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FROM THE DEAN'S DESK
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
FROM THE STAGE DIRECTOR
DREAMGIRLS
ABOUT
ORCHESTRA
The Grand Theatre seeks to engage, inspire and connect with our community through exceptional and accessible production. Housed in Salt Lake Community College’s unique Center for Arts and Media, The Grand utilizes professional and local talent to create theatre that excites our audiences year after year. The Grand’s shows are just some of the many artistic and cultural events you’ll find here at the Center for the Arts and Media. Our talented students participate in a wide variety of offerings, including concerts and performances by our band, choir, and dance ensembles, engrossing art displays, screenings for thought provoking films and documentaries, and powerful productions in our Black Box Theatre. You’ll also find professional exhibits in our Eccles Art Gallery, free screenings and discussions with our professors on classic films, and stimulating lectures and presentations. Art is “doing” and at the South City Campus we are “Doing”! I hope you can continue to join us throughout the 2024-2025 Season.
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Thanks for visiting us here at the Grand Theatre. We pride ourselves on being the “Community’s Professional Theatre.” In which we are committing to the community to provide exceptional theatre filled with local artists at an affordable price. By working with local talent, we are able to celebrate our community and provide an exceptional theatrical experience for our audiences all while committing to presenting productions that will entertain and engage our audience in new dynamic ways. As you enjoy our productions, please remember to spread the word; it is because of amazing patrons like you that we exist as we continue to bring you the best our community has to offer. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Seth Miller
Artistic and Executive Director
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FROM THE STAGE DIRECTOR
Inever thought in my wildest of dreams that I would be here directing a show that has always been on my artistic list. I always wanted to be in this show, or involved somehow, and here I am. I am here with all this local Black (yes from Utah) EXCELLENCE that I am incredibly humbled to share this experience with. Do you know how many times I heard this cannot be done? That this dream would be impossible. Well, let me tell you, it sure does take a village to make dreams come true! It cannot be done alone. It takes heart, passion, determination, drive, and focus to pave the way toward manifesting that dream into reality. This show has definitely been a compilation of those things. It takes a village to make MAGIC happen, and this is what this show is. This show is: Love. Heart. Sisterhood. Sibling hood. Community. Hope. Sacrifice. Redemption. Authenticity vs Inauthenticity. Freedom. Soul. MUSIC. Self-Ownership. Solidarity. Excellence. And above all... Family. It asks, "What must you do to make your dreams come true?" and "What does your dream really look like?"
During these times we are facing, it is essential to hear these stories that some are trying to water down or erase from our collective consciousness. It is crucial to be engulfed by the stories that allow us the opportunity to hear, see, and for a moment dwell in the shoes of someone else's experience so we do not forget what matters - our humanity. Black folks built this country, and continue to build this country in all different forms. Africans who were enslaved are the ones who shaped what the world calls American Music. From spirituals, to Blues, to Jazz, to Gospel, to Bluegrass, to Country (yup!), to Rock and Roll, to House Music, to Rhythm and Blues, to Pop, to Alternative, to Hip-Hop, and to the many other genres of music that continue to influence and impact the world. Credit and acknowledgment is well overdue. I hope tonight folks are reminded of the great impact Black Americans have made on music, and open their hearts and souls to being taken over by the sweet sounds that bring us connections to ourselves, to others, and to our joy.
Latoya Cameron
Stage Director
DREAMGIRLS
DREAMGIRLS
Book and Lyrics by Tom Eye
Music by Henry Krieger
Original Broadway production Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Stage Director LATOYA CAMERON
Musical Directors DEE-DEE DARBY-DUFFIN JONATHAN MCDONALD
Choreographer NATOSHA WASHINGTON
Stage Manager TAHRA VEASLEY
Scenic Design HALEE RASMUSSEN
Properties Design MÁIRE NELLIGAN
Lighting Design DREW BIELINSKI
Sound Design PORTER CHARLESWORTH
JOE KILLIAN
Costume Design SHANNON MCCULLOCK
Hair and Make-Up Design ERIN MCCULLOCK
Technical Director ADAM DAY
Assistant Stage Manager AMELIA STENSRUD
Costume Assistant CASEY TINCHER
Intern Assistant Stage Manager IO CARLING
DREAMGIRLS is presented by arrangement by Concord Theatrical.
Originally produced on Broadway by Michael Bennett, Robert Avian, Geffen Records and The Shubert Organization. Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Any video and/or recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
ABOUT THE CREATORS
Henry Krieger began composing for Off-Off-Broadway in his twenties. Soon, collaborations with Tom Eyen and Broadway director/producer/choreographer Michael Bennett led to a workshop production of what was originally entitled Big Dreams. After several workshops, numerous rewrites, and an out-of-town tryout in Boston, Dreamgirls came to Broadway in 1981 and was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards (including Best Score), winning six. One song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," became a top hit, and others became popular as well. Twenty-five years later, the film version of Dreamgirls, directed by Bill Condon and starring Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx and Beyonce, was released and the soundtrack became a number-one album.
Mr. Krieger also composed the scores to The Tap Dance Kid (1983-85) with Robert Lorick, and the acclaimed Side Show (1997-98), written with Bill Russell and directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom.
Oscar nominations: "Listen," "Love You, I Do" and "Patience" for Best Original Song. Grammy awards: Cast Album of DREAMGIRLS and “Love You, I Do” for Best Song in a Motion Picture. Tony nominations: Side Show and DREAMGIRLS for Best Score. Henry lives in Manhattan’s West Village.
Tom Eyen (1940-1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and director. He received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for DREAMGIRLS in 1981. Eyen is best known for works at opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum. Mainstream theatergoers became acquainted with him in 1981, when he partnered with composer Henry Krieger and director Michael Bennett to write the book and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical DREAMGIRLS , about an African-American female singing trio. Eyen's career started, however, with experimental theatre that he wrote and directed Off-Off Broadway in the 1960s. This led to his Off-Broadway success with The Dirtiest Show in Town (1970), a musical revue, and Women Behind Bars (1975), a camp parody of women's prison exploitation films. Eyen died of AIDS-related complications in Palm Beach, Florida at the age of fifty.
Concord Theatricals
THE FINE FAMILY
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Effie Melody White QUESLEY SOTO
Deena Jones
Lorrell Robinson
Curtis Taylor
James “Thunder” Early
C.C. White
KANDYCE MARIE
DARBY MEST
STEVEN TAYLOR
KIIRT BANKS
ASHER HEAD
Michelle Morris KIMBERLY TEITTER
Marty Madison SEAN J. CARTER
Wayne
M.C. / Announcer
Tiny Joe
BRIEN KEITH JONES
BRIEN KEITH JONES
WILLIAM E.J. PAYNE
Ensemble HANS FENTON
TALIA HEISS
DEBORA INGABILE
BRIEN K. JONES
JIHAD MCMILLAN
BRANDYWNN MICHELLE
WILLIAM E.J. PAYNE
ANNA SHEFFIELD
JOSH STONE KIMBERLY TEITTER
TAYLOR WALLACE
MICHAEL AH WASHINGTON
ORCHESTRA
Conductor JONATHAN MCDONALD
Piano JONATHAN MCDONALD
Synthesizer ELIZA TAYLOR
Drums/Percussion KENDAL WHITE
Guitar MARK MAXSON
Bass DAVIN TAYLER
Trumpet 1 STEPHANIE LARSON
Trumpet 2 TAYLER DUBY
Trombone CHLOE POTTER
Reed 1 WAYLON HADLOCK
Reed 2 JACK BARTON
SONG LIST
ACT ONE
I’m Looking For Something, Baby
Tiny Joe Dixon
Move (You’re Steppin’ On My Heart)
Fake Your Way To The Top
Cadillac Car (Aria)
On The Road - Cadillac Car
Movin’ Out/Recording Studio
Cadillac Car “A La Pat Boone”
Steppin’ To The Bad Side
Party-Party
Baby-Baby
Family
Dreamgirls
Reporters
Heavy
Walkin’ Down The Strip
It’s All Over
(And I’m Telling You) I’m Not Going
ACT TWO
Opening Act Two (Reprise: Dreamgirls)
Scene Change
I Am Changing
I Am Changing - Vogue You Are My Dream
Ain’t No Party
I Meant You No Harm
Rap
I Miss You, Old Friend
One Night Only
One Night Only (Disco)
Chicago
Hard To Say Goodbye (My Love)
Dreamgirls Bows
Bows - Exit Music
ABOUT THE CAST
KIIRT BANKS (Jimmy) was born and raised in Dallas, TX. As a child, he loved listening to his mother’s Motown Records with dreams of becoming a recording artist and actor. After moving to Salt Lake City, he started to get serious about his career by performing in numerous concerts and theatre shows such as To Kill A Mockingbird (Centerpoint), Ragtime (The Ruth) In The Heights (West Valley) and Hairy& Sherri ( SLAC), to name a few. Kiirt has been able to make a positive impact through his career. Follow him on IG @kiirtbanks
SEAN J. CARTER (Marty) is living the dream! Sean was last seen at The Grand in Jesus Christ Superstar. Some of his favorite Grand credits include Papa Ge in Once on this Island, and Willie Johnson in Miss Evers’ Boys. Sean is celebrating 20 years of performing across the Wasatch Front at such venues as Salt Lake Acting Company, Hale Centre Theatre, and The Egyptian Theatre (Park City). A big thanks to you for supporting local art. Enjoy the show!
HANS FENTON
(Ensemble) is delighted to be a part of DREAMGIRLS , helping to bring this iconic story to life! A passionate performer and current college student studying Theatre Arts and Economics, Hans has appeared in productions such as A Chorus Line, You on the Moors Now, Superior Donuts, The Lightning Thief, The Musical, and A Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime . When he’s not
on stage, you can find him writing original music, working as a Resident Advisor, or developing stories that blend vulnerability with empowerment.
ASHER HEAD (C.C. White) is delighted to perform in The Grand’s production of DREAMGIRLS. He has also performed in In the Heights with The Grand and Ragtime at The Ruth. When he’s not performing, Asher enjoys doing just about anything that requires creativity like drawing, sewing, and building furniture as a few examples!
TALIA HEISS (Ensemble) is stoked to be ‘Steppin’ to the Bad Side’ with the company of DREAMGIRLS! She is currently in Plan-B Theatre’s Free Elementary School Tour (Ellamental) and teaching a playwriting residency at a local charter school. She cannot wait to celebrate and share Black Excellence with our community!
DEBORA INGABILE (Ensemble) was classically trained at the University of Utah, playing roles ranging from Shakespeare to contemporary playwrights, including Sam Shepherd’s famous work, Fool for Love. She has also acted in commercials, informationals, and short films.
BRIEN
KEITH JONES (Wayne, M.C., Announcer, Ens.) has Salt Lake City stage credits spanning two decades, including MEANWHILE PARK - In Dogs We Trust;
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WASATCH THEATRE COMPANY - The Laramie Project, Caroline...or Change, Boys in the Band, Love! Valor! Compassion!; PLAN-B THEATER - ...of Color; PEOPLE PRODUCTIONS - Master Harold...and the Boys, Jitney, Home, A Soldier’s Play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Exonerated, Let Me Down Easy; SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY - Grant & Twain; ETTAGRACE THEATER COMPANY AT THE GRAND THEATER - Ms. Evers’ Boys; BABCOCK THEATER, UofU - A Raisin in the Sun; UNIVERSITY OF UTAH YOUTH THEATER - A Heart Divided
KANDYCE MARIE (Deena Jones) is thrilled to play this dream role! Some of her favorite roles include Aida (AIDA), Edwina/Marianna/Sudabey (Passing Strange), Dionne (HAIR), Chiffon (Little Shop of Horrors), Erzulie (Once on This Island) and Sarah (Ragtime). She’s performed both locally and internationally. You can also find her cohosting the podcast Sistas Unscripted with her amazing sisters. @kandyce_marie
DARBY MEST (Lorrell) is jazzed to return to the stage with DREAMGIRLS! She was most recently seen in the staged reading of The Value at SLAC and Davis Arts Council’s Active Pages. Other credits include Eclipsed (University of Utah), DoLs and Suicide Box (Local Color Radio Plays), and Flora Meets a Bee with Plan-B Theatre. Past favorites include Legally Blonde (USU), The Curious Savage (SLCC), and Hairspray (CenterPoint). When not performing, Darby is a psychotherapist
and is honored to be part of a powerful production that celebrates Black voices.
JIHAD MCMILLAN (Ensemble) is a performer and creative artist with a background in acting, modeling, photography and videography. A graduate of the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, they’ve been involved in musicals and plays since middle school. Currently studying anthropology, Jihad tries to combine artistic talents with a passion for understanding human cultures, always exploring new ways to express stories both on stage and behind the camera.
BRANDYWNN MICHELLE (Ensemble) is honored to make her debut at The Grand. With over 30 years of experience in musical theater, she has performed in numerous productions and cherished every moment on stage. She is deeply grateful to the cast, crew, and creative team for their support and effort.
WILLIAM E.J. PAYNE (Tiny Joe, Ens.) is currently pursuing a degree in Vocal Performance and Acting at Westminster University. He is a member of the Westminster Choir and a featured soloist with the university’s jazz band. His recent stage credits include The Oresteia at the Greek Festival and the opera Dido and Aeneas. William is grateful for the opportunity to be part of the Dreamgirls production and hopes you enjoy the show!
ABOUT THE CAST
QUESLEY SOTO (Effie) is thrilled to be a part of DREAMGIRLS! A longtime vocal coach with On Pitch Performing Arts, Quesley has spent years helping voices shine and grow, always believing that every voice is as unique as a fingerprint. Her passion for music has led her to the stage in beloved productions such as Cinderella, Mary Poppins, and RENT. She is beyond excited to share the stage with such a talented cast and looks forward to bringing the music to life alongside them.
ANNA SHEFFIELD (Ensemble) is honored to return to the stage in DREAMGIRLS, marking her first musical performance in over 6 years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a minor in vocal performance from BYU–Hawaii. Credits include Hairspray, Beauty & the Beast, Annie, and multiple community operas including Dido and Aeneas, The Magic Flute, and more. Anna brings a dynamic presence shaped by her experience in education, performance, and plus-size modeling. She is proud to be part of this powerful production and grateful for the opportunity to share in its legacy.
JOSH STONE (Ensemble) is excited to make his Grand Theatre debut in DREAMGIRLS! You may have recently spotted him as Daryl in Bright Star (Draper Historic), Oscar Delancey in Newsies (Draper Historic), or in the award winning short film Nowhere To Go, directed by Julie Cordell-Seamons. Outside of
performing, Josh loves to collect vinyl records and writing screenplays.
STEVEN TAYLOR (Curtis) has had a love for film and acting since childhood. While he’s still building his experience, he developed his performance skills through dance and singing at Morehouse College. This marks one of his first steps into the world of theater, and he’s excited to grow and be part of a creative team.
KIMBERLY TEITTER (Michelle, Ens.) is excited to be back on stage at The Grand after hitting the streets of the barrio in In the Heights! Other favorite credits: Patty, School of Rock (CPT); Cassie u/s, A Chorus Line (Empress); Dynamite, Hairspray (Draper Arts). Production credits: Music Director, Between the Lines (Empress); Assistant Music Director, Little Shop of Horrors (WVC). She also can be seen conducting the Debra Bonner Unity Gospel Choir.
TAYLOR WALLACE (Ensemble) is a local artist born and raised in SLC. Her previous credits include: Pride and Prejudice (Charlotte Lucas), Helen (Polydeuces/ Chorus), Medea (Chorus), and Passing Strange (swing/woman chorus). Taylor has spent the last three years as a Teaching Artist w/ Plan-B Theatre for their Free Elementary School Tour.
ABOUT THE CAST / CREATIVE TEAM
MICHAELAH WASHINGTON
(Ensemble) is honored to be a part of the ensemble in this production. She brings with her six years of theatrical experience from Georgia, where she was actively involved in a variety of stage productions. After taking an extended hiatus from performing, this marks her first appearance in a Utah production. She is grateful for the opportunity to return to the stage and is looking forward to continuing her theatrical journey in the seasons to come.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
DREW BIELINSKI (Lighting Design) recently designed the lights for The Drowsy Chaperone, Harvey, Dead Certain, and Head Over Heels for The Grand. Prior to living in Salt Lake City, he was the Lighting Supervisor for Teatro ZinZanni in Seattle, Washington and was the Master Electrician for Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, Iowa. This past November, he earned certifications as a Laser Safety Officer and Laser Operator for laser entertainment shows.
LATOYA CAMERON she/her (Stage Director) is an actor, singer, writer, and director. She is an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Dramaturg at SLAC. Locally, she has acted at PTC, Utah Shakespeare Festival, SLAC, and Plan-B; her OffBroadway debut was the lead in Shelter, the musical, at the formerly known New York Musical Theater Festival. In 2022, she was part of the production The Clean-Up Project, named the Utah Review’s Top Moment of the Utah Enlightenment
by Les Roka. That same year, she made her directing debut with RENT and has since directed Sankofa, This Journey: Go Out and Get It (a collaboration with SLAC and Utah Black Artists Collective), Co-directed Whitelisted (SLAC), Title of Show (The Grand), and Town Hall (UofU). As a Change Leader, she raises her voice for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and other marginalized groups within her community. She’s part of the 202223 National Leaders of Color Fellows, representing the Creative West (formerly known as WESTAF) region, and is a 2023 Mayor’s Artist Award recipient. She continues to be an advocate and activist for inclusion, representation, and equity in the arts.
IO CARLING (Intern ASM) is a student in the Stage Management program at the U of U. Io’s credits include: Dancing at Lughnasa (PA, Studio 115), Drowsy Chaperone (Backstage crew, Grand Theatre), Amal and the Night Visitors and Other Holiday Favorites (ASM, Grand Theatre), Xanadu (2nd ASM Meldrum Theater).
DEE-DEE DARBY-DUFFIN (Co-music Director): is so grateful to be on this side of the stage collaborating with this ridiculously talented production team including three of the baddest, boldest Black Women in the industry. I respect the hell out of y’all. Our late night shenanigans that left me howling in laughter will be forever etched in my heart. It has been a labor of pure love.
JOE KILLIAN (Co-Sound Design) holds a B.F.A. in sound design and stage management from the University of
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
Utah and currently serves as SLAC’s House Sound Engineer while also employed at Red Butte Garden. His design credits include work at The Grand (Sweeney Todd, Pride & Prejudice, Harvey, Eurydice, Skin of Our Teeth, etc.) PLAN-B, SLAC, Kingsbury Hall, Utah Presents, Utah PrideFest, Utah Arts Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Utah Lyric Opera, video games and independent film.
JONATHAN MCDONALD (Co-Music Director) has played, conducted, and music directed shows in Utah since 2011. He has worked with the Grand Theatre since January 2020 as a keyboard player, associate music director, and music director on nine shows, including Jesus Christ SuperStar (MD/Keys) The Drowsy Chaperone (MD), Sweeney Todd (MD), [title of show] (MD/Keys), and In The Heights (MD). He has also worked with Ogden Musical Theatre (Keys 2: The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Centerpoint Legacy Theatre (MD: Into The Woods, Little Women), Hart Theater Company (AMD/Keys: Spring Awakening), Weber State University (Keys 2: Sweeney Todd, Sunday In The Park With George), The Ziegfeld Theater (MD: The Sound of Music, The Pirates of Penzance). Jonathan’s next project at the Grand will be Dreamgirls. He is also collaborating with his fiancé Jase Van Meeteren to produce an original musical, The Great Emu War, written by Jase and composer Johnny C. Leavitt, set to be workshopped at the Harrington Center for the Arts in April.
ERIN MCCULLOCK (Hair & Makeup Design) has 20+ years’ experience designing hair and makeup. She is a lifelong student but studied at Stan Winston School of Character Arts. Her recent
designs include Sweeney Todd and The 39 Steps (The Grand); Pinkalicous (Salt Lake Acting Company); and assistant mask designer for Perdida (The Grand). Her favorite thing about designing is seeing everything come to life on opening night.
SHANNON MCCULLOCK (Costume Design) is a Utah based costume designer residing in Salt Lake City. She received her BFA in Performing Arts Design from the University of Utah in 2010. Shannon began designing for The Grand as Resident Costume Designer in 2016. Though her body of work emphasis is musical theater, she has also designed for opera, classical Greek theater, American classic theater, children’s theater, and music video. Her resident designer position finds her primarily designing for The Grand, however, she has also been fortunate to design for SLAC, the Utah Classical Greek Theater Festival, Westminster College Opera Studio, the U of U, and the Utah Museum of Natural History Children’s Theater Program.
MÁIRE NELLIGAN (Prop Design) received her degrees in theater eons ago and spent some time directing with HerVoice, a feminist theater troupe in Kent, Ohio. Moving West, she worked with local and semi-professional theaters in Arizona. During the Arizona years, she also spent time as a fire watch and a ranch hand, as well as an adjunct professor at Cochise Community College. After moving to Utah, Máire worked for SLCC’s Fine Arts department before coming to work for The Grand. She loves being the prop master, and generally considers whichever show she’s currently working on to be her favorite.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
She will admit, however, that the two “most fun ever” were La Cage aux Folles and Spamalot.
PORTER CHARLESWORTH (Co-Sound Design) is a Senior in the Performing Arts Design Program at the University of Utah. He has been involved in recent productions at the Grand Theatre, including sound design for Title of Show and audio engineering for Jesus Christ Superstar, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pride and Prejudice, and Fate? Other productions at The University of Utah include sound design for Xanadu, The Heart of Robin Hood , and Everybody, assistant sound design for Into The Woods and the scenic design and audio engineering of Spring Awakening.
HALEE RASMUSSEN (Set Design) received her BFA from the University of Utah’s Performing Arts and Design Program with a double emphasis in technical direction and set design. She is currently the Assistant Technical Director and Scenic Charge Artist for the UofU Department of Theatre, and a resident set designer for The Grand. Halee feels fortunate to be able to call The Grand home. Other design credits include UofU Opera Ensemble, Plan B Theatre Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake Shakespeare Company, Alligator Press Productions, and Lagoon Entertainment; with assistant design credits from Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre Company, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
AMELIA STENSRUD (Asst. Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working back at The Grand. She recently graduated from Westminster University in May where she worked on the production team for God of Carnage (stage manager), The Aliens (assistant stage manager), and The Taming (stage manager). Since graduating she’s worked at The Grand on The Drowsy Chaperone (assistant stage manager) and back at Westminster for The Moors (stage manager). Her previous acting credits include Proof (Claire) and Frankenstein (Justine/ Agatha/Krempe).
TAHRA VEASLEY (Stage Manager) holds a BFA in stage management and has worked coast-to-coast, with her favorite credits ranging from Off-Broadway in NYC (The Bleeding Class - 59e5) to Utah (Noises Off, In the Heights, Fate - Grand Theatre; The Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards 2025 - Eccles; Can I Say Yes To That Dress?, Whitelisted and Bald Sisters - SLAC; Senior Stages Play Tour Series - PLAN-B; Once on This Island, Mamma Mia, Cagney, & Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Pioneer Theatre Company).
NATOSHA
WASHINGTON (Choreographer) is a professional choreographer, director and avid educator who is passionate about allinclusive learning and is currently an Asst. Principal at East High School where she connects with students through dance and music. Washington received the 2015 Sorenson Legacy Award for Best Secondary Dance Educator in Utah and was nominated for SLC School District’s 2020 Teacher of the Year Top Four. Washington Received her BFA from the UofU (2004) where their work received the Best Performance award at the ACDA’s National Festival at the Kennedy Center, and was featured in Dance Magazine (2004). Her work has been seen on many professional, collegiate and secondary school companies, including RDT, U of Alabama, UofU, BYU, UVU, Sunset Studio Company of West Virginia, and Saint Mary’s Hall Dance Company of Houston, Texas. Many of these works have been part of touring programs and have been seen across the United States and abroad, including Russia, Croatia, New Zealand, Brazil, Fiji, England and China.
GRAND THEATRE DONATIONS
$50,000 - $150,000
Salt Lake County’s ZAP Fund
Alternative Visions Fund
$15,000 - $49,999
Pepsi Legacy • George S and Dolores
Dore Eccles Foundation
$2,500 - $9,999
Umbrella Theatre Company
Salt Lake Arts Council
Sorenson Legacy Foundation
Rocky Mountain Power
$1,000 - $2,499
The Fine Family
$500 - $999
Lee Hollar
$250 - $499
Richard Osborn
$100 - $249
Duane Millard • Marlene Fortie
Michael DuClair
Phillip Howland & Gregory Irwin
Tolford & Mary Young
$50 - $99
Lyn Simon • Barry Moldover
John Fackler
Vickie Balis
Julia LaPine
Jennifer King
Denise & Barry Blackett
Philp Howland • Rosine Oliver
Carolyn Rich-Denson
$1 - $49
Jo Adams • Cynthia Anderson
Silvia Araoz • Jennifer Bailey
Bryan Berrett • Leone Biesinger
Dawn Brandvold • Nain Christopherson
Katie Connolly • Ilse DeKoeyer
Karen Diehl • Jennifer Dobner
Carol Dwyer • Christina Echeverria
Lauren Erlacher • Ariana Escalante
Franz Feierbach • Michael Fields
Jon Fitch • Steve Gagon
Maurena Grossman • Jennifer Hamilton
Ric Hammond • Olesya Hanks
Elizabeth Hunter • Donna Jacobs
Rachel Jones • Susan Kohler
Ann Kronawitter • Sunshine Laier
Jill LaSalle • Dorothy Lines
Ryan Malavolta • Chase McCleary
Ronald Mclean • Dave Moore
Cathy Morton • Tammera Murillo
Paula Nafus • Leroy Peterson
Mardi Pearson • Tamara Pinder
Connie Pope • Rebecca Ragain
Bryn Rumjoue • Harold Sears
Carolyn Sharette • Brad Slaugh
Gordon Storrs • Bessann Swanson
Dan Tate • John Taylor • Jennifer Weiler
Mary Jane Whisenant • Kaye White
Nicolle Wilches • Felicia Wood
Jenny Xaykosy • Paul Zuckerman
Jo Duff
Donation list reflects gifts made February 23, 2023 through January 27, 2025
Though we make every effort to maintain an accurate list, if you find an error or would like to change your listing, please contact us at 801-957-3322
PRODUCTION STAFF
Resident Staff
Artistic and Executive Director .................................................................... Seth Miller
Patron Service Coordinator ................................................................... Natalie Trumbo
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator ................................................. Sophia Mancilla
Technical Director .......................................................................................... Adam Day
Associate Producer and Resident Stage Manager .....................................Caroline Cain
ENHANCEMENT EQUIPMENT is available for theatre patrons who are hearing impaired. The concession stand has Comtex wireless personal receivers, which allow a patron to sit anywhere in the theatre and receive high-fidelity audio. Because this service is not charged, you will be requested to leave your driver’s license with the cashier until the equipment is returned.
BABIES AND SMALL CHILDREN often make it uncomfortable for other theatre patrons. Therefore, no children under 5 are allowed. Small children must have their own seat.
DISABLED PATRONS may use wheelchair seating areas in the theatre. Each area can accommodate four wheelchair patrons and companion chairs. Ticket prices vary for each section. Aisle seats may be requested by patrons who can be assisted in the transfer from wheelchairs to theatre seats.
BOX OFFICE HOURS are from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday and 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM on the night of the performance, including Saturdays.
LATECOMERS will not be seated in their reserved seats until the end of a scene. Latecomers will be seated in available seating that will not disturb punctual theatre patrons.
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