ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM

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HALLIE WALLACE (Ensemble) is excited to be apart of her first professional musical. Her favorite thing about the show is dancing and mix of styles incorporated. Dance experience includes: Elite Dance Force 2006-2014, Elite Dance Alliance 2014-2018, Multiple Solo/Trio Competition Winner including: Dare to Dance, Open Dance Nationals, America on Stage, Bonneville Lakettes Drill Team 2018-2020, region champions 2019, Elite Dance Alliance assistant dance teacher 2018-2019; Vibe Dance Studio teacher 2020-2021. She hopes you enjoy the show!

About The Creative Team

CAROLINE CAIN (Production Manager) is a graduate of the U of U with her BFA in Stage Management. Caroline has worked for the Grand Theatre since 2008, becoming their resident stage manager in 2013. Her most recent credits include Dead Certain, Head Over Heels, Noises Off (PSM); Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Wall Apart, West Side Story, First Date, Marvelous Wonderettes, Spamalot, and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Other credits include Dead Certain (staged reading 2021), Heat Death of the Universe (2021), Plan-B Theatre’s Script in Hand Series (2018); The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival (2016); Wasatch Theatre’s Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (2016).

SHEA MADSON (Sound Design) so excited to be back designing at The Grand! Some of her recent design credits are Head Over Heels, West Side Story and Curtains (The Grand), King Lear (Dram Tree Shakespeare Company), Eclipsed, Self Defense, Animal Farm (U of U), Tribes, Art Dog, Rapture Blister Burn, I’ll Eat You Last and Saturday’s Voyeur 2015 (SLAC), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Salt Lake Shakespeare). She has also worked on Sweet Charity (Pioneer Theater) as a mic tech. Her upcoming shows are A Chorus Line and Rocky Horror (the Ziegfeld).

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 Theatre 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.

JONATHAN MCDONALD (Music Director) is an award-winning pianist and Music Director based in Utah. Recent credits at the Grand include Dead Certain, Head Over Heels and The Musical of Musicals, the Musical. As a collaborative pianist, Jonathan has won national competitions and performed with ensembles and orchestras across the globe, including Germany, Italy, and throughout the United States. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Weber State University.

MÁIRE NELLIGAN (Props 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 firewatch 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. She will admit, however, that the two “most fun ever” were La Cage aux Folles and Spamalot.

VINCENT ORTEGA (Director/choreographer) is New York based and LA born. He is an experienced singer, dancer, choreographer and director with formal training in ballet, jazz, and choreography and performance techniques. His multifaceted career began at age 17 touring with Ricky Martin. Directorial highlights: In the Heights, On Your Feet, Addams Family, Disneys Descendants, and the Orlando Symphony with the original show Spies Lies and Treble Clefs. Mr. Ortega has gone on to perform with and assist choreographers for some of the biggest names in pop music, including: Ricky Martin, Camilla Cabello, The Black Eye Peas, Usher, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson. Vincent’s video and film appearances as a dancer include: NSYNC, Janet Jackson, Christina Milian, Movie 43, Disney’s Enchanted and most recently West World on HBO. Musical Theatre Performance highlights: (Broadway/National Tour) Mamma Mia, In the Heights, Full Monty, On Your Feet (Papermill Playhouse). Vincent was last seen as Associate Choreograoher for Saudi Arabia’s first ever musical in Riyadh, Mu’allaqatna, and is currently the Associate Director/Choreographer for Nickelodeon Resorts Riviera Maya in Mexico, overseeing all the entreatment including Translating Spanish and 26 productions. Follow him @VinceOrtega and @Vincent Ortega on TikTok

MARCIA PIÑA (Asst. Stage Man.) is a junior in the Stage Management Program at the U of U. Her most recent projects include stage managing Seussical (Kingsbury), being 1st ASM for Dead Certain (The Grand), The Book Club Play (Babcock Theatre), and Illyria (Babcock Theatre). She was also the Stage Manager for The Emily Dickinson Musical (Studio 115, Open Door Productions). Marci has previously worked as the resident Stage Manager for Ícaro Compañía Teatral, a professional theatre company in Mexico City; on Urinetown (Teatro Milán); The Pillowman (Foro Lucerna); and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Foro Lucerna).

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 Theatre. Halee feels fortunate to be able to call The Grand Theatre 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.

TAHRA VEASLEY (Stage Manager) is delighted to be back at the Grand Theatre! Favorite Stage Management credits include She Kills Monsters (Kingsbury Hall), Noises Off (The Grand), Chess the Musical (Marriott Center for Dance), Our Country’s Good (Babcock Theatre) & Eclipsed ( Studio 115/ KCACTF). Favorite ASM credits include Hairy & Sherri, Frog & Toad (SLAC), Once on This Island, Mamma Mia, Cagney, Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Pioneer Theatre Company), First Date, West Side Story (The Grand), Animal Farm (Babcock Theatre), & Steel Pier (MCD).

PAUL YEATES (Lighting Design) is a lighting and scenic designer and professor at Idaho State University. MFA Lighting Design from the University of Connecticut, BFA Technical Theatre & Design from Utah State University. Paul is a USITT member and participated in the Hemsley Portfolio Review at the Lincoln Center. Paul has worked various lighting and scenic design positions as both designer and assistant designer. Some of these include: Arts Express-Tucson, Lyric Repertory Company, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Morehead State University, Western Wyoming Community College, The Atlantic Theatre Company in New York, BYU Hawaii, Hartford Stage Company and Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Resident Staff

Artistic and Executive Director .......................................... Seth Miller

Patron Service Coordinator .......................................... Natalie Trumbo

Marketing and Outreach Coordinator ................................... DaQuan Hurt

Technical Director ....................................................... Adam Day

Resident Stage Manager ............................................... Caroline Cain

Marketing Manager .................................................... Trina Polta

Photographer .......................................................... Steve Fidel

Front of House

Front of House Assistant .......................................... Megan McArthur

Box Office Staff

Elaia Echeverria, Lauren Heibel

Luke Jensen, Megan McArthur, Morgan Melville

Chief Usher ............................................. Cheryl Gren, Peggy Sprouse

Ushers ................................... Richard Barnes, Dixie Letts, Maria Guzman

Haylee Markham, Kelly Merizalde

Teresa Nordstrom, Michelle Johnson Santana

Running Crew

Stage Manager ....................................................... Tahra Veasely

Assistant Stage Manager ............................................... Marcia Piña

Audio Engineer ...................................................... Aaron Hoenig

Lightboard Operator ................................................ Emily Mullaney

Deck Technician ..................................................... Kalista Vordos

Spot Light Operators ............................... Porter Charlesworth, Megan Willis

Build Crew

Scenic Painters ............................. Abish Noble, Tahra Veasley, Kalista Vordos

Carpenters ........................... Cameron Banks, Adam Day, Porter Charlesworth

Master Electrician .................................................. Emily Mullaney Electrician ........................ Porter Charlesworth, Leslie Hutchings, Megan Willis

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AUDIO 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 is a free service, 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.

LOST AND FOUND will be held by the head usher until the end of the performance. Thereafter, please contact the Box Office at 801.957.3322. All items, after a period of 24 hours, will be taken to Administrative Services in Room 1-060. They may be contacted at 801.957.2201.

PHOTOGRAPHY, AUDIO, OR VIDEO

RECORDING of any performance or the possession of any such device inside the theatre without written permission of management is prohibited. Offenders may be requested to leave and may be liable for damages and other lawful remedies.

THEATRE PARKING is available at no charge in the parking areas on the East and North side of the building. Ticketing will occur when parked in the disabled parking areas without a valid pass. Please note that parking meters are still active during performances.