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Table of Contents Welcome �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 BULL SHARK ATTACK......................................................................................... 7 Acknowledgements......................................................................................... 8 Cast of Characters........................................................................................ 11 Corporate Partners ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������12 In the Room with Troy Deutsch..................................................................... 14 Who’s Who ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������16 SLAC Mini Season.......................................................................................... 24 University Professional Theatre Program....................................................... 26 Coming Up Next: WINTER.............................................................................. 27 Sponsors Friends and Supporters................................................................. 28 Salt Lake Acting Company Staff ���������������������������������������������������������������������32 Board of Trustees ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������33 For Our Audience ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������36

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Welcome Salt Lake Acting Company is proud to open its 46th season with the World Premiere of BULL SHARK ATTACK by up-and-coming playwright Troy Deutsch. He is an alumnus of the University of Utah’s Actor Training Program and is living and working as a playwright and actor in New York City. SLAC was home to his first professional production with last season’s magical collaborative play, CLIMBING WITH TIGERS, which Troy adapted for the stage. BULL SHARK ATTACK, very different in its style and subject, showcases Troy’s gift for language and evocative storytelling.

SLAC’s design team for this play is a brilliant group of collaborative artists that said yes to the challenge of producing new work. Being in the room with these talented artists has been thrilling as possibilities were revealed through the joy of creating. Here’s what they said about the process: “I’m madly in love with Troy Deutsch’s gift of storytelling. He gives the actors so much to explore, so that they can enter into that lovely, transformational space, the place of magic.

And I am crazy-mad in love with his writing.” ~Sandra Shotwell, Director “Troy as a playwright thinks not only textually but also visually, which has led to some great discussions and collaboratively created ideas.” ~Jessica Greenberg, Lighting Designer

“It’s been invigorating working with a writer who breathes his work so fully.

Troy’s commitment and visualization has brought vibrant and infectious electricity to this process.” ~Cara Pomeroy, Set Designer “One of the most exciting aspects of working on new plays for me is that an audience and a whole team of artists come together to experience something entirely new for the first time ever! Working on this script has been thrilling, intense, uncomfortable, fun... It’s a play I didn’t expect, that kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page through the last.” ~ Jennifer Jackson, Sound Designer “Being a part of any new work is always as much of a challenge as it is a joy. It has been an immense privilege to have the opportunity to work with SLAC on bringing this inventive and bracing work to life.” ~Patrick Mathis, Projection Designer Thank you for coming on this adventure of brave, new plays with us!

Cynthia Executive Artistic Director

The creative team for BULL SHARK ATTACK with Executive Artistic Director Cynthia Fleming

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BULL SHARK ATTACK By

Troy Deutsch Director

Sandra Shotwell

Set Design

Light Design

Cara Pomeroy

Costume Design

Jessica Greenberg Sound Design

Philip R. Lowe

Jennifer Jackson

Production Stage Manager

Jennie Sant*

University Professional Theatre Program

Projection Design

Patrick W. Mathis

Assistant Light Design

William Peterson

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Acknowledgements The 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 success and vitality.

Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Funds Salt Lake County Cultural Facilities Support Program National Endowment for the Arts Utah Division of Arts & Museums Salt Lake City Arts Council The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Emma Eccles Jones Foundation George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation B.W. Bastian Foundation John & Marcia Price Family Foundation Terence Kearns Stephens Charitable Fund Edgerton Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation National New Play Network Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundation Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation Anonymous R. Harold Burton Foundation The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Sorenson Legacy Foundation McCarthey Family Foundation Henry W. & Leslie M. Eskuche Foundation C. Comstock Clayton Foundation Utah Humanities The PI Fund Weinholtz Family Foundation Whittenburg Foundation

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.

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Cast of Characters

CONNIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Fossen JEFFIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefan Espinosa TANYA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassandra Stokes-Wylie* * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Playwright Troy Deutsch, Director Sandra Shotwell and actors Cassandra Stokes-Wylie, Stefan Espinosa and April Fossen

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In The Room with Troy Deutsch Playwright Troy Deutsch discusses BULL SHARK ATTACK with SLAC’s Erika Ahlin and Cynthia Fleming Erika: You are a young, up-and-coming playwright. Tell us a little more about yourself.

Troy: I am from a town of 4,000 people in Minnesota. I went to school at the University of Utah and was in their Actor Training Program. The director of BULL SHARK ATTACK, Sandra Shotwell, was one of my professors. Cassie, who plays Tanya in the show, was one of my classmates. While I was in school with Sandy, we were studying Tennessee Williams and Eugene O’Neill, and I had to turn in a writing assignment. Sandy said to me, “I think you should try playwriting.” I started writing this play called PUSSYCAT that is about the end of the rave scene in Minnesota. After I graduated, Sandy read the PUSSYCAT and fell in love with it. She got a grant for the play, flew me back to Salt Lake from New York, and produced the play at the University of Utah. She and I just clicked as director and playwright. We both love language and are very into theatrical plays that reach across the proscenium and grab the audience. The play [PUSSYCAT] really shifted my path and got me more interested in writing than acting. I found an agent in New York and instead of having a two minute audition as an actor, I would have two hour meetings about my plays. I loved being on the outside and the tasks were so much bigger, at least for me, and deeper in a way. I really loved creating a whole world as opposed to inhabiting one part of the world. But I think my acting training was the absolute best training for becoming a playwright because more than anything, I love my actors. I know what they are going through and how impossibly hard it all is to be honest in every moment and to be vulnerable night after night. It’s a fantastic experience to give pages to fantastic actors I admire and see how they go inside.

They always bring out way more than I could imagine. For BULL SHARK ATTACK, I wrote the part of Tanya for Cassie and she has been developing the character from the beginning.

Cynthia: How long has that been?

Troy: I started writing in the winter of 2012, then in 2013 I had a reading in New York, then in 2014 we read the play here at SLAC as part of the New Play Sounding Series; I would say she has been developing the character since 2013.

Erika: What was your inspiration for BULL SHARK ATTACK? Troy: I wanted to write for specific actors and I was really fascinated by monologue plays because they are very difficult and the rewards can be huge. Growing up, I lived in the woods and I was randomly scared of aliens and sharks, and I thought, “Well, what if one of my characters just blows these fears way up?” So I started researching sharks. When I was little, I heard that they can survive in fresh water because a lot of them are born in the mouths of rivers. They have found sharks way

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up the Mississippi and even into Minnesota. I started to look up where actual shark attacks happen in North America, and North Carolina kept popping up. Most of my writing up until this point had been stories in Minnesota, so this show helped me expand my pallet and tell stories that I haven’t told before. But there is something universal about being from a small town, no matter where that town is located. The desire to move to a big city, the desire to leave all the judgement and small town secrets behind, and to be able to follow your dreams.

Erika: Did you develop all three characters simultaneously or did you take your time with each individually?

Troy: This play came out in order. This play came out pretty much finished. It is very traditional in its form, but very subversive and current in its subject matter.

I think Jeffie’s journey was the most complicated. I don’t want to give too much away, because he has the most secrets. When I first wrote it, Jeffie was darker the whole way through, then I found through developing the play, that if we kept him smiling with moments of darkness, the reveal is that much more satisfying.

Erika: This play has seen quite a bit of development at SLAC. It was part of our New Play Sounding Series in 2014, and then was workshopped in our Playwrights’ Lab this year. Were there a lot of changes during that development?

Troy: Plays want to be developed, because there is only so much you can do sitting in your room working or sitting around a table with your friends. You really do need resources and a theatre like SLAC has a lot of resources. Giving us the space with directors, dramaturgs and really great actors takes this play to the next level. BULL SHARK ATTACK really benefited from the time it was given, and The Playwrights’ Lab was even more interesting because it was a longer amount of time, like 9 days, and the work got deeper and more specific. It gave us the time to really go inside the world of the play. Once you get into rehearsal, you don’t always have the luxury of time because you have a goal in mind: opening night is coming up. So it was nice to have that time without having the pressure of an audience coming.

Erika: You said something at the first read through that really struck me about this play being about class in America. Can you elaborate on that?

Troy: Yes, of course. Two of the three characters in this play are from very small towns. They didn’t go to college, they didn’t have access to tons of resources to get ahead and they and their parents are stuck in a cycle. I think this play shines a light on the hopes and dreams of those people and wanting a better life. BULL SHARK ATTACK shows those who are under-represented on the stage and I think that is very exciting.

Erika: What are you most looking forward to about having your show in full production? Even what you are most scared about?

Troy: I am really excited to share the story with an audience. I wish I could be here for every single performance because every performance will be completed in a different way. But I will be here for the first week and I am very excited about that. And I am very excited for the conversations that this play will ignite.

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WHO’S WHO April Fossen (Connie)

was last seen at SLAC in last season’s BLACKBERRY WINTER. She has also appeared locally in BOOKSMART, PILOT PROGRAM, NOTHING PERSONAL, SUFFRAGE, MESA VERDE, SHE WAS MY BROTHER, and MIASMA (Plan-B Theatre Company); STAGE KISS (Wasatch Theatre Company); AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Silver Summit/Utah Rep); THE RIGHTEOUS AND VERY REAL HOUSEWIVES OF UTAH COUNTY (Alligator Press Productions); TITUS ANDRONICUS, COMEDY OF ERRORS, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, AN IDEAL HUSBAND, and ROMEO AND JULIET (Pinnacle Acting Company); LIVING OUT (Pygmalion Theatre Company); and RINGS (The Grand Theatre). Regional credits include work with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and the California Shakespeare Festival. April holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts from UC Berkeley.

Stefan Espinosa

(Jeffie) is thrilled to be back at SLAC! Some regional theatre credits include: Arizona Theatre Company, PCPA Theatrefest, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, The Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Theatre, and The Great American Melodrama. Stefan has a BFA in Musical Theatre (University of Arizona) and an MFA in Acting (University of Houston PATP). Stefan is the co-founder/director of the Utah Festival Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and is a member of the Theatre faculty at Idaho State University.

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Cassandra StokesWylie* (Tanya) lives in

New York City and was most recently seen there in Troy Deutsch’s IN A TILTED PLACE as various characters at IRT Theater and Helena in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM with dell’Arte Ensemble at Classic Stage Company. Salt Lake credits include Tanya in BULLSHARK ATTACK as part of SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series, Actress Two in THE EXIT INTERVIEW with Salt Lake Acting Company, Roxy in CHEAT and Mrs. Givings in IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY, both with Pygmalion Productions, Elizabeth Proctor in THE CRUCIBLE at The Grand Theatre and the Governess in THE TURN OF THE SCREW with UTAC. She understudied and performed with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and he has a BFA in Acting from the University of Utah.

Troy Deutsch (Playwright) is a writer,

director, and actor from rural Minnesota living in New York City. Last fall he studied with Nicky Silver as part of The Vineyard Theatre’s Fall Playwriting Workshop. BULL SHARK ATTACK was part of SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series in 2014 and was workshopped through SLAC’s Playwrights’ Lab in 2016. Troy’s play CLIMBING WITH TIGERS received its world premiere at Salt Lake Acting Company earlier this year in collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and Red Fred Project. Troy’s three-act family drama THE ROSE GARDEN, a semi-finalist for the O’Neill Playwriting Conference, received a week-long developmental workshop in 2014 at American Theater Company

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WHO’S WHO in Chicago. Troy’s play IN A TILTED PLACE premiered at IRT Theater in 2015.

Sandra Shotwell (Director) has

an MFA in Acting from The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, an Advanced Diploma in Voice and Speech (ADVS) with Distinction from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and is a certified Laban-Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA). She directed KEELY AND DU with Salt Lake Acting Company; the production was named one of the Ten Best Productions for ’94 by the Dessert News and Best Production for 1994 by the Private Eye Magazine’s Reader Poll.

Last year she directed BLACKBERRY WINTER and a staged reading of BULL

SHARK ATTACK. Also she has dialect coached MR. PERFECT, TWO STORIES, EXIT INTERVIEW, GOD OF CARNAGE, and THE PERSIAN QUARTER. She has performed for stage, film, and voice-over. Most recently she played the title role in HECUBA with Westminster’s Classical Greek Theatre Festival. Sandra is a Professor Emerita at the University of Utah. She is overjoyed to be working again with Salt Lake Acting Company and playwright Troy Deutsch to bring BULL SHARK ATTACK into full production.

Cara Pomeroy (Set Design) is a

recent graduate from the University of Utah Theatre department where she earned a BA in Theatre Studies with a focus on Scenic Design. Her recent

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WHO’S WHO credits include CARRIE: THE MUSICAL, DOUBT, and CABARET for Utah Repertory Theatre Company and A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM for the University of Utah Department of Theatre. She works as a carpenter and painter for Pioneer Theatre Company.

Jessica Greenberg (Lighting

Design) works as a lighting and sound designer has taken her to many venues in New York and around the country, with diverse projects in theatre, dance, and opera. New York designs include productions with La Mama Theatre Company, The Adjusted Realists, New Opera NYC, Alivewire Theatrics, Red Fern Theatre, Castillo Theatre, Two Headed

Calf, Midlantic Theatre, and Epic Theatre Ensemble Education Programs.

Locally, she frequently works with SB Dance Company as well as SLAC. Jessica is currently Assistant Professor of Lighting & Sound Design at Weber State University in Ogden, UT. She holds a BA from Hampshire College and a MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. www.jessicagreenberg.com

Jennifer Jackson (Sound Design)

Sound Design credits include ROMEO AND JULIET (Yale Repertory Theatre); THE TALL GIRLS (Yale School of Drama); and THE LAST FIVE YEARS (Salt Lake Shakespeare). Sound Design and Original Music credits include BLACKBERRY WINTER, TWO STORIES (Salt

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WHO’S WHO Lake Acting Company); TWELFTH NIGHT, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, HENRY IV, PART I (Salt Lake Shakespeare); GOOD KIDS, SCHOOL FOR LIES, THE OWL GIRL, ROMEO AND JULIET (University of Utah Department of Theatre); and THE ORPHAN (Children of an Idle Brain Theatre Company, NYC). Jennifer is currently writing her second musical with her hilarious husband, Steve. jenjacksonsound.com

Philip R. Lowe (Costume Design)

is the Director of Costumes and Wardrobe for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. He is a MFA graduate of Utah State University and the 2002 recipient of the Kennedy Center’s National Barbizon Award in Costume Design. Phil currently serves on the Region 8 design respondent panel for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

Patrick W. Mathis (Projection

Design) is a freelance lighting, projection, and media designer from Warner Robins Georgia. He has worked in regional theaters from Kentucky to Cape May New Jersey and recently

found a home as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Utah State University. His most recent works include Projection design for BASKERVILLE A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY at the Lyric Repertory Company, lighting design for Shawn Fisher’s latest premiere FEAR NOT BEASTS OF SAND with the Fusion Theatre Project, and projection design for DOGFIGHT with the Utah State Theatre Company. He is a standing member of the Society of American Fight Directors, The United States Institute of Theatre Technology and Actors' Equity.

William Peterson (Assistant Lighting

Design) graduated from Weber State University with a BA in Theatre Arts Lighting Design/Stage Management. He has worked as a stage manager and lighting designer since 2008, and he was the Production Stage Manager for California State University Summer Arts program for the 2016 season. He has assisted designers in New York City at 59E59 Theatres, El Museo Del Bario, and Pershing Square Signature Center, and he recently received the national Barbizon Award for Excellence in Lighting Design from the Kennedy Center for

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WHO’S WHO his work on WSU’s 9 CIRCLES (dir. Tracy Callahan). Past lighting design credits include: APPROPRIATE, 35MM, PIRATED, GIRL OF GLASS, DAMN YANKEES, and SHE LOVES ME. Locally, he was worked at the Browning Center, Good Company Theatre, Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, and now, Salt Lake Acting Company. He lives and dies by being in the mountains and enjoys trail-running, playing guitar, traveling, and working in the arts in all its forms. (www.william-peterson.com)

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worked at Salt Lake Acting Company as the AEA Stage Manager on BLACKBERRY WINTER, I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, VENUS IN FUR, MANNING UP, THE PERSIAN QUARTER and ANGELS IN AMERICA PARTS I & II. She has also worked at The Egyptian Theatre Company as the AEA Stage Manager on PAGENT and THE MUSIC MAN. Pioneer Theatre Company as the 1st ASM on LES MISERABLES, PAINT YOUR WAGON, DOUBT, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, THE FOREIGNER, VERTICAL HOUR and THE PRODUCERS. She was also the ASM for NEXT TO NORMAL. Other credits stage managing includes ANGELS IN AMERICA PARTS I & II at the Babcock Theatre, TRUE WEST in Studio 115, HENRY V and MEASURE FOR MEASURE for Salt Lake Shakes and TALKING WALES II for Utah Contemporary Theatre.

Cynthia Fleming (Executive Artistic Director) has been in the world of dance and theatre professionally for over 37 years, during which time she performed in the Broadway, National and International companies with

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WHO’S WHO many SLAC productions including SATURDAY’S VOYEUR for 15 years and directed/choreographed this musical for 5 years. Cynthia is proud to serve SLAC and its mission to engage and enrich community through brave contemporary theatre.

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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 a 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).

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WHO’S WHO 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.

Sandra Shotwell and Troy Deutsch working with Stefan Espinosa

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We would like to acknowledge the businesses and organizations that support this theatre by advertising in our playbill. Because of them our programs are produced at no cost to us. Salt Lake Acting Company’s playbill is generously produced by Mills Publishing. If you would like to advertise in our program please contact Dan Miller at 801.467.9419 or dmiller@ millspub.com. We thank our current supporters and hope you will as well.

SLAC’S 2016/2017 SEASON IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO SUBSCRIBE! PLEASE JOIN US FOR A YEAR OF BRAVE, RELEVANT THEATRE. Our adventurous audience allows SLAC to be bigger, bolder and better. Support from our subscribers and community has been so great that we have added a full week of performances and an American Sign Language subscription series.

WINTER by JULIE JENSEN

October 12 – November 13, 2016 NNPN ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE An alluring new play about one of the most controversial topics in America, brought to life through the genius of four extraordinary Utah women – playwright Julie Jensen, professor and author Margaret Pabst Battin, actress Anne Cullimore Decker, and director Tracy Callahan.

HARBUR GATE by KATHLEEN CAHILL

Feburary 8 – March 12, 2017 WORLD PREMIERE Three female soldiers in the combat zone.

A Purple Heart, a human heart, a blind man, a terrible secret and the transformative power of art.

HAND TO GOD by ROBERT ASKINS

April 12 – May 14, 2017 UTAH PREMIERE An irreverent, occasionally shocking, and perpetually hysterical romp to hell and back. This titillating new comedy explores the ideas of faith, morality and human nature – with the help of a bawdy hand puppet named Tyrone.

SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2017 by ALLEN NEVINS & NANCY BORGENICHT

June 21 – August 27, 2017 Utah’s favorite summer celebration, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2017 by Allen Nevins and Nancy Borgenicht will close out the season with a bang. Written new each year, this annual musical satire connects SLAC to the community like nothing else. You bring the picnic, we’ll bring the party.

SUBSCRIPTIONS START AT JUST $101. ASK US ABOUT CUSTOM PAYMENT PLANS! EASY, CONVENIENT AND FOR EVERY BUDGET!

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SUBSCRIBER INFO Being a subscriber with Salt Lake Acting Company means benefits, from ticket exchange to discounts and other perks. We LOVE our subscribers!

BENEFITS Easy and Free Ticket Exchanges All plays run 5 subscription weeks. If you can't make your scheduled performance, call and exchange your tickets for another date as often as you need. Exchanges for subscribers are free. We love 24 hour notice.

Please be aware that an upgrade fee may be applicable. (i.e. exchanging from a preview to a regular performance.)

DISCOUNTS Family in town? A friend you'd like to bring along? Call the Box Office at 801-363-7522 to get your subscriber discount for any additional tickets.

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MISSED YOUR SHOW? We understand life can get in the way of theatre. Give us a call if you missed your performance and we'll get you in based on availability.

Saturday's Voyeur 2017 is a cabaret style show, so please feel free to bring any sort of food and drink you'd like to enjoy during the show. The rest of our productions are not cabaret style, but you're more than welcome to bring along any food or drink you'd like and enjoy it in the Green Room before the show begins.

Welcome to our family. We are so glad you're here. Please don't hesitate to call SLAC with any questions!

Stay in the loop! Check your email for information on upcoming plays, free new play readings and panel discussions!

University Professional Theatre Program SLAC is delighted to partner with local universities to heighten theatre students’ educational experience by taking them out of the classroom and hiring them at a professional theatre. During BULL SHARK ATTACK we are thrilled to have Patrick W. Mathis (Projection Design) and William Peterson (Assistant Lighting Design) as part of the University Professional Theatre Program (UPTP.) "I am excited to have the opportunity to work with the exceptionally talented cast and crew of BULL SHARK ATTACK and the SLAC family at large."

-Patrick Mathis | Projection Design | Utah State University “The University Professional Theatre Program will help me by creating opportunities to work with and learn from theatre designers, directors, actors and technicians in a respectable and professional environment. SLAC has a rich theatre history in this area and I’m honored to be a part of this tradition. “ -William Peterson | Assistant Lighting Design | Weber State University

Sponsors: The John & Marcia Price Family Foundation, Terence Kearns Stephens Charitable Fund and Marian Jacobsen

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COMING NEXT

An alluring new play about one of the most controversial topics in America, brought to life through the genius of four extraordinary Utah women – playwright Julie Jensen, professor and author Margaret Pabst Battin, actress Anne Cullimore Decker, and director Tracy Callahan.

Inspired by ROBECK in ENDING LIFE: Ethics and the Way We Die

by Margaret Pabst Battin, ©2005 Oxford University Press

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Salt Lake Acting Company is a 501(c)3 non-profit professional theatre, and as such depends on the generosity of the following individuals, foundations, corporations, and public agencies who make the theatre’s work possible and invest in its future. The giving tiers below are for donations received as of August 25, 2016 We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your contribution to and partnership with SLAC! For information about SLAC’s Giving Program, and to correct any information below, please call Olivia Custodio at 801.363.7522 or email olivia@saltlakeactingcompany.org.

$100,000 and above

Carolyn Pedone and John Rose Joseph Pierce Pure Water Solutions of $500-$999 America LLC $50,000-$99,999 Ron and Ann Allen Robin and Gordon Roberts The Shubert Foundation, Inc. $1,000-$2,499 Margaret Anderson Richard Romano Daneta and Jim Bardsley Claire Aplington & Keith Olson The Sarah Beth Coyote $20,000-$49,999 Tony Basso Ken Barfield Foundation Anonymous Brian Benevento Byron and Deborah Barkley Max and Teri Savage George S. and Dolores Doré Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Terry and John Becker Savage Scaffold and Eccles Foundation David Borgenicht and Jerome Bennett Equipment Edgerton Foundation Suzanne Simons Rick and Janis Bennion James M. Steele and Linda Emma Eccles Jones Nancy Borgenicht in support Kenneth and Karen Brewster Wolcott Foundation of the Tony Larimer Kate and Bert Bunnell Suzanne Stensaas and The National Endowment for Performing Arts Award John and Wendy Carver Richard Kanner the Arts Glenda and Jim Bradley in Kristina and Keith Helga Van Miegroet and Salt Lake County Cultural memory of Tony Larimer Christensen Anthony Turhollow Facilities Program Callister, Nebeker and Matthew Classen & Patricia Stephanie Steele Terence K. Stephens McCullough Potter Suzanne Stensaas Utah Division of Arts and Kim Caramelli and Michael Will and Melissa Connelly Dorothy Ware Museums Walker Deanna Donaldson Cornelia Warner C. Comstock Clayton Dramatists Guild Fund for the Gary Whiting $5,000-$19,999 Foundation Playwrights’ Lab Whittenburg Foundation B. W. Bastian Foundation Cliff Coury and Stanna Eric Eide and Shellie Messner Dan and Teri Whittenburg James Dabakis Frampton Eide Duff and Lori Willey Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Henry W. and Leslie M. Bryan and David Eldredge in Foundation Eskuché Foundation memory of Marie Larimer $250-$499 Jarvis and Constance David Felt and Lynda Wendel Janice Evangelista Christine Allred Doctorow Family Laura Fisher and Bob Bissland Fadel Law Firm Laura Ault Foundation Jon and Peggy Feder Judy and Bruce Bell in Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Cynthia and Jeff Fleming Robert and Marcia Harris Larry Flanders memory of Robyn Nelson Larry H. Miller Charities Dorothy Foster Barbara Bentley and Glenn Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Chris and Peter Helfrich in memory of Tony & Marie Roxane Googin Prestwich Foundation Larimer Martin and Glynis Gregory Jennifer Blomfield McCarthey Family Foundation Hiaring + Smith John and Ilauna Gurr Cal and Laura Boardman John and Marcia Price Family Holland and Hart Liz Haslam and Judy Rollins Joan and Steve Brinton Foundation Janet Hough Rebecca Heal Stephen Brinton National New Play Network Roy and Anne Jespersen Dale Holt Kathleen Cahill and Robert Polly Nevins Tina and Larry Howard Broadhead Betsy Ross and Rick Anderson Brett Johnson with Storagecraft Marian Jacobsen Marc Christensen Salt Lake City Arts Council Jocelyn Kearl and Lisa Killpack Julie Jensen David Cleveland Dale Smith Steven Labrum & Jenney Cheryl Cope Donna and Michael Weinholtz Key Bank Foundation Learning Program Wilder Judy Cottrell Family Foundation Howard Mann Leslie A. Lewis in honor of Dru and Amy Damico Marghie Mannos Tony Larimer Peter and Suzanne Dawson $2,500-$4,999 Jane and Tami Marquardt Manners / Golden Rule Christopher and Pilar Dechet Anderson and Karrenberg Foundation Ana de la Cruz R. Harold Burton Foundation Maschoff and Brennan Mystery Escape Room Kyle A. Mantas and Cody Marcia Feldkamp and Chuck Dorsey and Whitney Zelie and Carl Pforzheimer Christensen Norlin Foundation The PI Foundation, Inc. Ken McArthur Blair Felton Durham Jones and Pinegar Joann and Bill Price Nancy Melich and Lex Dennis Ferguson Kevin and Linsey Harkness Gary and Joann Rieben Hemphill Maura & Jason Fowler Richard K. and Shirley S. Tina & Jonathan Ruga Dan Miller Pete Gibbs Hemingway Foundation Shirlyn Miller in honor of Wendy Hanson Peter and Nicole Mouskondis Shana Scheibe Don and Colleen Sorensen Helen Sandack Stephanie and Tim Harpst Davis Mullholand Alice Steiner Adrianne and Marty Moore Gail and Alyssa Hickman Kim Neville & Paul Frankel Laurel and Joel Morris Richard Hirschi Allen Nevins from his family Leland Swaner Ray and Liz Thomason Susan Mortensen Lee and Audrey Hollaar Parsons, Behle and Latimer TraskBritt, P.C. Gerry Nichols and Marcia Steve and Patricia Horton Pacificorp/Rocky Mountain U.S. Bank Foundation Henderson I C Products Power Utah Humanities Eric Parrish Rich Ith Jeff and Joan Shreeve with Storagecraft Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks Program

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Sorenson Legacy Foundation StorageCraft Technology Heather Sneddon Sweet Candy Fund for Health and Wellness

Brian Wilkinson and Mimi Charles Wilkinson-Ferrari and Co.

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Jay and Julie Jacobson in memory of Helen Sandack Deborah Jackson Gerald Krueger Diana Lady and Lynn Dougan, in memory of Helen Sandack, Avrom Wally Sandack, and Gail Hickman Dave and Sandy Lamb Eb Madson Montel McDowell Dan McKnight Donna and Ross Milley Janet Minden in memory of Diana Felt Michaela Mohr Judy Parker J.J. Palmer Jen Parson-Soran Terry and David Peak Peck, Hadfield, Baxter and Moore Kim Pederson Terry Pendley Stan Penfold Sonja Penttila and Lewis R. Boynton Kathy Peterson Mark Pfitzner Glenn Prestwich and Barbara Bentley Joan Proctor Kurt Proctor and Joe Welsch Razoo Foundation April Reynolds Ken Roach and Cindy Powell Elizabeth and Tim Roush Greg Ruther and Michelle Reilly William Sartain and Shannon McCann Lauren Scholnick and Steve Cook E. William and Martha Scott George Severson Val and Barbara Singleton Jane Sinton Martin Skupinski Douglas Smith and Mary Denslow Mary O. Stanley Tina Straley Peter and Susan Stevens Harvey and Freida Sweitzer Barbara Tharp David Toussaint Michelle Trush Elaine Weis Sheila and Andy Yorkin John Wiegel Robin Wilks-Dunn Paul and Charlyne Wozniak

$100-$249

William and Suzie Adams Darian Abegglen Carolyn Abravanel Joan Ahlf Sheryl Allen

Kenneth and Julia Ament Alan Anderson James and Carol Anderson Kent and Lauren Andersen Anonymous Ellen Anthony Alicia and Larry Ashton Lois and Stephen Baar Stephanie Babalis Maurine Bachman David Baker Vahe Bandarian Larry Barusch Margaret Batson and William Zwiebel Christina Beckwith and Todd Rushton Arleen Bedingfield Tracie Belt Blaire Bennion & Evan Benott Cheryl Benson Linda Thorn Bevins in honor of Iraida Santaella & Capt. Benjamin Franklin Thorn USNR Amber Boehm Alison Bond Mark Boschert and Maureen Giggey Carolyn Braza Reed Brinton Bill and Sherry Britt Barbara Brown Katherine Brown Paul Bruno Stephen Bryant Bennion Buchanan Debra Buckway Vicki and Bill Bennion Jeff Black Ellen Bloedel Diane Bradford Ann and Paul Bernstein John F. Carlquist Lon and Constance Castleton Kent Chard Karen Christopulos Carol and David Cise Mich G. Combs William and Violet Corkle Sid and Josephine Cowand Mary Cowan-Klein Jerry Crouch Ann Cullimore and Ashby Decker in support of the Theatre Student Artist Series Cummins Rocky Mountain Martin Custen Casey Czapla Paul and Penny Dalrymple Bonnie and Bill Daniloff Kathy Davis Rich Dean Gordon Dew Darlene Dipo Stephen and Connie Dobson Terrell Dougan Charles Draper Cliff and Sharon Dutcher

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Anita Dutson Lewis and Shellie Dutson Klancy De Nevers Elizabeth Evensen Roger G. Faix, MD James Ferguson Lynda Faldmo and Duane Gillman Alan and Lynda Fletcher in honor of Bryan Eldredge Sharon Foster Jan and Stan Foutz Kim Francis James French John Fromer Susan and Chuck Furca Ann and Spencer Galt Ray and Harriett Gesteland Thomas Godfrey Barry and Debbie Gomberg Terence Goodman Naanue Gowan Bruce Granath Scot Greeno Peter Hansen and Beatrice Lufkin Beverly Hanson John and Angie Harbert Don and Joy Hartmann Edward Havas Luckey Heath Brian Hin Matt and Wendy HobsonRohrer Robert Hoffman Marilyn Holt Jack and Ginger Horwitz Debra Hummel Karen Hyde Richard Jackson Shannon Huff Jacobs and Paul Jacobs Intermountain Bobcat Hilary Jacobs and Daniel Schelling Shannon Huff Jacobs and Paul Jacobs Elaine Jarvik Pat and Boyer Jarvis Leola Johnson Maxine Johnson Robert and Linda Keiter Karen Kelley & Steven Kelly Donna and John Kimball Val Kittel Nan Klein David Kliger Kit Kobe Kyle Lamalfa Billie Gay Larson Vicky Larsen Lynne and Charles Lawler Debbie and Brad Layman James Lebo Tacie Leonard Roger and Julia Lester Katherine Liddle Jon Lindgren Gary and Sandra Lindstrom Allan and Kay Lipman

Art Lipman Susan and Robert Lollini Elissa & Danny Long Terry and Wendee Long Cindi Louie Beatrice Lufkin Jayne Luke in memory of David Fetzer Harla and Ken MacQueen Claire Marlin in honor of John Bouzek Norma W. Matheson Noemi and Daniel Mattis Jerri Mausbach Michael and Gerri McDonald Grace Mary and Edward McDonough Patrick & Carol McLane Tyler McNeil Esther Medina in Honor of Marion Raish Janice and Aaron Melder Colleen Mellor Steve Mikita Rose Ann Milano and Joe Dayney Ann and Alan Miller Robert Miller Bonnie and Robert Miller Melinda Mitchell Ken Morgan and Nancy Douglas Kimball and Tonya Mosier Preston and Sandra Motes Shane Mozaffari Dorothy Mullins Jed and Amy Naisbitt Mary Navas and Robert Archibald Dianne Northrop John Ogilvie Karen Okabe Kris Hindale Olenicki Ann Olsen and Ron Oakley Kristen Olsen Bill Orchow and Janet Martineau Stephanie Pappas Kay Papulak and Dean Rowell William and Mary Ann Payne Marge and Art Pett Barbara Polich and Val Antczak Jewelee Prince Dan Purjes Pat & Liz Quealy Samuel and Colleen Quigley Chase Ramsey Helen Reeve Gary and Nicole Reimer Jenny Rhodes Wallace Ring Brent Roberts Hal and Kathleen Robins Julia Rossi Thomas and Shirley Rossa in memory of William Allen Nevins Dean Rowell

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Ira Rubinfeld and Willamarie Huelskamp Brent Rushton Charles Saltzman and Ingrid Nygaard Arnold Sanchez Evan and Lorraine Sanders Osman Sanyer Heather and Neil Sarin Catherine Savage Mark Schneider Jill and Richard Sheinberg Nora Shepard Oren Shepard Oren Shepherd William and Merideth Shorter Leslie and Jeff Silvestrini Janet Silotti Brad Simons Jill Smith Sandie and Colby Snook Kathy and David Sorensen Roger Sorenson Kenneth and Claudia Sperling Kim and Mark Spragg James and Claire Ann Stevenson James R. Stewart Scott Stites Stephanie Stratton Annie Strupp Holly and Beverly Stuart George Sumner and Tina Hose Barry & Dianna Swartz Cara Tangaro Douglas Tate Douglas Tilton Denise Turkanis Raymond Tymas-Jones Wanda Updike Mitzi Van Arsdell Vicki Venne Charlie and Eve Vincent Brad and Kathy Wallin Mary Ware Robert and Jayne Wassom Kevin Werner and Christian Dimaano Becky Whipple Henry Whitesides and Karol Kumpfer Susan Whitney Susie Wiet Laurie Anne Williams John Windrup Carol Withrow Family Trust Carl Wolfram Lisa Woodbury Marjorie Young Tod and Mary Young William Zwiebel

$50 to $99

Hans Albertson and Roberta Melis Steven Allnatt Judith Amsel Vicki Andersen Bruce Aoki

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Alva and Carol Baer Lori Ball Barbara Bannon Brian Barnard John and Joyce Barnes Mary Barnes Stephen Barrett Katherine and Brian Baucom Virginia Bazz Jane Elizabeth Bell Janet Bell William Bennett Kurt and Elizabeth Bernhisel Donald and Cynthia Benson Gary and Paulette Birdsall Leona Blackbird Ronald Bollinger Shauna Bona Kathleen Bratcher Kenneth and Deesse Brauner Paula Breeze Dotti and Gary Brockbank Mary and Tony Caputo Dick Carlson Craig Cheney and Frencie Barber Scott Christensen Craig and Kim Clayson Terry Cononelos Jim Craig Kathy Crismon Judith Custodio Kevin and Danni Czapla Babs De Lay Jyl Dickman Susan Dillon Ruth Draper Brad Dundas Randall Eames Edna Elkins in memory of Bryan Eldredge and for professional children’s theatre David Elliott Rick and Lynne Elliott Debra and Mark Elstad in memory of Tony Larimer Bijan Fakhrieh Joan Firmage Edward and Sharon Fisher Mark Flores Steve and Marin Fogg Robert Forsey Allene and Robert Fowler Kim Frost John Funk Susan Gardner Lynda Geddes Nada George Cynthia Godsey David Goldsmith Elizabeth Grayston Paula Guerra Rebecca and Samuel Guevara Kim Hale Eric and Linda Hampshire Terry Hansen John and Denise Harja Jacqueline and Weston Harris

Kelly Harris Pam Hashimoto Janelle Heck Mike Higgins Karen Hill Kathryn (Katie) Hoffman-Abby Rudolf Horak Sheryl and Robert Ivey Rex Jameson Dawn Jensen Janice Jenson Evelyn Jimerson Amelia Jones Christine Jones and Muriel Schmid Richard Justice Tracy Karp and Jody Heximer Joanne and Michael Kaeske Laura and Carol Kaim Jeanne L. and Grant S. Kesler Gene Klatt Carolyn Kipp Loren M. Kroenke Janet Landon Richard and Connie Larrabee John Larrison Bill Law Kathleen Lukken and Michael Vaughan Edward & Heidi Makowski Michael and Jane Mangelson Jessie Marker Bill and Jean Martin Harriet Mazer Karen McArthur and Bernard Grosser Kathleen McDermott Dudley McIlhenny James McNeel David and Johanna McKay Elliott and Kathy Merrill Janet Miller Bruce Miya Lisa Monsler Christine Moore Matthew Moore Susan Morelli Ethan Morris Ray Nelson Kimberly Neville Kathleen Lukken and Mike Vaughan Gary & Lynda Oderda Terry Outzen Robert and Marilynn Paine Anne Elizabeth Palmer Nancy Parker John M. Parrish Barbara Pence and Harold Koch April and Michael Pheysey Chad and Carrie Rau Dick and Jean Raybould Polly Reynolds John Robbins and Heather Ambrose Kathleen Romig Marie Rosol Sandy and Wilf Rudert

Robert Rudd and Pam Phillips Peggy J Saunders Joanne Sayre and Michele Backes Pamela Schroder Tina Seferos Margo Simmons Terrell Smith Len Smith Elizabeth Smith Russell Speirs Frank and Vickie Steffey Nancy Stevenson Jim Struve and Jeff Bell Carol Sutton Sonny and Kathy Tangaro Mary Thirkill Steve Toner United Way of Salt Lake Roger Vanandel Tracy Vayo Doug Vilven Elizabeth Weight Sally Ware Stephani Widmer Nicky and Alex Wight Chris Wolfe Michael Wolfe Ruth Wood Ann Woodbury Mary Ann Wright Betty Yanowitz Daryce Young

$49 and under

Erika Ahlin Shayne Ahlin Phillip Aizaga Anne Alder & Ken McDougall Elizabeth Allen Amy Allred Judith Amsel Shelby Andersen Karen and David Anson in Honor of Karen NielsenAnson’s 30 years of contributions to live theatre in Utah and the McGillis School Juan and Candice Arcelarreta Orly Ardon Carol Armstrong Stephanie Atherton and Erik Billetdeaux Tyson Baker Lori Ball P.R. Banks Gina Barberi Robyn Barkdull McKenzie Barkdull Kirt Bateman Jan Beggs Kathy L. Bell Jim Bird Traci Blair Susan Boevers Roger and Cindy Bon Alla Borisyuk Roxanne Bowers

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Elizabeth Bowman Casey Bowthorpe Shannon Brennan Sam Brings Mary Brown Jennifer Brennen Amy Brunvand Isabelle and Lawrence Buhler Victoria Burgess Jayla Burley Wolfe Terry Callahan Anthony Campisi Nicole Cardoni Leslie Carey Tina Cerling Nathalie and Jean-Francois Chanut Rebecca Christman & Zach Smith MaryBeth Clark Bobby Cody Joe Condon Dennis M. Cook Beverley Cooper Teri Cowan Jennifer Coyle Judy Cullen Isabel Custodio Olivia Custodio Patrick De Freitas Aida Detry LeeAnn Diamond Ed and Teresa Dieringer Lily Hye Soo Dixon Marilyn Domenick Anne Dorsey John Downing Elizabeth Drinkaus Lori Dunn Joey Eccleston Lexie Eller Brittany Enniss Jennifer Eshelman Paula Espinoza Joanne and Ray Fadel John Fischer Valerie Fisher Anthony Fleming Nick Fleming Johnathan Ford April and Mark Fossen JoLyn Fratto Douglas and Janice Frost Irene Fryer Cara Fullerton Stewart Fullerton Amanda Gammon

Claudia Gerard and Scott Fechner Ralph Glatfelter Kathleen Gause William Gowski Lisa Grant Martine Green-Rogers Tamara Guy Nell Gwynn Laurel Hacker Jon Hansen Andra Harbold Helen A Harbold Angelina Harward-Collard Lee Hollaar Stephanie Howell Ron Hough Carol Huffman John and Carolyn Huffman Thomas and Patricia Hunka Ellen Ives Justin Ivie Jennifer Jackson Susan Jarman Ken Jarrell Curtis and Suzan Jensen Janice Jenson Tom Jensen Erin Jepperson Kelsie Jepsen John Johnson Jocelyn Johnson Gary and Kathryn Jones Lauren Katz Catherine Kamrath Roxanne Kammerer Richard Kaplan Tresa Kehl Safia and Lester Keller Natalie Keezer Lynne Kraus Kroger Melissa Larson Clarance Law Lynette Layman Lawrence Lee Sylvia Lell Jillian Lessner Ben & Katie Lieberman Ingie Lignell Tito Livas Lisa Lofstrom Elizabeth Lopez Shea Madson Gene Mahalko Elly Mahon Theresa Martinez

Samantha Matsukawa Robynne Maxfield Kym McClelland Robert McComas Kathleen McDermott Sheena McFarland Loretta McHugh Geordie McLeod Anthony Medina Wayne Melendandri Becky Menlove Tracie Merrill Cash Meyerhoffer Nari Miya Philip Micali Ronald and Norma Molen Robert Monson Ethan Morris Brenda Moore David Mortensen Janet Muse Jed and Lana Musgrave Shannon Musgrave Nancy Nebeker Bonnie Nell Calvin and Joan Nelson Jill Nutting Renee Olesen Melissa Parish Penny Pendleton Carolyn Person Amber R. Petersen Jennifer Plumb Louise Pollard Jesse Portillo Stella Portillo Carol Prince Tiffanie Provost Karla Reading David Reed Brittany Restrepo Polly Reynolds Chuck Richardson Richard Rice Martha Jay Rieser Anthony Robbin Shannon Robert Kelly Roemer Susan Sandack Brandon Sandberg Teresa Sanderson Ingrid Schmidt Pamela Schroeder Fred Schwab Sedgwick Management Group Alice Shafer Lynn Rohland

Maureen Shields Sarah Shippobotham Thomas Shreeve Christl Simons Brandi Simpson Sandy and Arthur Sleeper Gibbs and Catherine Smith Jordan Smith and Jennie Nicholls-Smith Krista Smith James Stava Kerry Steward Cassandra Stokes-Wylie Ann and Terry St. Peter Cori Sutherland Julie Swaner Logan Tarantino Catherine Taylor Danny Thomas Kevin Timken Annlan Tran Rex Underwood Cheryl P. Varoz Antonina Vought Sherry Wade Joseph Walker Amy Ware Lynn Ware-Peek Hayden Warzek Tracy Watson Paula Wells Joleen Wilkinson Larry Witkowski Gail Wix Jody Wong Laurie Wood Shelley Worthen Gloria Wurst Darcy Young

SPECIAL THANKS

Tom Colvin, Colvin Engineering Associates Especially for You Ken Garner Engineering, INC Henries Dry Cleaners Mountain Town Music Jesse Portillo Red Rock Brewing Company Salt Lake Roasting Company So Cupcake The Roundy Family The Grand Theatre University of Utah Theatre Department Weber State University Theatre Department

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Salt Lake Acting Company 2016/2017 Cynthia Fleming

Executive Artistic Director

Janice Jenson

Shannon Musgrave

Producing Director

Associate Artistic Director

Erika Ahlin

Director of Marketing & Audience Development

John Downing

Accountant/Human Resources

Nick Fleming

Olivia Custodio

Ticket Operations/ Database Manager

Development Manager

Christian Stringham Technical Supervisor

Emilie Starr, Amy Ware

Marketing & Audience Development

Beret Brems, Bobby Cody, Natalie Gotter, Kelsey Jensen, Natalie Keezer, Merry Magee, Riley Nevins, Jeanette Puhich, Morag Shepherd, Kildem Soto, PJ Volk, Hayden Warzek House Managers & Front of House Staf f

Production Staff

Brittany Restrepo

Menolly White

Master Electrician

Technical Crew

Megan Branson & Lilly Smith Scenic Artist

Eric Reichert, Quimby Roundy, Matthew Sincell, Matthew Windham Carpenters

William Peterson, Casey Price, Menolly White, Trever Wilson Electricians

Jessie Marker Wardrobe

David Evanoff & J. T. Rogers Artistic Associate

Nancy Borgenicht & Allen Nevins Artists in Residence

Kathleen Cahill & Julie Jensen

Michael Yount Cover Design

Playwrights in Residence

Mills Publishing, Inc., Jackie Medina Graphic Design

David Daniels, dav.d photography Photographer

Dr. Osman Sanyer

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House Physician

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Board of Trustees 2016/2017 Executive Committee:

Brian Wilkinson President Wilkinson Ferrari & Co

Sheila Yorkin Vice President Westminster College

Terilyn Whittenburg Treasurer Lincoln Financial Advisors

Colleen Sorensen Secretary COSO Consulting, LLC

Marian Jacobsen Past President Burn Pattern Analysis, Inc

Byron Barkley Board Member at Large Wilson Davis & Co.

Kimberly Nevill Board Member at Large Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Ken Barfield

Shannon Roberts

Bruce Granath

Angela Romero

Brett Johnson

George Severson

Kyle Mantas

Don Sorensen

Shannon McCann

Stephanie Steele

Gerry Nichols

Terence K. Stephens

DFG/Scott Sports

MagicSpace Entertainment General Counsel. StorageCraft Technology Wells Fargo Bank

St. Marks Hospital Behavioral Health Services NJRA Architects

Joann Price

District Supervisor, SLC School District

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Sorenson Unity Center ABC 4 / CW 30

Sorensen Vance

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Barbara Tharp

Miller Sports Properties

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SLAC is upgrading!

Thanks to a generous grant from the Salt Lake County Cultural Facilities Support Program we will be renovating our kitchen/concessions area as well as our Green Room as a part of SLAC's commitment to maintaining and improving our Marmalade Hill's home. But, we need your help! This grant covers only half of the cost, so we're calling on our SLAC family to assist in getting us the rest of the way.

Support SLAC's renovation by purchasing an opportunity drawing ticket in the lobby! You could win a beautiful wine basket!

Take a look at the artwork by Board Member Gerry Nichols, on display in the lobby.

Gerry is generously donating 50% of the proceeds from each painting sold to Salt Lake Acting Company. If you're interested in purchasing a piece, please talk to a member of SLAC staff, or visit the Box Office. Purchase a beautiful piece of art for you home and 50% of the purchase price will be given to SLAC as a tax-deductible donation.

Thank you, Gerry!

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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 801-3637522 or visit us online at saltlakeactingcompany. org. Box office hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, with extended hours during run of show.

Ticket Exchanges:

Season Subscribers can always exchange their tickets, and it’s free! Just call 801-363-7522.

Group Sales:

Discounts are available to groups of 10 or more.

Call 801-363-7522 to discuss seating availability or Green Room reservations 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:

The Upstairs Theatre is not wheelchair accessible, please call for further details. An ADA approved restroom is available in the lobby.

The use of film, video or audio recording equipment in the theatre during a performance is expressly prohibited.

Please turn off all cell phones.

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