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Welcome �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 Stupid Fucking Bird......................................................................................... 7 Acknowledgements......................................................................................... 8 Cast of Characters........................................................................................ 11 Director's Notes............................................................................................ 12 Who’s Who ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������13 Corporate Partners ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������22 University Professional Theatre Program....................................................... 24 Coming Up Next: Saturday's Voyeur.............................................................. 25 Season Renewals.......................................................................................... 26 Sponsors Friends and Supporters................................................................. 28 Salt Lake Acting Company Staff ���������������������������������������������������������������������32 Board of Trustees ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������33 Chapel Gallery.............................................................................................. 34 New Play Sounding Series............................................................................. 35 Outreach....................................................................................................... 35 For Our Audience ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������36
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presents
STUPID FUCKING BIRD By
Aaron Posner Director
William Missouri Downs
Set Design
Light Design
Costume Design Choreographer
Thomas George
James M. Craig
Sound Design
Prop Design
Assistant Director
Jessica Greenberg
Erin M. West
Janice Jenson
Cynthia Fleming
Assistant Lighting Designer
Production Stage Manager
Shannon Musgrave Brittany Restrepo
Jennie Sant*
APRIL 6-MAY 1, 2016 University Professional Theatre Program
Assistant Costume Design
Rachel Kimber
Assistant Sound Design
Alex Thedell
Assistant Sound Design
Korey Lamb
Original Music: James Sugg STUPID FUCKING BIRD was developed and world premiered in June 2013 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington D.C.; Howard Shalwitz, Artistic Director and Jeffrey Herrmann, Managing Director. STUPID FUCKING BIRD is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York
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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
CON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexis Baigue DEV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Ivie* MASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latoya Cameron NINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Louise Brings SORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan Lund* EMMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nell Gwynn* TRIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terence Goodman* * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States Music in this production written by Latoya Cameron
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Director's Notes
Most modern playwrights trace their heritage to Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906, THE DOLL'S HOUSE, HEDDA GABLER) who is often called the father of realism. But the problem with these realistic plays is that they aren’t based in reality. Realism, along with romanticism and melodrama, depict a world populated by characters with Freudian self-knowledge. Characters who know exactly what they want, how to get it, and are willing to take action because they know that through their efforts success, catharsis and perhaps even happy endings are achievable. Oh, if only real life was anything like realism. Other playwrights take a road less traveled - I like to count myself in this group - and draw inspiration from Anton Chekhov (1860-1904, THE SEAGULL, THE CHERRY ORCHARD). Chekhov wrote about characters that stumble through life with little self-knowledge. Characters that more often than not have no idea what the hell they want and if they do they have no fu#@ing idea of how to achieve it. In this Chekhovian world, success and happy endings are chance events. And the only possible catharsis is laughter - if not for the characters, at least for audiences. STUPID F***ING BIRD borrows characters and storylines from Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL (1896) in order to create a new play and shows that, in our postmodern world, Chekhov is more relevant than Ibsen. Welcome to a real that’s more real than realism. Welcome to Chekhov.
-William Missouri Downs (Author of MR. PERFECT and THE EXIT INTERVIEW and director of STUPID F***ING BIRD)
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ANNOUNCING
SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY’S 46TH SEASON
World Premiere
BULL SHARK ATTACK
by Troy Deutsch September 7, 2016 – October 16, 2016 Developed in SLAC’s NPSS and Playwrights’ Lab On a warm North Carolina night, a girl with big hair drinks schnapps, a boy is afraid to fall asleep and a woman with nowhere to go gets in her motorhome and starts driving. Their stories collide one fateful night on the beach. World Premiere
WINTER
by Julie Jensen October 12, 2016 – November 13, 2016 Developed in SLAC’s NPSS The genius of three great Salt Lake women: Playwright Julie Jensen, celebrated actor Anne Cullimore Decker and distinguished professor Margaret P. Battin. WINTER is an alluring new play about one of the most controversial topics in America. World Premiere
HARBUR GATE
by Kathleen Cahill February 8, 2017 – March 12, 2017 Developed in SLAC’s NPSS and Playwrights’ Lab Three female soldiers in the combat zone. A Purple Heart. A human heart. A blind man. A terrible secret. And the transforming power of art.
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Regional Premiere
HAND TO GOD
by Robert Askins April 12, 2017 – May 14, 2017 An irreverent, occasionally shocking and perpetually hysterical romp to hell and back. This play explores the ideas of faith, morality and human nature, and will leave you sore with laughter. World Premiere
SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2017
by Allen Nevins & Nancy Borgenicht June 21 – August 27, 2017 SLAC is the only theatre company in the nation that presents a new play written for us, about us, each year. In its 39th year, this annual musical satire connects SLAC to the community like nothing else. Children’s Play Considerations (Season Add-On)
DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER, AND A FLY
Book, music, and lyrics by Joan Cushing December 2 – 30, 2016 Adapted from the Diary of a Worm book series by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss Take a look at the world from a bug’s perspective. Perhaps you’ll see that their lives are not all that different from yours. OR
LILLY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE
By Kevin Henkes Adapted by Kevin Kling Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, Mr. Slinger. But when Lilly’s purple plastic purse and its belongings get confiscated, her fury leads to revenge, then to remorse, and finally to make amends.
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WHO’S WHO ALEXIS BAIGUE
(Con)’s acting includes GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA (GOOD MORNING JULIET), ANGELS IN AMERICA, HOW I BECAME A PIRATE, ART DOG, 1,096 performances during fifteen summers in Saturday’s Voyeur, staged readings MOTHER COLLEGE, THE LIVELY LAD, BUNBURY, THE CANCER DIARIES, CHARM, PROPHETS OF NATURE, HARBUR GATE (S.L.A.C.), ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, staged reading MARCH TALE (Pioneer Theatre), DEAR WORLD (Sundance Summer Theatre), BEYOND THERAPY, THE SEX HABITS OF AMERICAN WOMEN (Pygmalion), THE BOYS IN THE BAND (Wasatch), SURFIN’ SAFARI (Desert Star), JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS (TheatreWorks West), ANASTASIA (StageRight), WIT (Emily Company), NO EXIT (SallyFourth), SUMMER AND SMOKE, CABARET, RHINOCEROS, QUEEN CHRISTINA, ANTIGONE, THE RIMERS OF ELDRITCH (University of Utah), YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, THE TREE OF LACE (Salt Lake Community College), staged readings THE UNDERPANTS, THE VIOLET HOUR, THE LAST SUNDAY IN JUNE (Utah Contemporary Theatre). Film: 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS: GREAT PUPPY RESCUE, PAM AND GAY GHOST. Television: GRANITE FLATS, Utah’s Own, Yes Utah commercials. Online: Asea. Next: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and HENRY V (Utah Shakespeare Festival).
ANNE LOUISE BRINGS (Nina) has
most recently been seen as Cindy in BOOKSMART (Plan-B), and in WIT (Wasatch Theatre Co.). Past favorites include Emma in Mockingbird (Pygmalion
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Productions), Mercy Lewis in THE CRUCIBLE (Pioneer Theatre Co.), Ali in SPARK (Pygmalion Productions), Jean in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Utah Reparatory Theatre Co./Silver Summit Theater Co.), Wiglaf in BEOWULF (Meat & Potato Theatre Co.), Gloria in BOEING BOEING (Pinnacle Acting Co.), Dakota in a staged reading of Mad Gravity (Salt Lake Acting Co.), Rosalind in As You Like It (Davis Arts Council), Lupita in THE RIGHTEOUS AND VERY REAL HOUSEWIVES OF UTAH COUNTY (AP Productions), Georgia in CURTAINS (Courage Theater) and Antigone in ANTIGONE (Regional Tour). Anne graduated from Westminster College with a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance.
LATOYA CAMERON
(Mash) is f*#king thrilled to be a part of this incredible production at SLAC! She was last seen as Tybalt in R+J: STAR CROSS’D DEATHMATCH, MoPhillia in SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2014, as the voice of the Upper Twin in CLIMBING WITH TIGERS, and she also participated in this year’s Playwrights’ Lab. You might have also seen her in Plan-B Theatre’s productions of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, MAMA, A/VERSION OF EVENTS, DIFFERENT = AMAZING, and RUFF!. In Pioneer Theatre Company’s productions of RENT, ELF, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (2014 & 2015), RAISIN IN THE SUN (staged reading), MR. WHEELER’S (Play-by-Play), and THE MUSIC MAN. Wasatch Theater’s productions of THE COLOR PURPLE, and CLOSER. And Good Company Theater’s productions of THE MOUNTAINTOP, and THE ODETTES FOR THE HOLIDAYS, and other productions ranging from Ogden to Cedar City. She made her Off-Broadway debut in the New York
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WHO’S WHO now lives in Park City where he is raising NYC credits include: David Johnston’s THE his talented and wonderful son Jack. 42 ORESTEIA, and CANDY & DOROTHY (GLAAD year member of Actors Equity. New Media Award Winner), Tom Rowan’s KISS & CRY ( GLAAD New Media Award NELL GWYNN* Nominee, Innovative Theatre Award (Emma) is very happy Nomination- Best Supporting Actress ), to be back at SLAC COUNSELLOR AT LAW (Lortel Award Winnerthis spring, after last Best Revival), Robyn Burland’s PIECEWORK appearing as Gwen and Charles Mee’s BIG LOVE at Theatre in RAPTURE, BLISTER, for A New City, among many others. BURN. Other SLAC credits Shakespeare credits include: Adriana in include: Margie in GOOD PEOPLE, Eunice COMEDY OF ERRORS, Regan in KING LEAR, in THE EXIT INTERVIEW, Veronica Novak Celia in AS YOU LIKE IT, Mistress Ford in GOD OF CARNAGE, Ann/Emily Gilles in MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Maria in in THE PERSIAN QUARTER and The Angel TWELFTH NIGHT, Lady Macbeth, Horatio and others in ANGELS IN AMERICA. in HAMLET and Portia in THE MERCHANT Other SLC credits include the World OF VENICE. She can currently be seen in Premiere of BASED ON A TRUE STORY with the short films, Red Flag and Monsura Is Plan-B, I HATE HAMLET with PTC, and Waiting, which have been nominated for INTERSECTIONS with Art Access. Favorite various awards at film festivals around
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WHO’S WHO Musical Theater Festival as the lead in SHELTER: THE MUSICAL. Thank you to SLAC, the fantastic cast and crew, Bill and Shannon for allowing us to explore and play, and my dear family & close amigos/ friends. Love you all! “Don’t judge.”
EXPECTATIONS for Goodspeed Musicals, OEDIPUS, PRIVATE EYE written by Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar (ELF, THE WEDDING SINGER ) at The American Stage Company and KELLY at The York Theatre, Musicals in Mufti. Film starring roles include Ode to Billy Joe, Final TERENCE Rinse, and most recently Time Runners. GOODMAN* (Trig) New Over 30 guest-star television roles from York roles include the Lavern and Shirley, Threes Company original production of to Hill St. Blues, Fall Guy and Newhart JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, and was a series regular on Days of Our the first revival of DAMN Lives and reoccurring on Young and the YANKEES with Gwen Restless. Local favorites include THE EXIT Verdon and Ray Walston and as Captain INTERVIEW and (A MAN ENTERS) for SLAC Smith in TITANIC. Major regional favorites and Billy Flynn in CHICAGO,12 ANGRY include, Al Capone in ELIOT NESS IN MEN,THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK and CLEVELAND directed by Hal Prince/Nick Antonio in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING for Corley at The Denver Center, GREAT The Pioneer Theater Company. Terence
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WHO’S WHO the country and the world. She appeared in 2015 opposite Katherine Heigl as Darlene in the independent feature, Jackie & Ryan, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and can be found on Netflix. Nell is a proud Actor’s Equity member. Many thanks to Dan, Daniela, SLAC and all of YOU.
masks, writes an occasional play, and sometimes even plays his banjo (when he’s pretty sure no one is listening).
MORGAN LUND*
(Sorn) was last seen on SLAC’s stage as Mark Twain in GRANT & TWAIN. Morgan has been JUSTIN IVIE* (Dev) a professional actor/ is a proud member of writer/producer/director/ Actors’ Equity who is teacher and artist for 36 years. With thrilled be a part of very strong union affiliations, Morgan SLAC’s 45th season! SLAC has worked with LORT Theatres, Film, audiences will recognize Television, Radio, Print, Small Business, Justin from his seven Corporate America, World Class Opera appearances in the cast of SATURDAY’S and Orchestras, Dance Companies, VOYEUR and as Jones in 2010’s TOO MUCH Theme Parks, Universities and Colleges MEMORY. He recently directed SLAC’s all around the United States and readings of GRANT & TWAIN and BANGbeyond. An actor since 1980, Morgan BANG (PAUSE) BANG. His many other has appeared in over 200 plays. He has acting credits include appearances with been a resident company member with Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah Musical the prestigious Hilberry Acting Company Theatre, Egyptian Theatre Company, (1977-1980), The Cleveland Playhouse Old Lyric Repertory Theatre and many Resident Acting Company (1980-1988). others - both locally and in Chicago. This As a freelance actor he has worked spring, Justin appeared in DRIVING MISS with companies that include Center DAISY for Walk-Ons, Inc. – a production Stage, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, which he also directed, designed and New City Theatre, Salt Lake Acting co-produced. Wearing his director’s cap, Company, Ensemble Theatre, CAT CO, Justin has staged numerous seasons Shakespeare and Company, Dobama of THE SENIOR THEATRE PROJECT - which Theatre, Porthouse Theatre, Pioneer tours short plays (written by, for, and Theatre Company and many more. He about seniors!) to community senior has shared the stage with Arthur Miller, centers and residence facilities. He Austin Pendleton, Derek Wolcott, Johnny has also directed Arthur Miller’s THE Bolt, Roger Danforth, Theresa Meritt, Liz PRICE for The OtherSide Players and MacKay and Tina Packer to name a few. JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL for As a film and television actor, Morgan OurSpace Theatre Company. A Weber has been in some very good and some State alumnus, Justin earned his MFA in not so good films. He once had three Acting at Northern Illinois University. He feature films running on HBO, in one of has taught theatre and communications which, he died….horribly! Two new films, at LDS Business College, NIU, Triton one for AMC and another Indie film, College, and Weber State. Justin also are soon to be released. He has also designs scenery, props and theatrical been a guest actor with the Sundance
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WHO’S WHO Film Lab on many occasions. “Tonight’s wonderful play is a familiar reality…. feels like home.”
AARON POSNER (Playwright) is
a Helen Hayes and Barrymore Awardwinning director and playwright. He is a founder and former Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre, is an Associate Artist at both the Folger Theatre and Milwaukee Repertoy Theatre, and has directed at major regional theatres from coast to coast including the Folger, Seattle Rep, Portland Center Stage, The Alliance, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Theatre Company, Milwaukee Rep, California Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Roundhouse Theatre, Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, Theatre J, American Player’s Theatre and many more. His adaptations include Chaim Potok’s THE CHOSEN and MY NAME IS ASHER LEV (both of which has enjoyed successful runs at more than 50 other theatres across the country), Ken Kesey’s SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION, Mark Twain’s A MURDER, A MYSTERY AND A MARRIAGE, an adaptation of three Kurt Vonnegut short stories, entitled WHO AM I THIS TIME? (AND OTHER CONUNDRUMS OF LOVE) and STUPID FUCKING BIRD, a variation on Chekhov’s SEAGULL. Aaron was raised in Eugene, Oregon, graduated from Northwestern University, is an Eisenhower Fellow, and lives near Washington, DC.
WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS
(Director) wrote MR. PERFECT and THE EXIT INTERVIEW, which were both recently produced here at SLAC. He has had 150 productions of his plays from the Kennedy Center to the San Diego
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Rep, won two rolling world premieres from the National New Play Network, and has twice been a finalist at the Eugene O’Neill. He’s published four books on the art of theatre and ten plays. In Hollywood he wrote for several NBC television shows. He was trained in directing by the Oscar-nominated Polish director Jerzy Antczak at UCLA. He has directed 40 plays.
THOMAS GEORGE (Set Design) 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 Climbing with Tigers recent produced at SLAC, as well as shows at Plan B Theatre and Pygmalion Productions, among others. Previous
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WHO’S WHO credits include Mockingbird, Hellman Vs. McCarthy. (Pygmalion), A FLEA IN HER EAR, THE ADDING MACHINE, REASONS TO BE PRETTY (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
JAMES M. CRAIG (Lighting Design)
has designed the lighting for more than 50 shows at Salt Lake Acting Company since 1997, most recently for TRIBES, BLACKBERRY WINTER, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2015, MR. PERFECT, RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2014, GRANT & TWAIN, GOOD PEOPLE, VENUS IN FUR, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2013, and THE EXIT INTERVIEW. He has also designed lights for Plan-B Theatre, Utah Contemporary Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, The Egyptian Theatre Company, Peery’s Egyptian Theatre, Odyssey Dance Theatre, The Grand Theatre, Weber State University, The Emily Company, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage Company, The Generic Theatre, Little Theatre of the Rockies, U of U Youth Theatre, U of U Lyric Opera Ensemble, The Sundance Film Festival and Theatre Inc. Currently Jim is the Technical Director for the Park City Institute. He holds a BS in Theatre from Weber State University, and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. http://jamesmcraig.tumblr.com/
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JESSICA GREENBERG (Sound
Design)’s work as a lighting and sound designer has taken her to many venues in New York and around the country, with diverse projects in theatre, dance, and opera. New York designs include productions with The Adjusted Realists, New Opera NYC, Alivewire Theatrics, Red Fern Theatre, Castillo Theatre, Two Headed Calf, Midlantic Theatre, and Epic Theatre Ensemble Education Programs. Locally, she frequently works with SB Dance Company as well as SLAC. Jessica is currently Assistant Professor of Lighting & Sound Design at Weber State University in Ogden, UT. She holds a BA from Hampshire College and a MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. www.jessicagreenberg.com
ERIN M. WEST (Costume Design)
has worked as a costume designer, technician, costume shop manager and wardrobe manager for various regional and university theatres. She has extensive experience designing, patterning, and building costumes for dance, musicals, early modern dramas, and modern contemporary works. Erin holds a BA in Studio Art from James Madison University and an MFA in Costume Design from The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, and is currently in her second year teaching and designing costumes for Westminster College. Previously, she has worked with Washington & Lee University, James Madison University, Ohio University, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Theatre at Lime Kiln, The Virginia Repertory Dance Company, and The American Shakespeare Center, among a variety of others.
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WHO’S WHO JANICE JENSON (Prop Design) has
worked at Salt Lake Acting Company for the past 4 years as stage manager, Company Manager, and Associate Producer and is excited for her new role as Producing Director. Janice is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and has stage managed over twenty shows at SLAC, including the last five SATURDAY’S VOYEUR’s. Previously, Janice has worked at Park City’s Egyptian Theatre, Dark Horse Company Theatre, Plan-B, and Tuacahn Center for the Arts. In 2008 Janice was selected as a USITT Stage Management Mentee, where she stage managed THE HISTORY OF DRAG. Janice is a graduate of BYU in Theatre Arts Studies with an emphasis in stage management and is currently working on her Masters of Community Leadership at Westminster College.
SHANNON MUSGRAVE (Assistant
Director) is Associate Artistic Director for Salt Lake Acting Company. She holds her MA in Arts Management from American University in Washington, D.C. and her BA in Musical Theatre from Weber State University. Shannon has worked in the Artistic Development department of Arena Stage and as Development Director for Flying V Theatre in D.C. While writing her thesis on new play development, Shannon was selected as a directing apprentice for the Kennedy Center’s Directing Intensive: Developing the New Play. At American University, Shannon served as Executive Chair for the annual Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium – a day-long conference for young arts leaders from around the country, produced in conjunction with National Arts Advocacy Day. Directing credits include HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE for the
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We would like to acknowledge the businesses and organizations that support this theatre by advertising in our playbill. Because of them our programs are produced at no cost to us. Salt Lake Acting Company’s playbill is generously produced by Mills Publishing. If you would like to advertise in our program please contact Dan Miller at 801.467.9419 or dmiller@ millspub.com. We thank our current supporters and hope you will as well.
WHO’S WHO Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival and SLAC’s reading of BLEEDING HEARTS by Steve Yockey. Shannon saw the world premiere of STUPID F***ING BIRD at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in 2013 and knew it had to be done at SLAC.
JENNIE SANT* (Stage Manager) has
worked at Salt Lake Acting Company as the AEA Stage Manager on BLACKBERRY WINTER, I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, VENUS IN FUR, MANNING UP, THE PERSIAN QUARTER and ANGELS IN AMERICA PARTS I & II. She has also worked at The Egyptian Theatre Company as the AEA Stage Manager on PAGENT and THE MUSIC MAN. Pioneer Theatre Company as the 1st ASM on LES MISERABLES, PAINT YOUR WAGON, DOUBT, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, THE FOREIGNER, VERTICAL HOUR and THE PRODUCERS. She was also the ASM for NEXT TO NORMAL. Other credits stage managing includes ANGELS IN AMERICA PARTS I & II at the Babcock Theatre, TRUE WEST in Studio 115, HENRY V and MEASURE FOR MEASURE for Salt Lake Shakes and TALKING WALES II for Utah Contemporary Theatre.
CYNTHIA FLEMING (Executive
Artistic Director/Choreographer) 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 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 also directed for the last five years. Cynthia is proud to serve SLAC and its mission to engage and enrich community through brave contemporary theatre.
Thanks to Rocky Mountain Power for awarding Salt Lake Acting Company a Blue Sky Funding Grant, which allowed us to install Solar Panels on our Historical Building. On behalf of everyone at SLAC, we would like to thank Rocky Mountain Power and its Blue Sky customers for their support of the Blue Sky Solar project that benefits our community both economically and environmentally, and to offer our firm support of the initiative’s work to expand the usage of renewable energy.
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WHO’S WHO 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 not-forprofit 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).
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION
(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.
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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 the world, and it strives to pioneer, implement, and disseminate ideas and programs that revolutionize the way theaters collaborate to support new plays and playwrights. Its most recent project, The New Play Exchange (www.newplayexchange.org), launched in January of 2015, is already changing the way playwrights share their work and others discover it. NNPN’s 29 Core and more than 75 Associate Members - along with the more than 250 affiliated artists who are its alumni, the thousands of artists and artisans employed annually by its member theaters, and the hundreds of thousands of audience members who see its supported works each year - are creating the new American theater. For more information please visit www.nnpn.org
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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 STUPID FUCKING BIRD, we are thrilled to have Assistant Costume Designer Rachel Kimber and Assistant Sound Designers Alex Thedell and Korey Lamb as a part of the University Professional Theatre Program (UPTP). “As a costume designer in the professional world I’ll most often be working with new people and an evolving creative team frequently. Being exposed to a new setting with new faces will help me learn how to adapt to these changes. Having an important position for the show will also help in my learning as I’ll have a lot to do and work on over the course of the internship.” – Rachel Kimber | Assistant Costume Designer | Westminster College “This is a program I have been hoping to be involved with for a while. This program provides me with a huge amount of experience and a look into the professional world of theatre and sound design. I’m hoping to learn not only how a sound designer and a theatre work together in the professional world but also to learn the workings of another theatre and sound system. I’m hoping to get an understanding of the theatre and add it to my repertoire of theatres. I also look forward to learning to troubleshoot a different system than what I have worked with.” – Korey Lamb | Assistant Sound Designer | Weber State University “The UPTP gives me experience in a professional theatre, allowing me to build my resume, work with other professionals, and hopefully be considered for future employment. Chances for field work like this are not always available. Thank you, SLAC!” -Alex Thedell | Assistant Sound Designer | Weber State University
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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 March 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.
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Davis Mullholand Kim Neville & Paul Frankel Allen Nevins from his family Parsons, Behle and Latimer $50,000-$99,999 Pacificorp/Rocky Mountain The Shubert Foundation, Power Inc. Jeff and Joan Shreeve with Storagecraft $20,000-$49,999 Sorenson Legacy Anonymous Foundation George S. and Dolores Doré StorageCraft Technology Eccles Foundation Heather Sneddon Emma Eccles Jones Sweet Candy Fund for Foundation Health and Wellness The National Endowment for the Arts $1,000-$2,499 Salt Lake County Cultural Daneta and Jim Bardsley Facilities Program Beverley Taylor Sorenson Terence K. Stephens Arts Utah Division of Arts and David Borgenicht and Museums Suzanne Simons Nancy Borgenicht in $5,000-$19,999 support of the Tony B. W. Bastian Foundation Larimer Performing Arts James Dabakis Award Lawrence T. and Janet T. Glenda and Jim Bradley in Dee Foundation memory of Tony Larimer Jarvis and Constance Callister, Nebeker and Doctorow Family McCullough Foundation Kim Caramelli and Michael Marriner S. Eccles Walker Foundation C. Comstock Clayton Edgerton Foundation Foundation Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Cliff Coury and Stanna Frampton Larry H. Miller Charities Henry W. and Leslie M. Larry H. and Gail Miller Eskuché Foundation Family Foundation David Felt and Lynda John and Marcia Price Wendel Family Foundation Laura Fisher and Bob Polly Nevins Bissland Betsy Ross and Rick Cynthia and Jeff Fleming Anderson Salt Lake City Arts Council Robert and Marcia Harris Chris and Peter Helfrich Donna and Michael in memory of Tony & Weinholtz Family Marie Larimer Foundation Hiaring + Smith Holland and Hart $2,500-$4,999 Janet Hough Anderson and Karrenberg Roy and Anne Jespersen R. Harold Burton Brett Johnson with Foundation Storagecraft Dorsey and Whitney Jocelyn Kearl and Lisa Foundation Killpack Durham Jones and Pinegar Key Bank Foundation McCarthey Family Learning Program Foundation Howard Mann Peter and Nicole Marghie Mannos Mouskondis Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks Program
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Jane and Tami Marquardt Maschoff and Brennan Mystery Escape Room Zelie and Carl Pforzheimer The PI Foundation, Inc. Joann and Bill Price Gary and Joann Rieben Tina & Jonathan Ruga Shana Scheibe Don and Colleen Sorensen Alice Steiner Leland Swaner Ray and Liz Thomason TraskBritt, P.C. U.S. Bank Foundation Utah Humanities Brian Wilkinson and Mimi Charles Wilkinson-Ferrari and Co.
Leslie A. Lewis in honor of Tony Larimer Manners / Golden Rule Foundation Kyle A. Mantas and Cody Christensen Ken McArthur Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill Dan Miller Shirlyn Miller in honor of Helen Sandack Laurel and Joel Morris Susan Mortensen Gerry Nichols and Marcia Henderson Eric Parrish Carolyn Pedone and John Rose Joseph Pierce $500-$999 Pure Water Solutions of Ron and Ann Allen America LLC Margaret Anderson Robin and Gordon Roberts Ken Barfield Richard Romano Byron and Deborah Barkley The Sarah Beth Coyote Terry and John Becker Foundation Rick and Janis Bennion Max and Teri Savage Kenneth and Karen Savage Scaffold and Brewster Equipment Kate and Bert Bunnell James M. Steele and Linda John and Wendy Carver Wolcott Kristina and Keith Suzanne Stensaas and Christensen Richard Kanner Matthew Classen & Patricia Helga Van Miegroet and Potter Anthony Turhollow Will and Melissa Connelly Suzanne Stensaas Dramatists Guild Fund for Dorothy Ware the Playwrights’ Lab Gary Whiting Eric Eide and Shellie Whittenburg Foundation Messner Eide Dan and Teri Whittenburg Bryan and David Eldredge Duff and Lori Willey in memory of Marie Larimer $250-$499 Fadel Law Firm Christine Allred Jon and Peggy Feder Judy and Bruce Bell in Larry Flanders memory of Robyn Nelson Dorothy Foster Barbara Bentley and Glenn Roxane Googin Prestwich Martin and Glynis Gregory Jennifer Blomfield John and Ilauna Gurr Cal and Laura Boardman Liz Haslam and Judy Rollins Joan and Steve Brinton Rebecca Heal Stephen Brinton Dale Holt Kathleen Cahill and Robert Tina and Larry Howard Broadhead Richard Jackson Marc Christensen Marian Jacobsen David Cleveland Julie Jensen Cheryl Cope Steven Labrum & Jenney Judy Cottrell Wilder Dru and Amy Damico
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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Peter and Suzanne Dawson Christopher and Pilar Dechet Ana de la Cruz Marcia Feldkamp and Chuck Norlin Dennis Ferguson Maura & Jason Fowler Pete Gibbs Wendy Hanson Stephanie and Tim Harpst Gail and Alyssa Hickman Richard Hirschi Lee and Audrey Hollaar Steve and Patricia Horton I C Products Rich Ith Jay and Julie Jacobson in memory of Helen Sandack Deborah Jackson Leola Johnson Gerald Krueger Diana Lady and Lynn Dougan, in memory of Helen Sandack, Avrom Wally Sandack, and Gail Hickman Dave and Sandy Lamb Eb Madson Montel McDowell Dan McKnight Donna and Ross Milley Janet Minden in memory of Diana Felt Michaela Mohr Adrianne and Marty Moore J.J. Palmer Terry and David Peak Peck, Hadfield, Baxter and Moore Kim Pederson Terry Pendley Stan Penfold Sonja Penttila and Lewis R. Boynton Kathy Peterson Mark Pfitzner Glenn Prestwich and Barbara Bentley Joan Proctor Kurt Proctor and Joe Welsch Razoo Foundation April Reynolds Ken Roach and Cindy Powell Elizabeth and Tim Roush Greg Ruther and Michelle Reilly Lauren Scholnick and Steve Cook E. William and Martha Scott Val and Barbara Singleton Jane Sinton Martin Skupinski Douglas Smith and Mary Denslow
Mary O. Stanley Tina Straley Peter and Susan Stevens Harvey and Freida Sweitzer Barbara Tharp David Toussaint Michelle Trush Elaine Weis Sheila and Andy Yorkin John Wiegel Robin Wilks-Dunn Paul and Charlyne Wozniak
Ann Cullimore and Ashby Decker in support of the Theatre Student Artist Series Cummins Rocky Mountain Martin Custen Casey Czapla Paul and Penny Dalrymple Kathy Davis Gordon Dew Stephen and Connie Dobson Terrell Dougan $100-$249 Cliff and Sharon Dutcher William and Suzie Adams Anita Dutson Darian Abegglen Lewis and Shellie Dutson Carolyn Abravanel Klancy De Nevers Joan Ahlf Roger G. Faix, MD Sheryl Allen James Ferguson Kenneth and Julia Ament Lynda Faldmo and Duane Alan Anderson Gillman James and Carol Anderson Alan and Lynda Fletcher in Anonymous honor of Bryan Eldredge Alicia and Larry Ashton Sharon Foster Lois and Stephen Baar Jan and Stan Foutz Stephanie Babilis Kim Francis Maurine Bachman James French David Baker Susan and Chuck Furca Larry Barusch Ann and Spencer Galt Margaret Batson and Ray and Harriett Gesteland William Zwiebel Thomas Godfrey Christina Beckwith and Barry and Debbie Gomberg Todd Rushton Terence Goodman Arleen Bedingfield Naanue Gowan Blaire Bennion & Evan Bruce Granath Benott Scot Greeno Linda Thorn Bevins in honor Peter Hansen and Beatrice of Iraida Santaella & Lufkin Capt. Benjamin Franklin Beverly Hanson Thorn USNR Don and Joy Hartmann Mark Boschert and Edward Havas Maureen Giggey Matt and Wendy HobsonCarolyn Braza Rohrer Reed Brinton Robert Hoffman Bill and Sherry Britt Marilyn Holt Barbara Brown Jack and Ginger Horwitz Katherine Brown Debra Hummel Paul Bruno Karen Hyde Stephen Bryant Shannon Huff Jacobs and Bennion Buchanan Paul Jacobs Debra Buckway Intermountain Bobcat Vicki and Bill Bennion Hilary Jacobs and Daniel Jeff Black Schelling Ellen Bloedel Shannon Huff Jacobs and Diane Bradford Paul Jacobs Ann and Paul Bernstein Elaine Jarvik John F. Carlquist Pat and Boyer Jarvis Kent Chard Maxine Johnson Karen Christopulos Robert and Linda Keiter Carol and David Cise Karen Kelley & Steven Kelly Mich G. Combs Donna and John Kimball William and Violet Corkle Val Kittel Sid and Josephine Cowand Nan Klein Mary Cowan-Klein David Kliger Jerry Crouch Kit Kobe Kyle Lamalfa Billie Gay Larson
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Jenny Rhodes Wallace Ring Brent Roberts Hal and Kathleen Robins Julia Rossi Thomas and Shirley Rossa in memory of William Allen Nevins Dean Rowell Ira Rubinfeld and Willamarie Huelskamp Brent Rushton Charles Saltzman and Ingrid Nygaard Arnold Sanchez Evan and Lorraine Sanders Osman Sanyer Heather and Neil Sarin Catherine Savage Mark Schneider George Severson Nora Shepard Oren Shepard Oren Shepherd William and Merideth Shorter Leslie and Jeff Silvestrini Janet Silotti Brad Simons Jill Smith Sandie and Colby Snook Kathy and David Sorensen Roger Sorenson Kenneth and Claudia Sperling Kim and Mark Spragg James and Claire Ann Stevenson James R. Stewart Scott Stites Stephanie Stratton Annie Strupp Holly and Beverly Stuart George Sumner and Tina Hose Barry & Dianna Swartz Cara Tangaro Douglas Tate Douglas Tilton Raymond Tymas-Jones Wanda Updike Mitzi Van Arsdell Vicki Venne 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 Carol Withrow Family Trust Carl Wolfram Marjorie Young
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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Juan and Candice Arcelarreta Orly Ardon Stephanie Atherton and Erik Billetdeaux Tyson Baker Lori Ball Gina Barberi Robyn Barkdull McKenzie Barkdull Kirt Bateman Kathy L. Bell Jim Bird Traci Blair Roxanne Bowers Shannon Brennan Mary Brown Susan Boevers Alla Borisyuk Elizabeth Bowman Jennifer Brennen Amy Brunvand Isabelle and Lawrence Buhler Victoria Burgess Jayla Burley Wolfe Terry Callahan Anthony Campisi Nicole Cardoni Leslie Carey Tina Cerling Nathalie and Jean-Francois Chanut Rebecca Christman & Zach Smith MaryBeth Clark Bobby Cody Joe Condon Dennis M. Cook Beverley Cooper Teri Cowan Jennifer Coyle 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 Lexie Eller Brittany Enniss Jennifer Eshelman Paula Espinoza Joanne and Ray Fadel
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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
John Downing
Director of Marketing and Engagement
Nick Fleming
Samantha Matsukawa
Ticket Operations/ Database Manager
Accountant/Human Resources
Christian Stringham
Olivia Custodio
Communication & Audience Development Manager
Technical Supervisor
Development Manager
Amy Ware
Executive Assistant
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 Staf f
Brittany Restrepo
Production Staff
Shea Madson
Master Electrician
Sound Operator
Lilly Smith Scenic Artist
Eric Reichert, Quimby Roundy, Matthew Sincell, Matthew Windham Carpenters
Harrison Corthell, Max Seltenrich, Timothy Swensen, Trever Wilson Electricians
Jessie Marker Wardrobe
David Evanoff & J. T. Rogers Artistic Associate
Nancy Borgenicht & Allen Nevins Artists in Residence
Kathleen Cahill & Julie Jensen
Matt Hall
Cover Design
Playwrights in Residence
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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
Kyle Mantas
Terence K. Stephens
Sedgwick Management Group, LLC MagicSpace Entertainment General Counsel. StorageCraft Technology Wells Fargo Bank
Shannon McCann
St. Marks Hospital Behavioral Health Services
Kimberly Neville Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Gerry Nichols NJRA Architects
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Barbara Tharp
Miller Sports Properties
Dan Whittenburg
Lincoln Financial Advisors
Sheila Yorkin
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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 has given 53 university and college students experience in all aspects of a professional theatre production. • 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. • The SLAC Scholarship gives four deserving Utah college and university theatre artists a financial award to assist in jumpstarting their careers. • 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. ∏∏ 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. ∏∏ 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. • For each production, we partner with nonprofit organizations whose mission exemplifies or addresses a theme or idea from the play, including with Canine’s with a Cause, Alzheimer’s Association, Music & Memory Coalition 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 partnered with Art Access for every mainstage production, bringing varying and thought-provoking art to our patrons. 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. 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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New Play Sounding Series Join us for a FREE READING of Steve Yockey’s newest play
MERCURY
Monday, April 25, 2016 @ 7pm Steve Yockey is the playwright of this season’s hit BLACKBERRY WINTER, as well as BLEEDING HEARTS which was read in the New Play Sounding Series in September. We are thrilled to have him back at SLAC to hear his newest play, MERCURY. This pitch black comedy has an illicit affair, a couple hanging on by a thread, bears at the window, and an adorable missing dog named Mr. Bundles. No one's happy, people stop being nice, and blood spills in a story that mashes up violent myth and ideas about "good neighbors" to explore what happens when the mercury rises. SLAC thanks the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation for their generous support of this vital program.
Chapel Gallery Birds are powerful symbols of power and freedom with their ability to soar above the earth and carve out flight paths over thousands of miles. They appear in plays, myths, legends and folk tales, and frequently appear as messengers of the deities in stories of old. Birds are sometimes associated with human personalities and can be portrayed as proud, wise, crafty, devious, annoying, pensive, hyperactive, or regal. Birds have always been a popular subject for artists. The colors, forms, and symbolism of birds intrigue those people who feel compelled to tell stories about our world in visual or auditory form, so Art Access asked several artists to loan us their renditions of birds for this exhibit. Some are realistic, and some are fantastical or whimsical. Whether you’re proud as a peacock, hyper as a hummingbird, or wise as an owl, we hope you enjoy the bird art. Thanks to participating artists Traci O’Very Covey, Susan Gallacher, Sheryl Gillilan, Natasha Hoffman, Chase McCleary, Ben Morgan, Kelly Seim, David Sharp, Terence K. Stephens and Toni Youngblood.
STUPID FUCKING BIRD
Artwork (above) by Chase McCleary
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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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