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TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome...............................................................................................................................................6 Climbing with Tigers...........................................................................................................................9 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................10 Corporate Sponsors............................................................................................................................11 Cast of Characters .............................................................................................................................13 Climbing with Tigers Sponsors .......................................................................................................14 Who’s Who..........................................................................................................................................16 Flying Bobcat.....................................................................................................................................22 Sponsors, Friends, and Supporters ...............................................................................................24 Salt Lake Acting Company Staff.....................................................................................................28 Board of Trustees..............................................................................................................................29 Land Acknowledgment....................................................................................................................30 Title I Arts Education Program........................................................................................................32

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WELCOME

Thank you for joining us in the launch of SLAC DIGITAL by bringing CLIMBING WITH TIGERS into your home. It’s a brave and innovative time for the world of theatre, to say the least, and we couldn’t have picked a more appropriate production to showcase as our first streaming offering.

Originally produced as a world premiere in our Chapel Theatre in 2016, CLIMBING WITH TIGERS includes a cast of two live actors and nine animated birds. Integrating animation and live theatre is groundbreaking and naturally challenging, but this experience stretched SLAC artistically. To meet these unique challenges head on, the show’s design team developed a new creative language--resulting in a brand-new way to rehearse and create theatrical magic.

The driving force of CLIMBING WITH TIGERS is the original book’s co-author, Nathan Glad. Everyone involved with the production continues to believe in his story’s message. In addition to creating exciting new theatre, one of the SLAC’s main goals in the original staging was to ensure that Nathan’s story authentically came to life, and that he would be blown away by it.

(Spoiler: Nathan thought it was great! Success!)

It’s four years later, and while our theatre is dark, we are thrilled to share this play with you and bring theatre magic into your home.

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Whenever you are involved in a production at Salt Lake Acting Company, you become a part of SLAC’s family.

Presenting CLIMBING WITH TIGERS at this time inspired a SLAC family reunion, and you’re invited. At the end of the play, I hope you enjoy the Q&A with the cast – Austin Archer & Robert Scott Smith; director – Alexandra Harbold; playwright – Troy Deutsch; author – Nathan Glad; founder of Red Fred Project – Dallas Graham. It’s moderated by the amazing Penelope Caywood – arts education director and the driving force behind other SLAC children’s productions over the past decade.

It’s beautiful to see all of these talented artists virtually gather and share stories and love. It’s beautiful that through technology, we can invite you along for the ride at a time in which we must remain physically distant from our friends. Thank you once again for watching and for your support.

Wishing you love and light, Cynthia Executive Artistic Director

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Presents

CLIMBING WITH TIGERS Adapted for the stage by Troy Deutsch Based on the book by Dallas Graham & Nathan Glad In Collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and Red Fred Project Director

Alexandra Harbold

Digital Artist/Animator

Composer

Jarom Neumann

Set Design

Light Design

Kevin Mathie

Jesse Portillo

Stage Manager

Annie Brantley*

Sound Design

Thomas George

Adam Day

Costume Design

Rodney Cuellar

Assistant Stage Manager

Robert Scott Smith*

Puppet Design and Fabrication

Mark Hofeling

Audio Recording Services/Archival Filming

David Evanoff Sound Design Adapted for the Screen by

Penelope Caywood

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Originally performed March 4-27, 2016

Streaming December 5-December 20, 2020

acknowledgments

2020/2021

Salt Lake Acting Company gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and government agencies for their very generous sponsorship. Their support is truly essential to SLAC’s vitality and success.

FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SALT LAKE COUNTY ZOO, ARTS & PARKS PROGRAM THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS UTAH DIVISION OF ARTS AND MUSEUMS | UTAH LEGISLATURE EMMA ECCLES JONES FOUNDATION GEORGE S. & DOLORES DORÉ ECCLES FOUNDATION TERENCE KEARNS STEPHENS CHARITABLE FUND ANONYMOUS B.W. BASTIAN FOUNDATION JOHN & MARCIA PRICE FAMILY FOUNDATION SALT LAKE CITY ARTS COUNCIL MARRINER S. ECCLES FOUNDATION NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK MCCARTHEY FAMILY FOUNDATION LAWRENCE T. & JANET T. DEE FOUNDATION JARVIS & CONSTANCE DOCTOROW FAMILY FOUNDATION S.J. & JESSIE E. QUINNEY FOUNDATION HENRY W. & LESLIE M. ESKUCHE FOUNDATION UTAH HUMANITIES

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2020/2021

Salt Lake Acting Company sincerely thanks the following Corporate Partners who make the 2020/2021 Season possible:

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This project is supported in part by Salt Lake County’s Zoo Arts and Parks program, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the Salt Lake City Arts Council.

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Cast of Characters NARRATOR/DRED FRED/TIGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Scott Smith* BLUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Archer*

THE JOLLY TROOP Algernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Young Black Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Sincell* Magnus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coltyn Giltner Penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sneha Sakhare Red Fred‌ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ty Burrell* Stilts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tito Livas* Upper Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latoya Cameron Under Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyson Baker Yvette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Burrell * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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Art Education Sponsors

Salt Lake County Zoo Arts & Parks Program Salt Lake City Arts Council Utah Division of Arts and Museums | Utah Legislature Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Sorenson Legacy Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Rocky Mountain Power Foundation B.W. Bastian Foundation

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WHO’S WHO AUSTIN ARCHER*

(Blue) has performed with SLAC in 13 different productions since 2008, most recently as Legs Diamond in SILENT DANCER, and Isaac in HIR. He has performed locally with PLAN-B Theatre in GOOD STANDING for which he made City Weekly’s “Best of” list for his portrayal of 16 different characters. He has also been seen locally at Pioneer Theatre company in various productions, most recently as Crutchie in NEWSIES! Film & TV credits include: Mindhunter (Netflix), The Night Clerk (Saban Films), and Alien Country (upcoming!). He has collaborated several times with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory in the form of a devised piece called LOVE, a co-production of his play JUMP with PLAN-B, and of course this lovely show!

Thanks to Nathan and Dallas for this beautiful story, to Troy for his incredibly imaginative adaptation, and to Scott and Andra for their inspiring and fearless artistry. Enjoy the show!

ROBERT SCOTT SMITH* (Narrator,

Dred Fred, Tiger, CoFounder and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory) As a professional actor, NYC credits include KREUTZER SONATA (United Solo Festival), KEEPING ISHMAEL (Workshop); PERICLES (SLANT); SLC acting credits include MARY STUART, THE CRUCIBLE, and TWO HENRYS (PTC); SATURDAY’S VOYEUR, CLIMBING WITH TIGERS, RAPTURE BLISTER BURN, GOOD climbing with tigers

PEOPLE, CHARM (World Premiere), SWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS, SIX YEARS, BIG LOVE, BATBOY: THE MUSICAL and GROSS INDECENCY (Salt Lake Acting Company); A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, OUR TOWN (The Grand Theatre); and ICE FRONT (World Premiere), KREUTZER SONATA (World Premiere) and BASH (Plan-B). Film credits include Kill The Babysitter, Jewtah, Wildlife (Official Selection Cannes Métrage Selection 2015) Blessing, and Animae. Robert Scott is Assistant Professor and CoHead of the Actor Training Program with the Department of Theatre at the University of Utah. Directing credits include THE VIEW UPSTAIRS by Max Vernon with Good Company; BIG LOVE by Charles Mee with the U of U Department of Theatre; SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series reading of REYKJAVIK

by Steve Yockey; PLAN-B Script-inHand series reading of QUARTER HORSE

by Rob Tennant; and an All-Female Production of HAMLET in conjunction with the University of Utah Department of Theatre featuring actors from the Actor Training Program and Musical Theatre Program.

TROY DEUTSCH

(Adaptor) is a playwright and filmmaker from rural Minnesota living in New York City. He studied with Nicky Silver as part of The Vineyard Theatre’s Fall Playwriting Workshop. His short film BROWN FISH, based on his short play, played 15 festivals, winning the Most Original Film Award from Blackbird Film Festival and the Audience Award

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WHO’S WHO for Best Experimental Short from the Adirondack Film Festival. Troy’s one woman show about Donald Trump’s mom, ORANGUTAN, premiered at the Broadwater Theater in Los Angeles as part of the Hollywood Fringe, and won the “Best of the Broadwater Award.” His play BULL SHARK ATTACK received its world premiere at Salt Lake Acting Company and was part of SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series and SLAC’s Playwrights’ Lab. Troy’s play CLIMBING WITH TIGERS also premiered at SLAC. Troy’s three-act family drama THE ROSE GARDEN, a semifinalist for the O’Neill Playwriting Conference, received a week-long developmental workshop at American Theater Company in Chicago. His

play LAKE WATER, a semi-finalist for the O’Neill Playwriting Conference, was developed at The New Group through the New Group/New Works Reading Series and received its world premiere at IRT Theater. Training: BFA from the University of Utah Actor Training Program.

ALEXANDRA HARBOLD (Director,

Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory) Previously at SLAC, Harbold directed DEATH OF A DRIVER, THE WOLVES, TRIBES, the premieres of (a man enters) and THE PERSIAN QUARTER, and several NPSS readings; and acted in HAND TO GOD, TWO STORIES, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, SIX

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WHO’S WHO YEARS, and ICE GLEN. Recent projects also include directing the livestream production of THE NIGHT WITCHES (University of Utah), the premiere of AT THE BOTTOM (Pinnacle Acting Company), and co-creating THE LIVE CREATURE AND ETHEREAL THINGS, Flying Bobcat’s collaboration with Daniel Charon and the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Harbold is Assistant Professor of Directing at the University of Utah. Education: Masters, University of London Goldsmiths College; BA, Middlebury College, Vermont; SITI Summer Intensive, Skidmore College, New York; and BADA Midsummer at Oxford, Balliol College. Ever thanks to the whole creative force of CLIMBING WITH TIGERS and to Salt Lake Acting Company for being a creative home.

JAROM NEUMANN (Digital Artist/

Animator) graduated from Brigham Young University’s animation program in 2015. He was the producer for BYU’s 2014 short film Bothered, and editor for BYU’s 2015 academy award winning Ram’s Horn. Since then, Jarom has worked for various clients ranging from animations for Studio C to storyboards for potential live action Disney films.

He currently works as an animation project lead in the video game industry. Jarom is husband to the love of his life, Kara, and father to their almost 2-year-old, Eleanor.

KEVIN MATHIE (Composer / Music

Director) is pleased to be back at SLAC, even if it is only virtually this year. He has been part of the SLAC family since the 1990s. He was the music director / arranger for SATURDAY’S VOYEUR (2009-2016), climbing with tigers

the music director for other SLAC productions, like ART DOG, and finally, the composer for CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. Audiences may also remember him as the resident music director for The Grand Theatre (2002-2015).

Kevin now lives in Los Angeles where he works as a music director for productions at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, etc., and as a composer for theater, film, and television. His most recent television credits include additional music for the Young and the Restless. He has won “Best Music” at various film festivals for his work on numerous independent films.

He has also written the music for 7 musical theater shows that have been produced on stage. His most recent collaboration is for a new musical, THE PLOT TO KILL CHARLIE CHAPLIN, which will see the stage once the pandemic ends.

THOMAS GEORGE (Set Designer)

Thomas is a set designer and artist based in Salt Lake City, UT. He holds an MFA from The University of California, San Diego, and a BFA from The University of Utah, where he taught set design for several years. Recent Utah credits include SNOW WHITE and PETER AND THE WOLF for Ballet West, A FUNNY THING...., STUPID F*CKING BIRD, SURELY GOODNESS and MERCY, for Salt Lake Acting Company, and numerous other productions for Plan B Theatre Company, Pygmalion Theater Company, and The University of Utah Department of Theatre.

RODNEY CUELLAR (Costume Designer) PROJECT FABULOCITY I & II, THE SANTALAND DIARIES, THE

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WHO’S WHO PAINS OF YOUTH, FULLY COMMITTED, CRAVE, ARABIAN NIGHTS (Tooth&Nail Theatre Company), SERIOUS MONEY (Bard College), IT’S A CRUEL CRUEL SUMMER (The Joyce Soho Theatre), TIMOCINA & THE CROCODILES (Drama League, Schaeberle, Theatre), ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Sundance Theatre Educational Tour), OLIVER, CINDERELLA (Sundance Outdoor Summer Theatre), GRIMM, IVONA PRINCESS OF BURGUNDIA, HARVEY, THE TEMPEST, TARTUFFE, LIFE IS A DREAM (Waterford Black Box Theatre).

Some of his credits include sound design and live mix for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (The Grand Theatre), AMERICAN IDIOT (University of Utah Theatre Department), GODSPELL (University of Utah Theatre Department), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (The Grand Theatre), LOST IN THE WOODS (Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory), FEAST (NOW-ID) and SPRING AWAKENING (University of Utah Theatre Department). He also works as the Technical Coordinator at the Draper City Amphitheater.

ADAM DAY (Sound Designer) has a

JESSE PORTILLO (Lighting Designer)

BFA in Performing Arts Design from the University of Utah.

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WHO’S WHO excited to work with SLAC for his 11th season. Previous SLAC credits include SATURDAY’S VOYEUR, HARBUR GATE, THE PERSIAN QUARTER, CLIMBING WITH TIGERS and PINKALICIOUS. Recent productions include THE BROTHERS SIZE for Ancram Opera in Ancram, New York, and GUYS AND DOLLS for Arizona Broadway Theatre. He has designed for many companies in Utah including Plan-B Theatre, Pioneer Theater, Repertory Dance Theatre, New Century Dance Project, Samba Fogo, and Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. He has also designed for PURE Theatre, LOOK Musical Theatre and Mobile Opera and has been a guest artist and lecturer at Baylor University, Idaho

State University and Millikin University.

He recently relocated to southern California and is an Assistant Professor at Cal Poly Pomona, and has previously held positions at the College of Charleston and the University of Utah.

He is an active member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, serves on the steering committee for the Latinx Theatre Commons, and is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.

ANNIE BRANTLEY* (Stage Manager) Annie is returning to SLAC for the second time and has spent the past decade working countless shows for several companies filling every production role imaginable. Favorite

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WHO’S WHO past productions include RED NOSES (Lighting), EQUUS (Sound), THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNUM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (Lighting), GRACE (Stage manager), WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (Stage Manager), NOISES OFF (Props), and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Stage manager). She earned her BFA in technical theater with an emphasis in stage management from Westminster College and was a technical director there for two years.

MARK HOFELING (Puppet Design and

Fabrication) Mark Hofeling is a veteran designer in the film and television industry. While he finds the conceptual and managerial responsibilities of the film world immensely satisfying,

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he misses the hands-on craft that underpins all of showbiz. So, he was delighted to jump at the amazing invitation to create Thunder Tiger for SLAC’s production of CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. He considers it a great honor and responsibility to help bring this important vision into 3 dimensions, and thanks all involved for the opportunity to play in their space. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Flying Bobcat

Theatrical Laboratory

Robert Scott Smith and Alexandra Harbold

Let Us Take You To A Magic Place As a creative laboratory, Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory pursues ongoing research and experimentation in source material, process, and performance and quest for ever greater expressivity in our use of movement, text, sound, technology and design. I’d been dreaming of this type of work for what seems like a lifetime when I first asked Andra to collaborate with me on the POPUP@LEO series at The Leonardo Museum. That invitation led to the creation of three devised original works: SENSES 5, LOVE, and MIND|MATTER. It stirred up our curiosity about forming an ongoing creative partnership and ultimately inspired us to form our own totem and company, Flying + Bobcat. It also initiated other collaborative relationships that we have continued to build upon in CLIMBING WITH TIGERS. We recognize that what we dream of creating is only achievable through collaboration and mad, determined play. Which is evident in our most recent collaborations that have included; an original work created in collaboration with Ririe-Woodbury and Flying Bobcat, ALLEGORY (2020 Re-Imagined) and LIVE CREATURE AND ETHEREAL THINGS (2019) a dance performance inspired

by The Red Fred Project. Other recent collaborations include; the 2018 world premiere of JUMP (a co-production with Plan-B in partnership with The David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists); LOST IN THE WOODS a theatrical concert at The Masonic Temple with the SLC Men’s Choir; FEAST a sitespecific performance at the Great Saltair with choreographer Charlotte BoyeChristensen, NOW-ID and NYC Playwright Troy Deutsch.

Early in our work at The Leonardo, we discovered a book by Michael J Gelb, in which he explored what he identified as the guiding principles of climbing with tigers

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Leonardo da Vinci: Curiosità, Dimostrazione, Sensazione, Sfumato, Arte/ Scienza, Corporalità, and Connessione. We adopted those principles as a blueprint for our own creative process and hope they are evident in our work: curiosity and an appetite to learn; responsive experimentation; storytelling that taps into the potential and expressivity of the body and the senses; and an appreciation for the amplification of ideas possible through collaboration.

Thank you to Salt Lake Acting Company for saying yes to Troy Deutsch’s beautiful adaptation of Nathan & Dallas’ CLIMBING WITH TIGERS and to this production. SLAC has supported the development of this new work at every turn and afforded us the opportunity to assemble this undeniably brilliant creative team whose work daily outstrips our dreams of what the project could be.

Let us take you to a magic place....

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT Salt Lake Acting Company’s Wardhouse sits on the traditional and unceded land of the Ute, Paiute, Goshute and Shoshone Tribes. We recognize the historic and enduring relationships between Indigenous people and their ancestral territories, and honor the Indigenous stewards past, present, and future of this land. This acknowledgment is a small example of our dedication to anti-racist practices, expressed in solidarity with those working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism and white supremacy.

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TITLE I ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM From 2009 to 2019, SLAC’s Title I Arts Education Program invited nearly 25,000 underserved K-2 students from Title I schools to attend our annual children’s show free of charge.

Children between the ages of 5 and 7 are at a critical developmental stage to absorb arts experiences. They are endlessly forging new connections- reading the book in anticipation of the show, sitting in the chairs as the lights go down, clapping and cheering with the crowd, processing the experience with their friends, teachers, and families- each step expands their thinking, brings what they are learning in school to life in dynamic and stimulating ways, and ultimately promotes deep engagement in the learning process.

In his response to PINKALICIOUS, a Kindergarten teacher pointed out the program’s educational value: “This kind of experience contributes to my students’ desire and capacity to pay purposeful attention, observe carefully and mindfully, envision what can’t be observed, to be brave and take risks, and to understand others viewpoints and respect differences. Arts education fosters habits of mind that lead to success.” --Jeremy Reynoso, Meadowlark Elementary

If you or your business would like to sponsor or contribute to SLAC’s Title I Arts Education Program, please contact Erika at erika@saltlakeactingcompany.org

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