sometimes just aren’t. There’s no character in this play that’s demanding any more respect or tolerance or acceptance than anybody deserves. So, if somebody were to watch this play and go home and think “Man, I really wish I were a better person, what can I do to do that?” I think that would make this a success. Shawn: I’ll reckon that. Cynthia: That’s beautiful. Thank you, you guys. For the full transcript of the interview, visit saltlakeactingcompany.org.

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Green Room Gallery The SLAC Green Room Gallery is a collective endeavor between community and artists. This space allows us to offer a variety of diverse visual perspectives. In keeping with SLAC’s mission to nurture our local, creative community, we celebrate these reinforcements born between the visual and performing arts. Art Access has partnered with the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center since 2012 to provide a series of veterans’ workshops focusing on the visual and literary arts. Each year they also hold an exhibit which showcases this work along with art submitted from a call for entries from veteran artists. These exhibits Memorial by Wayne Rivard provide patrons with diverse viewpoints on the veteran experience and the emotional aftermath of combat, among other experiences, as well as facilitate dialogue with arts professionals, veteran peers, and the broader community. Like all artists, veterans use art to tell their stories by celebrating people and things that are important to them, processing the emotions of life, and sharing their perspectives on the world. Art Access is a local arts organization committed to providing equal opportunities to inclusive arts programming for Utahns with disabilities and those with limited access to the arts. A community-focused organization, Art Access strives to demonstrate that the arts are a universal vehicle for drawing out our similarities, celebrating our differences, and ultimately connecting us to each other. Through its philosophy of inclusion, Art Access serves people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. accessart.org

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Salt Lake Acting Company is a 501(c)3 non-profit professional theatre, and as such depends on the generosity of the following individuals, foundations, corporations, and public agencies who make the theatre’s work possible and invest in its future. The giving tiers below are for donations received as of January 15, 2016 We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your contribution to and partnership with SLAC! For information about SLAC’s Giving Program, and to correct any information below, please call Olivia Custodio at 801.363.7522 or email olivia@saltlakeactingcompany.org.

$100,000 and above

Mouskondis Davis Mullholand Kim Neville & Paul Frankel Allen Nevins from his family $50,000-$99,999 Parsons, Behle and Latimer The Shubert Foundation, Pacificorp/Rocky Mountain Inc. Power Jeff and Joan Shreeve with $20,000-$49,999 Storagecraft Anonymous George S. and Dolores Doré Sorenson Legacy Foundation Eccles Foundation StorageCraft Technology Emma Eccles Jones Heather Sneddon Foundation Sweet Candy Fund for The National Endowment Health and Wellness for the Arts Salt Lake County Cultural $1,000-$2,499 Facilities Program Daneta and Jim Bardsley Terence K. Stephens Nancy Borgenicht in Utah Division of Arts and support of the Tony Museums Larimer Performing Arts Award $5,000-$19,999 I. Ray Thomason and Liz B. W. Bastian Foundation Beck James Dabakis Cynthia and Jeff Fleming Lawrence T. and Janet T. Tina & Jonathan Ruga Dee Foundation Brett Johnson with Jarvis and Constance Storagecraft Doctorow Family Don and Colleen Sorensen Foundation Joann and Bill Price Marriner S. Eccles Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation Arts Edgerton Foundation Learning Program Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation David Borgenicht and Suzanne Simons Larry H. Miller Charities Glenda and Jim Bradley in Larry H. and Gail Miller memory of Tony Larimer Family Foundation C. Comstock Clayton John and Marcia Price Foundation Family Foundation Callister, Nebeker and Polly Nevins McCullough Betsy Ross and Rick U.S. Bank Foundation Anderson Salt Lake City Arts Council Kim Caramelli and Michael Walker Donna and Michael Cliff Coury and Stanna Weinholtz Family Frampton Foundation David Felt and Lynda Wendel $2,500-$4,999 Robert and Marcia Harris Anderson and Karrenberg Chris and Peter Helfrich in R. Harold Burton memory of Tony & Marie Foundation Larimer Dorsey and Whitney Henry W. and Leslie M. Foundation Eskuché Foundation Durham Jones and Pinegar Hiaring + Smith McCarthey Family Holland and Hart LLP Foundation Janet Hough Peter and Nicole Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks Program

Roy and Anne Jespersen Jocelyn Kearl and Lisa Killpack Key Bank Foundation Marghie Mannos Jane and Tami Marquardt Maschoff and Brennan Zelie and Carl Pforzheimer Gary and Joann Rieben Shana Scheibe The PI Foundation, Inc. Ray and Liz Thomason TraskBritt, P.C. Utah Humanities Brian Wilkinson and Mimi Charles Wilkinson-Ferrari and Co. Laura Fisher and Bob Bissland Howard Mann Alice Steiner Leland Swaner

Kenneth and Karen Brewster Kate and Bert Bunnell The Sarah Beth Coyote Foundation Will and Melissa Connelly Dan and Teri Whittenburg Bryan and David Eldredge in memory of Marie Larimer Fadel Law Firm Jon and Peggy Feder Larry Flanders Dorothy Foster Roxane Googin John and Ilauna Gurr Rebecca Heal Dale Holt Richard Jackson Julie Jensen Leslie A. Lewis in honor of Tony Larimer Manners / Golden Rule $500-$999 Foundation Karen Okabe Kyle A. Mantas and Cody Matthew Classen & Patricia Christensen Potter Nancy Melich and Lex Ken Barfield Hemphill Martin and Glynis Gregory Dan Miller Tina and Larry Howard Shirlyn Miller in honor of Marian Jacobsen Helen Sandack Keven Myhre and Darrin Laurel and Joel Morris Doman Susan Mortensen Gerry Nichols and Marcia Carolyn Pedone and John Henderson Rose Steven Labrum & Jenney Joseph Pierce Wilder Robin and Gordon Roberts Kristina and Keith Richard Romano Christensen Suzanne Stensaas Ken McArthur Gary Whiting Rick and Janis Bennion Duff and Lori Willey Ron and Ann Allen Eric Parrish Helga Van Miegroet and Liz Haslam and Judy Rollins Anthony Turhollow Dorothy Ware Suzanne Stensaas and Richard Kanner $250-$499 Max and Teri Savage Diana Lady and Lynn Eric Eide and Shellie Dougan, in memory of Messner Eide Helen Sandack, Avrom Byron and Deborah Barkley Wally Sandack, and Gail James M. Steele and Linda Hickman Wolcott Sonja Penttila and Lewis R. Whittenburg Foundation Boynton Margaret Anderson Val and Barbara Singleton Terry and John Becker April Reynolds John and Wendy Carver Judy Cottrell Savage Scaffold and Adrianne and Marty Moore Equipment Dru and Amy Damico

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Kim Pederson Gerald Krueger Michaela Mohr Wendy Hanson Richard Hirschi Ken Roach and Cindy Powell Marcia Feldkamp and Chuck Norlin Sheila and Andy Yorkin Joan and Steve Brinton Christine Allred Dennis Ferguson Michelle Trush Judy and Bruce Bell in memory of Robyn Nelson Barbara Bentley and Glenn Prestwich Jennifer Blomfield Cal and Laura Boardman Stephen Brinton Kathleen Cahill and Robert Broadhead Marc Christensen David Cleveland Dave and Sandy Lamb Cheryl Cope Peter and Suzanne Dawson Christopher and Pilar Dechet Barbara Bentley and Glenn Prestwich Leola Johnson Maura & Jason Fowler Stephanie and Tim Harpst Gail and Alyssa Hickman Lee and Audrey Hollaar Steve and Patricia Horton I C Products Rich Ith Jay and Julie Jacobson in memory of Helen Sandack Eb Madson Montel McDowell Dan McKnight Pete Gibbs Donna and Ross Milley Janet Minden in memory of Diana Felt J.J. Palmer Terry and David Peak Peck, Hadfield, Baxter and Moore Terry Pendley Stan Penfold Deborah Jackson Kathy Peterson Mark Pfitzner Tina Straley Elaine Weis Glenn Prestwich and Barbara Bentley Peter and Susan Stevens Joan Proctor Kurt Proctor and Joe Welsch

Elizabeth and Tim Roush Greg Ruther and Michelle Reilly Lauren Scholnick and Steve Cook E. William and Martha Scott Jane Sinton Martin Skupinski Douglas Smith and Mary Denslow Mary O. Stanley Harvey and Freida Sweitzer Barbara Tharp David Toussaint John Wiegel Robin Wilks-Dunn Paul and Charlyne Wozniak Greg Ruther Ana dela Cruz

Carolyn Abravanel Don and Joy Hartmann Carol and David Cise Kay Papulak and Dean Rowell Oren Shepherd Mich G. Combs Jack and Ginger Horwitz Elaine Jarvik Billie Gay Larson Peter Hansen and Beatrice Lufkin Ray and Harriett Gesteland William and Suzie Adams Sheryl Allen Kenneth and Julia Ament Alan Anderson Edward Havas James and Carol Anderson Anonymous $100-$249 Lois and Stephen Baar George Sumner and Tina Stephanie Babilis Hose Barry & Dianna Swartz Scott Stites Maurine Bachman Ellen Bloedel David Baker Diane Bradford Mary Navas and Robert Ann and Paul Bernstein Archibald William and Violet Corkle Stephanie Pappas Sid and Josephine Cowand Larry Barusc Martin Custen Margaret Batson and Larry Barusch William Zwiebel Alicia and Larry Ashton Christina Beckwith and Paul and Penny Dalrymple Todd Rushton Ken Morgan and Nancy Arleen Bedingfield Douglas Blaire Bennion & Evan James Ferguson Benott Charles Saltzman and Ingrid Linda Thorn Bevins in honor Nygaard of Iraida Santaella & Katherine Liddle Capt. Benjamin Franklin Robert and Linda Keiter Thorn USNR Alan and Lynda Fletcher Mark Boschert and Thomas and Shirley Rossa Maureen Giggey in memory of William Carolyn Braza Allen Nevins Reed Brinton Ann and Spencer Galt Bill and Sherry Britt Bruce Granath Barbara Brown James Lebo Katherine Brown Shannon Huff Jacobs and Paul Bruno Paul Jacobs Stephen Bryant Scot Greeno Bennion Buchanan Samuel and Colleen Quigley Debra Buckway Dan Purjes John F. Carlquist Robert Hoffman Kent Chard Brent Roberts Karen Christopulos Vicki Venne Mary Cowan-Klein Kathy and David Sorensen Jerry Crouch Ann and Alan Miller Cummins Rocky Mountain Robert Miller Casey Czapla Jeff Black Anita Dutson John Ogilvie Lewis and Shellie Dutson Vicki and Bill Bennion Klancy De Nevers Heather and Neil Sarin Ann Cullimore and Ashby Joan Ahlf Decker in support of the Brent Rushton Theatre Student Artist Darian Abegglen Series Barry and Debbie Gomberg Gordon Dew

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Stephen and Connie Dobson Terrell Dougan Cliff and Sharon Dutcher Roger G. Faix, MD Lynda Faldmo and Duane Gillman Sharon Foster Jan and Stan Foutz Kim Francis Susan and Chuck Furca Spencer and Ann Galt Terence Goodman Naanue Gowan Beverly Hanson Kris Hindale Olenicki Matt and Wendy HobsonRohrer Marilyn Holt George Sumner and Tina Hose Debra Hummel Karen Hyde Intermountain Bobcat Hilary Jacobs and Daniel Schelling Shannon Huff Jacobs and Paul Jacobs Pat and Boyer Jarvis Maxine Johnson Karen Kelley & Steven Kelly Donna and John Kimball Val Kittel Nan Klein David Kliger Kyle Lamalfa Vicky Larsen Lynne and Charles Lawler Roger and Julia Lester Jon Lindgren Gary and Sandra Lindstrom Allan and Kay Lipman Susan and Robert Lollini Elissa & Danny Long Terry and Wendee Long Cindy Louie Beatrice Lufkin Jayne Luke in memory of David Fetzer Harla and Ken MacQueen Claire Marlin in honor of John Bouzek Norma W. Matheson Noemi and Daniel Mattis Michael and Gerri McDonald Grace Mary and Edward McDonough Patrick & Carol McLane Tyler McNeil Esther Medina in Honor of Marion Raish Colleen Mellor Steve Mikita Rose Ann Milano and Joe Dayney Bonnie and Robert Miller

Sponsors, Friends and Supporters

Kimball and Tonya Mosier Preston and Sandra Motes Shane Mozaffari Dorothy Mullins Jed and Amy Naisbitt Dianne Northrop Ann Olsen and Ron Oakley Bill Orchow and Janet Martineau William and Mary Ann Payne Marge and Art Pett Jewelee Prince Barbara Polich and Val Antczak Meredith Price and Richard Kaplan Chase Ramsey Gary and Nicole Reimer Jenny Rhodes Wallace Ring Pat & Liz Quealy Hal and Kathleen Robins Julia Rossi Dean Rowell Ira Rubinfeld and Willamarie Huelskamp Arnold Sanchez Evan and Lorraine Sanders Osman Sanyer Catherine Savage Mark Schneider Nora Shepard Oren Shepard Kathy Davis Oren Shepherd William and Merideth Shorter Leslie and Jeff Silvestrini Janet Silotti Brad Simons Jill Smith Sandie and Colby Snook Roger Sorenson Kenneth and Claudia Sperling Kim and Mark Spragg James and Claire Ann Stevenson James R. Stewart Stephanie Stratton Annie Strupp Holly and Beverly Stuart Cara Tangaro Douglas Tate Douglas Tilton Raymond Tymas-Jones Wanda Updike Vickie Venne Mitzi Van Arsdell Charlie and Eve Vincent Brad and Kathy Wallin Mary Ware Robert and Jayne Wassom Kevin Werner and Christian Dimaano Becky Whipple Henry Whitesides and Karol Kumpfer

Susan Whitney Susie Wiet Carl Wolfram Marjorie Young William Zwiebel James French Jerri Mausbach Kit Kobe George Severson Carol Withrow Family Trust Dr. Nanci C. Klein Tod and Mary Young

$50 to $99

racy Karp and Jody Heximer Pam Hashimoto Jeanne L. and Grant S. Kesler Donald and Cynthia Benson Robert Rudd and Pam Phillips Gary & Lynda Oderda Dawn Jensen Pamela Schroder Roger Vanandel Dudley McIlhenny Janet Bell Richard Justice Christine Jones and Muriel Schmid James McNeel Joanne Sayre and Michele Backes Sheryl and Robert Ivey Tina Seferos Gene Klatt Kathleen Lukken and Michael Vaughan Richard and Connie Larrabee Elizabeth Weight Hans Albertson and Roberta Melis Leona Blackbird Ronald Bollinger John and Joyce Barnes Steven Allnatt Vicki Andersen Bruce Aoki Alva and Carol Baer Nancy Parker John M. Parrish Barbara Bannon Brian Barnard Mary Barnes Stephen Barrett Katherine and Brian Baucom Virginia Bazz Jane Elizabeth Bell William Bennett Kurt and Elizabeth Bernhisel Shauna Bona Kathleen Bratcher Kenneth and Deesse Brauner Paula Breeze Dotti and Gary Brockbank Mary and Tony Caputo

Dick Carlson Craig Cheney and Frencie Barber Scott Christensen Craig and Kim Clayson Terry Cononelos Jim Craig Kathy Crismon Judith Custodio Kevin and Danni Czapla Babs De Lay Jyl Dickman Susan Dillon Ruth Draper Brad Dundas Randall Eames David Elliott Rick and Lynne Elliott Debra and Mark Elstad in memory of Tony Larimer Leeza Evensen Bijan Fakhrieh Joan Firmage Edward and Sharon Fisher Mark Flores Steve and Marin Fogg Robert Forsey Allene and Robert Fowler Susan Gardner Lynda Geddes Nada George Thomas Godfrey Cynthia Godsey David Goldsmith Elizabeth Grayston Rebecca and Samuel Guevara Kim Hale Eric and Linda Hampshire Terry Hansen John and Denise Harja Jacqueline and Weston Harris Kelly Harris Mike Higgins Karen Hill Kathryn (Katie) Hoffman-Abby Rudolf Horak Rex Jameson Janice Jenson Evelyn Jimerson Amelia Jones Joanne and Michael Kaeske Laura and Carol Kaim Carolyn Kipp Loren M. Kroenke Janet Landon John Larrison Bill Law Edward & Heidi Makowski Michael and Jane Mangelson Jessie Marker Bill and Jean Martin Karen McArthur and Bernard Grosser Dudley McIlhenny David and Johanna McKay Elliott and Kathy Merrill

Janet Miller Bruce Miya Christine Moore Matthew Moore Susan Morelli Ethan Morris Ray Nelson Kimberly Neville Terry Outzen Robert and Marilynn Paine Anne Elizabeth Palmer Barbara Pence and Harold Koch April and Michael Pheysey Dick and Jean Raybould Polly Reynolds John Robbins and Heather Ambrose Kathleen Romig Marie Rosol Sandy and Wilf Rudert Peggy J Saunders Margo Simmons Terrell Smith Len Smith Elizabeth Smith Russell Speirs Frank and Vickie Steffey Nancy Stevenson Jim Struve and Jeff Bell Carol Sutton Sonny and Kathy Tangaro Mary Thirkill Steve Toner Kathleen Lukken and Mike Vaughan Tracy Vayo Doug Vilven Sally Ware John Funk Stephani Widmer Nicky and Alex Wight Michael Wolfe Ruth Wood Ann Woodbury Mary Ann Wright Betty Yanowitz Daryce Young Tamara Young

$49 and under

Jordan Smith and Jennie Nicholls-Smith Erika Ahlin Susan Boevers Jayla Burley Wolfe Brenda Moore Shayne Ahlin Jed and Lana Musgrave Andra Harbold Renee Olesen Tresa Kehl Wayne Meledandri Phillip Aizaga Elizabeth Allen Leslie Carey Nick Fleming

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Julie Swaner Roxanne Kammerer Jill and Richard Sheinberg Anne Alder & Ken McDougall Amy Allred Judith Amsel Shelby Andersen Karen and David Anson in Honor of Karen NielsenAnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30 years of contributions to live theatre in Utah and the McGillis School Orly Ardon Tyson Baker Lori Ball Lawrence Lee Kathleen Gause Jennifer Brennen Lexie Eller Joe Condon Carol Prince Gina Barberi Robyn Barkdull McKenzie Barkdull Elizabeth Bowman Valerie Fisher Gibbs and Catherine Smith Kirt Bateman Kathy L. Bell Traci Blair Roxanne Bowers Shannon Brennan Mary Brown Isabelle and Lawrence Buhler Victoria Burgess Terry Callahan Anthony Campisi Nicole Cardoni Tina Cerling Bobby Cody Dennis M. Cook Beverley Cooper Teri Cowan Judy Cullen Isabel Custodio Olivia Custodio Patrick De Freitas Aida Detry LeeAnn Diamond Ed and Teresa Dieringer Lily Hye Soo Dixon Anne Dorsey John Downing Elizabeth Drinkaus Joey Eccleston Brittany Enniss Paula Espinoza John Fischer

Anthony Fleming Johnathan Ford April and Mark Fossen JoLyn Fratto Douglas and Janice Frost Cara Fullerton Stewart Fullerton Amanda Gammon Claudia Gerard and Scott Fechner Ralph Glatfelter William Gowski Lisa Grant Martine Green-Rogers Tamara Guy Nell Gwynn Laurel Hacker Helen A Harbold Angelina Harward-Collard Stephanie Howell Ron Hough Carol Huffman Thomas and Patricia Hunka Ellen Ives Justin Ivie Jennifer Jackson Susan Jarman Ken Jarrell Curtis and Suzan Jensen Tom Jensen Erin Jepperson Kelsie Jepsen John Johnson Jocelyn Johnson Gary and Kathryn Jones Catherine Kamrath Richard Kaplan Ben & Katie Lieberman Lauren Katz Safia and Lester Keller Lynne Kraus Melissa Larson Clarance Law Sylvia Lell Jillian Lessner Ingie Lignell Tito Livas Lisa Lofstrom Darcy Young Alla Borisyuk Amy Brunvand Ann and Terry St. Peter Elizabeth Lopez Shea Madson Gene Mahalko Theresa Martinez Samantha Matsukawa Robynne Maxfield Kym McClelland

Robert McComas Kathleen McDermott Sheena McFarland Anthony Medina Wayne Melendandri Becky Menlove Tracie Merrill Cash Meyerhoffer Nari Miya Philip Micali Nathalie and Jean-Francois Chanut Ronald and Norma Molen Robert Monson Ethan Morris David Mortensen Janet Muse Shannon Musgrave Nancy Nebeker Bonnie Nell Calvin and Joan Nelson Jill Nutting Melissa Parish Penny Pendleton Carolyn Person Amber R. Petersen Jennifer Plumb Jennifer Eshelman Louise Pollard Jesse Portillo Stella Portillo Joanne and Ray Fadel Tiffanie Provost Karla Reading David Reed Brittany Restrepo Chuck Richardson Martha Jay Rieser Richard Rice Anthony Robbin Shannon Robert Kelly Roemer Lynn Rohland Susan Sandack Brandon Sandberg Teresa Sanderson Ingrid Schmidt Pamela Schroeder Fred Schwab Sedgwick Management Group Alice Shafer Maureen Shields Sarah Shippobotham Thomas Shreeve Christl Simons Brandi Simpson Jordan Smith Krista Smith James Stava

Kerry StewardCassandra Stokes-Wylie Logan Tarantino Catherine Taylor Danny Thomas Kevin Timken Annlan Tran Rex Underwood Cheryl P. Varoz Antonina Vought Sherry Wade Gibb and Catherine Smith Stephanie Atherton and Erik Billetdeaux Joseph Walker Jon Hansen Rebecca Christman & Zach Smith Loretta McHugh Cori Sutherland Sandy and Arthur Sleeper Amy Ware Lynn Ware-Peek Geordie McLeod Hayden Warzek Tracy Watson Paula Wells Joleen Wilkinson Larry Witkowski Gail Wix Jody Wong Laurie Wood Shelley Worthen Gloria Wurst Lee Hollaar Elly Mahon Juan and Candice Arcelarreta Jim Bird MaryBeth Clark Jennifer Coyle John and Carolyn Huffman Janice Jenson Polly Reynolds

SPECIAL THANKS

Arthur Averett Tom Colvin, Colvin Engineering Associates Especially for You David Evanoff Henries Dry Cleaners Red Rock Brewing Company Salt Lake Roasting Company So Cupcake Utah State University Theatre Department

168 West 500 North, SLC, UT 84103 Administration 801-363-0526 Box Office 801-363-SLAC (7522) www.saltlakeactingcompany.org www.facebook.com/saltlakeactingcompany

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Salt Lake Acting Company 2015/2016 Cynthia Fleming

Executive Artistic Director

Janice Jenson

Shannon Musgrave

Producing Director

Associate Artistic Director

Erika Ahlin

Accountant/Human Resources

Nick Fleming

Samantha Matsukawa

Ticket Operations/Database Manager

Christian Stringham

John Downing

Director of Marketing and Engagement

Communication & Audience Development Manager

Amy Ware

Technical Supervisor

Executive Assistant

Olivia Custodio, Dolan Lucero, Dani Quintana, Emilie Starr Communication & Audience Development

Martin C. Alcocer, Beret Brems, Bobby Cody, Natalie Gotter, Connor Johnson, Merry Magee, Riley Nevins, Jeanette Puhich, Kildem Soto, Hayden Warzek, Annette Wright House Managers & Front of House Staff

Production Staff

Brittany Restrepo Shea Madson Julie Fife & Josie Fife Annette Wright

Master Electrician

Sound Operator

Scenic Artists

Darren McLaughlin, Cara Pomeroy, Eric Reichert, Quimby Roundy, Max Seltenrich

Props Acquisistion

Harrison Corthell, Timothy Swensen, Trever Wilson

Carpenters

Electricians

Jessie Marker Wardrobe

David Evanoff & J. T. Rogers Artistic Associate

Nancy Borgenicht & Allen Nevins Artists in Residence

Kathleen Cahill & Julie Jensen Playwright in Residence

Matt Hall

Cover Design

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David Daniels, dav.d photography Photographer

Dr. Osman Sanyer

House Physician

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Board of Trustees 2015/2016 Executive Committee:

Marian Jacobsen President Burn Pattern Analysis, Inc.

Brian Wilkinson Vice President Wilkinson Ferrari & Co

Terilyn Whittenburg Treasurer Lincoln Financial Advisors

Colleen Sorensen Secretary COSO Consulting, LLC

Don Sorensen Past President CPA, Sorensen Vance

Byron Barkley Board Member at Large Wilson-Davis & Co.

Ken Barfield

Joann Price

DFG/Scott Sports

District Supervisor, SLC School District

Dru Damico

Shannon Roberts

Bruce Granath

Angela Romero

Brett Johnson

George Severson

Sedgwick Management Group, LLC MagicSpace Entertainment General Counsel. StorageCraft Technology

Kyle Mantas Wells Fargo Bank

Shannon McCann

St. Marks Hospital Behavioral Health Services

Kimberly Neville Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

KSL TV

State Representative ABC 4 / CW 30

Barbara Tharp

Miller Sports Properties

Dan Whittenburg

Lincoln Financial Advisors

Sheila Yorkin

Westminster College

Gerry Nichols NJRA Architects

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Go to UtahFoodBank.org today to donate, find food drop-off locations, or to find out more about volunteering.

Coming Next

WORLD PREMIERE MARCH 4 – 27, 2016

Adapted for the stage by Troy Deutsch Based on the book by Dallas Graham and Nathan Glad In collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory & Red Fred Project Get your tickets to this theatrical spectacular for all ages. Co-created by 8-year-old Nathan Glad who was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (brittle bones disease) and Dallas Graham who founded the Red Fred Project, CLIMBING WITH TIGERS recounts the magical adventure of a little blackbird named Blue who dreams of one day being able to fly. Through a collection of music, theatre, animation and film, a story of overcoming one’s obstacles unfolds by immersing the audience in a highly saturated world of childlike wonder.

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For Our Audience

Your presence at Salt Lake Acting Company is met with sincere gratitude. You make everything possible.

Tickets:

For tickets call the SLAC Box Office at 801-3637522 or visit us online at saltlakeactingcompany. org. Box office hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, with extended hours during run of show.

Ticket Exchanges:

Season Subscribers can always exchange their tickets, and it’s free! Just call 801-363-7522.

Group Sales:

Discounts are available to groups of 10 or more. Call 801-363-7522 to discuss seating availability or Green Room reservations for your party. We’d love to take care of you and your friends.

Emergency Exits:

Please identify the exit closest to your seat in case of emergency.

Late Patrons:

Late patrons will be seated by the House Manager during the first appropriate break.

Wheelchair Accessibility:

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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The Painful Truth Pain is an unbidden guest, humanity’s shadow companion down through the ages. It is a despoiler of dreams and a thief. Chronic pain can appear suddenly in a person’s life, changing it forever. Dr. Lynn R. Webster puts a face on chronic pain through the lives of his patients, and provides an intimate view of what it is like to live with it. The Painful Truth will open your eyes to the world of those who are stigmatized and marginalized by our society and healthcare system. Yet the new book offers hope and a path forward for those willing to engage in a crusade against the human race’s primal enemy—pain.

“This remarkable book will change the way this country thinks about pain, pain management, and those who struggle with pain every day. Dr. Webster uses true stories and his vast experience to remind us why pain is a reality that cannot be ignored.” —Paul Gileno, founder and president, U.S. Pain Foundation

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