WHO’S WHO

Bottom (Pinnacle Acting Company), Ion (The Classical Greek Theatre Festival), Twelfth Night (Salt Lake Shakespeare), Man and the Moon (Good Company Theatre), Julius Caesar (UofU), Hamlet (Sun Valley Shakespeare).

BRIDGETTE LEHMAN* (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be returning to Salt Lake Acting Company, where her previous productions include Hairy and Sherri and A Year With Frog and Toad! Other regional credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Good Company Theatre, and Shrek! The Musical, Little Women in Concert, Aladdin Jr., and Five Carols for Christmas for Ogden Musical Theatre. She is a Weber State University Graduate with a B.A. in Theatre Arts. University credits include Something’s Afoot, Behind the Curtain: PIPPIN, and AAT Presents: Theatre Fever. She would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her!

DANIEL JACOB HILL (Wig Designer) A native to Salt Lake City, Utah Daniels career as a hairdresser began in 2008. His expertise behind the chair created opportunities for him to work backstage at New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival, and Ballet West. Daniel began working with Utah Opera in 2012 as an assistant to the chorus members, where he slowly worked up to concluding his time with the company as a Wig and Makeup Designer. Daniel is the owner of Omni salon + wellness in Sugarhouse. Daniel has done wigs for previous SLAC shows Passing Strange (2022) and SLACabaret (2022). He is thrilled to be a part of SLAC as a board member and assisting in the wigs and makeup for select shows.

KENNY RICHES (Video Director) was born in Toyota City, Japan; raised in Salt Lake City, Utah; and currently resides in Miami, Florida. His 2015 feature film, The Strongest Man, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and his most recent feature film, A Name Without A Place, premiered at the 2019 Miami International Film Festival. His producer credits include My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020, Tribeca Film Festival), and Sanzaru (2020, Slamdance Film Festival). He co- founded The David Ross Fetzer Foundation (The Davey Foundation), a grant-giving organization for filmmakers founded in memory of David Fetzer and is a partner in the film production company, Dualist.

LINDA L. BROWN & STEVEN GLENN

BROWN (Puppet Design/Construction) are both thrilled to working at SLAC again. They were the co-creators of the really really great big bear in SLAC’s production of Steve Yockey’s, Mercury. As-well-as puppets for Hand To God, Art Dog, and Blackberry Winter. Additionally, they have created puppets for Westminster College’s annual Greek Show Heracles, as well as puppets for Youth Theatre at the University of Utah’s production of Alice, presented in conjunction with Kingsbury Presents at Kingsbury Hall. Both Glenn and Linda hold MFAs in Theatre from the University of Utah. Glenn is also an instructional coach for the Granite School District for BTS Fine Arts elementary teachers. Linda is a secondary FA Academic Specialist for the Granite District as well.

SPENCER KELLOGG (Saxophones) is extremely happy to be performing again with Salt Lake Acting Company! Spencer is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in the woodwind and the guitar families. During the academic year, Spencer works at the McKay Music Library in the School of Music at the U of U.

ZACH HANSEN (Keys) is a highly regarded music director, arranger, composer, and orchestrator. His career, begun at 16, has spanned a decade across diverse platforms, including educational, community, professional, and Off-Broadway productions. He has left his mark as a pianist and music director at Desert Star Playhouse for past 2 years (12 shows). And does collaborative piano for the University of Utah’s musical theater department. His composing portfolio includes Melissa Leilani Larsen’s Pride and Prejudice, an array of Shakespeare plays, and versatile film and radio projects like Go Assistant and In the Telling: Arabian Nights. In orchestration and production, Zach has produced original performance tracks for numerous produc- tions, including The Prince’s New Pet: A New Family Musical and Relative Space: An Atypical Musical. Current projects involve Saw: The Musical (Off-Broadway Tour), The Fox Sisters (Wichita State University), and the upcoming Off-Broadway show, An Axemas Story: A Bloody Sappy New Musical. Zach is also delighted to be back for his second time playing for SLAC’s Summer Show

JENNIE SANT* (Production Stage Manager/ Production Manager) Has been at Salt Lake Acting Company for over 10 years. During that decade she has stage managed over 30 shows, including NPSS readings and SLAC’s Playwrights Lab. She is pleased to be working on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Previous shows include Yoga Play, Sleeping Giant, SLACabaret 2022: Down the Rabbit Hole, Passing Strange, Egress, Elephant & Piggie, SLACabaret 2021 and Alabaster. Other credits include Gold Mountain (Golden Spike 150) Thriller (Odyssey Dance Company), Wonderland and Princess Wendy (The Petite Palace), Annie (COPA Theatre), Next To Normal (AEA ASM), Les Misérables (ASM), The Producers, Paint Your Wagon, Doubt, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Foreigner and Vertical Hour (Pioneer Theatre Company). She has also worked for Salt Lake Shakespeare and Utah Contemporary Theatre. Jennie.s@saltlakeactingcompany.org

CYNTHIA FLEMING (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 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 theatre-related 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.

* 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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Salt Lake Acting Company’s 2023/2024 Season

Can I Say Yes to That Dress?

By Sarah Shippobotham

World Premiere

Workshopped in SLAC’s 22/23 New Play Sounding Series

September 27 – October 29, 2023

Stuck in a wedding dress changing room, a middle-aged woman questions her life choices and what it really means to be a woman. This hilarious and touching one-person tour de force asks what happens if you feel like you don’t fit into the socially accepted norms of femininity and femaleness.