Silent Dancer

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KATHLEEN CAHILL

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Table of Contents Welcome �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 SILENT DANCER ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................... 8 Corporate Sponsors...................................................................................... 10 Cast of Characters ....................................................................................... 13 In The Room ................................................................................................ 14 Who’s Who ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������16 Thank You..................................................................................................... 25 Coming Next: SATURDAY'S VOYEUR ............................................................... 25 University Professional Theatre Program ..................................................... 27 Sponsors, Friends and Supporters ............................................................... 28 Salt Lake Acting Company Staff ���������������������������������������������������������������������32 Board of Trustees ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������33 Green Room Gallery ..................................................................................... 35 For Our Audience ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������36

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Welcome Welcome to the world premiere of SILENT DANCER! This production exemplifies the risk-taking theatrical spirit that SLAC is known for. It truly is a creation born out of SLAC and I hope it will have a continued life. I couldn’t be more proud to be part of a theatre company that fosters the development of a new artform such as this. Believe me when I say, you’re about to witness something you’ve never seen before.

And why are we able to take a risk with theatre such as this? You. Every time I visit other theatres across the nation, I find myself missing SLAC’s audience. It is YOU who empower us to do the work we do and the spirit in which we do it.

It is you who have entrusted us to bring you theatre that inspires, captivates, challenges, and empowers.

Since being brought on staff in 1998, I have had the honor of serving SLAC’s subscriber base. As my role has evolved over the years, I have operated under one constant motto: our subscribers are the lifeblood of this theatre. As we celebrate the magic of SILENT DANCER and the excitement of our upcoming 49th season, we look forward to you renewing your subscription—or welcoming you as a subscriber for the first time. My staff and I are honored to serve you.

We hope you enjoy this performance. Thank you for making it possible.

Cynthia Executive Artistic Director

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Presents

SILENT DANCER By

Kathleen Cahill Director

Cynthia Fleming Choreographer

Christopher Ruud

Set Design

Costume Design

Dennis Hassan Sound Design & Original Music

Jennifer Jackson

Light Design

Nancy Hills

Michael J. Horejsi

Projection Design

Prop Design

Joshua Roberts

Janice Jenson

Assistant Choreographer

Loren Whitney Ruud

Adrianne Moore

1920s Choreographer

Dance Captain

Dialect Coach

Cynthia Fleming

Dramaturg

Martine Kei Green-Rogers

William Richardson Stage Manager

Justin Ivie*

Assistant Stage Manager

Katelyn Limber*

University Professional Theatre Program

Assistant Set Design

Stirling Brenna

Assistant Costume Design

Ally Thieme

Assistant Sound Design

Richard Tyler

Assistant Light Design

Rachael Harned

Assistant Projection Design

Dwight Camillucci

April 10 – May 12, 2019 SILENT DANCER was developed in the Salt Lake Acting Company Playwrights’ Lab SILENT DANCER is produced by special arrangement with Mark Orsini, BRET ADAMS, LTD., 448 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036, www.bretadamsltd.net. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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) The Shubert Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Utah Division of Arts & Museums 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 Anonymous The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation The Whittenburg Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation Henry W. & Leslie M. Eskuche Foundation Herbert I & Elsa B. Michael Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Utah Humanities Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Dorsey & Whitney Foundation

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Cast of Characters MIKKI REEVE* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosie Quinn WILLIAM RICHARDSON* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Quinn DARREL T. JOE* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perry Branfield AUSTIN ARCHER* . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie “Legs” Diamond, Louis Franklin, Sam Goldberg, Joe Yademsky ALICE RYAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zelda Fitzgerald NOAH KERSHISNIK . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Fitzgerald, Police Officer Mahoney MCKENZIE BARKDULL . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble, Props Guy, Sam’s Assistant MAKAYLA CUSSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble JORJI DIAZ FADEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble, Daisy SAVANNAH ROBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Cast, creative team, and SLAC staff at the first table read for SILENT DANCER rehearsal.

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IN THE ROOM

Kathleen Cahill & Cynthia Fleming You two have wanted to collaborate for some time. How and when did SILENT DANCER come about?

CF: That’s right! I adore Kathleen and her play CHARM, which we produced at Salt Lake Acting Company in 2010. A few years after that, I found myself in New York seeing SLEEP NO MORE--an immersive retelling of MACBETH at the McKittrick Hotel. As I saw this wildly popular theatre piece, I realized that it was actually a work of modern dance. I found myself loving it, but at the same time, I wanted more words! That was the seed of the idea, but the creation of this world should really be credited to Kathleen. Once we had more of a concept, we approached Christopher Ruud to choreograph. I was a huge fan of his father’s and I followed Christopher’s career at Ballet West very closely. When I heard that he was retiring, I had what—at the time—I thought was a far-fetched idea to bring him on board.

I didn’t expect him to say yes, but when he did, I was floored. He was the missing piece we needed to make this Jazz Age world move.

KC: I wanted to work with Cynthia from the moment I met her. I don’t have a dance background, but I’m one of those people with my nose pressed up against the window of the dance studio watching and thinking wow, it’s all so wonderful.

Then about four years ago I started thinking about New York City in the 1920s, a period of great social change in America, quite like our time. Issues around women, immigration, and marginalized groups were prominent. Then of course you had Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald with whom America has always had this fascination. I read Beautiful and the Damned, Fitzgerald’s second novel–which was not a success–but it was there I found the inspiration to write a play about their maid. Around the same time, I saw this choreographed piece at Ballet West in which dancers and people from the audience were walking across the stage at the same time. When the dancers started to dance, the audience continued walking and I was struck by the stark difference between the two movements. When you’re dancing your body is moving in this completely different way than when you’re walking; it’s expressing so much more. I have a master’s degree in writing musical theatre and we were always taught when a character sings it’s because the emotion is at its highest intensity. So, I thought what if instead of singing the characters were to dance? What if the dialogue was communicated through a heightened state of physical expression instead of words?

Kathleen, were there specific challenges you faced in writing this play that you haven’t faced with other scripts?

KC: There were so many challenges. It’s sort of like doing something like signing up for the military where you think yes, I’ll do that, and it turns out to be really scary and difficult. Then Cynthia and I went to dinner with Christopher Ruud, who I really wanted to work with. At that time the love story in the script between

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Rosie and Perry just said, they dance, and I remember Christopher saying he wanted to know exactly what they were saying in the dance. He and Cynthia agreed they needed dialogue. So, I went away for a week by myself and I wrote all this passionate language that was going to be choreographed instead of spoken. The script now has these big highlighted sections of dialogue that are meant to be communicated through dance.

Cynthia, this is the first play outside of SATURDAY’S VOYEUR you’ve directed at SLAC. Can you speak to your experience of that?

CF: It’s true, I typically only direct SATURDAY’S VOYEUR--given my long history with the show and [authors] Al and Nancy. I believe in giving other local talent a chance to direct our mainstage shows, but, as SILENT DANCER is something I co-conceived, there is a driving force in me to see it fully-realized. SILENT DANCER was also the first time I directed one of our New Play Sounding Series readings!

Kathleen, can you talk about how the play has evolved?

KC: Because this is a groundbreaking way to tell a story, Cynthia and I felt we needed to workshop the play to really see how we were going to move from dialogue into dance and back out again. We did workshops with Christopher in which we worked specifically on that idea as well as the exploration of how these characters move. For example, what does our criminal in the play, “Legs” Diamond’s movement look like compared to that of Rosie or Michael’s? We also learned what needed to be said to make the story successful and ended up trimming a lot of the play. We did five workshops of the play including SLAC’s Playwrights’ Lab and New Play Sounding Series, as well as a workshop at B Street Theatre in Sacramento.

What else do want us to know about the play?

KC: So why do this play set in 1920? I think it’s important to understand the issues of then and now are very similar. The struggle of belonging to a marginalized group in this country is still relevant. But I also think there have been triumphs. Progress is the long arc of justice Martin Luther King talked about.

In a lot of ways things are the same, but we’re also moving ahead.

CF: What SLAC audiences are seeing is a new artform that has received a lot of care and support. Our workshops have allowed us to determine if the concept would even work at all. The focus at that stage was mastering the dance language. Giving SILENT DANCER the opportunity of a full production has allowed us to more fully explore the depth of the characters, and the special, almost fantastical universe in which the story resides.

As the process has continued over the past few years, I’ve also paid more attention to the way women have been previously portrayed onstage, particularly in period pieces. I realized that for so long, we’ve been viewing women through the eyes of male authors. I think what Kathleen has done--particularly with Rosie and Zelda--is extraordinary.

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WHO’S WHO AUSTIN ARCHER*returns

to the SLAC stage for the 13th time! Previous SLAC credits include roles in HIR, CLIMBING WITH TIGERS, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR, and THE CAT IN THE HAT. Other selected regional credits include NEWSIES!, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, SPELLING BEE, and A FEW GOOD MEN with Pioneer Theatre Company, GOOD STANDING with Plan-B Theatre Company, and THE ALIENS with Riot Act. Film and TV: Mindhunter (Netflix), Blood and Oil (ABC), The Night Clerk (upcoming).

Thanks to friends and family and to Kathleen and Cynthia for letting me stay with this project from the get-go!

MCKENZIE BARKDULL

graduated in Modern Dance from the University of Utah. Upon graduation, she studied abroad in Leeds, England with Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Her performance and choreography has taken her all around the nation where she has worked with artists such as Yannis Adoniou, John Beasant, Shaun Boyle, Sofia Gorder, Diane Germaine, Scotty Hardwig, Susan Honer, Jeanne Mam-Luft, Tiffany Mills Company, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Doug Varone, and Netta Yerushalmy. Most recently, she was a company member with MamLuft&Co. Dance in Cincinnati, Ohio where she danced for two seasons.

This is McKenzie’s first venture into theatre and she is excited to take on the challenge of exploring movement in a new way.

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MAKAYLA CUSSEN is

honored to make her SLAC debut with Kathleen Cahill’s newest piece.

She recently graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah and has since moved to New York City to continue pursuing musical theatre there. She last appeared in Open Door’s production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR as Soul Girl/Dance Captain and the University of Utah’s STEEL PIER as Dance Captain/ Ensemble/Aviator Angel. As always, she would like to thank her loved ones for their never-ending support.

JORJI DIAZ FADEL is

honored to be a part of the world premiere of SILENT DANCER with SLAC! As a dancer and commercial actor, this will be Jorji’s first experience in theater. Jorji is currently pursuing her BFA in Modern Dance at the University of Utah and has participated in several performances in the department. As a junior, she looks forward to graduating next spring. You can see her in movies like Daddy Day Camp, Den Brother, and The Mistle-Tones. Jorji would like to thank her family, friends, and professors for the love and support!

DARRELL T. JOE* is

so excited to make his debut at SLAC with this new work! National/ International: DAMN YANKEES (National Tour), Tokyo Disney Resort, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and performing with the American Musical Theatre Dance Company in Beijing, China. Off Broadway: THE TIME MACHINE (NYMF). Selected Regional: HOLIDAY INN (Goodspeed, MUNY), 42ND STREET (Bucks

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WHO’S WHO County Playhouse), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Denver Center), THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (Engeman), SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE (Theatre by the Sea), I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (Arvada Center), SOUTH PACIFIC (Riverside), and HELLO, DOLLY! (Theatre Under the Stars). BFA Sam Houston State University. Many thanks to Cynthia for this opportunity! @darrelltjoe www.darrelltjoe.com.

NOAH KERSHISNIK

was raised on theater.

He spent his youth performing Shakespeare plays in a traveling children’s theater and developed a passion for performance and storytelling. More recently he has played the role of Louis in An Other Theater Company’s production of Tony Kushner’s ANGELS IN AMERICA. True to his Shakespearean roots, he also played Lucentio in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW and Malcom in MACBETH with Renaissance Now Theater and Film. In 2018 he started his own theater company, Little Man Theater Company, with a very well received production of HAMLET which he designed and produced in addition to playing the titular role. Later that same year he worked with Fish W.W. Burton on his premier piece, A BESTIARY, once again taking on one of the lead roles in addition to producing and designing the show. He is excited that his first performance with SLAC will also be the world premiere of this incredible show!

Utah with a BFA in Musical Theater Performance. During her time at the U, she had the honor of playing Rita Racine in STEEL PIER, Pontius Pilate in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Marcy in DOGFIGHT, Bernadette in THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, ensemble in HELLO DOLLY!, and Alysha in AMERICAN IDIOT. Other credits include Ali in MAMMA MIA at Pioneer Theatre Co., God in CHILDREN OF EDEN, Eponine in LES MISÉRABLES, Julie Jordan in CAROUSEL, and Anne Egerman in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Stagedoor Manor. She’d like to thank her parents for their unwavering love and support, and Kathleen, Cynthia, and Christopher for giving her this once in a lifetime opportunity. Enjoy!

WILLIAM RICHARDSON*

is razz and/or matazz to be bringing Kathleen’s show to life after working on it for over two years.

He originated Michael in SLAC’s Playwrights’ Lab where he also played Gandry in David Jacobi’s READY, STEADY, YETI, GO! and Adlam in Eleanor Burgess’ SPARKS FLY UPWARD. He first appeared at SLAC in the Regional Premiere of Meg Gibson & Keith Reddin’s TOO MUCH MEMORY as the soldier Stuart, hammed it up as Doc Bornstein in Allen Nevins & Nancy Borgenicht’s SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2017: THE SHIT SHOW, and read roles in Julie Jensen’s THE HARVEY GIRLS, Steve Yockey’s BLEEDING HEARTS, and Robert Askins’ THE SQUIRRELS. Favorite recents include Utah Opera debut singing (“Little Bird”) in MAN OF LA MIKKI REEVE* couldn’t Anselmo MANCHA, as well as Professor in SOUTH be more grateful to PACIFIC at Westchester Broadway Theatre perform in the world premiere of SILENT DANCER in New York, and starring last summer as Candy in CANDY & DOROTHY by David at SLAC! This will be her Johnston with In The Now Productions. He third credit at SLAC after performing in SATURDAY’S holds a B.A. in Musical Theatre from Weber State University and is a proud member VOYEUR in 2016 and 2018. Last May of Actors’ Equity. He would love it if you she graduated from the University of follow him online @theatrebywill and can

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SAVANNAH ROBERTS

is so excited to be a part of this amazing production, cast and crew! This is her first time performing with SLAC and she is honored to be a part of this debut of SILENT DANCER. She trained as a dancer at Lifehouse Performing Arts, studying many styles of dance including Ballet, Contemporary, and Tap. She spent a year at Snow College performing as a part of their Modern Dance Ensemble.

Later this year she will finish up her Bachelors of Theatre degree at Utah Valley University, where she was last seen in their production of ANYTHING GOES and the all student produced, performed, and written work, IT’S RADIO SHOWTIME. After she graduates, Savannah hopes to continue as a dance teacher and a performer, finding more opportunities to marry theatre and dance, like this wonderful play does so masterfully!

ALICE RYAN

is overjoyed to be returning to the mountains of Salt Lake City for this project. After graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah with her BFA in Musical Theatre, Alice relocated to the Big Apple. Recent performances include the Pre-Broadway workshop of the new musical, IN THE LIGHT (Frau Scheider) directed by Jeff Whiting, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 40th Anniversary (Modene/ Stormy) at Salt Lake Acting Company, STEEL PIER (Precious McGuire) at The University of Utah, and THE LITTLE MERMAID (Ariel) at The Ziegfeld Theatre.

Alice would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support.

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KATHLEEN CAHILL (Playwright) Kathleen

Cahill’s awards include three Edgerton Foundation Awards, the Jane Chambers Playwrighting Award, two Connecticut Commission on the Arts Playwrighting Awards, a Massachusetts Artists Foundation Award, a Rockefeller Grant, a National Endowment for the Arts New American Works Grant, and a Drama League Award. Her play CHARM (NNPN Showcase) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; her play THE PERSIAN QUARTER was nominated for a Steinberg Award (both published by Dramatic Publishing). Her produced musicals include FRIENDSHIP OF THE SEA (North Shore Music Theatre); DAKOTA SKY (Olney Theatre); an opera, Clara; two opera/cabarets, A TALE OF TWO CITIES: PARIS AND BERLIN IN THE TWENTIES (Maryland Center for the Performing Arts);, a comic opera cabaret, FATAL SONG (most recently Utah Opera) and PERDIDA, the Winter’s Tale set in Mexico (most recently Catholic University, DC and the Grand Theatre, Salt Lake City. Published

by Dramatic Publishing). Her plays include the comedy, COURSE 86B IN THE CATALOGUE (Salt Lake Acting Company); THE STILL TIME (Georgia Rep/ Porchlight Theatre, Chicago); the comedy, WOMEN WHO LOVE SCIENCE TOO MUCH (Porchlight Theatre and NPR Radio); JOY FOREVER (Cleveland Public, Firehouse Theatre, Massachusetts); CHARM (National New Play Network Festival, Salt Lake Acting Company premiere, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Dallas; Orlando Shakespeare; Taffety Punk, Washington D.C., New Hampshire Theatre Project, among others); THE PERSIAN QUARTER (Salt Lake Acting Company, Merrimack Rep.); HARBUR GATE, an NNPN commission. (Salt Lake Acting Company, 16thstreet theatre, Chicago); HENRY, LOUISE AND HENRI (one act); The Robertassey at Women’s Playwrights Initiative, Ivoryton Playhouse, CT. She

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WHO’S WHO wrote the screenplay for the independent feature, DOWNTOWN EXPRESS.

CYNTHIA FLEMING (Director/ Executive

Artistic Director) has been in the world of dance and theatre professionally for over 38 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 recordbreaking 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 Co-Executive 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 16 years and directed/choreographed this musical for six years. Cynthia is proud to serve SLAC and its mission to engage and enrich community through brave contemporary theatre.

CHRISTOPHER RUUD (Choreographer)

has been a part of the performing arts since birth. Growing up back stage at San Francisco Ballet he was immersed in the art of professional dance, performance, and stagecraft. Receiving the majority of his dance training at San Francisco Ballet School, he began his performing career on the Opera House stage at the age of nine. Christopher continued his training at the University of Utah as a student in the Ballet department. Absorbing all that he could from the environment that the celebrated William Christensen began he was hired into Ballet West in 1998.

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WHO’S WHO Quickly moving through the ranks he was named Principal Dancer in 2004. He has spent the last 21 years as a dancer for Ballet West performing a huge range of classical and contemporary repertoire both at home, all over the United States, and internationally - most notably to sold-out houses in China, Cuba, Scotland, Canada, Chicago, New York, and at the Kennedy Center receiving glowing reviews. In his time with the company he has danced principal roles in the works of many of the great masters of choreography. Christopher has had success as a choreographer for Ballet West having his ballets performed in the Innovations program and at the annual gala performance garnering such awards as a New York Choreographic Institute Fellowship as well as several NEA grants. The annual Utah Arts Festival has sought a collaborative relationship with Christopher awarding him the Dance Commission for three years running and continues to rely on him to be a conduit to the dance community in Utah. He spent two years as the Director of Ballet West, and two teaching, coaching and choreographing for a group of 10-12 dancers, eight of whom are now Ballet West Artists.

LOREN WHITNEY RUUD (Assistant

Choreographer) fell in love with dance at a modest dance studio in Arkansas at the age of five. Ever since, dance and the art of performance have been central to her life. Performing in Ballet Arkansas’ annual NUTCRACKER from the age of nine, she was swiftly moved upwards and onwards to an apprenticeship at the age of 12, performing in many classical and contemporary ballet works under the directorship of Kirt Hathaway. In her time abroad Loren began Miss Loren’s School of Ballet in England teaching both American Military children and local British children.

While in England she continued her

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dance education taking classes with the English National Ballet. Loren moved on to academia at 19 but continued to broaden her dance expertise studying the Vaganova method while in school. In recent years Loren has been instrumental in the startup and daily operations of RUUDDANCES, a premier professional dance ensemble based in Salt Lake City, Utah. RUUDDANCES has thrived with Loren in the role of Ballet Mistress and Artistic Coordinator, having performed annually at the Utah Arts Festival and on tour to the world-renowned Jacobs Pillow.

DENNIS HASSAN (Set Design) is a Full

Professor of Scenic Design at Utah State University, where he has designed over 180 productions for theatres from Hawaii to Maine. He also designs costumes, properties, corporate events, immersive experiences, and puppetry.

Favorites include AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY for the Fulton Theatre, LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA for Maine State Musical Theatre, SWEENEY TODD for ACT Honolulu, MACBETH (costumes) for Lyric Repertory Company, TALES OF HOFFMANN for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and SHOCKHEADED PETER for Utah State University Theatre. He has an MFA in theatre design from The Ohio State University and has taught and mentored hundreds of students over an academic career that spans three decades. Dennis is delighted to return to SLAC where he has previously designed sets for STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER, WINTER, and FUN HOME.

NANCY HILLS (Costume Design) was

born in a Studebaker in San Mateo, California. She is a Full Professor at Utah State University where she is head of the Theatre Costume Design Program.

Her favorite plays to design are period pieces which include LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, ENCHANTED APRIL, OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD, EMMA, MUCH ADO

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WHO’S WHO ABOUT NOTHING, and THE MISER. She has 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. Nancy has previously designed STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER, WINTER, and FUN HOME for Salt Lake Acting Company. In 2013 Nancy 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, UK. In July 2018 she was invited to present her historic pattern research at the Society of Antiquaries at Unearthing the Past: Society of Antiquaries Research Showcase. In 2013, Nancy gave a TEDxTalk, on the impact of WWII on clothing called Make Do and Mend. She is the mother of twin sons, Douglas and Tristan.

MICHAEL J. HOREJSI (Light Design) is 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. Previously at SLAC, Michael has designed the set for the last three SATURDAY’S VOYEURs, projections for MERCURY, and lights for FUN HOME.

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JENNIFER JACKSON (Sound Design &

Composer) is excited to return for another season with SLAC. Previous design and/ or original music credits include ROMEO AND JULIET (Yale Repertory Theatre); THE WOLVES, HIR, HAND TO GOD, HARBUR GATE, BULL SHARK ATTACK, STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER, BLACKBERRY WINTER, TWO STORIES (Salt Lake Acting Company); TWELFTH NIGHT, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, HENRY IV, PART I (Salt Lake Shakespeare); ION (Westminster College) and THE ORPHAN (Children of an Idle Brain Theatre Company - of which she is a founding member). Her sound installations have been exhibited at the Yale University Art Gallery and the University of Utah. Jennifer holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama and is on the faculty of the University of Utah Department of Theatre where her credits include LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, GOOD KIDS, and SCHOOL FOR LIES. jenjacksonsound.com.

JOSHUA ROBERTS (Projection Design)

graduated with his MFA in Lighting Design, Set Design, and Projection Design from Utah State University. Joshua has designed shows for a variety of theatres including: Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, Lyric Repertory Company, Centerpoint Legacy Theatre, Pickleville Playhouse, and Tuacahn. Some of Joshua’s favorite designs include: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Hale Centre Theatre and MARY POPPINS at Centerpoint Legacy Theatre. Previously, Joshua was Projection Designer for HARBUR GATE and Assistant Set Designer for STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER. You can find more information about Joshua and his design work by visiting his website at joshuarobertsdesign.com.

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WHO’S WHO JANICE JENSON (Prop Design/Producing

Director) has worked at Salt Lake Acting Company for the past eight years and currently serves as SLAC’s Producing Director and designs props for every show.

She is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and has stage managed over twenty shows at SLAC, including the last eight SATURDAY’S VOYEURs. Previously, Janice has worked at Park City’s Egyptian Theatre, Dark Horse Company Theatre, Plan-B, and Tuacahn Center for the Arts. 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. She also currently teaches stage management at Utah State University.

ADRIANNE MOORE (Dialect Coach) served

as dialect coach on many previous SLAC productions including THE CAKE, HAND TO GOD, SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY, STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER, TRIBES, GOOD PEOPLE, VENUS IN FUR, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, RED, ANGELS IN AMERICA, CHARM, THE CARETAKER, SKIN IN FLAMES, I AM MY OWN WIFE, POLISH JOKE, and MEMORY OF WATER. Directing credits for SLAC include RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, 4,000 MILES, HOW TO MAKE A ROPE SWING, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION and HOLD PLEASE. Adrianne has also coached dialects for the American Players Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Theatre Company (most recently CHARLES III), Utah Contemporary Theatre, The Egyptian Theatre Company, Pygmalion Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Company, and Tuacahn Center for the Performing Arts. Film includes THE

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WHO’S WHO REDEMPTION OF SARAH CAIN and the AMC pilot GALYNTINE. Adrianne is a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association.

MARTINE KEI GREEN-ROGERS

(Dramaturg) is an Assistant Professor at SUNY New Paltz, and the President of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Her dramaturgical credits include: FENCES and ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at Pioneer Theatre Company; SWEAT at the Goodman; productions of RADIO GOLF, FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE, BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY, GEM OF THE OCEAN, WAITING FOR GODOT, SEVEN GUITARS, THE MOUNTAINTOP, and HOME at the Court Theatre; HAIRSPRAY, BOOK OF WILL, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, UNISON, HANNHA AND THE DREAD GAZEBO, COMEDY OF ERRORS, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, and FENCES at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She has also worked with NNPN and the Great Plains Theatre Conference.

JUSTIN IVIE (Stage Manager) is a proud

member of Actors’ Equity who is thrilled be a part of SLAC’s 48th season! This is Justin’s seventh time stage managing for SLAC (STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER, WINTER, HAND TO GOD, MERCURY, FUN HOME, THE WOLVES) and SLAC audiences may recognize him from his acting work as Dev in STUPID F***ING BIRD, Jones in TOO MUCH MEMORY, and a ten-time cast member of SATURDAY’S VOYEUR. Justin has also directed SLAC’s 2019 production of THE CAKE as well as readings of GRANT & TWAIN and BANG-BANG (PAUSE) BANG. Justin has performed professionally for three decades (and counting) on stages across Utah. A Weber State University alumnus, Justin went on to earn his MFA in Acting at Northern Illinois University.

He’s taught theatre and communications at LDS Business College, NIU, Triton College, and Weber State. Justin also

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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).

KATELYN LIMBER (Assistant Stage Manager)

is a recent graduate of Westminster College with a BFA in theatre performance and is thrilled to be back at SLAC. Her previous credits with SLAC include MERCURY (Assistant Sound Designer), THE WOLVES (Assistant Stage Manager) and three heightened readings she sound designed: GRAB THEM BY THE PUSSY, REYKJAVIK, and REMARKABLY NORMAL. She has also sound designed for Pinnacle Acting Company (THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, TITUS ANDRONICUS, GIDEON’S KNOT) and Westminster College (LUNA GALE, OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD, LOVE AND INFORMATION, and DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR.).

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. Stirling has worked for the Lyric Repertory Company, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and Hale Center Theater. Previously at SLAC Stirling worked as the Assistant Set Designer on FUN HOME.

ALLY THIEME (Assistant Costume Design) is

from Rib Lake, Wisconsin and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. She is currently working on obtaining a Master of Fine Arts degree in costume design from Utah State University. Her most recent work involves costume designing for USU’s productions of XANADU, THE OBSOLETE UNKINDESS OF RAVENS, and AWAKE AND SING. She is excited to have the opportunity to work with SLAC again after working as Assistant Costume Designer for FUN HOME last spring.

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WHO’S WHO RACHAEL HARNED (Assistant Light Design) is

a senior double majoring in PADP for Lighting Design and Scenic Design at The University of Utah. She is excited to be working on this production. She has previously served as the assistant lighting designer for BIG LOVE (Babcock Theatre). As well as the lighting design for COMPANY (Babcock Theatre) and WAIT! (Pygmalion Theatre Company) Most recently she had the opportunity to be assistant lighting designer for LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Pioneer Theatre).

RICHARD TYLER (Assistant Sound Design)

is a senior at the University of Utah, where he is studying for a degree in Psychology with a minor in Theatre. Having previously worked on a few productions in school, this is his first time working on a professional production, and he is honored to have the opportunity. Previous credits include: THE MUSIC MAN JR. (Winthrop 2009 - Albion Middle School); ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (2010 - Albion Middle School); BYE BYE BIRDIE (Randolph 2012 - Brighton High School); OKLAHOMA (Cord Elam 2013 - Brighton High School); ONCE UPON A PLAYGROUND (Flirt 2014 - Brighton High School); ANTIGONE (Chorus 2014 - Brighton High School); TWO NOBLE KINSMEN (Stage Technician 2017 University of Utah). He thanks the Salt Lake Acting Company for including him in the crew.

DWIGHT CAMILLUCCI (Assistant Projection

Design) is a technical director and set designer based out of Logan Utah. He is earning his MFA at Utah State University, after graduating summa cum laude from the University of Montana Western with a BA in modern history. He has been actively involved in theatre for almost ten years, including every single production at USU since his beginning his career there in 2016. By blending his strengths of creativity and a tireless work ethic, he produces truly incredible shows. Dwight’s credits include set design for ANNA

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KARENINA, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, and SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, and technical direction for HELLO DOLLY at Trollwood Performing Arts School in Moorehead, Minnesota.

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Salt Lake Acting Company’s mission is to engage and enrich community through brave contemporary theatre.

Founded in 1970, SLAC is a not-forprofit 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).

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THANK YOU Thank you to all the artists and audience members who have helped bring SILENT DANCER to life. Your hard work and dedication to this new art form means the world to us.

Anne Albaugh

Trent Cox

Alex Louie

Alice Ryan

Vernell Allen

Bailey Cummings

Bee Lufkin

Shawn Saunders

Austin Archer

Makayla Cussen

Samantha Matsukawa

Olivia Schaperjohn

Steve Baker

Jorji Diaz Fadel

Shannon Musgrave

Phaedra Scott

Tyson Baker

Marilyn Domenick

Gerry Nichols

Morag Shepherd

Ken Barfield

Cynthia Fleming

Joann Price

Terence K. Stephens

McKenzie Barkdull

Marian Jacobsen

Mikki Reeve

Alex Stewart

John & Terry Becker

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William Richardson

Toni Tietjen

Carleton Bluford

Janice Jenson

Darek Riley

Ed Turner

Lyndsay Burch

Darrel T. Joe

Andy Rindlisbach

Katryna Williams

Kathleen Cahill

Sam Kebede

Savannah Roberts

Janet Wolf

Sean Carter

Noah Kershisnik

Jude Robinson

Peter Christie

Dan Larrinaga

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University Professional Theatre Program STIRLING BRENNA: The skills I have

company of this caliber before you have your degree. Being in Silent Dancer as a learned working for SLAC have been student is an honor, and I’m so happy those I always want to polish but don’t I get a break from my previous 9-5 job. always get the opportunity to outside of It’s so inspiring to be working every day working with a professional company.

When I do, they always help my portfolio with a group of professionals who focus their energy and talents into producing tremendously and continue to teach me something beautiful. how a professional company works.

ALLY THIEME: Being a part of this program SAVANNAH ROBERTS: It’s been so great working with SLAC while finishing up allows me the chance to work in a with school. Coming to a professional professional setting while still having environment, where everyone is someone with more experience and so passionate about every detail of expertise working close with me and guiding me. It gives me the chance to not the show has been an inspiring and invaluable experience. only work with a variety of personalities, but also (hopefully) provide me more contacts and networking opportunities that I can use in my future career. Most importantly, I feel that this program helps The John & Marcia Price to give me the confidence I need to be Family Foundation able to practice my craft on my own once Terence Kearns Stephens I graduate.

Charitable Trust RACHAEL HARNED: I think this is a wonderful Anderson & Karrenberg opportunity to further the knowledge I currently have as well as teach me new Maschoff Brennan things I may not already be familiar with. I for their generous support of am excited for the chance to work in a new this program. space and further understand the career I am currently pursuing.

RICHARD TYLER: By being part of a professional production, I can better decide if a career in theatre is something I wish to pursue. I am also gaining valuable experience to put on resumes and gain contacts for networking within the local professional theatre community.

DWIGHT CAMILLUCCI: I am excited to experience what it is like to work at a professional theatre and with a play that is currently being written. This program helps me by allowing me to work with designers and technicians who have more experience than me, allowing me to grow and learn from them.

JORJI DIAZ FADEL: For most students Clockwise: Ally Thieme, Dwight Camillucci, studying dance, it is rare to have the Stirling Brenna, Rachael Harned, Richard opportunity to work with a professional Tyler, Jorji Diaz Fadel, Savannah Roberts

Thank you to:

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Salt Lake Acting Company is a 501©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, 2017-March 25, 2019.

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 Erika Ahlin at 801.363.7522 or email erika@saltlakeactingcompany.org.

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Mrs. Sari Rauscher Anonymous Kristy M Rehfeldt Maren Reid Anonymous Leslie Richards Robert Earl Riley Ms. Becky Sue Roberts Sandra Yvette Roberts Sarah Roberts Shawn Harper Robinson John Rodriguez Patrick Rogers Lynn Rohland Randee & Ronald Kadziel Maire Rosol Phyllis Safman Staci Sain Shelly & Danny Sanchez Art & Debra Sandack Susan Sandack Shannon McCann and Will Sartain Sue Savage & Bruce Sakashita Joanne Sayre & Michele Backes Grant Schettler Ingrid Schmidt Adam Sessions Lindsay Sharp Susan Sheppard William & Merideth Shorter Devinder Singh Marguerite Slayman Anonymous Marilyn A Smith Alex Soutter Karen Stam Emilie Starr Julie Steele Susan Nims Stetich

Heather Stevens James R. Stewart Cassandra Stokes-Wylie Lori Stratton Dr. Annie Strupp Sharon Lee Swenson Herta Teitelbaum Sarah Thomas Ray Thomason Robert & Margo Thurman Kathryn Tonkovich Anonymous Rachelle Tuten Rex Underwood Rebecca L Utz Steve Varechok Julia Vinson Lezlie Wade Anonymous Laurie Kirby & Ellen Walsh Ms. Lynnda Wangsgard Janet Warburton Julie & Robert Ward Elizabeth Watson Stacie & John Whitford James & Elaine Wightman Gage Williams Stephanie B & Park Willis Bobby Wilson in Honor of Joshua Black Jan Stucki Wilson Jenifer Wilson Suzanne Winchester Jaclyn Wintle Paula Rhea Woods Lorilyn J Workman Gloria Wurst Betty Yanowitz

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

Utah State University Theatre Department University of Utah Theatre Department Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre Marmalade Antiques Dan Larrinaga

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Salt Lake Acting Company 2018/2019 Cynthia Fleming

Executive Artistic Director

Janice Jenson Shannon Musgrave

Producing Director

Erika Ahlin

Associate Artistic Director

Joshua Black

Adriana Lemke

Director of Development Director of Communications Director of Audience Development

Nick Fleming

Business Manager

Cassandra Stokes-Wylie

John Downing

Community Engagement & Development Manager

Accountant/Human Resources

McKenzie Barkdull, Natalie Keezer Audience Development

Beret Brems, Aaron Hoenig, Connor Johnson, McCall Kirby, Savannah Moffat, Ethan Morris, Riley Nevins, Mary-Helen Pitman, Topher Rasmussen, Lane Richins, Alison Stroud, Hayden Warzek, Annette Wright House Manager & Front of House Staff

Erik Reichert

William Peterson

Construction Supervisor

Master Electrician

Maxwell Seltenrich

Cade Beck

Sound System Engineer

Kate Hunter

Assistant Master Electrician

Ethan Morris, Mika Abu, Roger Goekeritz

Elise Pearce

Sound Operator

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Megan Branson, Lilly Smith, Kurtis Blackburn

Scenic Artists

Carpenters

Jennie Sant

Jacob Hunt Daniel Bunker

Wardrobe

Electricians

Justin Ivie

Production Assistant

David Evanoff, J. T. Rogers Artistic Associates

Allen Nevins & Nancy Borgenicht Artists in Residence

Kathleen Cahill & Julie Jensen Playwrights in Residence

Michael Yount Cover Design

Mills Publishing, Inc., Jackie Medina Graphic Design

David Daniels, dav.d photography Photographer

Dr. Osman Sanyer House Physician

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Board of Trustees 2018/2019 Kimberly Neville President Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Kyle Mantas Vice President Wells Fargo Bank

Lisa Killpack Secretary Nu Skin

Teri Whittenburg Treasurer

Whittenburg Wealth Partners

Brian Wilkinson Past President Wilkinson Ferrari & Co

Byron Barkley Board Member at Large Wilson Davis & Co

Stephanie Steele Board Member at Large Meet Me on 33rd

Terence K. Stephens Board Member at Large ART 270 Gallery

Ken Barfield

Shannon McCann

Jerome Bennett

Gerry Nichols

Bruce Granath

Shannon Roberts

Marian Jacobsen

Sorenson Unity Center

Brett Johnson

George Severson

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StorageCraft Technology

Barbara Tharp

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GREEN ROOM GALLERY Art Access has partnered with the Screendance Certificate Program at the University of Utah’s College of Fine Arts to bring you a selection of screendance films made by their students for the SILENT DANCER exhibit. Art Access is a local non-profit organization that builds an inclusive and diverse arts community in Utah through programming for artists with disabilities, Veterans, and survivors of violence, and public engagement in the arts. Art Access has partnered with SLAC to provide art for its season since 2016. Utah is lucky to host the only Graduate Screendance Certificate Program in the United States, offered in partnership by the School of Dance and Department of Film & Media Arts at the U of U. For more information on the Screendance Certificate, visit dance.utah.edu. For more information on Art Access, visit accessart.org.

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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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