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Welcome to Salt Lake Acting Company, and thank you for celebrating our 53rd season with us! We are thrilled to kick off this season with a play by the acclaimed, award-winning playwright Chisa Hutchinson, marking the second time one of Chisa’s plays has opened our season—her heartful and powerful Surely, Goodness, and Mercy launched our season in 2017. We’ve also proudly featured her work, Amerikin, in our New Play Sounding Series. Chisa is truly one of the most remarkable playwrights of our time, and her warmth, humanity, and sense of humor are reflected in everything she creates.
This year, we’ve curated a season that is sure to captivate, surprise, and delight even the most seasoned theatergoer, exemplifying the SLAC experience. It’s our gift to you—our audience—who remain at the heart of all we do. Your passion fuels our artistic passion, and this season, you’ll witness work on our stage, unlike anything we’ve presented before.
But SLAC’s impact extends beyond the stage. We strive to be a vital resource to our community through our Making Space for Artists program, arts education programs, collaborations with local nonprofits, and groundbreaking work in new play development. Our influence is felt not just locally but on a national scale as we continue to champion innovation and inclusivity in the arts.
We are so grateful for your presence today. Our dedicated staff is here to ensure you have a wonderful experience, and we deeply appreciate your ongoing commitment to our work—both onstage and off. Your support is what makes our mission possible, and we are truly thankful for it.
With love and gratitude, Cynthia
Fleming Executive Artistic Director
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THURSDAYS 7PM
By
Chisa Hutchinson
Directors
Latoya Cameron & Tito Livas
Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Erik Reichert Jesse Portillo** Dennis Hassan
Sound Designer Props Design Joe Killian Tanner Sase
Dramaturg
Intimacy & Fight Director Production Stage Manager Taylor Wallace Adriana Lemke Jennie Sant*
Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Tahra Veasley* Bridgette Lehman
Professional Theatre Program
2nd Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Costume Designer Actor Lynn Brisco Emma Lovan Betty Kalunga
October 2 - October 27, 2024
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 .
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 2024/2025 season possible: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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This project is supported in part by Salt Lake County’s Zoo, Arts and Parks program, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the Salt Lake City Arts Council.
YVETTE/OFFICER BLACK
RYAN/OFFICER WHITE
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
Whitelisted Cast, Photo by Laura Chapman, Not Pictured: Eliyah Ghaeini, Special Thanks to Our Friends at Dara Modern
Salt Lake Acting Company’s Green Room Gallery is more than just a space for patrons to lounge; it’s a vibrant hub for local visual arts. This gallery showcases and sells the work of local artists, with exhibitions often thematically linked to the productions on stage. The gallery exemplifies SLAC’s mission to nurture the local creative community by offering diverse visual perspectives and celebrating the connections between visual and performing arts.
During the run of Whitelisted we are thrilled to display the work by Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S.
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. is a multidisciplinary artist and bestselling author who ignites healing through visual art, poetry, and music, crafting narratives that foster self-discovery and empathy. Her work is featured in several galleries and museums around Salt Lake City, and she had the honor of being a featured artist during the 2023 NBA All Star Games.
(she/ her) is thrilled to be making her SLAC debut. After living in NYC for the past several years, she’s excited to be back performing in Utah. Her favorite role thus far in life is Auntie Coco to her two beautiful nieces. Check out her original music on Spotify & Apple Music. “Lead With Love!” @ColletteAstle
JACOB BARNES (he/ him) “Esse est percipi: To be is to be perceived.”George Berkely. Jacob is elated for his first show at SLAC! He has been acting for over 15-years with various companies including: Good Company Theatre, Pygmalion Theatre Company, The Grand Theatre (UT), Sacred Fools, Rogue Artists Ensemble, Theatre Planners, and InnerCity Shakespeare (L.A.) Currently signed with McCarty Talent Agency. A great day for Jacob consists of: Music, Star Trek, wine, the woods, family and friends. Big hug and shout out to his wife, Mindy, and Jacob’s family for their endless love and support. “All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” -Bob Dylan
DARBYDUFFIN* (she/her) I became an actor to tell stories, to see myself reflected, to provoke thought, spark ideas, tell the truth as I see it, and most importantly to heal. Once you hear the story, the responsibility becomes yours. Art should leave you wanting. Want is the beginning of change. Be Open. Be Present. Past SLAC performances include: Passing Strange, Mercury, The Overwhelming. Other credits include: The Clean Up Project, The Third Crossing, Caroline or Change, Fencer, [title of show], 1940’s Radio Hour, Women of Lockerbie, Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill, and For Colored Girls Who Have
Committed Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. For more information, go to www. DeeDeeDarbyDuffin.com or follow me on Instagram @ DeeDeeDarbyDuffin
ELIYAH GHAEINI (he/ him) is excited to return to Salt Lake Acting Company! Past Salt Lake Acting Company shows include: A Year with Frog and Toad (Toad). Other credits include: Shakespeare in Love (Ned Alleyn), West Side Story (Diesel), Puffs (Zach Smith/Viktor), In the Heights (Graffiti Pete), The Odd Couple, the Female Version (Jesus Costazuela), Twelfth Night (Sebastian), Our Town (George Gibbs), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Ginabrik) Measure for Measure (Pompey) and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Butch Honeywell). Film: Cinderella in the Caribbean, Lost in Love. TV: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, The Chosen, Amber Brown. He holds a BFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University, and studied at the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT) in Moscow, Russia. Eli would like to thank his family and friends for supporting him in all his endeavors. He is represented by TMG. @Eliyah.Ghaeini
BETTY KALUNGA
(she/her) is delighted to be making her debut at SLAC. She is currently pursuing her BFA in Theatre Performance at Westminster University. She loves to see diversity on any stage and takes great value in bringing that to this stage. You might have seen her in last summer’s production of Dance Nation as Zuzu. Her past Westminster credits include: Watson Intelligence (Eliza) and Proof (Catherine) She will also be in the production of Oresteia this coming spring as Elektra. She is extremely thrilled and honored to participate in such a humorous yet honest show.
CHISA HUTCHINSON (Playwright) (she/ her) is a New York-based playwright
and screenwriter (BA Vassar College; MFA NYU - Tisch School of the Arts) who has presented her stage work at such venues as Alley Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, the Contemporary American Theater Festival, National Black Theater, and Second Stage Theater and written screenplays (mercenary-style) for such companies as Disney, Paramount, Lifetime, and Sony. She’s written two radio plays, PROOF OF LOVE, which was commissioned, produced, and hosted by Audible, and REDEEMED, which can be found on Apple Podcasts. She’s been staffed on two television series—Three Women (Starz) and Tell Me Lies (Hulu) Her first original feature, THE SUBJECT (starring Jason Biggs and Aunjanue Ellis), in which a white documentarian deals with the moral fallout from exploiting the death of a black teen, is available on various VOD platforms after a successful film festival
circuit during which it won over 30 prizes. Additionally, she’s been a New Dramatist, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Lark Fellow, a Humanitas Fellow, a NeoFuturist, and a staff writer for the Blue Man Group. Chisa has also won a GLAAD Award, a Lilly Award, two New York Innovative Theatre Awards, a Helen Merrill Award, and the Lanford Wilson Award for her work in theater. Currently, she is developing a pan-African heist film with SuperSpecial for Orion. To learn more, visit www. ChisaHutchinson.com Instagram: @chisabh, Facebook: ChisaHutchinson
LATOYA CAMERON (Co-Director) (she/ her) is thrilled to be co-directing with Tito on this fantastic play by Chisa Hutchinson. Past Directing Productions include Sankofa, This Journey: Go Back and Get It, a SLAC and UBLAC collaboration, Town Hall at the University of Utah, Title of Show at The Grand, and RENT at The Ziegfield.
Special thanks to SLAC, Cynthia, Jennie, and Tahra for their support and the cast, crew, and creative team for their brilliance.
TITO LIVAS (Co-Director) (he/him) is thrilled to be making his SLAC directing debut with this brilliant work, and to be sharing his debut with the immensely talented Latoya Cameron really sweetens this moment. Typically on stage, he has also directed for Meanwhile Park and for Plan-B Theatre. His stage credits include: OffBroadway: Fabulation or The Re-education of Undine, Regional: The Old Globe- Destiny of Desire, Pioneer Theatre Company: Fireflies, A Christmas Story: The Musical!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, In the Heights, Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth, As you Like it. SPT: Salt Lake Acting Company: Sleeping Giant, Mercury, Romeo and Juliet in a Bar, Tours: Theatreworks, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, National Theatre for Children. Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Walt Disney World. Film/TV: Hallmark: Love at First Glance, Sister Swap: Christmas in the City, Sister Swap: Hometown Holiday Lifetime: The Holiday Stocking, Picture Perfect Holiday, Wrapped up in Christmas. Upcoming film releases: Grizzly Night and Too Soon. @livastito on Instagram
JESSE PORTILLO** (Lighting Design) (he/him) is a lighting designer based in Los Angeles, and an Associate Professor of Theatre at Cal Poly Pomona. Previous SLAC credits include Passing Strange, Pete The Cat, Saturday’s Voyeur, Climbing with Tigers, and Harbur Gate among many others . Additional credits include productions for South Coast Rep, Pioneer Theatre Company, Arizona Broadway Theatre, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Ancram Opera House, LOOK Musicals, New Century Dance, Repertory Dance Theater, Samba Fogo, PURE Theatre, Mobile Opera and Plan-B Theatre Company. He holds an MFA from Indiana University, and has previously served on the faculty of the University of Utah and the College of Charleston. He is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, and an active member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, where
he is the Co-Commissioner for Lighting Design and Technology. He is a founding member of La Gente: The Latinx Design Network, and works to make all aspects of live entertainment more diverse, equitable and inclusive by deploying anti-racist approaches in all aspects of his work.
ERIK REICHERT (Set Designer/ Construction Supervisor) (he/him) is a Set and Properties Designer based in Salt Lake City. Previous shows Set Designing include: SLAC’s Summer Show 2024, Elephant & Piggie’s: “We Are in a Play!”, SLAC’s Summer Show 2023, 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 A Dolls House Part 2, and was the assistant set designer on Form of a Girl Unknown. Props Designs include: 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. Erik holds a BFA from Cal State Fullerton in Music Composition. He currently works as the Construction Supervisor at SLAC and Traveling Lead & Specialist for Trade Shows across America.
JOE KILLIAN (Sound Designer) (he/ him) 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.
DENNIS HASSAN (Costume Designer) (he/him) is the Professor of Theatre Design at Utah State University where he has been teaching for over 30 years, Dennis has designed over 250 productions for theaters from Hawaii to Maine. He also designs sets, properties, corporate events, immersive experiences and puppetry. Favorites include costumes for MacBeth, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd,
and Anything Goes; sets for Christmas at Pemberley, August: Osage County, Light in the Piazza, Mary Poppins, and Egress; puppets for Shockheaded Peter, Little Shop of Horrors, The Magic Flute, and The Little Mermaid. Dennis is delighted to return to SLAC where he has previously designed costumes for A Year With Frog and Toad, Egress, Pete the Cat, and sets for You Will Get Sick, Streetlight Woodpecker, Winter, Fun Home, and Silent Dancer.
TANNER SASE (Props Design) (he/ him) Tanner is excited to return to Salt Lake Acting Company as the properties designer for this production. His passion for theatre and design has taken him through a variety of experiences, allowing him to hone his skills and explore his creativity. For the past two seasons, Tanner has been part of the props team at Pioneer Theatre Company, where he designs and crafts unique and dynamic props. In addition to his work at Pioneer Theatre Company, Tanner maintains a strong connection with educational theatre, designing sets for junior productions throughout the valley. Recent and favorite credits include Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812, Bonnie and Clyde, Native Gardens, and The Rocky Horror Show, all at Pioneer Theatre Company, as well as Matilda Jr. at Backstage Performing Arts in Bountiful, UT, and Xanadu Jr. at Bonneville Junior in Holladay, UT.
JENNIE SANT * (Production Manager/ AEA Production Stage Manager) (she/ her) Is an AEA Stage Manager based in Salt Lake City. Previous favorites include SLAC’s Summer Show 2024, 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 Making Space For Artists, 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, (1 st 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.
TAHRA VEASLEY* (AEA Stage Manager) (she/her) is excited to be back at SLAC! She was lucky enough to work on the New Play Sounding Series for Whitelisted last year, and is elated to be back for the fully staged play! Favorite select Stage Management credits include The Bleeding Class (59E59), Bald Sisters, Can I Say Yes To That Dress?, & Sankofa, This Journey: Go Back and Get It (all at Salt Lake Acting Company), Senior Stages Play Tour Series (Plan-B Theatre Company), Noises Off (The Grand Theatre), & Eclipsed (Studio 115/KCACTF). Favorite Assistant Stage
Management credits include Elephant & Piggie’s: “We Are in a Play!”, Hairy & Sherri, A Year With Frog & Toad (SLAC), Once on This Island, Mamma Mia, Cagney, & Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Pioneer Theatre Company).
BRIDGETTE LEHMAN (1st Asst. Stage Manager) (she/her) is excited to begin her third season at SLAC! Favorite Stage Management credits include: Hairy & Sherri, A Year with Frog and Toad! , You Will Get Sick , Elephant and Piggie’s: “We Are in a Play!” , and SLAC’s Summer Show (SLAC), S herlock Holmes and the Final Problem (Plan-B Theatre and KUER), and Confessions of a Mormon Hitman (DeCaf Acting Co). Favorite Assistant Stage Management credits include SLAC Summer Show , and Bald Sisters . She has also Stage Managed NPSS readings. When she isn’t Stage Managing, she freelances with Webb Productions and is a Sound Designer. Favorite Sound Design credits include Shrek! The Musical (Ogden Musical Theatre), Little Women in Concert (OMT), Five Carols for Christmas (OMT). She earned her BFA from Weber State University.
ADRIANA LEMKE (Intimacy/Fight Director) (she/her) is a Salt Lake Citybased 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 of U), and Hamlet (Sun Valley Shakespeare).
TAYLOR WALLACE (Dramaturg) (she/ they) is a theatre artist born and raised in Salt Lake City, working with companies all over the greater Salt Lake area. Recent production credits include: FULL
COLOR (SM), SLAC Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive (Dramaturg), Bitter Lemon (SM),Go Home Come Back (SM). Recent acting credits include: Pride and Prejudice (Charlotte Lucas), Medea (chorus), Passing Strange (US - women’s chorus), Helen (Polydeuces/chorus). She is also a teaching artist with Plan-B’s Free Elementary School Tour.
LYNN BRISCO (2nd Asst. Stage Manager) (they/them) is delighted to be working on their first show with SLAC. Following their experience on Everybody (2nd ASM) with the University of Utah as well as their time with the Youth Theatre program, they welcome this exciting new step in their journey. They extend a huge thank you to their friends, family, Raphael, Meko, and their guppies back home. Enjoy the show!
EMMA LOVAN (Asst. Costume Designer) (she/her) is in her final year of Utah State University’s Theatre Program with an emphasis in Costume Design and Technology. Previous design credits include: assistant costume designer for Music Theatre West’s Something Rotten; Costume Design for Unicorn Theatre’s Pinkalicious, Charlotte’s Web, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson, and The Wind in the Willows; Costume Design for USU’s The Boy at the Edge of Everything and assistant costume designer for It’s a Wonderful Life This past summer, Emma worked as the first hand in the costume shop for The Lyric Rep’s summer stock season. She is currently assistant designing the Utah premiere of Between the Lines, and will be designing Or by Liz Duffy Adams for USU.
CYNTHIA FLEMING (Executive Artistic Director) (she/her) has been on the administrative staff at Salt Lake Acting Company since 1998. During this time, she has overseen multiple departments including Marketing, Communications, Development, Production, and Audience Services. In 2015, Cynthia was named to her current role as Executive Artistic Director. Prior to arriving at Salt Lake Acting Company, Cynthia performed in the Broadway, National,
and International companies of the original run of A Chorus Line , directed by Michael Bennett. Cynthia remains a working artist in the theatre and continues to direct and choreograph works both at SLAC and elsewhere. Those credits include SLAC’s Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive, SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood , SLACabaret: Down the Rabbit Hole , SLACabaret 2021 , Silent Dancer , Saturday’s Voyeur (16 years as Choreographer, 7 as Director/ Choreographer), Bat Boy: The Musical , 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.
Lake Acting Company is celebrating its 53rd season in flight, and continuing its mission to engage and enrich community through brave contemporary theatre. Founded in 1970, SLAC is a professional not-for-profit 501(c)3 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 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).
(AEA) –founded in 1913, represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers nationwide. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. www.actorsequity. org #EquityWorks.
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** Lighting Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the IATSE.
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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 candidates include:
“This experience has taught me that as an African girl I can help represent and show other Black girls that they can also be a part of change.”– Betty Kalunga, Actor
“Working with Salt Lake Acting Company has opened many new doors for my professional career. I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity.”– Emma Lovan, Asst. Costume Designer
“I’m very glad to be able to work with a union theatre for my first internship. I can’t wait to make some connections, get to learn about the inner workings of SLAC, and have a ton of fun!”– Lynn Brisco, 2nd Asst. Stage Manager
Our thanks to the following funders for their generous support of this program: Terence Kearns Stephens Charitable Trust
The John and Marcia Price Family Foundation
B.W. Bastian Foundation
Semnani Family Foundation
Salt Lake Acting Company is a 501©3 non-profit professional theatre, and as such depends on the generosity of the following individuals, corporations, and public agencies who make the theatre’s work possible and invest in its future. The giving tiers below are for donations received from September 16, 2023-September 16, 2024
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your contribution to and partnership with SLAC! 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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Saving theatre, one play at a time
Join us for the rest of this season of hysterical, intoxicating, haunting, & riotous shows. Mini Season Subscriptions start at just $94 for 3 main season shows— Student and 30 & Under discounts also available.
by Kathleen Cahill
world premiere
Feb. 5 - Mar 2, 2025
A comedy about grief, workshopped in SLAC’s 18/19 New Play Sounding Series. Roberta arrivess in Dublin but her suitcase— which contains her father’s ashes—doesn’t. Her trip turns into a magical mystery tour and the lost suitcase becomes a symbol of her life. This lyrical and intoxicating comedy tests forgiveness, love, and our trust in the universe.
Story & Book by Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming
Music & Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe
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. Licensed under agreement with Weekly World News
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.
Based on the book by Mo Willems
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! Script by Mo Willems & Tom Warburton Lyrics by Mo Willems Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
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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.
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Late patrons will be seated by the House Manager during the first appropriate break.
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
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For a full overview of our accessibility offerings, please visit SaltLakeActingCompany.org
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