WELCOME
I couldn’t be happier to welcome you to Salt Lake Acting Company. Your presence here incredibly impacts theatre artists and the entire American theatre field. You are helping to sustain an art form that has the power to inspire, challenge, and bring people together. Magic happens when people gather to experience a live performance.
We are grateful for your open and adventurous spirit as co-creators of brave new work. Your laughter, tears, and applause encourage playwrights to write stories and directors and actors to make them come to life. It’s an honor to open the door for you, hear your reactions to the play, talk to you on the phone, and answer your emails. We are here for you.
From all of us at Salt Lake Acting Company, thank you for being a part of SLAC’s community, for supporting the arts, and for believing in and experiencing the power of theatre. Sit back and enjoy the play.
With love and gratitude,
Cynthia Executive Artistic Director
Summer show cast with director/choreographer Cynthia Fleming.
Presents SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive
By
Olivia Custodio
David Knoell
Penelope Caywood
Director/Choreographer
Cynthia Fleming
Musical Director
Zach Hansen
Scenic Designer
Erik Reichert
Lighting Designer Costume Designer
Jesse Portillo** Alicia Kondrick
Sound Designer Projection Designer Props Designer
Joseph Killian
David O. Smith Erika Ahlin & Anna Blaes
Dramaturg Intimacy & Fight Director Wig Designer
Taylor Wallace
Adriana Lemke
Daniel Jacob Hil
Production Stage Manager Stage Manager
Jennie Sant*
Bridgette Lehman*
Assistant Stage Manager
Kira Bailey*
June 26 - August 18, 2024
Special Thanks to Veterinary Orthopedic Services for their support of this production
Professional Theatre Program
Assistant Director Actors
Assistant Choreographer Nate Ginsberg
Hannah Keating Alexa Shaheen
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
**The Lighting Designer for SLAC’s Summer Show is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the IATSE.
Salt Lake Acting Company gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and government agencies for their very generous sponsorship . Their support is truly essential to SLAC’s vitality and success .
FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
SALT LAKE COUNTY ZOO, ARTS & PARKS PROGRAM
THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
UTAH DIVISION OF ARTS AND MUSEUMS | UTAH LEGISLATURE
GEORGE S. & DOLORES DORÉ ECCLES FOUNDATION
TERENCE KEARNS STEPHENS CHARITABLE FUND
S.J. & JESSIE E. QUINNEY FOUNDATION
ANONYMOUS
B.W. BASTIAN FOUNDATION
JOHN & MARCIA PRICE FAMILY FOUNDATION
SALT LAKE CITY ARTS COUNCIL
MARRINER S. ECCLES FOUNDATION
NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK
MCCARTHEY FAMILY FOUNDATION
LAWRENCE T. & JANET T. DEE FOUNDATION
JARVIS & CONSTANCE DOCTOROW FAMILY FOUNDATION
SEMNANI FAMILY FOUNDATION
Salt Lake Acting Company sincerely thanks the following Corporate Partners who make the 2023/2024 season possible: 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.
MOTHER, PROTESTER, MRS. STRINGHAM ............... MELODY BAUGH
ZEB...................................................
JOSEPH PAUL BRANCA*
BRAXLEY, STUDENT, PROTESTOR, GAYLE KING ....... NOELANI BROWN
SKRUUK ...................................................... NATE GINSBERG
STUDENT, JOLAYNE JENKINS, STAGE MANAGER, MORMON, TOUR GUIDE, POLICE OFFICER, DANCE CAPTAIN .......................................... MICKI MARTINEZ*
HOMELESS PERSON, OVERLORD MUSK, SECURITY GUARD, TRUMP, SPENCER COX, MORMON, STAFF MEMBER, BYU STUDENT, POLICE OFFICER, CARL ................... MARC NIELSON
CELESTLEIGH, STUDENT, REPORTER ........... ALEXA KELLY SHAHEEN
FATHER, STUDENT, JOE BIDEN, KEVIN BACON .....ROBERT SCOTT SMITH*
OMINOUS NARRATOR ...................................... DOUG FABRIZIO
Understudy Program at SLAC
BRAXLEY, STUDENT, PROTESTOR, GAYLE KING, STUDENT, JOYLANYNE JENKINS, STAGE MANAGER, MORMON, TOUR GUIDE, POLICE OFFICE ..................................... TALIA HEISS
MOTHER, PROTESTER, MRS. STRINGHAM, CELESTLEIGH, STUDENT, REPORTER ................................. LAUREL MORGAN ZEB, SCRUUK ............................................................ JORDAN REYNOSA
FATHER, STUDENT, JOE BIDEN, KEVEN BACON, HOMELESS PERSON, OVERLORD MUSK, SECURITY GUARD,
TRUMP, SPENCER COX, MORMON, STAFF MEMBER, BYU STUDENT, POLICE OFFICER, CARL ............................... BRYCE ROMLESKI
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
The Band: Zach Hansen - Keys
Spencer Kellogg - Woodwinds, Strings
Drea Waite - Woodwinds, Strings Sub (July 1-July 7)
SCENES & SONGS
Act 1
Scene 1- Opening
Little Town of Mormons
Oh My Heck, It’s Time
Scene 2- School
The LDS Trekked To The West
Scene 3- Work
You’re A Fuck Up
Spencer Cox
Scene 4- You Gotta Get A Gimmick
You Gottta Get A Gimmick
Scene 5- You’re Gonna Like It Here
You’re Gonna Like it Here
Act 2
Scene 1- The Happiest Place On Earth Nicest Kids in Town
Scene 2- Everybody Cut Loose Holding Out For Kevin Bacon Almost Paradise/ Somebody ’s eyes Footloose
Scene 3- When Aliens Cry Do The Mission
Scene 4- Someone That’s Greene Someone That’s Greene Beings In The Sky
Scene 5- Hold On For One More Day For Good Hold On
Summer show cast.
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Just Listen.
WHO’S WHO
MELODY L. BAUGH –
she/her/hers – Medody is thrilled to be making her SLAC debut. She is an NYC actor recently relocated to Utah. Melody has performed locally with several theaters, including Sundance Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, and Hale Centre Theatre. Favorite roles include Queen Gynecia (Head over Heels), Miss Dorothy (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Grace (Annie), and Vi Moore (Footloose), Forbidden Utah (Director and Choreographer), Titanic (Marion Thayer), and John (Mertis). Melody traveled for many years singing and performing on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and AIDA cruise lines and spent two years singing in Tokyo, Japan. She performs locally singing jazz and her personal cabaret show. Thank you to my parents for always supporting me. BFA (Music/Dance/ Theatre) Brigham Young University. www.MelodyBaugh.com
JOSEPH PAUL BRANCA*
– he/him/his – Joseph is utterly tickled to be back on stage at SLAC (where he also works as the Director of Communications)!
Previous SLAC productions include: Saturday’s Voyeur 2019 (Elder Mortenson), SLAC’s Summer Show 2022 (Stryker), Yoga Play (ASM), Pete the Cat (Jimmy Biddle), and Diary of a Worm… (Ant). Joey has worked with many revered companies across the Wasatch Front and internationally, including: Utah Opera, Hale Centre Theatre, Plan-B Theatre, Good Company Theatre, Hale Center Theater Orem, West Valley Arts, Salt Lake Shakespeare, Desert Star Playhouse, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. In addition to television and voice acting work, he also appears regularly in film, including starring roles in the feature films Dog Valley, the upcoming One Big Happy Family, and the Emmy Award winning Resistance Movement Thank you to SLAC for so many amazing
opportunities, his partner, family, dear friends, and anyone who has cracked a smile at his jokes. Follow along @JosephBranca or at JosephBranca.com
NOELANI BROWN –
she/her/hers – Noelani is an actor, painter, self-published poet and personal trainer. She is thrilled to make her SLAC debut! Her favorite shows performed-in have been Sweeney Todd at Grand Theatre, Rocky Horror, and RENT at Ziegfeld Theatre, the latter in which she portrayed her dream role, Joanne. Noelani thanks her life-partner, SiDayne, for supporting her in all of her artistic endeavors and continually keeping her spirits high. Noelani also thanks you for reading this blurb, and her message to you is this: you are so much more capable than you think you are, even as a little speck in the galaxy.
NATE GINSBERG – he/ him/his – Nate is very excited to be making his SLAC Debut! Nate is an upcoming senior in the Musical Theatre Program at the University of Utah. His previous credits include Jack in Into the Woods (Babcock Theatre), Herr Schultz in Cabaret (Babcock), Ensemble in Matilda Jr. (Kingsbury Hall) and Wilbur u/s in Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience (Babcock). Nate has also performed at the Grand Theatre (Oliver! and The Full Monty), CenterPoint Legacy Theatre (Peter Pan), and Hale Centre Theatre (Ragtime and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). Nate would like to thank his friends and family for all of their support!
MICKI MARTINEZ* –she/her/hers – Micki is so excited to be back at SLAC! Previous credits include Pinkalicious (Alison/Dr. Wink) and Diary of a Worm,a Spider, and a
Fly (Butterfly). Martinez holds a BFA from the University of Utah. She was most recently seen in The Rocky Horror Show (Columbia) at Pioneer Theatre Company. Other PTC credits include: The Prom, Something Rotten, Elf the Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, La Cage Aux Folles, and In the Heights (Nina Rosario). She also appeared in West Valley Art’s production of In the Heights (Vanessa). Martinez is passionate about new works and had the privilege of originating two roles in the inaugural workshops of How Flowers Bloom (Amy) and Canyon Country (Sarah) by SLC playwright Liv C. Smith. She would like to thank her family, friends, her manager Julia, and her dog Maybe for their encouragement and support! @Micki_Martinez
MARC NIELSON – he/ him/his – Marc was born on the 21st of July in the 1990th year of our lord. He was originally born Marcus Nathaniel Kennedy, however, a mistake at the hospital had him switched at birth with the Nielson’s. By the time the mistake had been discovered the Kennedy’s no longer wanted him because; Quote, “Gross, poor people touched him.” End quote. Despite this setback Marc showed immense promise as a toddler. At the age of two he had composed his first concerto, by three he had mastered the linguistic subtleties of both English and Italian. He was his family’s pride, the dreams of their collective future rested upon his chiseled baby shoulders, and then, he fell down the stairs… head first. Each step that tragically rose to greet his still softened baby skull robbed Marc of all possible futures. Doctor was gone on the first step, followed by lawyer, then entrepreneur, teacher, janitor; all gone. By the time Marc’s dumb little baby head hit the basement landing his future was sealed. A comedian, one step away from useless. So began Marc’s arduous journey through life, chronicled here in this seven part biography… wait, what do you mean 200 word limi-…
ALEXA SHAHEEN –she/they – Alexa is ecstatic to be working on their first production with SLAC! Alexa is a native Oregonian who is going into her third year in the Musical Theatre Program at the University of Utah! She was last seen as Sandy Cheeks in SpongeBob the Musical at Kingsbury Hall (Youth Theatre at the U). Other credits include: Seancé: The Dark Ritual (Lagoon), Smoke & Mirrors (Lagoon), White Christmas (Regalo Theatre Company), and Theory of Relativity (Bridgetown Conservatory). When she isn’t on stage, you can catch her hiking, playing card games with her roommates, and journaling at her favorite coffee shop. Alexa would like to send big thanks to her friends, family, and professors for their continuous love and support!
ROBERT SCOTT SMITH* – he/him/his – Robert is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory, Assistant Professor and Area Head of the BFA Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. As a professional actor, NYC credits include Kreutzer Sonata (United Solo Festival), Keeping Ishmael (Workshop); Pericles (SLANT); SLC acting credits include Gold Mountain (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Murder on the Orient Express, Mary Stuart, The Crucible and Two Henrys (PTC); Sleeping Giant (World Premiere), Saturday’s Voyeur, Climbing with Tigers, Rapture Blister Burn, Good People, Charm (World Premiere), Swimming in the Shallows, Six Years, Big Love, Batboy: The Musical and Gross Indecency (Salt Lake Acting Company); A Streetcar Named Desire, Our Town (The Grand Theatre); and Ice Front (World Premiere), Kreutzer Sonata (World Premiere) and Bash (Plan-B). Film credits include AESOP (Episodic Series), Kill The Babysitter (UK FrightFest 2020), Jewtah, Wildlife (Official Selection Cannes Métrage Selection 2015) Blessing, and Animae.
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TALIA HEISS – she/her/ hers – is Jazzed to be working with Salt Lake Acting Company in the understudy program! She has been finding joy as a Teaching Artist with Plan-B Theatre, and is eagerly looking forward to being in their next free elementary school tour, EllaMental. Close Encounters in the Beehive has left Talia feeling an energetic buzz that one can only get from participating in live theatre!
LAUREL MORGAN –she/her/hers – is excited to be returning to Salt Lake Acting Company after appearing in SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood last summer. She is entering her senior year pursuing a BFA in the Actors Training Program at the University of Utah. She has recently been seen on the Babcock stage as Ariel in The Tempest and Bartley in Old Man and the Old Moon. Laurel also performs in theatrical productions all around the Salt Lake Valley, most recently as Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice (The Grand Theatre), Connie in fate? (The Grand Theatre), Tigger and Owl in Winnie the Pooh (Parker Theatre), and Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing (Parker Theatre).
JORDAN REYNOSA – he/ him/his – graduated from Westminster College (‘21) with a BFA in acting and a minor in dance. He is the founder and artistic director of Beyond the Line Theatre Company; they have premiered a multitude of devised theatre and dance works, including Fictitious People, The Lady with the Dog (won Outstanding Student Production), Clown House (won Best of F Fringe Award), and Ubu Roi, all which premiered at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. Some of his acting credits include The Fossil Record (Andrew) at An Other Theatre Com-
pany, Yoga Play (Fred), Let’s Fix Andy! (Marcus) staged reading, West Side Story (Luis) at the Grand Theatre, Ah, Wilderness! (Richard), Stop Kiss (Detective Cole), Othello (Gratiano), Spring Awakening (Otto), Hotel Cassiopeia (Umbrella), Machinal (Bailiff), The Tempest (Company), and Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Ensemble). Instagram: @beyondthelinetheatreco, beyondthelinetheatrecompany.org
BRYCE ROMLESKI – he/ him/his – is thrilled to be returning to Salt Lake Acting Company in SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive Some of his most recent credits include: Into the Woods (University of Utah); Elephant and Piggie’s: “We are in a Play!” (Salt Lake Acting Company); SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Salt Lake Acting Company); and Cabaret (University of Utah). Bryce received his B.F.A. with an emphasis in Musical Theatre from the University of Utah. He would like to thank his friends and family for their unwavering love and support! | @bryceromleski | bryceromleski.com
OLIVIA CUSTODIO – she/her/hers (Playwright) has appeared on the SLAC stage in #SLACabaret 2021, Saturday’s Voyeur, Streetlight Woodpecker, Art Dog, I’ll Eat You Last, and numerous readings. Most recently she served as head writer of the 2022 SLACabaret: Down the Rabbit Hole and SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters in Music from the University of Utah. You may have seen her elsewhere in town as The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (Grand Theatre), Ana in Burn (Sackerson), and on KUER as a part of Plan B’s Radio Hour. You can thank her early childhood crush on David Duchovny and her obsession with the X-Files as the inspiration for this show. Much love to her mantis, Trevor, and her family. www.OliviaCustodio.com
DAVID KNOELL – he/him/his (Playwright)
This is David’s first year on the writing team
after performing in last summer’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. You may have also seen him on the SLAC stage in Bald Sisters, and Hairy and Sherri, or at the Great Salt Lake Fringe (Small Box with a Revolver). He also stage manages with Plan-B Theatre (Mestiza, or Mixed, and Balthazar). David performs improv locally with Laughing Stock (Draper), Improv Broadway (Provo), The Sanctuary (West Jordan) and with the trio, D’Arcy - performing at this year’s Fringe Festival. Before moving to Utah, David worked in Chicago as an assistant director with The Second City Tour Company (GreenCo), and a producer, director, and performer in the Second City Training Center (Jam Sandwich, Infinite Sundaes). He directed and served as head-writer for Chicago Giggle Authority, creating eighteen original shows at Stage 773. His improv and sketch comedy experience includes iO and Second City (Chicago), Unexpected Productions (Seattle), SAK Comedy Lab (Orlando), and The Huge Embarrassing Failures (Nebraska).
PENELOPE CAYWOOD – she/her/hers (Playwright) is thrilled to have contributed to the writing team as a lyricist for this production at Salt Lake Acting Company. She deeply appreciates the opportunity to showcase her versatility, extending beyond her work in Theatre for Young Audiences. Her directorial highlights include the Utah premieres of Yoga Play at SLAC and Fremont Junior High is NOT Doing Oklahoma! at Good Company Theatre, among others. An Adjunct Assistant Professor for Theatre Teaching and Artistic Director for Youth Theatre at the U, Penelope continues to nurture emerging talent through her award winning high school Conservatory. She also serves on the boards of the Utah Advisory Council of Theatre Teachers and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, advocating for the advancement of theatre education and young artists’ development.
ZACH HANSEN – he/him/his (Musical Director) is a highly regarded pianist, music
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director, composer, and orchestrator for educational, community, professional, and Off-Broadway productions. He has been a pianist for many shows over the years, including at Desert Star Playhouse for the past three years, SLAC’s Summer show for the past two years, and a collaborative pianist for the University of Utah’s musical theater department and their shows. Zach has produced original performance tracks and orchestrations for numerous productions, including The Prince’s New Pet: A New Family Musical and Relative Space: An Atypical Musical (with a potential West End production). He is currently involved in An Axemas Story: A Bloody Sappy New Musical (Off-Broadway).
JESSE PORTILLO** – he/him/his (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer based in Los Angeles and an Associate Professor of Theatre at Cal Poly Pomona. Previous SLAC credits include SLACabaret 2021, Pete The Cat, Saturday’s Voyeur, Climbing with Tigers, and Harbur Gate. Additional credits include productions for South Coast Rep, Pioneer Theatre Company, Arizona Broadway Theatre, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Ancram Opera House, LOOK Musicals, New Century Dance, Repertory Dance Theater, Samba Fogo, PURE Theatre, Mobile Opera and Plan-B Theatre Company. He holds an MFA from Indiana University and has previously served on the faculty of the University of Utah and the College of Charleston. He is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, and an active member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, where he is the Co- Commissioner for Lighting Design and Technology. He is a founding member of La Gente: The Latinx Design Network, and works to make all aspects of live entertainment more diverse, equitable and inclusive by deploying anti-racist approaches in all aspects of his work.
ERIK REICHERT – he/him/his (Set Designer/ Construction Supervisor) is excited to be working on SLAC’s Summer Show 2024. Previous shows Set Designing include,
Elephant & Piggie: We Are in a Play!! SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, UBLAC, Sankofa: This Journey, Go Back and Get It, A Year with Frog and Toad, Stags Leap, The Wolves, The Dance and the Railroad and Dolls House Pt. 2. and was the asst. set designer on Form of a Girl Unknown. Props Design includes Hairy & Sherri, Sleeping Giant, SLACabaret: Down the Rabbit Hole, Passing Strange, Egress, Elephant & Piggie’s: We Are in a Play, and Four Women Talking About The Man Under The Sheet. He currently works as the Construction Supervisor at SLAC and Traveling Lead I&D Specialist for Trade Shows across America.
JOE KILLIAN – he/him/his (Sound Designer) holds a B.F.A. in sound design and stage management from the University of Utah and currently serves as SLAC’s house sound engineer. In addition to event management, Mr. Killian is a free-lance designer of sound effects, soundscapes, and arranged music for film, video games, and the performing arts. His work has been heard in a variety of venues, including SLAC, Kingsbury Hall, Utah PrideFest, Utah Arts Festival, Plan-B, The Grand Theatre, the Edinburgh Festival and Utah Lyric Opera.
ERIKA AHLIN – she/her/hers (Props Designer) is so excited to be on the creative team for this production. She has designed previously at SLAC for Bald Sisters, You Will Get Sick, SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and was an Assistant Props designer for Yoga Play She has been working administratively with the organization since 2012 and is currently serving as Director of Development. In her free time, Erika plays bass in SLC based band, NADEZHDA.
ANNA BLAES – she/her/hers (Props Designer) earned her BFA in Performing Arts Design at the University of Utah in 2023 and is thrilled to be designing her fourth show at SLAC. Theatre: Bald Sisters (SLAC), SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (SLAC), The Sweet Science of Bruising (The University of Utah), A Year With Frog and Toad (SLAC), A Night
To Dismember (The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival), Sympathizer (The Box Gateway). Film: Enactment (Bridger Roberts). Thank you to Dina and Chris for your unwavering support, and thank you to the incredible production and administrative teams at SLAC! On the web at ABlaesDesign.Com.
DAVID O. SMITH – he/him/his (Projection Designer) is grateful to be working with SLAC and the positive, supportive environment that is fostered here. Creative credits include Tommy with Connecticut Repertory Theatre, The Victoria Secret Fashion Show, The MTV Video Music Awards, NBC’s Sound of Music with Carrie Underwood, Ben Folds in concert, The Tonight Show, numerous productions with the Stella Adler Studios as well as regional and community theatres. David is also passionate about education in the arts. He has taught at the university level and is proud to be a participating member of the USITT Lighting Commission leadership. David
is also working with entertainment industry organizations and corporations to develop and execute training programs that increase access to skills and growth opportunities for the arts community. Every time we tell a story we have the chance to provide meaning, change, or joy to a participant. It is important that these stories get told.
ALICIA KONDRICK – she/her/hers (Costume Designer) most recent credits are West Side Story at West Valley Arts, Wild Party at Hart Theatre Company and Bald Sisters at SLAC. She is thrilled to be back for her first Summer Show at SLAC. Alicia has her BFA from Weber State University.
JENNIE SANT* – she/her/hers (Production Manager/AEA Production Stage Manager) Is currently the Production Manager and Production Stage Manager at Salt Lake Acting Company. She has worked over 30 shows at SLAC. Previous favorites include Bald Sisters,
WHO’S WHO
SLAC’s Summer Show 2023, Sleeping Giant, Passing Strange, Elephant & Piggie’s: “We Are in a Play!”, Pete The Cat, Saturday’s Voyeur 2019, Form Of A Girl Unknown, Surely Goodness and Mercy, Harbor Gate, and Stupid Fucking Bird. She also has Stage Managed NPSS readings and SLAC’s Playwrights Labs. Other credits include The Utah High School Musical Awards, Golden Spike 150, Gold Mountain, Odyssey Dance Company’s, Thriller, The Petite Palace Wonderland and Princess Wendy, Copa Theatre, Annie, Pioneer Theatre Company (AEA ASM) Next To Normal, (1st ASM) Les Misérables, The Producers, Paint Your Wagon, Doubt, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Foreigner And Vertical Hour. She has also worked for Salt Lake Shakespeare and Utah Contemporary Theatre.
BRIDGETTE LEHMAN*
– she/her/hers (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be at Salt Lake Acting Company, where her previous productions include You Will Get Sick, Elephant and Piggie’s We’re in a Play!, SLAC’s Summer Show ’23, Hairy and Sherri, and A Year with Frog and Toad! Other recent credits include Plan-B Theatre and KUER’s Radio Hour Ep 17: Sherlock Holmes and the Final Problem. She also has fun being a sound designer and engineer when she is not stage managing! A proud Weber State alumna. She would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her!
KIRA BAILEY* – she/her/hers (Asst. Stage Manager) is so excited to be a part of SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive!! She recently was the Production Assistant in The Tempest at the University of Utah. She is currently an undergraduate at the U, majoring in film with a stage management certificate. She is beyond grateful for the constant love and support from her friends and family! She hopes you enjoy the show!
ADRIANA LEMKE – she/her/hers (Intimacy/ Fight Director) is a Salt Lake City-based theatre-artist and movement professional. Previous Salt Lake Acting Company productions include Bald Sisters, Hairy & Sherri, Sleeping Giant, Surely Goodness &
Mercy, and The Wolves. Recently, she was intimacy/fight director for The Sweet Science of Bruising (U of U) and As You Like It (U of U). Other fight direction credits include At the Bottom (Pinnacle Acting Company), Ion (The Classical Greek Theatre Festival), Twelfth Night (Salt Lake Shakespeare), Man and the Moon (Good Company Theatre), Julius Caesar (U o fU), and Hamlet (Sun Valley Shakespeare).
TAYLOR WALLACE – she/they (Dramaturg) is a theatre artist born and raised in Salt Lake City, working with companies all over the greater Salt Lake area. Recent acting credits include Pride and Prejudice (Charlotte Lucas), Bitter Lemon (SM), Medea (chorus), Go Home Come Back (SM), Passing Strange (US - women’s chorus), Helen (Polydeuces/ chorus). She is also a teaching artist with Plan-B’s Free Elementary School Tour
HANNAH KEATING – she/they (Asst. Director/Asst.Choreographer) is so grateful to be a part of the iconic SLAC Summer Show! At SLAC, you may have seen her in Elephant and Piggie’s: “We Are In A Play!” and A Year with Frog and Toad – both directed by writer Penny Caywood, who Keating assisted on The Book Club Play (Babcock Theatre). Performing credits include: 42nd Street (CenterPoint Legacy Theatre), Something Rotten (Pioneer Theatre Company). BFA/BS University of Utah 2022. And when she’s not rehearsing or working at the U, she’s an avid climber, yogi, improviser, and writer. “Special thanks to Cynthia, and to my mom and sisters (aka my personal Board of Directors).” HannahKeating.com / @IAmJustKeating
SPENCER KELLOGG – he/him/his (Band) is overjoyed to be back at SLAC for another wonderful summer show! Spencer is a multi-instrumentalist playing woodwinds, guitar, bass, mandolin, and banjo. He has performed in the pit for Saturday’s Voyeur (SLAC), SLACabaret (SLAC), A Chorus Line (Empress Theatre), Daddy Long Legs (Empress Theatre) and Bright Star (Empress
Theatre). Thank you to my loving wife for all her support!
CYNTHIA FLEMING – she/her/hers (Executive Artistic Director) has been on the administrative staff at Salt Lake Acting Company since 1998. During this time, she has overseen multiple departments including Marketing, Communications, Development, Production, and Audience Services. In 2015, Cynthia was named to her current role as Executive Artistic Director. Prior to arriving at Salt Lake Acting Company, Cynthia performed in the Broadway, National, and International companies of the original run of A Chorus Line, directed by Michael Bennett. Cynthia remains a working artist in the theatre and continues to direct and choreograph works both at SLAC and elsewhere. Those credits include S:AC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, SLACabaret: Down the Rabbit Hole, SLACabaret 2021, Silent Dancer, Saturday’s Voyeur (16 years as Choreographer, 7 as Director/Choreographer), Bat Boy, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, as well as guest directing the MFA Playwrights’ Workshop—a partnership with the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival, Stanford University, and the National New Play Network. She has also served as a visiting professor for the University of Utah’s Musical Theatre program. Outside of her theatrerelated pursuits, Cynthia is a member of the Women’s Democratic Club of Utah, as well as 100 Women Who Care SLC. Cynthia is proud to serve SLAC and its mission to engage and enrich the community through brave, contemporary theatre.
SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY (SLAC)’s mission is to engage and enrich the community
through brave, contemporary theatre. Founded in 1970 by Edward Gryska, SLAC is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 professional theatre dedicated to producing, commissioning, and developing new works and to supporting a community of professional artists. SLAC has been nationally recognized by the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Edgerton Foundation, among others. SLAC operates under an SPT Actors Equity Association contract and is a proud member of the National New Play Network (a national alliance of nonprofit professional theatres that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays). For more information, visit SaltLakeActingCompany.org.
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.
** Lighting Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the IATSE.
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SLAC’s Green Room Gallery is a celebration of visual art. SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive, is a love letter to our community. That is reflected by over 22 community based artists represented in the gallery. The Green Room Gallery is a space for conversation, enjoyment, and reflection, but most importantly, it is another way for SLAC to support Utah artists
This year’s Green Room Gallery features artwork: Steph Alpizar, Kait E Artwork, Yildiz Asangali, Momunbek Astar, Sidney Barrett, Suzanne Barton, Ric Blackerby, Sierra Bruggink, Suzanne Bybee, Alexsys Campbell, Caro Ciet, Holly Clayton, Alex Deboeck, Adrian Feener, Sara Fitzgerald, Madilyn Gomm Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S, Hailey Jackson, Yasmine Jordan, Karly Laursen, Bridgette Lehman, Laura McCoy, Carrie Morgan, Camron Park, Rowan Pheysey, Moe “ArtekMoe” Smith, Terence Kearns Stephens, Evan Van Leuven, Bianca Velasquez, Gail Wright
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By Terence Kearns Stephens
Salt Lake Acting Company’s 2024/2025 Season
Saving live theatre, one play at a time
Whitelisted (Rights Pending)
by Chisa Hutchinson
Regional Premiere
Workshopped in SLAC’s 22/23
New Play Sounding Series
Oct. 2 - 27, 2024
A Haunting Comedy. Rebecca Burgess is living her life when weird, supernatural sh*t starts happening to her for no reason she can think of. This heart-pounding, suspenseful, highly theatrical piece is a cautionary tale that considers the possibility of cosmic justice in the absence of social justice.
The
Robertassey by Kathleen Cahill
World Premiere
Workshopped in SLAC’s 18/19
New Play Sounding Series
Feb. 5 - Mar 2, 2025
A comedy about grief. Roberta arrives in Dublin but her suitcase—which contains her father’s ashes—doesn’t. Her trip turns into a magical mystery tour and the lost suitcase becomes a symbol of her life. This lyrical and intoxicating comedy tests forgiveness, love, and our trust in the universe.
Bat Boy: The Musical
Story & Book by Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming
Music & Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe
Licensed under agreement with Weekly World News
Apr. 9 - May 4, 2025
The musical comedy/horror sensation based on the “cult story” published in The Weekly World News about a half boy/half bat creature discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia comes back to Salt Lake Acting Company after 21 years. This campy, heartfelt musical is a satirical commentary on prejudice and tolerance in America.
SLAC’s Summer Show
World Premiere
June 25 - Aug. 17, 2025
You know the drill: Bring your friends to the best summer party in town! Don’t miss out on the fun. Join in on the laughter and treat yourself to a good time.
Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!
(Rights Pending)
Based on the book Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Script by Mo Willems & Tom Warburton
Lyrics by Mo Willems
Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Children’s Play | Season Add-on
Dec. 6 - 30, 2024
Hop on board for an unforgettable ride with the Pigeon in this feather-filled extravaganza based on Mo Willems’ bestselling books. The Pigeon is back and he’s ready to take the stage. You won’t want to miss this bus!
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SPONSORS, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
Salt Lake Acting Company is a 501©3 non-profit professional theatre, and depends on the generosity of individuals, corporations, and public agencies who make the theatre’s work possible. Thank you for believing in the magic of theatre, and investing in SLAC. The giving tiers below are for donations received from June 10, 2023-June 10, 2024.
For information about SLAC’s Giving Program, or to correct any information below, please call Erika Ahlin at 801.363.7522 or email erika@saltlakeactingcompany.org.
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PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
Through the Professional Theatre Program for Emerging Artists (PTP), SLAC provides opportunities for students and early-career theatre artists to gain meaningful, fully paid experience by integrating them into the production cycle. This production’s PTP participants are Nate Ginsberg, Hannah Keating, and Alexa Shaheen.
Professional Theatre Program participants Hannah Keating, Nate Ginsberg, and Alexa Shaheen.
After performing in two children’s musicals at SLAC, I jumped at the opportunity to work on the other side of the table. Assisting Cynthia with direction and choreography, and working with this company of professionals has been an invaluable, hands-on learning experience. I’m grateful to the PTP for supporting me in the next step of my creative career.
- Hannah Keating
I am incredibly grateful to SLAC for giving me the opportunity to earn professional credits while still in school. Working with professionals has been wonderful in preparing me to enter the field after graduation. SLAC has truly been a fantastic place to play, create, and grow!
- Nate Ginsberg
Working at Salt Lake Acting Company has been something that has been such a beautiful experience that I am incredibly grateful for. Spending so much time with creatives that make big, bold choices has really allowed for me to grow exponentially as an artist. Salt Lake Acting Company has really cultivated an environment that is safe for play and full collaboration; something that is essential for artists to produce their best work and have fun while doing it
- Alexa Shaheen
SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY
Cynthia Fleming Executive Artistic Director
Erika Ahlin
Joseph Paul Branca Latoya Cameron Director of Development Director of Communications Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Dramaturg
John Downing Nick Fleming Adriana Lemke Accountant/Human Resources Director of Technology & Ticketing Subscription Specialist
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Jennie Sant* Emily Sinclair NPSS Producer, Grants & Audience Production Manager Accessibility Coordinator Relationship Associate
Anna Blaes, Camden Barrett, Ben Barton, Trevor Dean, Kallie Filanda, Pidgin Haycock, Hannah Keating, Gracie Kilminster, Emily Kitterer, David Knoell, McKell Peterson, Emmit Smiley, McKenna Soderberg, Lucy Urquhart, Taylor Wallace, Nan Weber, Akina Yamazaki Front of House Staff
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Salt Lake Acting Company’s mission is to engage and enrich community through brave, contemporary theatre.
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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 801-363-7522 or visit us online at SaltLakeActingCompany.org. Remote box office hours are Monday-Friday 11am-5pm, with extended hours and in-person availability during run of show.
Ticket Exchanges:
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Group Sales:
Discounts are available to groups of 10 or more. Call 801-363-7522 to discuss seating availability or email info@saltlakeactingcompany.org 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:
We offer various accessible accommodations, including: elevator access to the Upstairs Theatre, an ADA approved restroom in the lobby, four different accessible performances for each production, assisted listening devices, and more.
Accessibility Considerations
• Assistive Listening Devices
• ASL-Interpreted Performances
• Open Captioned Performances
• Audio-Described Performances
• Sensory-Friendly Performances
• Digital Programs
• Accessible Seating and Restroom
• Support Animal Access
For a full overview of our accessibility offerings, please visit SaltLakeActingCompany.org
The use of film, video or audio recording equipment in the theatre during a performance is expressly prohibited.
Please turn off all cell phones.
