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Table of Contents Welcome �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 FUN HOME....................................................................................................... 7 Corporate Sponsors ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 8 Acknowledgements....................................................................................... 10 Cast of Characters........................................................................................ 13 Director's Note.............................................................................................. 14 In the Room.................................................................................................. 15 Who’s Who ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������16 Coming Next SATURDAY'S VOYEUR.................................................................. 25 University Professional Theatre Program....................................................... 26 Sponsors, Friends and Supporters................................................................ 28 Salt Lake Acting Company Staff ���������������������������������������������������������������������32 Board of Trustees ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������33 Green Room Gallery...................................................................................... 35 NPSS Free Reading........................................................................................ 35 For Our Audience ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������36

Welcome

“Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue, see how we polish, how we shine.” ~Helen, FUN HOME

To produce FUN HOME at SLAC has been a themselves and each other. It’s a deeply dream of mine since I first heard the original moving, wonderfully funny and thoughtBroadway cast recording. provoking family musical for pretty much It’s hard to put into words what I was feeling anyone who has either been a child or a at our first rehearsal. Looking around the parent or a sibling—in other words, for all room, I was able to tell the cast, design team, of us. When we performed it in New York, and staff that dreams do come true and that audiences from every imaginable background they were proof of it. It was a significant and upbringing found deep connections and moment and we all knew we were a part of their own personal relationship to the story in ways no other play I know of can provide. something extremely special.

It has no agenda other than compassion, and Michael Cerveris, who won the Tony Award I suppose, that is a radical thing to say these for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of days. I’m delighted it’s going to be presented Bruce Bechdel in FUN HOME, visited Salt Lake for the first time by a local company in Acting Company while he was in town shooting Utah, and even more delighted to learn that a film. At that time, FUN HOME was a pipe company is Salt Lake Acting Company, who dream of mine and while giving him a tour of I know firsthand have the heart and skill to SLAC, I took him to the Upstairs Theatre and bring it to life for the Salt Lake community.” said, “This is where we will produce FUN HOME someday.” I reached out to Michael to let him Thank you, Michael. know that my FUN HOME dream had become Cheers to following your dreams, a reality. I asked him what his thoughts were Cynthia Executive Artistic Director about SLAC producing FUN HOME. He said, “I had the good fortune to be filming in Utah a bit ago, with a bit of free time to explore Salt Lake City. On a friend’s suggestion, I wandered into Salt Lake Acting Company, with admittedly low expectations, and was surprised, impressed and delighted by what I saw and learned. In the midst of Salt Lake, there is an adventurous, thoughtful and progressive theater company that respects its audience, acknowledges its neighbors, yet works to embrace everyone in its community and hopes to bring stories of compassion and different points of view to its curious, passionate and informed audiences.

Their work isn’t always easy or comfortable, but it struck me as sincere, serious, and community centered. Their choice of FUN HOME couldn’t be more appropriate. As much as it is the true story of Alison Bechdel’s learning to understand and embrace her own sexual identity, the true heart of the story is the complex relationship between a father and daughter that struggle to understand

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Presents

FUN HOME Music by

Jeanine Tesori Book and lyrics by

Lisa Kron

Based on the graphic novel by

Alison Bechdel Director

Jason Bowcutt Musical Director/ Sound Design

David Evanoff Choreographer

Penelope Marantz Caywood

Set Design

Dennis Hassan Prop Design

Janice Jenson

Light Design

Michael J. Horejsi Assistant Director

Holly Fowers

Costume Design

Nancy Hills

Production Stage Manager

Justin Ivie*

Assistant Stage Manager

William Richardson*

University Professional Theatre Program

Assistant Set Design

Stirling Brenna

Assistant Costume Design

Ally Thieme

Assistant Light Design

Gerard Black

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

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Cast of Characters ALISON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawnee Kennington* MEDIUM ALISON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hailee Olenberger SMALL ALISON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natalia Bingham/Presley Caywood/ Ava Hoekstra BRUCE BECHDEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Henderson* HELEN BECHDEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Wilkinson* CHRISTIAN BECHDEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Rees JOHN BECHDEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Sarfati/Oliver Kokai-Means ROY/MARK/PETE/BOBBY JEREMY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Topher Rasmussen* JOAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary-Helen Pitman * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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Director's Note I am thrilled to be directing the Utah premiere of FUN HOME at Salt Lake Acting Company. This will be the second time I have directed the work of Lisa Kron, having previously directed her play WELL. I became aware of, and a fan of, Lisa through a nonprofit organization I co-founded in New York called the Innovative Theatre Foundation, also known as the IT Awards, which celebrates and honors the history of the Off-Off-Broadway theatrical community. Lisa worked for years in Off-OffBroadway and was a great advocate for the artists and the artistry that came from that indie-theatre community. Because of her support, her integrity as an artist, and her innate talent, I have avidly followed her projects.

When I heard that Lisa was working on creating a musical based on the incredible work of Alison Bechdel and partnering with the talented Jeanine Tesori, I jumped at the opportunity to see it. I was so moved by the story, the beautiful music, and the seamless combination of those elements. For me it was the best of what I had grown to love about Lisa’s work, but then completely new in that it was playing in a new theatrical form. And I was also so happy to see the hero of this musical be a lesbian. A groundbreaking Broadway first.

FUN HOME owes part of its development legacy to the Sundance Theatre Lab in Utah and so it feels only appropriate that it should be returning to this area and to this community. Lisa has been a mentor for me in understanding how important it is that the communities we serve and exist in be respected and embraced. I hope with this production that all of us who are involved will be able to be of service to the work, to one another, and to the amazing community who comes to experience the show.

Jason Bowcutt

FUN HOME cast and creative team

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InMeet ThetheRoom child actors of Fun Home Jack started taking classes with Youth Theatre at the U at the age of 6 after watching his sister take classes. His first show was Fiddler on the Roof.

Matthew’s first show was at Terrace Plaza Playhouse in Ogden. At the age of 7 he played Tiny Tim in a Christmas Carol.

Ava loved putting on plays for her family. Her first show was Fiddler on the Roof at Pioneer Theatre Company (2015).

Oliver’s mother is a theatre historian at Weber State University. Oliver has often been seen on the Weber stage whenever the university needs a child actor.

As a toddler, Natalia loved to run around the theatre while her mother was in rehearsals.

She’s been enchanted by the theatre ever since.

Presley was inspired to do theatre after watching her mother, Penny Caywood, teach her conservatory group with the Youth Theatre at the U. She wanted to be just like those actors and at the age of 6 she auditioned for Thumbelina.

Merry: Why is this show important to you?

Ava: It’s such a real story. I felt so connected to the story and Alison, she’s amazing. I love her so much.

Presley: The way I connect to the show is I feel there’s a little bit of Alison that everybody can relate to.

Oliver: When I was in New York with my mom, we actually saw the Broadway version. It was an actual house, with the audience all around it. It was almost more believable because you were more immersed into the world.

Matthew: I think what really gets me every time is “Days and Days” where Helen’s talking about how she’s wasted her life because she knows Bruce has had all these affairs… This show strikes me so much on a personal level. I think this show will spread a lot of good messages.

Merry: What kind of good messages are you hoping people will come away with?

Matthew: I hope people leave being more open to the LGBTQ+ community.

Natalia: It’s a really touching show. It showed my family that you can just be who you are.

Presley: This show is really great because it’s finally a show in Utah that has a gay female starring as the lead. I hope people are more open to the LGBTQ+ community after seeing this. We’re all humans. Just love is different.

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Matthew: Oh and one more thing! I hope that people who are closeted can leave this show and feel more comfortable in their sexuality.

Ava: It makes people more aware of what’s happening in other people’s lives. That some people are going through this stress and all this pain – Matthew: – that Bruce is going through.

Merry: You don’t always see what’s on the surface. Especially with Bruce, no one knew what he was hiding inside.

Presley: And this is a real story. This isn’t something that someone decided to make a musical about.

Jack: Alison Bechdel, it’s her real story.

Presley: I feel like if it was made up, people wouldn’t be as connected to the story. There’s an authentic heart to it.

Merry: What is your favorite part of this process, and why?

Ava: My favorite song is “Ring of Keys” because Young Alison is realizing that she is like this random person walking into a café. She doesn’t know what it is, she just knows that she’s somehow attached to her.

Jack: I really like “Fun Home”, the choreography is fun.

Matthew: Another really cool thing in the show, after the opening number, “Welcome to our House”, you find out that Alison’s dad killed himself. And this whole show, you see him, and you know he killed himself. And then at the end, when Alison says that this is their last conversation… There it is, the last time that she’s ever going to see him and neither of them know it, but the audience does. And that’s just so hard to watch.

Jack: I just don’t think that Bruce has ever been happy.

Ava: He’s basically been living a lie.

Matthew: I think that being closeted eats him up.

Presley: He doesn’t want to accept who he actually is. And that is the reason he’s so unhappy.

Merry: Anything else you want to add?

Jack: Let’s just keep talking about this show for another hour, I love this!

Natalia: We should have our own talk show.

Matthew: A podcast!

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WHO’S WHO NATALIA BINGHAM

(Small Alison) is so honored to join this incredible cast for her debut at Salt Lake Acting Company. Recent performance experiences include Annie in ANNIE (Ziegfeld Theater, Egyptian Theater), OLIVER! and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Pioneer Theater Company), Little Cosette in LES MISÈRABLES (Ziegfeld Theater), THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Centerpointe Legacy Theater), and Disneyland Performing Arts in Anaheim, CA. Natalia has also performed at the Weber County Fair and at Ogden Christmas Village. She loves her competition dance team, playing piano, and has recently taken up bass guitar. Much love and thanks to the cast and crew, Lisa, Kat, and my family for giving me the chance to follow my crazy dream!

PRESLEY CAYWOOD

(Small Alison) is so excited to be performing at Salt Lake Acting Company for the first time. She feels as if she’s grown up at the theatre since her mom has directed the children’s show for the last eight years. Presley has been in several main stage Youth Theatre productions at the University of Utah including MISS NELSON IS MISSING, GREAT AMERICAN TALL TALES, and THUMBELINA. When she’s not practicing piano or working on math homework, she loves watching YouTube (especially slime videos), making videos on her phone, and singing her heart out.

BENJAMIN HENDERSON* (Bruce

Bechdel) is grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this team of artists in the Utah premiere of

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FUN HOME and his first production at SLAC. His most recent project was THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD at Hale Centre Theatre. Other credits include THE TEMPEST and ROMEO AND JULIET at the Tony Award Winning Shakespeare Theatre Company, as well as A MAID’S TRAGEDY and LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST with Shakespeare Theatre Co./ACA, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, SOUTH PACIFIC, BIG FISH, PETER PAN, THE CIVIL WAR and CRAZY FOR YOU at Hale Center Theater Orem, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN at Sundance Summer Theatre. He was awarded the Mark Twain Comedic Scholarship at the National Irene Ryan Scholarship Competition after having been a National Finalist in 2014. Benjamin is an award-winning Actor Combatant through the Society of American Fight Directors. He has also worked as a director and educator through Alpine School District, Utah COPA and others. Benjamin holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Classical Acting from Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in Theatrical Arts from Utah Valley University.

AVA HOEKSTRA (Small

Alison), a 7th grader in Park City, is honored and very excited to be making her debut on the SLAC stage! Her prior credits include THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD (Sarah Summers) at Hale Center Theatre, WILL ROGERS FOLLIES (Mary Rogers), OLIVER! (Ensemble), IT HAPPENED ONE CHRISTMAS (Ensemble), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Shprintze) – all at Pioneer Theatre Company, ELF Jr. (Finale Soloist) at Centerpoint Legacy Theatre, BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (Holly Slocum) at Midway Performing Arts, and JUNIE B. JONES THE MUSICAL (Ensemble) at The Egyptian Theatre. She recently performed as a Soloist at the PARK CITY HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR at The Egyptian

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WHO’S WHO Theatre in Park City and also enjoyed playing (Princess Jasmine) in her school’s production of ALADDIN. She has competed in several vocal competitions and in 2017 was awarded 1st Place and Best Musical Theatre piece in her age group at the Con Brio Music Festival. Ava has received numerous years of vocal training at Utah Conservatory in Park City and is currently a member of the musical theatre performance group “Moxie” at Utah COPA in Draper. She would like to thank her family for their continued support and a big thank you to SLAC for this opportunity!

as Diana Goodman in NEXT TO NORMAL at the Ziegfeld Theatre and Winifred Banks in MARY POPPINS at CPT. Other favorite roles include Dr. Vivian Bearing in W;T, Margaret Fuller in CHARM, Maureen in RENT and Aldonza in MAN OF LA MANCHA. Shawnee holds a BA in Musical Theatre from Weber State University and is the recipient of two national acting awards through the Kennedy Center. She has been seen on stage at the Los Angeles Theatre Center and on various stages throughout Utah.

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SHAWNEE KENNINGTON* (Alison)

has loved FUN HOME since he saw it on Broadway is absolutely thrilled to be and is excited to share making her SLAC debut in it with Utah audiences. this beautiful show. She Most recently he was most recently seen originated the role of Thomas in the new

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WHO’S WHO play DELUGE at Weber State University for which he received a Meritorious Award from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. At WSU, he has also played the Boy in SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR and Freddy Rogers in WILL ROGERS FOLLIES. At DaVinci Distance Academy he played the narrator in A PIRATE’S TALE. Oliver is also a playwright and his play, ZOMBIE THOUGHTS, co-written with Jennifer A. Kokai, will premiere this fall with Plan B Theatre.

HAILEE OLENBERGER

(Medium Alison) is ecstatic to be making her Salt Lake Acting Company debut in FUN HOME! She recently moved to Utah from NYC where she studied musical theatre at AMDA. Hailee has been doing shows since she was five years old. Since moving to Utah, she has been seen onstage at the Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden as Lulu in CABARET and as Natalie in NEXT TO NORMAL; both amazing experiences that she wouldn’t trade for the world!

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MARY-HELEN PITMAN (Joan) is so

excited to be making her professional debut at SLAC! She is currently a junior in the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. Recent projects include YOU NEVER CAN TELL as Mrs. Clandon at the Babcock Theatre, as well as BLACKBERRY WINTER and HAND TO GOD at SLAC as the puppet apprentice to Glenn and Linda Brown. Thank you so much to her family, friends, professors, and SLAC for their love and support!

WHO’S WHO TOPHER RASMUSSEN*

(Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby Jeremy) is delighted to return to SLAC. Favorite credits include HARBUR GATE, R+J: STAR CROSS’D DEATH MATCH, COURSE 86B IN THE CATALOGUE (SLAC), THE ICE FRONT, ADAM AND STEVE & THE EMPTY SEA, BORDERLANDS (Plan-B), DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS, THE PRIVATE EAR, THIS BIRD OF DAWNING (Sting and Honey), THE WORST THING I’VE EVER DONE (Sackerson), THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY, TWELFTH NIGHT, ROMEO AND JULIET, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Grassroots Shakespeare), NEXT TO NORMAL (UVU), and HAMLET AND OPHELIA GO SWIMMING (Edinburgh Fringe, SLC Fringe).

MATTHEW REES

(Christian Bechdel) is thrilled to make his debut at SLAC in FUN HOME and to be sharing the stage with his cousin Ava. An 8th grader from North Ogden, Matthew recently performed in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Jem Finch) at both Hale Centre Theatre and at Centerpointe Legacy Theatre. Other credits include THE MUSIC MAN (ensemble) and IT HAPPENED ONE CHRISTMAS (ensemble) at Pioneer Theatre Company, APPROPRIATE (Ainsley Lafayette) at Good Company Theatre, THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Pugsley), SHREK (Young Shrek/Puss in Boots), PETER PAN (Lost Boy), and JOSEPH (ensemble), all at Centerpointe Legacy Theatre. He has also enjoyed playing many roles, including Tiny Tim in SCROOGE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Terrace Plaza Playhouse. In his free time, Matthew is a thrill-seeker. He loves to ski, to ride roller coasters and to experience haunted attractions. He would like to thank his family who support his interest in the arts.

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WHO’S WHO JACK SARFATI (John

Bechdel) is so excited to be joining Salt Lake Acting Company in FUN HOME! In 2015, Jack performed as Moishe in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Pioneer Theatre Company. He has participated in several University of Utah Youth Theater Camps as well. Jack is a 6th grader at Salt Lake Arts Academy.

ASHLEY WILKINSON*

(Helen Bechdel)This is Ashley’s debut with SLAC. This role comes on the heels of her first local theatre project as The Singer in Sackerson’s SHOCKHEADED PETER last fall. Prior to getting her feet wet here in Salt Lake,

she worked on a variety of projects in Southern California, including Big Edie/ Little Edie in Performance Riverside’s GREY GARDENS, Golde/Constable in Riverside Rep’s 8-person production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and Dialect Coach for Candlelight Pavilion’s MY FAIR LADY. Among her other acting credits are Bella in LOST IN YONKERS, Truvy in STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and Blanche in BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (Neil Simon Festival). Ashley has coached dialects on numerous professional, community, and university productions, and has assistant directed for the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Playmakers program.

JEANINE TESORI (Music) won the

Tony Award for Best Original Score with Lisa Kron for the musical Fun Home, which is currently playing on Broadway.

She has also written Tony-nominated scores for Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center;

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WHO’S WHO Thoroughly Modern Millie (lyrics, Dick Scanlan); Caroline, or Change (lyrics, Tony Kushner); and Shrek The Musical (lyrics, David Lindsay-Abaire). The production of Caroline, or Change at the National Theatre in London received the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Her 1997 Off-Broadway musical Violet (lyrics, Brian Crawley) opened on Broadway in 2014 and garnered four Tony nominations, including Best Musical Revival. Opera: A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (libretto, Tony Kushner; Glimmerglass) and The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me (libretto, J. D. McClatchy, Kennedy Center). Music for plays: Mother Courage (dir. George C. Wolfe, with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline), John Guare’s A Free Man of Color (Lincoln Center Theater, dir. George C. Wolfe), and Romeo and Juliet (Delacorte Gala). Film scores: Nights in Rodanthe, Every Day, and You’re Not You. Ms. Tesori is a member of the Dramatists Guild and was cited by the ASCAP as the first female composer to have “two new musicals running concurrently on Broadway.” She is the founding artistic director of Encores!

Off-Center at New York City Center, and is a lecturer in music at Yale University. Most of all, she is the proud parent of Siena Rafter, a senior at LaGuardia High School for the Arts.

fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artists Award, and the Cal Arts/Alpert Award. She is a proud founding member of the OBIE- and Bessie-Award-winning collaborative theater company The Five Lesbian Brothers. Lisa currently serves as Secretary of the Dramatists Guild Council and on the boards of the McDowell Colony and the Lilly Awards.

JASON BOWCUTT (Director) is

thrilled to be working with Salt Lake Acting Company once again. His previous directing credits include: ONE BIG UNION

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by Elaine Jarvik and ADAM AND STEVE AND THE EMPTY SEA by Matthew Greene for Plan-B Theatre Company; THE OTHER PLACE and [TITLE OF SHOW] for Utah Repertory Theatre Company; REASONS TO BE PRETTY for the U of U Theatre Lab, and Lisa Krons’ WELL for Pygmalion Productions. In Utah he has acted in

LISA KRON (Book and Lyrics) is a writer and performer whose work has been widely produced in New York, regionally, and internationally. Her plays include Well, 2.5 Minute Ride, and The Ver**zon Play. She wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Fun Home (with music by composer Jeanine Tesori), winner of five 2015 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Lisa and Jeanine were the first all-woman team to ever receive a Tony for best score. As an actor Lisa was most recently seen as Mrs. Mi-Tzu and Mrs. Yang in the Foundry Theater’s acclaimed production of Good Person of Szechuan (Lortel Award, Outstanding Featured Actress). Honors include a Guggenheim

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WHO’S WHO Plan-B’s BASED ON A TRUE STORY, and END OF THE HORIZON, Pioneer Theatre Company’s ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST and, long ago, Salt Lake Acting Company’s LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. Jason has worked for a number of Theatres across the country including: The Guthrie Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and many others.

In New York he played Nathan Leopold in John Logan’s NEVER THE SINNER for which he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award as well as a Drama Desk Award for his work. Jason is one of the Co-Founding Directors of the New York Innovative Theatre Foundation (the IT Awards), a community-building organization for the Off-Off-Broadway Theatre community.

University of Utah, she also teaches university courses for pre-service education majors.

DAVID EVANOFF (Music Director/

an Assistant Professor in the Performing Arts Design Program in the Department of Theatre at The University of Utah, where he teaches Lighting Design, Video & Multi Media Design, and Drawing & Rendering.

He has an MFA in Design and Technical Theatre from The University of Minnesota.

Michael has extensive National and International Touring experience with Arena and Theater Shows, as well as sporting spectaculars such as The NBA All Star Jam Session, and The USA Swimming Olympic Trials. Michael has worked as a technician and designer for theatres including; Oregon Festival of American Music, The Guthrie Theatre, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, The Great American History Theatre, and others.

Sound Design) has been the musical director for dozens of SLAC shows, including SATURDAY’S VOYEUR, BAT BOY, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, and GO DOG GO! David owns Sound Designs Studios now in its 25th year. He is an Emmy award winning composer and engineer. His work has been featured at Disneyland, Universal Studios, TV, Film and Special events.

PENELOPE MARANTZ CAYWOOD (Choreographer) is thrilled to be a part of the creative team for FUN HOME. Past directing projects at SLAC include THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS, DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER, AND A FLY, ART DOG, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, CAT IN THE HAT, CLICK CLACK MOO: COWS THAT TYPE, HOW I BECAME A PIRATE, and IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE. Penny is a freelance director and choreographer in the Salt Lake Area and the Artistic Director of University of Utah Youth Theatre. She also presents at numerous arts integration and elementary classroom teacher training workshops.

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DENNIS HASSAN (Set Design) is

Professor of Scenic Design at Utah State University and Co-Artistic Director of the Lyric Repertory company. He holds degrees in theatre design from Utah State University and The Ohio State University and has taught and mentored hundreds of students over an academic career that spans two decades. Dennis has designed over 140 productions in theatres ranging from Hawaii to Maine, and his designs often include the unexpected: projection, puppetry, and usually furniture from his own house.

MICHAEL J. HOREJSI (Light Design) is

NANCY HILLS (Costume Design) was

born in a Studebaker in San Mateo, California. She is a Full Professor at Utah State University and head of the Theatre Costume Design program at USU’s Caine College of the Arts. Her favorite plays to design are period pieces which include LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, GOOD NIGHT DESDEMONA, GOOD MORNING JULIET,

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WHO’S WHO PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, AMADEUS, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, THE MISER, ENCHANTED APRIL, OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD, EMMA, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, and THE MISER. She also designed at the Artist Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon including NEXT TO NORMAL, AND SO IT GOES, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, and BLITHE SPIRIT and the Salt Lake Acting Company world premieres of STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER and WINTER. In 2013 she was the recipient of the Janet Arnold Award from the Society of Antiquaries in London where she was funded to take patterns from two historic clothing collections in Herefordshire; the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery housed at the Resource Center in Hereford and the Charles Wade collection housed at Berrington Hall in Leominster United Kingdom.

Both Berrington Hall and The Hereford Museum hosted exhibits of white garments made from the patterns.

Those exhibits were called Symphony in White and Shades of White. A Utah exhibit of the Shades of White garments will be on display at USU’s Tippets Art Gallery in the fall of 2018. In 2013 Nancy give a TEDxTalk, which can be found on YouTube on the impact of WWII on clothing called, Make Do and Mend. She is the mother of twin sons, Douglas and Tristan.

JANICE JENSON (Prop Design) has

worked at Salt Lake Acting Company for the past 6 years as stage manager, Company Manager, and Associate Producer and currently serves as SLAC’s Producing Director. Janice is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and has stage managed over twenty shows at SLAC, including the last six SATURDAY’S VOYEUR’s. Previously, Janice has worked at Park City’s Egyptian Theatre, Dark Horse Company Theatre, Plan-B, and Tuacahn Center for the Arts.

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In 2008 Janice was selected as a USITT Stage Management Mentee, where she stage managed THE HISTORY OF DRAG. Janice is a graduate of BYU in Theatre Arts Studies and recently graduated from Westminster College with her Masters of Community Leadership.

HOLLY FOWERS (Assistant Director)

is thrilled to be working with Jason again after assistant directing THE OTHER PLACE with him at Utah Repertory Theatre. FUN HOME is a crackerjack of a musical and she has loved every minute spent working on it with this great cast and crew. As an actor, some of Holly’ past stage credits include ION with the Greek Theatre Festival; TITUS ANDRONICUS and COMEDY OF ERRORS with Pinnacle Acting Company; and BOOM, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR, and the staged reading SYNCHRONICITY with Salt Lake Acting Company.

JUSTIN IVIE* (Stage Manager) is a

proud member of Actors’ Equity who is thrilled be a part of SLAC’s 47th season!

This is Justin’s fifth time stage managing for SLAC (STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER, WINTER, HAND TO GOD, MERCURY) and SLAC audiences may recognize him from his acting work as Dev in STUPID F*CKING BIRD, Jones in TOO MUCH MEMORY, and a nine-time cast member of SATURDAY’S VOYEUR. Justin has also directed SLAC’s readings of GRANT & TWAIN and BANG-BANG (PAUSE) BANG. His many other local acting credits include appearances with Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah Musical Theatre, Egyptian Theatre Company, and Old Lyric Repertory Theatre. As a director, he has staged DRIVING MISS DAISY and many seasons of THE SENIOR THEATRE PROJECT and SENIOR STAGES for Walk-Ons, Inc. He’s also directed Arthur Miller’s THE PRICE for The OtherSide Players and JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL for OurSpace Theatre Company. A Weber

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WHO’S WHO State alumnus, Justin earned his MFA in Acting at Northern Illinois University. He has taught theatre and communications at LDS Business College, NIU, Triton College, and Weber State. Justin also designs scenery, props and theatrical masks, writes an occasional play, and sometimes even plays his banjo (when he’s pretty sure no one is listening).

WILLIAM RICHARDSON* (Assistant

Stage Manager) is delighted to be back at SLAC after managing THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS and DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER, AND A FLY; readings of Robert Askins’ THE SQUIRRELS as well as Brynne Frauenhoffer’s SYNCHRONICITY with the Davey Foundation; and sound board operating for the World Premiere of Kathleen Cahill’s HARBUR GATE. SM credits include con•tem•POE•rar•y with Meat & Potato Theatre; ASSASSINS, RING OF FIRE, and JEKYLL & HYDE with Dark Horse Company Theatre; PIPPI LONGSTOCKING, HONK, JR.!, and more with Egyptian YouTheatre. He recently designed lights for PASSION at Good Company Theatre, and has been the Stage Manager and Technical Director for THRILLER with Odyssey Dance Theatre for the last three years. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. theatrebywill.com

STIRLING BRENNA (Assistant Set

Design) has been a scenic designer and artist for over four years. He started in theatre as a performer, where he won several state awards. He has worked for the Lyric Repertory Company, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and Hale Center Theater. Working on FUN HOME is a dream come true and can’t wait to see it all come together.

ALLY THIEME (Assistant Costume

Design) is from Rib Lake, Wisconsin where she received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. She currently is working on

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obtaining a Master of Fine Arts degree in costume design from Utah State University. Her favorite production that she worked on was the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire’s 2012 production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.

GERARD BLACK (Assistant

Light Design) is a sophomore in the University of Utah’s performing arts design program with an emphasis in lighting and sound design, and was recently in the University of Utah’s productions of THE BEAUTIFUL GAME and STEEL PIER. Gerard is currently a lighting designer and engineer at the First Unitarian Church.

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 A CHORUS LINE. Since 1995 she has worn many hats at SLAC, including Choreographer, Director, Box Office Manager and Director of Audience Services. She developed SLAC’s high quality customer service titled: Mayberry meets Space Odyssey, which is the foundation for the record breaking number of subscribers. She conceived and created the position of Director of Communication and Audience Development and assembled the communication team to generate a renewed energy and excitement about the theatre. In 2010 she became CoExecutive Producer and is now honored to be SLAC’s Executive Artistic Director.

Cynthia remains a working artist in the theatre and has choreographed 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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WHO’S WHO SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY –

Salt Lake Acting Company is celebrating its 47th season, and continuing its mission is to engage and enrich community through brave contemporary theatre. Founded in 1970, SLAC is a notfor-profit 501(c)3 professional theatre dedicated to producing, commissioning, and developing new works and to supporting a community of professional artists. SLAC has been nationally recognized by the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Edgerton Foundation, among others.

SLAC operates under 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).

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

Pack your picnic and join the party!

Celebrate VOYEUR’s 40th birthday!

40 years of satirizing the bizarre realities of this place we lovingly call home. SLAC is the only theatre company in the nation that has a play written for us, about us, every year.

June 27 - September 2, 2018

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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 FUN HOME we would like to welcome Ally Thieme, Gerard Black, Wilson Hicken, Stirling Brenna, and Mary-Helen Pitman as a part of the University Professional Theatre Program (UPTP).

I will gain a better understanding of the expectations of working in a professional theatre so that I can feel more confident designing my own shows in the future. It will also help me to improve my organization and time management skills as well as network with a variety of different people in my prospective field.

- Ally Thieme | Assistant Costume Design | USU

I will get to tech outside of a school setting for the first time, which will give me a better idea of how the rest of my career will be like after I graduate. I will expand my knowledge of lighting instruments, become a better troubleshooter, and gain collaboration skills with other designers.

- Gerard Black | Assistant Light Design | U of U

UPTP gives me insight into what aspects of my piano playing can be further developed, as well as the opportunity to observe an experienced music director.

This allows me to develop my skills as a pianist and music director that I have been learning through my program and become more informed about my craft and art form overall.

- Wilson Hicken | Rehearsal Pianist/Piano 1 | U of U

Through UPTP I will gain contacts, experience, and encounter new problems that I know will help me later in my career. I will gain a greater skill in model and set building, and be able to communicate my ideas in a concise manner. This also gives me an opportunity to gain critical experience needed for my field that I am not getting in school.

-Stirling Brenna | Assistant Set Design | USU

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There is nothing like the UPTP in Salt Lake!

Being able to work and learn in a professional theatre company is a completely different experience from working in educational theatre. I’ve been training for years to work in professional theatre as an actor, and I’m so excited to put into practice what I’m learning in school. -Mary-Helen Pitman | Actor | U of U

Sponsors: Anderson & Karrenberg,

Terence K. Stephens Charitable Fund, John and Marcia Price Family Foundation, B.W. Bastian Foundation, Maschoff Brennan

SPECIAL THANKS Salt Lake Acting Company would like to thank the following for their support:

Beehive Distilling Garage on Beck Granatos Deli Dennis Hassan The University of Utah Theatre Department Martine Cafe Red Rock Brewing Co. RYE Utah State University Theatre Department We Olive

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, corporations, and public agencies who make the theatre's work possible and invest in its future. The giving tiers below are for donations received from September 1, 2016 - March 21, 2018.

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 Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks Program

$50,000-$99,999 Emma Eccles Jones Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc.

$20,000-$49,999 Dr. Dale Smith of Veterinary Orthopedic Services George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation The National Endowment for the Arts National New Play Network Salt Lake County Cultural Facilities Program Utah Division of Arts and Museums

$5,000-$19,999 Anderson and Karrenberg Anonymous B. W. Bastian Foundation Bryon Benevento James Dabakis Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation Dorsey and Whitney Foundation In memory of Donald Hartmann Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Larry H. Miller Charities Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation LGBTQ Community Endowment Fund McCarthey Family Foundation Kim Neville and Paul Frankel John and Marcia Price Family Foundation S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation The David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists Salt Lake City Arts Council Terence K. Stephens Charitable Fund

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$2,500-$4,999 R. Harold Burton Foundation Henry W. and Leslie M. Eskuche Foundation Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Marian Jacobsen Beatrice Lufkin and Peter Hansen Jane and Tami Marquardt Maschoff Brennan Allen Nevins from his family Pacificorp/Rocky Mountain Power Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Jeff and Joan Shreeve Heather Sneddon Sorenson Legacy Foundation Stephanie Steele in honor of Don and Colleen Sorensen Sweet Candy Fund for Health and Wellness Wells Fargo Foundation Brian Wilkinson and Mimi Charles

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Cliff Coury and Stanna Frampton Christopher and Pilar Dechet Dramatists Guild Fund for the Playwrights’ Lab Geralyn Dreyfous Eric Eide and Shellie Messner Eide David Felt and Lynda Wendel Laura Fisher and Bob Bissland Cynthia and Jeff Fleming Wendy Hanson Robert and Marcia Harris Chris and Peter Helfrich in memory of Glen and Maxine Burnham Holland and Hart Janet Hough Tina and Larry Howard Richard Jackson Jay and Julie Jacobson in memory of Helen Sandack Frode Jensen Julie Jensen Roy and Anne Jespersen Brett Johnson Jocelyn Kearl and Lisa Killpack Key Bank Foundation Steven Labrum and Jenney Wilder Howard Mann Marghie Mannos Davis Mullholand Mystery Escape Room Gerry Nichols and Marcia Henderson Zelie and Carl Pforzheimer Bonnie and Denis Phillips Joann and Bill Price Tina and Jonathan Ruga Adam Ruth Max and Teri Savage- Savage Scaffold and Equipment Brad Simons Christl Simons Alice Steiner Suzanne Stensaas and Richard Kanner Leland Swaner U.S. Bank Foundation Utah Humanities Michael Rubin and Sarah Woolsey

$500-$999 Laura Ault Steve Brinton Kate and Bert Bunnell Kathleen Cahill John and Wendy Carver Will and Melissa Connelly Roger and Judith Custodio Dru and Amy Damico Anne Cullimore and Ashby Decker in support of the Theatre Student Artist Series Dorothy Foster Mitch Frankel and Cindy Hung John and Ilauna Gurr Becca and Andrew Hall Stephanie and Tim Harpst Joy Haynes Richard Hirschi Ken Jarrell Dan McKnight Janice and Aaron Melder Michaela Mohr Ian and Brystal Olson Robin and Gordon Roberts Carolyn Pedone and John Rose Sonja Penttila and Lewis R. Boynton Pure Water Solutions of America LLC Christine Richman Gary and Joann Rieben Dean Rowell Aquashantina Scheibe Val and Barbara Singleton Susan Dolan Stevens Harvey and Freida Sweitzer Michelle Trush Gary Whiting Margaret Wirth Deepika de Silva and Jeff Black

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Judy and Bruce Bell in memory of Robyn Nelson Jerome & Jewelee Bennett Rick and Janis Bennion Vicki and Bill Bennion Barbara Bentley and Glenn Prestwich Cal and Laura Boardman Mark Boschert and Maureen Giggey Carolyn Braza Sid and Josephine Cowand Rena and Richard D’Souza Peter and Suzanne Dawson Cliff and Sharon Dutcher Elizabeth and Alan Evensen Roger G. Faix, MD Marcia Feldkamp and Chuck Norlin Steve and Marin Fogg Pete Gibbs Roxane Googin Naanue Gowan Bruce Granath with Magicspace Entertainment Richard and Anne Harper Colette Herrick and Allan Ainsworth Lee and Audrey Hollaar Jack and Ginger Horwitz Hilary Jacobs and Daniel Schelling Dawn Jensen John Johnson Donna and John Kimball Gerald Krueger Kyle Lamalfa Dave and Sandy Lamb Harla and Ken MacQueen Norma W. Matheson Ann and Alan Miller Adrianne and Marty Moore Karen Okabe Kristen Olsen Bill Orchow and Janet Martineau Jeffrey Paris Terry and David Peak Terry Pendley Ken Roach and Cindy Powell Betsy Ross Greg Ruther and Michelle Pickering Wallace Ring Brent Rushton Arnold Sanchez Evan and Lorraine Sanders Osman Sanyer Tina Seferos Don and Colleen Sorensen George Severson Kenneth and Claudia Sperling Mary Stanley

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Debra and Mark Elstad in memory of Tony Larimer Joree Felker Valerie Fisher Jan and Stan Foutz Susan and Chuck Furca Ray and Harriett Gesteland Thomas Godfrey Barry and Debbie Gomberg Terence Goodman Martin and Glynis Gregory Dave Gribbin Paula and Carlos Guerra Ken Hartner and Michele Taylor Amy Haselhorst and Richard Irons Luckey Heath Janelle Heck Karen Hill Brian Hin Matt and Wendy HobsonRohrer Robert Hoffman Karen Hyde Shannon Huff Jacobs and Paul Jacobs Elaine Jarvik Janice Jensen Maxine Johnson Taylor Jones Ray and Nora Jordan Larry Josie and Pat Fleming Richard Justice Laura and Carol Kaim Traci Kalian Robert and Linda Keiter Karen and Steven Kelley Jeanne L. and Grant S. Kesler David Kliger and Phyllis Mandel Lynne Kraus Loren M. Kroenke Kroger Richard and Connie Larrabee Vicky Larsen Lynne and Charles Lawler Debbie and Brad Layman Roger and Julia Lester Katherine Liddle Henry Lieberman Gary and Sandra Lindstrom Terry and Wendee Long Jenny Lowe Kathleen Lukken and Mike Vaughan Edward and Heidi Makowski Theresa Martinez Noemi and Daniel Mattis Dudley McIlhenny Jeff and Alana Metcalf Rose Ann Milano and Joe Dayney Janet Miller Melinda Mitchell

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters $50 to $99 Hans Albertson and Roberta Melis Judith Amsel Mandy Anger Michael and Julie Archer Reshma Arrington Kyla Asmar Barbara Bannon John and Joyce Barnes Mary Barnes Jane Elizabeth Bell Donald and Cynthia Benson Gary and Paulette Birdsall Ellen Bloedel Ronald Bollinger Steve Boulay Michael Brumbaugh Paul Bruno Mary and Tony Caputo Dick Carlson Craig Cheney and Frencie Barber Su Chon Liz Cole Terry Cononelos Dennis M. Cook Kathy Crismon Kellee Curfew Cassia Dippo Deanna Donaldson Robin Wilks Dunn Edna Elkins in memory of Bryan Eldredge and for professional children’s theatre Rick and Lynne Elliott Fraser Ellis Paula Espinoza Lynda Faldmo and Duane Gillman Ted and Susan Fall Alan and Lynda Fletcher in honor of Bryan Eldredge Allene and Robert Fowler Douglas and Janice Frost Kim Frost Anita Gander Lynda Geddes Barbara and William Gelegotis Claudia and Scott Gerard Sheryl Gillilan Sheryl and Michael Ginsberg Cynthia Godsey Kelly and Mitch Goff Thomas and Laurie Harvey Pam Hashimoto Jean Irwin Sheryl and Robert Ivey Evelyn Jimerson Christine Jones and Muriel

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Salt Lake Acting Company 2017/2018 Cynthia Fleming

Executive Artistic Director

Janice Jenson

Shannon Musgrave

Producing Director

Associate Artistic Director

Olivia Custodio

Director of Development

Nick Fleming

John Downing

Business Manager

Accountant/Human Resources

Natalie Keezer

Executive Assistant

Emilie Starr, Merry Magee, Adriana Lemke, Cassandra Stokes-Wylie Marketing & Audience Development

Beret Brems, Kelsey Jensen, McCall Kirby, Savannah Moffat, Mary-Helen Pitman, Topher Rasmussen, PJ Volk, Kallie Erickson, Hayden Warzek, Devin Barney, Connor Johnson, Mckenzie Barkdull House Managers & Front of House Staf f

Erik Reichert

Construction Supervisor

Jason Jensen

William Peterson Master Electrician

Jacob Hunt

Sound Mixer

Maxwell Seltenrich

Sound System Engineer

Light Board Operator

Jennie Sant

Child Supervisor

Megan Branson, Lilly Smith, Lucy LeBohec Scenic Artists

Quimby Roundy, Mike Abu, Heidi Frank Jacob Hunt, Daniel Garner, Wardrobe

Cal Cruz, Garrett White Mistelle Magnusson,

Carpenters David DeCarolis, Marissa Olsen Electricians

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Allen Nevins & Nancy Borgenicht Artists in Residence

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Board of Trustees 2017/2018 Executive Committee:

Brian Wilkinson President Wilkinson Ferrari & Co

Kimberly Neville Vice President Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Teri Whittenburg Treasurer/Secretary Whittenburg Wealth Partners

Marian Jacobsen Past President Byron Barkley Board Member at Large Wilson Davis & Co.

Stephanie Steele Board Member at Large Meet Me on 33rd

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Jerome F. Bennett

Colette Herrick Insight Shift

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GREEN ROOM GALLERY Salt Lake Acting Company is elated to continue our partnership with Art Access during the run of FUN HOME. The mission of Art Access is to build a diverse and inclusive arts community in Utah through creative opportunities for people with disabilities and other marginalized communities. and through public engagement in the arts. Through their various arts programs, such as, artist residencies in Utah special ed and integrated classrooms and art therapy for survivors of sexual abuse, Art Access serves over 18,000 adults and children each year. Art Access is proud to present work inspired by the work of Alison Bechdel. The art gallery will be located in the Chapel Theatre and will feature work that is comic, zine, and inspired by graphic novels.

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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 801-363-7522 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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