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Welcome Thank you for joining us for TRIBES by Nina Raine, the second production of SLAC’s 45th Season: in flight.

When producing a brave, new play like TRIBES, it’s not uncommon to find yourself transformed; changed for the better. Throughout this discovery process, we examined the ways in which we communicate: vocally, with gesture, with silence. We noticed how those who can hear, so easily don’t. We listened to our Deaf community. We found that to be Deaf is not a disability, it’s a culture.

It was imperative to cast the role of Billy with either a Deaf or Hard-ofHearing actor to achieve the level of authenticity that this play requires.

Salt Lake Acting Company has the pleasure of welcoming and working with Stephen Drabicki, a Hard-of-Hearing actor from New York City who has played Billy in many theaters across North America.

“Salt Lake Acting Company has welcomed me with open arms and has shown me what a tight-knit, professional, yet enjoyable group they are. Their resolve to cast authentically serves the play and its intent, and it is great to see theatre practitioners going out of their way to hire interpreters and seek to include the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in their work, both onstage and off.” – Stephen Drabicki (Billy) It has been wonderful getting to know Stephen. He has taught us more than just basic sign (though that has been very useful and fun to learn); he has expanded our knowledge of the Deaf culture and he has helped us more fully engage in our communication with each other. It’s not just talking and listening – it’s giving full attention, maintaining eye contact, emotionally engaging and truly hearing one another.

Producing TRIBES has been a beautiful lesson in the importance of listening to people and giving everyone a voice. This play is a perfect example of the power of theatre and why art matters.

Thank you for being here, -Cynthia Fleming, Executive Artistic Director

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Utah Premiere

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By Nina Raine Director

Alexandra Harbold Assistant Director

Austin Archer

Sound Design

Light Design

James M. Craig

Production Stage Manager

Shea Madson

Costumes

Janice Jenson*

Projection Designer

Alex Thedell

Set Design

Shawn Fisher

Dialect Coach

Adrianne Moore

Phillip R. Lowe ASL Specialists

Britton Aumon Carol MacNicholl

Dramaturg

David Kranes

OCTOBER 21-NOVEMBER 15, 2015 TRIBES is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

TRIBES was commissioned and first presented by English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre on 14 October 2010. TRIBES was presented by Barrow Street Theatre, New York, NY in 2012.

Acknowledgements The Salt Lake Acting Company gratefully acknowledges the following foundations and government agencies for their very generous sponsorship.

Their support is truly essential to SLAC’s success and vitality.

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

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

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Cast of Characters CHRISTOPHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Kiernan* BETH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Shippobotham DANIEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Sincell* BILLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Drabicki* RUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison Lente SYLVIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Ware BILLY UNDERSTUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Archer* ASL INTERPRETERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Smith, Emily Longshore * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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WHO’S WHO PAUL KIERNAN*

ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER and THE LIGHT IN (Christopher) is a THE PIAZZA. In 2011/12 Sarah spent 7 proud member of months in New Zealand working as Actors' Equity. He Additional Dialect Coach on The Hobbit received his MFA in films. Sarah has directed many shows acting/directing from for the U of U Theatre Department Brandeis University in Boston. He is an actor, writer, director including: ROMEO & JULIET, ‘TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE, HAY FEVER, THE ROCKY with over 30 years experience. He HORROR SHOW, RING ROUND THE MOON has worked in regional theaters AND THE DUCHESS OF MALFI. and classical theater companies all over the country as well as film, MATTHEW SINCELL* television, radio, theme parks (writer, (Daniel) is delighted performer, director for Walt Disney to be making his SLAC World for ten years). He has taught (and Utah) debut with acting and stage combat at Yale TRIBES. After 10 years University, Boston College, Harvard in New York City, he University, Brandeis University, The made his way westward University of Utah and the University and hasn't looked back. He has of Las Vegas, Reno. worked regionally and internationally in both theatre and film. Some past SARAH experiences include a UK premiere SHIPPOBOTHAM and London West End transfer of (Beth) is a Professor Shakespeare's R & J, an international in Acting, Dialects artistic residency with The Globe and Voice at the Theatre, three seasons with The University of Utah as American Shakespeare Center, guest well as the Head of artist and teacher at West Virginia the Actor Training Program there.

University, a handful of independent Sarah trained as an actor at The films, and a former member of Blessed Welsh College of Music and Drama in Unrest, one of NYC's longest running Wales before gaining a Postgraduate Off-Broadway companies.

Diploma in Voice Studies from The Central School of Speech and Drama STEPHEN in London. Recent acting credits DRABICKI* (Billy) is include: Ann Putnam and Sarah Good thrilled to join Salt Lake in THE CRUCIBLE for Pioneer Theatre Acting Company for Company; the Adult Women in SPRING this production of Nina AWAKENING at the U of U; THE SYRINGA Raine’s award-winning TREE for Utah Contemporary Theatre, TRIBES. He received and Vivian Bearing in WIT for the U of critical acclaim as Billy in the Canadian U. Dialect and Voice coaching credits premiere at Canadian Stage in Toronto, include fourteen seasons with the and has since also performed the role renowned Shaw Festival (Canada) with Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton, and Pioneer Theatre Company where ON, Capital Stage in Sacramento, she has coached shows including

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WHO’S WHO CA, and Artist’s Repertory Theater in Portland, OR. Off-Broadway: ACCORDING TO GOLDMAN (TBTB), THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (TBTB), the premiere of A.R. Gurney’s THE INTERVIEW (Theatre Row, The Kennedy Center) and The Public Theater’s reading of SOUND IS VIBRATION opposite Uzo Aduba.

Other New York City credits include The Lincoln Center Songbook Series, New York Deaf Theater, Blessed Unrest, The Drilling Company, and The Association of Musicians with Hearing Loss. Regional: Signstage on Tour, Flat Rock Playhouse, Goodtimes Theater.

A native of Asheville, NC, he holds a double B.A. in Theatre and Studio Art from Berea College (KY) and is an alumnus of the ABC/Disney Television Diversity Casting Showcase. He is a proud member of Actors' Equity and is

represented by Abrams Artists Agency and KPA. Stephen sends his love to family and friends, and is excited to hike Utah’s gorgeous mountains! www.stephendrabicki.com

ALISON LENTE (Ruth)

is thrilled to be working with Salt Lake Acting Company on TRIBES. She graduated from Westminster College in 2012 with a degree in Arts Administration and currently lives and works in Salt Lake City. Her latest projects were BEHOLD, ZEBULON with Open Crate Productions and THE WEYWARD SISTERS with PYGmalion Theater Company as part of the first Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival.

Other recent credits include: Becca in

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WHO’S WHO RABBIT HOLE (Utah Repertory Theatre Company), Mandy in TIME STANDS STILL (Pinnacle Acting Company), Shelby in STEEL MAGNOLIAS (WJTA), Tricia in DOG SEES GOD (Silver Summit Theatre Company), and The Page-to-Stage Festival (Wasatch Theatre Company).

Collegiate credits include: ElizabethSPEAKING YOUR PIECE: A MOSAIC OF SURVIVAL, Ronda-ALMOST MAINE, ClaireRUMORS, Hannah-THE SPITFIRE GRILL, Bridget-CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL, and Mother-HANDS OF SODOM.

AMY WARE (Sylvia)

is a recent graduate of Westminster College with her degree in Arts Administration.

She is very excited and honored to be performing in such an amazing piece of work here at Salt Lake Acting Company. Previous performances she has been in include; STRANGERS, LOVERS, FAMILY, FRIENDS as part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival as Annie/Joan; GODSPELL at Westminster College as Amy (Learn Your Lessons Well) ; TEMPEST at Westminster College as Spirit; HECUBA with the Classical Greek Festival as Polyxena; THREE SISTERS at Westminster Collage as Irina; FAME at the Grand Theater as a dancer; and the one-act Post-Its at Westminster College as the Actress.

TOO MUCH MEMORY, James Monroe in BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, The Cat in THE CAT IN THE HAT, Duck in CLICK CLACK MOO, Sharktooth in HOW I BECAME A PIRATE, five seasons with SATURDAY’S VOYEUR as Nephi Jensen (and other characters), and several appearances in the NPSS. Other Utah credits include Pioneer Theatre: Leaf Coneybear in THE 25TH...

SPELLING BEE, Prentiss in PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, Louden Downey in A FEW GOOD MEN, Phantom in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Utah Rep: Mark in RENT, Hunter in (title of show). This, as always, is for my family.

NINA RAINE (Playwright) After

graduating from Oxford, Nina Raine began her career as a trainee director at the Royal Court Theatre. She dramaturged and directed the hardhitting verbatim play UNPROTECTED at the Liverpool Everyman, for which she won both the TMA Best Director Award and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award for an Outstanding Production on a Human Rights Theme. UNPROTECTED was also nominated as Best Regional Production

by Whatsonstage.com. RABBIT is Nina’s first play, for which she won London’s Evening Standard Award 2006 for Most Promising Playwright, the Critics’ Circle Award 2006 for Most Promising Playwright, and was nominated as Best London Newcomer by Whatsonstage. com. The play was also shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award 2004.

AUSTIN ARCHER* It premiered at the Old Red Lion (Assistant Director/Billy Theatre in 2006 and after a sell-out Understudy) Austin is happily returning to Salt run transferred to the Trafalgar Studios in London’s West End, followed by a Lake having recently production for Brits Off Broadway in moved to NYC because New York, in 2007. Nina's second play, he’s a crazy person.

TIGER COUNTRY, was shortlisted for the Previous SLAC credits: Haemon in Sphinx Theatre Brave New Roles Award,

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WHO’S WHO and is under commission to the Royal Court Theatre.

ALEXANDRA HARBOLD (Director) earned her Masters at the University of London Goldsmiths College and her Bachelors in Theatre at Middlebury College. Previously at SLAC, Harbold acted in TWO STORIES, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, SIX YEARS, and ICE GLEN; and directed (A MAN ENTERS) and THE PERSIAN QUARTER. Most recently, she directed TWELFTH NIGHT for Salt Lake Shakespeare; upcoming projects include: directing CLIMBING WITH TIGERS, SLAC’s partnership with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and the Red Fred Project; The Grand Theatre’s PICNIC; dramaturging PTC’s AN INSPECTOR CALLS; and acting in

Pygmalion’s REMINGTON & WEASEL. Harbold is Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat and an Adjunct Instructor of Theatre at the University of Utah. She is thankful to & for the whole tribe of TRIBES.

SHAWN FISHER (Set Designer) is

a designer and playwright who has worked on over 100 plays and operas nationally including designing sets for the New York productions of SEAL SINGS ITS SONG, COP OUT, and TALKING DOG. His other East Coast professional designs include Red, The Woolgatherer, Proof, Topdog/Underdog, A Walk in the Woods, Other Desert Cities and many others. In Utah Shawn has designed the operas Faust, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Pagliacci and many shows at

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WHO’S WHO the Lyric Repertory Company. As a playwright, his original scripts include SCOPE, The Crow Song, and Do Not Hit Golf Balls into Mexico, which was staged at SLAC, Los Angeles Theatre Center, and Off-Broadway. His play How to Make a Rope Swing premiered at both Cape May Stage and Salt Lake Acting Company in 2013 where was the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award and his newest work, Streetlight Woodpecker, will be premiering at SLAC in February.

He earned his MFA in Theatre Design from Brandeis and currently serves as a Professor and Head of Graduate Studies in Theatre at Utah State University. He is a proud member of the United Scenic Artists Local 829 and The Dramatists Guild.

JANICE JENSON* (Stage Manager)

is excited to be returning to Salt Lake Acting Company after stage managing SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2015.

She also stage managed RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, 4000 MILES, GRANT & TWAIN, GOOD PEOPLE, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2013, 2012 and 2013, 2014, THE EXIT INTERVIEW, HOW TO MAKE A ROPE SWING, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, COURSE 86B IN THE CATALOGUE, DOTTIE: THE SISTER LIVES ON, GOD OF CARNAGE and CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION. Other stage management credits include TICK, TICK…BOOM!, REEFER MADNESS, A NEW BRAIN, THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (Dark Horse Theatre Company), SAM I WAS (SLAC Fringe Festival), HAIR, FAME, THE AWESOME 80’S PROM, RENTED CHRISTMAS and DANNIE AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Egyptian Theatre). Janice is a graduate of BYU and was selected as a USITT 2008 Stage Management Mentee, where she stage managed

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THE HISTORY OF DRAG. She would like to thank Max for his support.

JAMES M. CRAIG (Lighting Designer) has designed the lighting for more than 50 shows at Salt Lake Acting Company since 1997, most recently for BLACKBERRY WINTER, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2015, MR. PERFECT, RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2014, GRANT & TWAIN, GOOD PEOPLE, VENUS IN FUR, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2013, THE EXIT INTERVIEW and MANNING UP. He has also designed lights for Plan-B Theatre, Utah Contemporary Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, The Egyptian Theatre Company, Peery’s Egyptian Theatre, Odyssey Dance Theatre, The Grand Theatre, Weber State University, The

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WHO’S WHO Emily Company, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage Company, The Generic Theatre, Little Theatre of the Rockies, U of U Youth Theatre, U of U Lyric Opera Ensemble and Theatre Inc. Currently Jim is the Technical Director for the Park City Institute. He holds a BS in Theatre from Weber State University, and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.

graduate of Utah State University and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Performing Arts at Weber State University. Phil was 2002 recipient of the Kennedy Center’s National Barbizon Award in Costume Design and a currently serves on the Region 8 design respondents panel for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

SHEA MADSON (Sound Designer)

ADRIANNE MOORE (Dialect Coach)

is so excited to be back designing at SLAC! She is a graduate from the University of Utah’s Performance Art Design Program. Some of her recent design credits are ANIMAL FARM (U of U), SATURDAY'S VOYUER 2015 (SLAC), YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN (Salt Lake Shakespeare), RAPTURE BLISTER BURN, I'LL EAT YOU LAST (SLAC) and BLUE STOCKINGS (U of U).

She has also worked on SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2014 and SWEET CHARITY (Pioneer Theater). She would like to thank all of her family and friends for their love and support!

PHILLIP R. LOWE (Costume

Designer) is Director of Costumes and Wardrobe for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. He is a MFA

has served as dialect coach on many previous SLAC productions including 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 Utah Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Theatre Company Utah Contemporary Theatre, The Egyptian Theatre Company, Pygmalion Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Company, and Tuacahn Center for the Performing Arts. Film includes THE REDEMPTION OF SARAH CAIN and

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

play guitar and sing with his wife in their band Sparks Fire.

ALEX THEDELL (Projection

Stage Manager) is delighted to be working on his first show at Salt Lake Acting Company. He is a sophomore at Westminster College where he is pursuing a BFA in Technical Theatre.

As well as working on shows at Westminster, he is a part of the resident crew at The Grand Theatre. Some of his most recent shows include: SKIN OF OUR TEETH (The Grand Theatre, Lights/ Projection Operator), THE TEMPEST (Westminster College, Assistant Stage Manager), and FOREVER PLAID (The Grand Theatre, Sound Board Operator).

Designer) is a senior at Weber State University, and is majoring in Technical Theatre with an emphasis in Sound and Projection Design.

Alex is excited to be back at SLAC after working on MR. PERFECT and SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2015. Alex is currently working on projection design for SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ at WSU, and will be the Sound Designer for the musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT at WSU in the spring. He won first place in a theatre competition for his Sound Design for WIT by Margaret Edson at WSU. Alex loves to

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WHO’S WHO CYNTHIA FLEMING (Executive

Artistic Director) has been in the world of dance and theatre professionally for over 36 years, during which time she performed in the Broadway, national and International companies with A CHORUS LINE. In 1978 as a U of U Theatre student, her performing relationship with SLAC began. Since 1995 she has worn many hats at SLAC, including Choreographer, Director, Box Office Manager and Director of Audience Services. 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 before

taking on her current position as Executive Artistic Director. Cynthia remains a working artist in the theatre and has choreographed SATURDAY’S VOYEUR for 16 years and directed the musical for five years.

She has choreographed many SLAC productions including THE PERSIAN QUARTER; GO, DOG. GO!; BAT BOY THE MUSICAL; AND WATER LILIES from CABBIES; COWBOYS; and THE TREE OF THE WEEPING VIRGIN. Cynthia is proud to serve SLAC and its mission to develop and produce vital new work.

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WHO’S WHO contemporary theatre. Founded in 1970, SLAC is a not-for-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).

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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 TRIBES, we welcome Assistant Stage Manager Trever Wilson from Westminster College as a part of the University Professional Theatre Program.

"The UPTP has been a great experience thus far. With this program, students, like myself, have an awesomely unique opportunity. We are able to take what we have learned in a classroom or amateur setting and put those skills to practice in a professional environment. The connections that you make and the experience that you gain are invaluable."

- Trever Wilson | Westminster College

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Sponsors: The John & Marcia Price Family Foundation, Terence K. Stephens, Roy Jespersen, Marian Jacobsen, Zelie Pforzheimer and Mark Family Foundation.

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SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY’S 2015/2016 MICRO MINI SEASON INCLUDES: STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER

by Shawn Fisher Feb. 10, 2016 – Mar. 6, 2016 World Premiere Presented in SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series The story of Benji, a Marine who has returned to his Philadelphia neighborhood after being critically injured during battle. He bears not only the medals he earned but also the scars, and now he must face the emotional wounds he avoided by going to war.

STUPID F**KING BIRD

by Aaron Posner Apr. 6, 2016 – May 1, 2016 Utah Premiere In this very funny, irreverent, and contemporary adaptation of Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL, an aspiring young director rampages against the art created by his mother’s generation. A nubile young actress wrestles with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist. And everyone discovers just how disappointing love, art, and growing up can be.

SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2016

by Allen Nevins & Nancy Borgenicht June 22, 2016 – Aug. 28, 2016 World Premiere Celebrating its 38th year, this annual musical satire connects SLAC to the community like nothing else. SLAC is the only theatre company in the nation that presents a new play written for us, about us, each year.

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Children’s play – Add-on performance

ART DOG

Based upon the book by Thacher Hurd Adapted by John Olive Composed by Susan Ennis Dec. 4, 2015 – Dec. 23, 2015 By day, Arthur is a mild-mannered museum guard; by night, his alter ego, Art Dog, is a mysterious artist who makes the city his canvas. However, when Leonardo Dog Vinci’s Mona Woofa goes missing from the Dogopolis Museum of Art, Art Dog is a prime suspect.

Special Add-on Performance

CLIMBING WITH TIGERS

Adapted for the Stage by Troy Deutsch Based on the Book by Dallas Graham & 8-year-old Nathan Glad In collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and the Red Fred Project The Red Fred Project is a collaborative, story-making endeavor to publish 50 books created by 50 children with critical illnesses across the 50 states.

March 4, 2016 – March 26, 2016 World Premiere Sitting on a branch, alone in a tree, a little black bird named Blue dreams of one day being able to fly. Thanks to his new friends, The Jolly Troop, Blue’s dreams might be closer than he thinks, but first he must face his fears and overcome challenges along the way; first he must go Climbing With Tigers...

Dallas Graham and Nathan Glad

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Green Room Gallery The SLAC Green Room Gallery is a collective endeavor between community and artists. This space allows us to offer a variety of diverse visual perspectives. In keeping with SLAC’s mission to nurture our local, creative community, we celebrate these reinforcements born between the visual and performing arts.

During the run of TRIBES, Art Access is pleased to present the work of Benjamin Davis, Jennifer Deily and Dawn Oughton, all of whom depict the world from their own perspectives. Benjamin’s paintings range from fantasy to landscapes; Jennifer is fascinated with animals and wildlife and the way we can experience them through art, myths and stories; and Dawn is a performance artist as well as a painter. All three artists identify as deaf or hard of hearing, but do not necessarily address deaf culture in their art. SLAC is also excited to contribute some pieces by actor Stephen Drabicki who is playing the role of Billy in TRIBES. These inspiring pieces will join the What’s My Name? exhibit which was assembled for BLACKBERRY WINTER. Art Access is a local arts organization committed to providing equal opportunities to inclusive arts programming for Utahns with disabilities and those with limited access to the arts. A community-focused organization, Art Access strives to demonstrate that the arts are a universal vehicle for drawing out our similarities, celebrating our differences, and ultimately connecting us to each other. Through its philosophy of inclusion, Art Access serves people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. accessart.org

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Sponsors, Friends and Supporters Karen and David Anson in Honor of Karen NielsenAnson’s 30 years of contributions to live theatre in Utah and the McGillis school Orly Ardon Tyson Baker Lori Ball Gina Barberi Robyn Barkdull McKenzie Barkdull Elizabeth Bowman Valerie Fisher Gibbs and Catherine Smith Kirt Bateman Kathy L. Bell Traci Blair Roxanne Bowers Diane Bradford Shannon Brennan Mary Brown Isabelle and Lawrence Buhler Victoria Burgess Terry Callahan Anthony Campisi Nicole Cardoni Tina Cerling Bobby Cody Dennis M. Cook Beverley Cooper Teri Cowan Sid Cowand Judy Cullen Isabel Custodio Olivia Custodio Patrick De Freitas Aida Detry LeeAnn Diamond Ed and Teresa Dieringer Lily Hye Soo Dixon Anne Dorsey John Downing Elizabeth Drinkaus Joey Eccleston Brittany Enniss Paula Espinoza John Fischer Anthony Fleming Johnathan Ford April and Mark Fossen JoLyn Fratto Douglas and Janice Frost Cara Fullerton Stewart Fullerton Amanda Gammon

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Salt Lake Acting Company 2015/2016 Cynthia Fleming

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Ric Tuttle

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ART DOG December 4th–23rd, 2015 Adapted for stage by John Olive, with music composed by Susan Ennis Based on the book by Thacher Hurd Arthur Dog is a mild-mannered museum guard, but by night his alter ego, Art Dog, is a mysterious artist who makes the city his canvas. When Leonardo Dog Vinci’s Mona Woofa goes missing from the Dogopolis Museum of Art, Art Dog is a prime suspect. His search for the perpetrators takes him on a brightly colored, action packed romp through the city in which the only remaining mystery, at the end of the play, is Art Dog’s true identity.

Director: Penny Caywood Cast: Alexis Baigue, Jaten Lee McGriff, Jenessa Bowen, Olivia Custodio.

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