Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre 2023

A Message from Michael Ballam

A SEASON OF SEASONS

On July 25, 1847, the day after Brigham Young lead 148 pioneers through the arduous and sometimes deadly 17-month trek from Missouri to the Great Basin, he broke ground for three buildings. The first was a school house, the second a theater and the third a temple. His prophetic words to the gathered immigrants and refugees was, “If we are to survive we must educate, entertain and edify.” We at the Festival strive to provide all three every season. We take our mission statement very seriously – “Elevating lives through ennobling artistic experiences.”

This is a hallmark season for us. Unlike any previous and probably any future year, with the substantial help of the U.S. and Utah governments to bolster our season, we are able to offer what is also our most ambitious season. What you are seeing is a tangible demonstration of “your taxes at work.”

Verdi’s most popular and widely known opera AIDA has an interesting history in this beautiful theatre. It was presented by Utah State Agricultural College (now USU) in 1937 and played on this very stage. The majestic entrance of Ramdames was him appearing in a gilded Roman chariot drawn by the College’s mighty black stallion. Apparently the steed mistook the address of the Capitol Theatre (now Ellen Eccles) and thinking it was the adjacent bank, made a “deposit.” The city sanitation department made an unscheduled entrance and saved the show.

When the Festival was founded in 1993 I asserted that of the ABC’s of opera: AIDA, BOHEME/ BUTTERLY and CARMEN only B and C would ever be presented at the Festival. My only experiences with AIDA were in Italian colosseums and the grandeur of the Metropolitan Opera.

Then, after reluctantly attending Sir Elton John’s setting of the story, my opinion about producing Verdi’s epic made a 180-degree turnabout. I found Sir Elton’s music to be powerful and very accessible. Moreover, I finally “got it” AIDA is the story of a simple love triangle that had been eclipsed by spectacle.

With that epiphany, I felt confident in presenting Verdi’s masterwork in 2008 thinking it would be fascinating to produce both works in the same season, designed and directed by the same team. My fondest hope is that both opera aficionados and musical theatre fans will take the plunge into the “alternate” version and be enlightened by the introduction.

My last experience with Wagner’s LOHENGRIN was 18 years ago at the Metropolitan Opera. His sweepingly romantic setting of a fairy tale-legend is reminiscent of Walt Disney’s early films based on whimsical fairy tales. Last March, I watched five performances of LOHENGRIN at the Metropolitan. Each performance brought me to tears with the thought that this legendary knight of the Holy Grail will spend a summer in the town in which I was born. He has never visited Utah before.

Thornton Wilder’s OUR TOWN is one of the greatest of American plays. Multitudes have either read it, seen it performed live, on television or watched the three movies made in 1940, 1988 and 2003. Ned Rorem’s music has the ability to suspend time heightening the drama of Wilder’s powerfully poignant work. I believe OUR TOWN will be remembered as one of our finest hours.

On February 9, 1964, a substantial segment of OLIVER! appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. It had such a profound influence on me that I barely noticed the five young Brits from Liverpool who sang about wanting to hold our hands that night. Two years later I climbed into the shoes, coat and top hat of the Artful Dodger and Dickens’ immortal OLIVER TWIST has lived in every fiber of my being ever since.

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Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre

Celebrating 31 Years of Enjoyment

2023 Season

July 5–August 5

Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre

Dansante Building

59 South 100 West Logan, Utah 84321

www.utahfestival.org

Administration: 435-750-0300

Box Office 435-750-0300 ext. 3 or 800-262-0074

Publisher: Mills Publishing, Inc.

Cover Design: Rocketbox Creative

2023 Season Sponsors

The official piano of Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre is Kawai.

July 5, 15m, 21, 28m, August 3m

LOHENGRIN

COMPOSED BY RICHARD WAGNER

Production Sponsored by:

World Premiere: Großherzogliches Hoftheater, Weimar, 1850

Utah Premiere: Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, Logan, UT 2023

Sung in German with English Supertitles

THERE WILL BE ONE 15–MINUTE INTERMISSION

UFOMT remains committed to informing audiences of specific content that might be disturbing or triggering to some patrons. This production may contain, but isn’t limited to, depictions of violence and war, mild adult intimacy, or mature situations/themes. Viewer discretion is advised.

The videotaping or other video or audio of this production is strictly prohibited.

Photos by Waldron Creative

Lohengrin

Conductor Andreas Mitisek

Director

Suzan Hanson

Set Designer Patrick Larsen

Projections Designer Sydney Sousa

Costume Designer Mallory Prucha

Lighting Designer John Mitchell

Associate Lighting Designer Willem Hinternhoff

Wig & Makeup Designer Melyssa Swensen

Sound Designer Bryan Richards

Properties Clare Kelly

CAST

Lohengrin Edward Brennan

Elsa Joanna Parisi

Ortrud Nina Warren

Telramund

Brian Montgomery

Heinrich Brandon Coleman

Herald Matthew Soibelman

Paul Leland Hill (July 28th performance)

Duke Gottfried

Sebastian Espinosa

ENSEMBLE

Colin Anderson, Annelise Burghardt, Jenna Grissom, Emily Hansen, Tamra Harkley, Paul Leland Hill, Hayden Höglund, Victoria Isernia, Jasmine Ismail, Melina Jaharis, Benjamin Krutsch, Layton Loucks, Anne Maguire, Timothy McGowan, Langelihle Mngxati, Victoria Okafor, Olivia Rominiyi,Maisah Outlaw, Caleb Sager, Matthew Soibelman, Andy Stoner, John Tibbetts

Assistant Conductor/Chorus Master

Dallas Aksoy

Coach /Pianist Nicholas Pothier

Concert Master Amanda Nix

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Carson Gilmore

Min Jie

Production Assistant Rachel Tillotson

Fight Coordinator

Stefan Espinosa

Lohengrin

SYNOPSIS Act I

Scene 1

On a plain of Sheldlt: A concerned King Heinrich greets his people and asks Count Telramund to explain why the Duchy of Brabant is torn by strife and disorder. Telramund blames his ward, Elsa, of having murdered her brother, Gottfried, heir to Brabant. When Elsa is called to defend herself, she relates a vision of a knight in shining armor who will come to save her. She and Telramund agree to a trial by ordeal, and through Elsa’s prayers, a knight magically appears as her champion. This Knight pledges his troth to her on condition that she never ask his name or origin. Defeating Telramund in combat, the newcomer establishes the innocence of his bride.

Scene 2

Outside a Fortress: Count Telramund and his wife Ortrud swear vengeance. When Elsa appears Ortrud attempts to seed doubt about the Knight, using Elsa’s natural curiosity. Instead, Elsa innocently offers the scheming Ortrud friendship, and Ortrud joins her ladies in waiting. Telramund who has secretly observed the exchange, relishes the promise of vengeance.

Intermission Act II

Scene 1

Outside a Fortress: A jubilant populace hear the announcement Elsa’s impending wedding. Meanwhile Telramund enlists four nobles to his plot for vengeance. Ortrud enters with Elsa’s bridal procession but abruptly interrupts it, suggesting that the unknown knight is in fact an impostor. Telramund accuses Elsa’s bridegroom of sorcery. The crowd stirs uneasily. Elsa reiterates her faith in the Knight before they enter the church, accompanied by King Heinrich.

Scene 2

The Bridal Chamber: Finally alone, Elsa and her husband express their love. Soon insecurity and doubt compel Elsa to ask the groom the forbidden questions. Before he can reply, Telramund and the nobles burst in. A fight ensues and the Knight accidently kills Telramund. Ordering the nobles to bear the body to the king, he sadly tells Elsa that he will meet her later to answer her questions.

Scene 3

On a plain of Sheldt: An enthusiastic people sing praises to the King but are interrupted by the arrival of Telramund’s bier, followed by the Knight. He reveals that his home is the temple of the Holy Grail, to which he now must return. Parsifal is his father, and Lohengrin is his name. As Lohengrin bids farewell to Elsa, Ortrud rushes in, jubilant over Elsa’s betrayal of the man who could have broken the spell that ensorcelled her brother into a swan. Lohengrin’s prayers release Gottfried, and after naming the boy ruler of Brabant, Lohengrin disappears.

Last October, Stefan, Vanessa and I attended the Festival of New Musicals in New York City. THE KING OF PANGAEA impressed us very much. We approached Martin Storrow who wrote the book, lyrics and music to explore the possibility of helping him move his remarkable work forward toward a fully staged production. We are honored to have Martin Storrow, who created this uniquely poignant, autobiographical musical, in residency at the Festival to “workshop” fine tune the work for full production. It is a tender story filled with whimsy, charm, inner strength, adversity and victory over it. We invite you to see it free of charge in the Ellen Eccles Theatre on July 18. Enjoy an evening of tenderness, warming of the heart and hope, all of which I fear is in short supply at present. Be part of the journey of THE KING OF PANGAEA to its Broadway destiny.

The Festival stands on firm ground and we are very optimistic about the future.

Message from Michael Ballam, continued from page 5

July 6, 11, 3m, 7, 19m, 22m, 28, 31m, August 5

OLIVER!

Book, Music & Lyrics by Lionel Bart

Production Sponsored by:

World Premiere: Wimbleton Theatre, London, 1960

Sung in English with English Supertitles

THERE WILL BE ONE 15–MINUTE INTERMISSION

Lionel Bart’s Oliver! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

UFOMT remains committed to informing audiences of specific content that might be disturbing or triggering to some patrons. This production may contain, but isn’t limited to, depictions of violence and war, mild adult intimacy, or mature situations/themes. Viewer discretion is advised.

The videotaping or other video or audio of this production is strictly prohibited.

Photos by Waldron Creative

LIONEL BART’S

Conductor Karen Keltner

Director/Choreographer George Pinney

Assistant Director/Choreographer Alyssa Weathersby

Set Designer Dennis Hassan

Costume Designer Stephanie Nguyen

Lighting Designer John Mitchell

Associate Lighting Designer Willem Hinternhoff

Wig & Makeup Designer Melyssa Swensen

Sound Designer Bryan Richards

Properties Clare Kelly

Oliver Twist

Mr. Bumble

Ross Clemens

Benjamin Krutsch

Widow Corney Adrien Swensen

Noah Claypole AJ Slee

Mr. Sowerberry Hayden Höglund

Mrs. Sowerberry Tanya Roberts

Charlotte Sowerberry

Artful Dodger

Fagin

Aubrey Taylor

Levi Hopkins

Michael Ballam

Nancy Vanessa Ballam

Charley Bates

Boston Clemens

Bet Victoria Isnernia

Bill Sikes

Mrs. Bedwin

Mr. Brownlow

Rose Seller

Christopher Job

Sarah-Nicole Carter

Jared Rounds

Trysten Reynolds

Milkmaid Alyssa Weathersby

Strawberry Seller

Knife Grinder

Long Song Seller

Victoria Okafor

John Tibbetts

Thomas Smith

PierAntonio Micheli, your executive chef, was born and raised in Forte dei Marmi, on the Tuscany coast of northern Italy. At this little beach resort young PierAntonio learned traditional northern Italian cooking from both his Mother and Grandmother. PierAntonio and Stephanie Micheli, owners and managers of Le Nonne, both welcome you to Le Nonne and hope that you enjoy their authentic Tuscan specialties.

PierAntonio Micheli, your executive chef Le Nonne “the grandmothers”

Dinner Mon – Sat: 5:30 – 9:30

ENSEMBLE

Asa Brady, Isabel Cossa, Hayden Höglund, Victoria Isernia, Benjamin Krutsch, Jeanmarie LaPointe, Chantrell Lewis, Kareem Mack, Langelihle Mngxati, Victoria Okafor, Alexandria Orr, Maisah Outlaw, Jamie Powell, Lance Raikes, Trysten Reynolds, Michael Rick, Tanya Roberts, Jared Rounds, Caleb Sager, Ian Saverin, Thomas Smith, Jordann Stoute, Aubrey Taylor, Nathan Templeton, John Tibbetts, Malachi Watson, Alyssa Weathersby, Devin Wieser

CHILDREN’S ENSEMBLE

Mason Bast, Milo Biggs, Sage Biggs, Scarlet Biggs, Boston Clemens, McKay Clemens, Ruby Clemens, Sebastian Espinosa, Abel Gustin, Emmanuel Gustin, Romane Gustin, Luna Majzlin, George McConkie, Robert McConkie, Soren Pederson, Stein Rockwood, Samuel Rusch, Nixon Thedell, Drew Williams

Associate Conductor/Chorus Master

Coach /Pianist

Concert Master

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Production Assistant

Fight Coordinator

Arthur Bosarge

Nicholas Pothier

Amanda Nix

Marisa Kilgallen

Lexie Secrist

Chris Vlamakis

Stefan Espinosa

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Oliver! SYNOPSIS

ACT I

Oliver! opens in the dining hall of a workhouse. Oliver, a young orphan who has been brought up in the workhouse, approaches the workhouse master and asks for more food. This outrages the workhouse staff and prompts them to remove him from the workhouse, selling him to a local undertaker as an apprentice. After one of the undertaker’s employees mocks Oliver’s mother, he escapes his apprenticeship and runs away to London. A week later Oliver arrives in Paddington Green in central London where the Artful Dodger approaches him. The Dodger brings him to Fagin’s hideout where he is taught how to be a thief. Oliver is sent out with the other young thieves and the police capture him after Mr. Brownlow’s pocket is picked.

ACT II

Oliver was released by the police and taken in by Mr. Brownlow after he was shown to be innocent. The Artful Dodger has rushed to the Three Cripples, a tavern in Clerkenwell, where he explains to Fagin that the police have caught Oliver. Fagin decides that someone must go and find out where Oliver has been taken and if he has told the police anything about Fagin and the rest of the thieving operation. Two weeks later, at Mr. Brownlow’s house, Oliver is sent to return some books against the advice of Mr. Brownlow’s friend. On the way to the bookseller Oliver is accosted by Nancy and taken back to Fagin, where Mr. Brownlow’s goods are distributed amongst the thieves. Back at the workhouse, revelations about Oliver’s true identity prompt the workhouse masters to approach Mr. Brownlow, who realizes he is Oliver’s grandfather. Nancy has a change of heart and also goes to Mr. Brownlow to help get Oliver away from Fagin. Nancy brings Oliver to London Bridge where she is murdered by Sykes, who is in turn killed by a policeman. Oliver is reunited with his grandfather and Fagin decides to turn over a new leaf in order to find a new, legitimate form of employment.

Media Sponsors

LIONEL BART’S

July 7, 13, 21m, 29m, 2m, August 4

AIDA

Music by Lyrics By

Elton John Tim Rice

Book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls & David Henry Hwang

Production Sponsored by:

Originally directed on Broadway by Robert Falls

Originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions

Broadway Premiere - March 23, 2000

Sung in English with English Supertitles

THERE WILL BE ONE 15–MINUTE INTERMISSION

Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

The videotaping or other video or audio of this production is strictly prohibited.

Elton John & Tim Rice’s

Photos by Waldron Creative

Elton John & Tim Rice’s

Elton John & Tim Rice’s

UFOMT remains committed to informing audiences of specific content that might be disturbing or triggering to some patrons. This production may contain, but isn’t limited to, depictions of violence and war, mild adult intimacy, or mature situations/themes. Viewer discretion is advised.

Conductor James M. Bankhead

Director/Choreographer John de los Santos

Assistant Director/Dance Captain Jordann Stoute

Set Designer Patrick Larsen

Projections Designer Sydney Sousa

Costume Designer Jason Orlenko

Lighting Designer John Mitchell

Associate Lighting Designer Willem Hinternhoff

Wig & Makeup Designer Melyssa Swensen

Sound Designer Bryan Richards

Properties Clare Kelly

B. TRAVIS DASTRUP, M.D. General Ophthalmology, Corneal Transplants, Anterior Segment Cancer Surgery, Cataract & Laser Surgery

JACKSON F. LEVER, M.D. General Ophthalmology & Surgery Oculoplastic Specialist

JASON D. RUPP, M.D.,PHD General Ophthalmology & Surgery Glaucoma Consultation

JESSE S. SWIFT, M.D. General Ophthalmology & Surgery

JONATHAN A. KING, O.D. Optometrist

JEREMIAH V. CHURCH, O.D. Optometrist

Elton John & Tim Rice’s

CAST

Aida Sharaé Moultrie

Radames

Charlie Tingen

Amneris Adrien Swensen

Zoser Lee Gregory

Mereb

Lance Raikes

Nehebkah Victoria Okafor

Amonasro Thomas Cannon

Pharaoh Jared Rounds

ENSEMBLE

Colin Anderson, Isabel Cossa, Levi Hopkins, Jeanmarie LaPointe, Chantrell Lewis, Kareem Mack, Victoria Okafor, Alexandria Orr, Jamie Powell, Lance Raikes, Michael Rick, Jared Rounds, Caleb Sager, Ian Saverin, Thomas Smith, Jordann Stoute, Aubrey Taylor, Nathan Templeton, Malachi Watson, Alyssa Weathersby, Devin Wieser

Associate Conductor/Chorus Master

Coach /Pianist

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Production Assistant

Fight Coordinator

Dallas Aksoy

Aaron Nash

Rachel Dane

Megan Ross

Crystal Espinoza

Stefan Espinosa

John & Tim Rice’s

AIDA SYNOPSIS ACT I

A man and a woman meet at an exhibit in a history museum. A statue of a female pharaoh, Amneris, comes to life and transports them to Ancient Egypt. Here, the captain of the Egyptian army, Radames, is returning from war with the Nubians, prisoners in tow. Among the captured is Aida, a woman who immediately gains his fascination as she attempts to free herself via a duel with one of his soldiers. Radames mercifully prevents Aida and her cohorts from being sent to the copper mines, and instead assures them positions on the palace grounds. Radames’s father, Zoser, informs him that the Pharaoh is dying and that Radames must prepare to take up the throne after him. Meanwhile, Radames’s Nubian servant, Mereb, recognizes Aida as the daughter of the Nubian king. She demands he keep her identity a secret. Aida becomes the personal servant to Radames’s fiancé, Amneris, who immediately takes a liking to her. At a banquet, Zoser announces that Radames and Amneris are to be married by the end of the week. This news distresses Radames who adores the freedom he has. He and Aida lament together over their plights. Later in the evening, Amneris is glad to talk to Aida about her concerns over her ailing father. Mereb leads Aida to the Nubian slave camp where her people beg her to lead them against the Egyptians. She in turn asks Radames for help who offers some of his own possessions to them and confesses his love for Aida. The two embrace, but their bliss is fleeting as news comes of her father’s capture. Aida, distraught and brooding, declares to her people that Nubia will never die.

ACT II

Aida and Mereb force their way into her father Amonasro’s cell. Mereb suggests that they could escape during Radames’s upcoming wedding ceremony. Aida is conflicted as she wants to save her father but does not want to betray the man she loves. Elsewhere, Zoser confronts his son after he discovers the truth of his and Aida’s relationship. Radames argues with his father, declaring he is no longer interested in taking the throne. Zoser takes matters into his own hands and orders that Aida be killed. Egyptian soldiers arrive to take Aida, but another Nubian, Nehebka, sacrifices herself instead. Radames tells Aida that he is going to call off his wedding, but she implores him not to because it is the only way that her father can escape. Heartbroken, Radames agrees to his lover’s plea. Unbeknownst to them, Amneris has overheard the entire conversation and has trouble dealing with her own grief over going into a counterfeit marriage. The wedding is brought to a halt at the news of Amonasro’s escape. When Radames arrives at the dock, he is shocked to discover Aida’s true identity and upset that she kept such an important fact from him. Fighting ensues in which Mereb is attacked by Zoser. Radames cuts the boat free of the dock, allowing Amonasro to escape, but Aida stays behind to be with Radames and the dying Mereb as Zoser flees.

Elton

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

July 8m, 12m, 14m, 19, 22, 27, August 1m, 4m

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER

Music by Steven Lutvak

Lyrics by Robert L. Freeman & Steven Lutvak

Book by Robert L. Freeman

Based on a novel by Roy Horniman

Production Sponsored by:

Premiered Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT 2012

Premiered Broadway, Walter Kerr Theatre, 2013

Sung in English with English Supertitles

THERE WILL BE ONE 15–MINUTE INTERMISSION

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Photos by Waldron Creative

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

UFOMT remains committed to informing audiences of specific content that might be disturbing or triggering to some patrons. This production may contain, but isn’t limited to, depictions of violence and war, mild adult intimacy, or mature situations/themes. Viewer discretion is advised.

Conductor Arthur Bosarge

Director/Choreographer George Pinney

Assistant Director/Choreographer Alyssa Weathersby

Set Designer Dennis Hassan

Projections Designer Michael Francis

Costume Designer Jess Wallace

Lighting Designer

John Mitchell

Associate Lighting Designer Willem Hinternhoff

Wig & Makeup Designer Melyssa Swensen

Sound Designer Bryan Richards

CAST

Monty Navarro

Stefan Espinosa

The Family D’Ysquith Curt Olds

Sibella Hallward Vanessa Ballam

Phoebe D’Ysquith Amy Owens

Miss Marietta Shingle Sarah-Nicole Cater

Lady Eugenia et al Tanya Roberts

Magistrate et al Blake Friedman

Tom Copley et al Charlie Tingen

Tour Guide et al Sharaé Moultrie

Inspector Pinckney et al Thomas Smith

Miss Evangeline Barley et al Trysten Reynolds

Associate Conductor/Chorus Master Matthew Stephens

Coach /Pianist Aaron Nash

Concert Master Carolynn Larson

Production Stage Manager Marisa Kilgallen

Assistant Stage Manager Lexie Secrist

Production Assistant Chris Vlamakis

Fight Coordinator

Stefan Espinosa

Act I

In the early 1900’s, Lord Montague “Monty” D’Ysquith Navarro, Ninth Earl of Highhurst, is in jail. He begins to write a memoir of his story. Two years prior, he was living in poverty with his mother when she passed away. A former servant of Monty’s mother, Miss Shingle, comes to visit during the mourning period and tells Monty that his mother was actually a member of the wealthy D’ysquith Family and had been disinherited when she married a Castilian named Navarro. Miss Shingle urges him to take his rightful place. At the same time, Monty is courting Sibella Hallward, but she refuses any serious commitment due to his lack of money. Monty tells her he is, in fact, a D’ysquith, but she says that eight people would have to die before he would get any money. Monty writes to the D’ysquith Family to see about reconnecting, only to be told not to contact them again.

What transpires over the next months is a series of accidental, circumstantial and purposeful deaths of seven members of the D’ysquith family, including Lord Reverend Ezekial D’Ysquith (a drunk who falls to his death), Asquith D’Ysquith, Jr. (skating accident), Henry D’Ysquith (excessive bee stings), Lady Hyacinth D’Ysquith (excessive travel), Lady Salome D’ysquith (bad acting and a prop gun accident), Lord Bartholomew D’Ysquith (weight-lifting accident), Lord Asquith D’Ysquith, Sr. (heart attack). Luckily for Monty, Miss Phoebe D’ysquith is not in the line of succession and he falls in love with her instantly when he realizes she doesn’t have to die for him to proceed. Their love causes great issue for Sibella who has since aquired a rich husband, but still longs for Monty. As Act I draws to a close, the current Earl of Highhurst, takes note that seven D’ysquiths have passed away, leaving him the last D’yquith standing before Monty would take the Earldom.

Act II

Monty and Sibella continue a torrid affair and she forbids him from marrying the sweet Phoebe. During an especially heated tryst, Phoebe arrives to announce she is ready to marry, throwing the household into farcical chaos.

Monty and Phoebe receive an invite to Highhurst so the current Earl, Lord Adlebert, can meet the next in line to the succession. Sibella has found a way to receive an invite herself and comes without her husband. At dinner, it is revealed that Miss Shingle works at Highhurst Castle herself. Monty makes a faulty attempt to poison Lord Adlebert’s food, but the Earl succumbs to poison placed in a glass of wine, leaving everyone in the castle as a suspect. Monty is arrested and a trial ensues. Any person from the dinner party is questioned. Both Sibella and Phoebe give testimony that, combined, would give cause for “reasonable doubt,” and Monty is released due to lack of incriminating evidence.

A guard at the jail finds Monty’s memoir, which would be proof he had killed many of the D’Ysquith family members. He returns the memoir to Monty without opening it. A traditional “happily ever after” begins, only to be stifled at the very end by an unknown D’Ysquith family member, Chauncy D’Ysquith, who claims he has “poison in his pocket” too.

July 8, 14, 20, 26m, 29, August 5m

AIDA

COMPOSED BY GIUSEPPE VERDI

World Premiere: Khedivial Opera House, Cairo, December 24, 1871

Production Sponsored by:

Sung in German with English Supertitles

THERE WILL BE ONE 15–MINUTE INTERMISSION

UFOMT remains committed to informing audiences of specific content that might be disturbing or triggering to some patrons. This production may contain, but isn’t limited to, depictions of violence and war, mild adult intimacy, or mature situations/themes. Viewer discretion is advised.

The videotaping or other video or audio of this production is strictly prohibited.

Conductor Nichola Giusti

Director/ Choreographer John de los Santos

Dance Captain/Assistant Director Jordann Stoute

Set Designer Patrick Larsen

Projections Designer Sydney Sousa

Costume Designer Erin Carignan

Lighting Designer John Mitchell

Associate Lightin Designer Willem Hinternhoff

Wig & Makeup Designer Melyssa Swensen

Sound Designer Bryan Richards

Photos by Waldron Creative Verdi’s

CAST

Aida Carami Hilaire

Radamés Victor Starsky

Amneris Audrey Babcock

Ramfis Brandon Coleman

King of Egypt Christopher Job

Amonasro Thomas Cannon

A Messenger John Tibbetts

High Priestess Jasmine Ismail

Young Princes Lucas Rosario, Mason Rosario

ENSEMBLE

Colin Anderson, Isabel Cossa, Annelise Burghardt, Jenna Grissom, Tamra Harkley, Paul Leland Hill, Hayden Höglund, Victoria Isernia, Jasmine Ismail, Melina Jaharis, Benjamin Krutsch, Layton Loucks, Timothy McGowan, Langelihle Mngxati, Victoria Okafor, Alexandria Orr, Jamie Powell, Michael Rick, Olivia Rominiyi, Maisah Outlaw, Caleb Sager, Matthew Soibelman, Andy Stoner, John Tibbetts, Malachi Watson, Devin Wieser

Associate Conductor/Chorus Master

Coach /Pianist

Concert Master

Stage Manager

Assistant

Stage Manager

Production Assistant

Fight Coordinator

Chloe Kim

Amy Glenn

Amanda Nix

Rachel Dane

Megan Ross

Crystal Espinoza

Stefan Espinosa

Ancient Egypt, during the reign of the pharaohs. The high priest Ramfis tells the warrior Radamès that Ethiopia is preparing another attack against Egypt. Radamès hopes to command the Egyptian army. He is in love with Aida, an enslaved Ethiopian woman, and he believes that victory would enable them to marry. But Princess Amneris loves Radamès, and she senses his feelings for Aida. The king names Radamès to lead the army. Left alone, Aida is torn between her love for Radamès and loyalty to her country, where her father, Amonasro, is king. In the temple, the priests consecrate Radamès, and Ramfis orders him to protect the homeland.

Ethiopia has been defeated, and Amneris awaits Radamès’s return. When Aida approaches, Amneris attempts to learn her feelings. Aida’s reactions leave no doubt that she loves Radamès. Amneris, certain she will be victorious, leaves for the triumphal procession.

The king and Amneris crown Radamès with a victor’s wreath. Captured Ethiopians are led in. Among them is Amonasro, who signals his daughter not to reveal his identity. Radamès asks for the prisoners to be freed. The king grants his request but keeps Amonasro in custody. The king declares that Radamès will have Amneris’s hand in marriage.

On the eve of the wedding, Ramfis and Amneris enter a temple on the banks of the Nile to pray. Aida, who is waiting for Radamès, is lost in thoughts of her homeland. Amonasro appears and coerces Aida to find out the Egyptian army’s plans from Radamès. Amonasro hides as Radamès arrives and assures Aida of his love. Aida asks him about his army’s plans, and just as he reveals the secret, Amonasro emerges. When he realizes Amonasro’s identity, Radamès is horrified by what he has done. Ramfis and Amneris step out of the temple. Amonasro and Aida are able to escape, but Radamès surrenders.

Radamès awaits trial. Amneris offers to save him if he renounces Aida, but he refuses. When he is brought before the priests, he is condemned to be buried alive. Amneris begs for mercy, but the judges are unwavering.

Aida has hidden in the vault to share Radamès’s fate. They express their love for the last time while Amneris prays in the temple above.

July 12, 15, 20m, 27m, August 3

NED ROREM’S OUR TOWN

Composed by Ned Rorem

Based on the play by Thornton Wilder

Production Sponsored by:

World Premiere: Indiana Univeristy Opera Theatre, February 25, 2006

Utah Premiere: Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, Logan, UT 2023

Sung in English with English Supertitles

15 MINUTE INTERMISSION BETWEEN ACT II AND ACT III

Presented in arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher & copyright holder

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Ned Rorem’s Our Town

Conductor

Andreas Mitisek

Director Vanessa Ballam

Set Designer Alexander Graham

Costume Designer Meredith Magoun

Lighting Designer John Mitchell

Associate Lighting Designer Willem Hinternhoff

Wig & Makeup Designer Melyssa Swensen

Sound Designer Bryan Richards

Properties Clare Kelly

CAST

Stage Manager

Emily Webb

George Gibbs

Dr. Gibbs

Mrs. Gibbs

Thomas Glenn

Amy Owens

Victor Starsky

Brian Montgomery

Audrey Babcock

Mr. Webb Lee Gregory

Mrs. Webb

Mrs. Soames

Simon Stimson

Suzan Hanson

Nina Warren

Blake Friedman

Joe Nathan Templeton

Frank

Timothy McGowan

Sam Ian Saverin

Mr. Carter

Lady in Balcony

Caleb Sager

Victoria Isernia

Man in Audience Matthew Soibelman

Emily’s Friends

Aubrey Taylor

Monroe Rigby

Asa Brady

ENSEMBLE

Asa Brady, Annelise Burghardt, Jenna Grissom, Paul Leland Hill, Hayden Höglund, Victoria Isernia, Jasmine Ismail, Melina Jaharis, Jeanmarie LaPointe, Chantrell Lewis, Anne Maguire, Timothy McGowan, Lance Raikes, Trysten Reynolds, Olivia Rominiyi, Caleb Sager, Ian Saverin, Matthew Soibelman, Aubrey Taylor, Nathan Templeton, John Tibbetts

Our Town

CHILDREN’S ENSEMBLE

Sage Biggs, Scarlet Biggs, Boston Clemens, Vivian Espinosa, Abel Gustin, Emmanuel Gustin, Romane Gustin, Colin Gregory, Aline Laranja, Luna Majzlin, Monroe Rigby

Associate Conductor/Chorus Master Chloe Kim

Coach /Pianist Matthew Stephens

Concert Master Amanda Nix

Stage Manager

Carson Gilmore

Assistant Stage Manager Min Jie

Production Assistant

Fight Coordinator

Rachel Tillotson

Stefan Espinosa

Directing Assistant Ben Ballam

Note from the Director

“They don’t understand, do they? They never understand.” Eighty-five years ago, Thornton Wilder penned those words in his Pulitzer Prize winning play that would become an integral part of our American experience. Composer Ned Rorem and librettist J. D. McClatchy took Wilder’s words and elevated them in a new medium. This opera tackles the eternal questions regarding life, existence, love, family and death. Though Thornton Wilder’s setting of the play is 1901 small town America, the questions being asked are perhaps even more relevant for a contemporary audience. Emily asks, “Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute?” Do we? I feel that all of us can benefit from a greater sense of presence and mindfulness in our lives. There is beauty to be found even in the mundane, daily struggles of life. Often we just need to look for it.

– Vanessa Ballam

Ned Rorem’s

Our Town

SYNOPSIS Act I

As the opera opens, a funeral procession is crossing the stage to the strains of the old hymn “O God, Our Help in Ages Past.” From the midst of the mourners, the Stage Manager comes forward and introduces us to Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire on May 7, 1901—a small, typical American town where some ordinary and extraordinary things are about to happen. We meet two families, first Doc Gibbs and his wife (the Doc is with a patient, Mrs. Soames), and then Editor Webb and his wife. Both couples are upstanding pillars of the community. The wives have identical gardens and two dissimilar children—George Gibbs, star of the high school baseball team, and Emily Webb, the best student in class. Though drawn to one another, their differences chafe. Emily, in a talk with her mother, wonders if boys will ever notice her. “You’re pretty enough for all normal purposes,” Mrs. Webb assures her. The Stage Manager continues to fill us in on Grover’s Corners, and even answers questions from the audience. Choir practice has started, and Simon Stimson, the church organist, is drunk and unhappy again (“Leave loudness to the Methodists”). Meanwhile, at their opposite bedroom windows, Emily and George figure out a problem—until Doc Gibbs calls George downstairs to reprimand him for ignoring his chores. Mrs. Gibbs returns from choir practice, and she and her husband stay out on the porch in the moonlit night, reminiscing, even as George and Emily, back at their windows, also stare at the moon, and at each other.

Act II

Three years have gone by and Emily and George are about to get married. Doc and Mrs. Gibbs think back on their own marriage, while George impetuously dashes over to see his bride—to the consternation of a superstitious Mrs. Webb, who won’t let him see Emily until they meet in the church, and insists Editor Webb give him some stern advice for the future. But the Stage Manager again interrupts the story, wanting to show how the young couple fell in love. So we’re suddenly back two years in time, while George and Emily are having an important talk about their future lives, each frankly discussing feelings that upset the other. A turn into Mr. Morgan’s drugstore for a soda seems the best way to prevent tears, and while sitting at the counter they both discover what is the most important thing in their lives.

We now jump to July 7, 1904, three years into the future—the church on the day of the big wedding. But the bride and bridegroom sing separately of their fears . . . until their parents push them toward the altar. The service is read, the choir sings, the townfolk are clucking, and the happy couple race down the aisle and into married life.

Intermission Act III

It is the summer of 1913. We are in the town cemetery. The dead are gathered on chairs to one side, and we can recognize some of them—Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Soames, Simon Stimson. They seem calmly detached. As the Stage Manager describes some of the changes that have occurred, we suddenly notice a funeral procession approaching. They are singing the same hymn heard at the beginning. Mrs. Gibbs explains that it is Emily who has died, giving birth to her second child. This is her funeral. The Stage Manager meditates on life and death, and on the fact that the dead “are waiting for something they feel is coming.” As the coffin in lowered, Emily herself suddenly appears among the dead, and has already taken on some of their detachment. But she still misses George and their life, and wonders if she can return, just for a day, just to be part of life one last time. The dead warn her not to, that it will only add to her unhappiness. But Emily insists, and the Stage Manager agrees to accompany her back to the day of her thirteenth birthday. Suddenly, she is back in Grover’s Corners. Her father and mother—how young they look! she thinks— are pre-occupied with the small unimportant tasks and routines of the day. George enters, and gifts are given to the birthday girl, but no one seems to realize the importance of each moment, or how fleeting are joy and life. In tears, Emily begs the Stage Manager to take her back to the dead. As she leaves with him, she sings one last farewell to Grover’s Corners, lamenting “Oh, earth, you are too magical for anyone to know your miracle.” The dead welcome her back, and together they sing of the living, “they don’t understand, do they?” The Stage Manager comes forward again. The stars are crisscrossing the sky, the world is asleep. In an indifferent universe the world keeps on. “Only this place still straining away, straining away all the time, straining away to do its best.”

2023 Season Sponsors

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

SUPERTITLES SPONSOR

2023 Season Sponsors

MICHAEL AND LAURIE BALLAM DELL LOY HANSEN COMMUNITY SPONSORS

Adobe  American Festival Chorus  Christopher Ballam

Judy Brady and Drew W. Browning  C. Comstock Clayton Foundation

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Charles and Kathie Horman  M. Craig and Becky Johns  Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Rallison

Marty and Carolyn Rasmussen – Nebeker Family Foundation  Nancy Schellkopf

Theodore J. Schmidt, Jr.  Utah Festival Opera Guild  Kent Wallis  Young Honda-Toyota

Anonymous  Applewood Tree & Landscape  Café Sabor

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Broadway Bound  Opera by Children

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Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards

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Utah State Legislature/Board of Education  Cache County RAPZ and Restaurant Tax

Michael & Laurie Ballam  Vanessa Ballam

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UTAH HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS SPONSORS

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Salt Lake Tribune

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$1,000 - $4,999

Stanton & Julie Allen

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$500 - $999

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FOUNDING CONTRIBUTORS

We wish to acknowledge those whose vision and generosity were instrumental in Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s inception.

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$1,000,000 AND ABOVE

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LORENZO’S LEGACY

$500,000 TO $999,999

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$250,000 TO $499,999

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2023 Season Contributors

UTAH THEATRE RESTORATION

We wish to thank the following organizations and individuals who have contributed to the restoration of the historic Utah Theatre and the donation, installation and upkeep of the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ.

Anonymous

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Lizetta Seely Bush

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MUSIC LIBRARY

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Our library was created in 1996 when we received the Maughan and Dorothy McMurdie Music Library. We thank the following individuals who have donated their significant collections to our music library:

Bernice Baugh

Brigham Young University/KBYU

Vera Broughton Scammon

S.E. Clark

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Tod Fitzpatrick

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VERA SCAMMON MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND

The Vera Scammon Memorial Endowment Fund was created in 2008 by Michael Ballam, Founding General Director of Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. This perpetual fund is intended to honor the memory of Vera Scammon, a brilliant soprano, generous teacher and extraordinary woman who deeply touched the lives of many. The fund will be used to continue Vera’s work in blessing the lives of young singers. We thank the following contributors:

Ruth Baker

Michael & Laurie Ballam

Sue Brown

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LEAVE A LEGACY

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The Rackley Family

Art & Patricia Van Dyck

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Lorraine E. Whiteman

We express sincere gratitude for individuals who, through estate planning, have left a legacy of support for Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre.

• Margueritte Caldwell Estate

• Glenn Howard and Karen Fugal Peterson

Charitable Remainder Unitrust

• Gary and Nancy Griffin Charitable Remainder Trust

• Lynne Paoletti Estate

• Kenneth Randall Bequest

• Donna Loy Gossner Fund

• Louise Childs Watts Estate

If you are interested in leaving a legacy through estate planning or in receiving information about planned giving options and tax benefits, please contact Annette Macfarlane in our Development Office at 435-750-0300 Ext. 109.

2023 Profiles

CONDUCTORS

JAMES M. BANKHEAD

Conductor, Elton John’s Aida, Sentimental Journey Concert North Logan, Utah

7th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University, Sam Houston State University, The United States Air Force BandWashington DC

ARTHUR BOSARGE

Conductor, Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Fairhope, Alabama

3th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Opera Birmingham, Opera Memphis, Kentucky Opera, Florida Grand Opera

NICOLAS GIUSTI

Conductor, Verdi’s Aida

Boston, Massachusetts

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Opera Montecarlo, Rossini Opera Festival, Orlando Opera

KAREN KELTNER

Conductor, Oliver!

San Diego, California

25th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Washington National Opera, San Diego Opera, l’Opera du Rhin (Stasbourg, France)

ANDREAS MITISEK

Conductor, Lohengrin | Conductor, Our Town Long Beach, California

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Chicago Opera Theatre, Arena di Verona, New York City Opera

AUREY BABCOCK

Amneris, Verdi’s Aida | Mrs. Gibbs, Our Town

Hollywood, California

4rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Seattle Opera, San Diego Opera, Dallas Opera, National Symphony

VANESSA BALLAM

Sibella Hallward, Gentleman’s Guide | Nancy, Oliver! | Director, Our Town | Education Director | Associate Artistic Director

Logan, Utah

23nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Anchorage Opera, PCPAPacific Conservatory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Indiana University

ASA BRADY

Ensemble, Our Town, Oliver!

Hyrum, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Premier Youth Events, Utah Festival Conservatory of Performing Arts

THOMAS CANNON*

Amonasro, Verdi’s Aida | Amonasro, Elton John’s Aida

Hahnville, Louisiana

ALSO: Arizona Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Orlando

SARAH-NICOLE CARTER

Miss Shingle, Gentleaman’s Guide/ Mrs. Bedwin, Oliver!

San Juan Capistrano, California

8th UFOMT Season

ALSO: San Diego Opera, Bach Collegium San Diego, The Kennedy Center

MICHAEL BALLAM

Founder and General Director | Fagin, Oliver!

Logan, Utah

31th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Chicago Lyric Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera

BRANDON J. COLEMAN

Heinrich, Lohengrin | Ramfis, Verdi’s Aida

Bethesda, Maryland

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Stuttgart Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Opera Louisiane

2023 Profiles

MICHAEL CORVINO

Host & Soloist, Sentimental Journey

ISABEL COSSA*

Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Oliver! | Cover, Miss Barley et al, Gentleman’s Guide

West Valley City, Utah

ALSO: Utah Opera, University of Utah

STEFAN ESPINOSA

Monty, Gentleman’s Guide| Conservatory Director | Director, Les Miserables, Jr.

Tucson, Arizona

14th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Salt Lake Acting Company, PCPA Theaterfest, Lyric Repertory Theatre

BLAKE FRIEDMAN*

Simon Stimson, Our Town | Magistrate et al, Gentleman’s Guide

Chicago, Illinois

ALSO: Dallas Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Chautauqua Opera

THOMAS GLENN*

Role of Stage Manager, Our Town | Tenor Soloist, War Requiem

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

ALSO: Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera, The Metropolitan Opera

LEE GREGORY

Zoser, Elton John’s Aida | Mr. Webb, Our Town

Houston, Texas

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Portland Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Metropolitan Opera

JENNA GRISSOM*

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town | Cover Elsa, Lohengrin

West Memphis, Arkansas

ALSO: Peabody Opera, Music on Site, Inc. Turner-Fischer Center for Opera

2023 Profiles

EMILY CHERIE HANSEN*

Warrior Woman, Lohengrin

ALSO: L’Elisir d’amore, Acis and Galatea, Opera Idaho, Madama Butterfly

SUZAN HANSON

Director, Lohengrin | Mrs. Webb, Our Town

Hollywood, California

10th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Arena di Verona, New York City Opera, Long Beach Opera

TAMRA HARKLEY*

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Elton John’s Aida

Moreno Valley, California

ALSO: LA Operaq, Desert Theatreworks, JCC Merge Productions Irvine

CARAMI HILAIRE*

Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Soprano Soloist, War Requiem

Brooklyn, New York

ALSO: Sarasota Opera, Teatro Nuovo, White Snake Opera Projects

PAUL LELAND HILL

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town | Cover Herald, Lohengrin

Clinton, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Sarasota Opera, Opera on the St. James, University of Michigan

HAYDEN HÖGLUND*

Mr. Sowerberry, Oliver! | Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Lyrical Opera Company, Lawrence Opera Theatre, Vienna Summer Music Festival

LEVI HOPKINS

The Artful Dodger, Oliver!, Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida

Nibley, Utah

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: The National Jimmy Awards, Lyric Repertory Theatre, USU Theatre

VICTORIA ISERNIA

Bet, Oliver! 1st + Cover Nancy | Page, Lohengrin | Lady in the Balcony/1st Cover Mrs. Gibbs Our Town, Verdi’s Aida

Fernandina Beach, Florida

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Gulfshore Opera First Coast Opera, New York Philharmonic

JASMINE ISMAIL

High Priestess, Verdi’s Aida, Page/ Ensemble, Lohengrin, Ensemble, Our Town

Winston Salem, North Carolina

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Manhattan School of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Berlin Opera Academy

MELINA JAHARIS*

Page/Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town

Chicago, Illinois

ALSO: Sarasota Opera, MIOpera, Teatro Grattacielo, Osford Philharmonic

CHRISTOPHER JOB*

Bill Sikes, Oliver! | King of Egypt, Verdi’s Aida

ALSO: The Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Carnegie Hall

BENJAMIN KRUTSCH

Mr. Bumble, Oliver! | Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Cover Lohengrin, Lohengrin

Springville, Utah

4rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Arizona Opera, Opera Saratoga, Institute for Young

Dramatic Voices

JEANMARIE LAPOINTE*

Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Our Town, Oliver! | 1st Cover Amneris, Elton John’s Aida, 2nd Cover Nancy, Oliver!, 1st Cover Bet, Oliver!

Lynn, Massachuetts

ALSO: Plymouth State University

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2023 Profiles

CHANTRELL M. LEWIS*

Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Oliver!, Our Town | Cover Aida, Elton John’s Aida

Orange County, California

ALSO: Porthouse Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, Claire Trevor School of the Arts

LAYTON LOUCKS*

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida

SHARAÉ MOULTRIE*

Aida, Elton John’s Aida, | Tour Guide et al, Gentleman’s Guide

Conway, South Carolina

ALSO: Dreamgirls International Tour (Big League Productions), Little Theatre on the Square, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, North Carolina Theatre

VICTORIA OKAFOR*

Nehebka, Elton John’s Aida | Page, Lohengrin | Strawberry Seller/ Ensemble, Oliver!

Hyattsville, Maryland

KAREEM A. MACK

Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Oliver!

Clinton, Maryland

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: University of Connecticut, Howard Community College, Temple University

ANNE MAGUIRE*

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Our Town, Cover Ortrud, Lohengrin

Washougal,Washington

ALSO: Utah Opera, Opera in the Heights, Miami Wagner Festival

TIMOTHY MCGOWAN

Frank, 1st Cover, George, Our Town | Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida Champaign, Illinois

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Ohio Light Opera Company, Seagle Festival, Odyssey Opera

LANGELIHLE MNGXATI*

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida | Cover Inspector et al, Gentleman’s Guide

South Africa, Ixopo

ALSO: Opera NEO, Tri-Cities Opera, Dallas Opera

BRIAN MONTGOMERY

Telramund, Lohengrin | Dr. Gibbs, Our Town

Seattle, Washington

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: The Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Arena di Verona

ALSO: Philadelphia Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, Shenandoah Symphony

CURT OLDS

The Family D’Ysquith, Gentleman’s Guide, UFOMT Director of Artistic Planning

Butte, Montana

6th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Broadway’s Riverdance, Cats, Phantom of the Opera World Tour, New York City Opera, Atlanta Opera, Carnegie Hall

ALEXANDRIA ORR*

Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Oliver!

Las Vegas, Nevada

ALSO: Temple Theatre, EgoPo Classic Theatre, Positively Arts

MAISAH OUTLAW*

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Oliver!

ALSO: Indiana University Operaq & Ballet Theatre

AMY OWENS

Emily Webb, Our Town | Phoebe D’Ysquith, Gentleman’s Guide

Sante Fe, New Mexico

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: The Santa Fe Opera, Utah Opera, Dallas Opera

JOANNA PARISI*

Elsa, Lohengrin

2023 Profiles

JAMIE POWELL*

Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Oliver!

New York, New York

ALSO: Temple University, Delaware Shakespeare

LANCE RAIKES*

Mereb, Elton John’s Aida | Ensemble, Our Town, Oliver! | Cover Magistrate, Gentleman’s Guide

New York, New York

ALSO: Lightning Thief Musical National Tour

TRYSTEN REYNOLDS

Miss Barley et al, Gentleman’s Guide

| Rose Seller, Oliver! | Ensemble, Our Town Cover Emily

New York City, New York

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Opera Del West, Opera Del West, Vital Theatre Company, City Lyric Opera

MICHAEL RICK*

Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Oliver!

Janesville, Wisconsin

ALSO: The MUNY, Cedar Fair

Entertainment, Oklahoma City University

TANYA ROBERTS*

Mrs. Sowerberry, Oliver! | Lady

Eugenia et al, Gentleman’s Guide

Toronto, Canada

ALSO: The Ohio Light Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Edmonton Opera, Carnegie Hall

OLIVIA ROMINIYI*

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town | Cover Aida, Verdi’s Aida

Virginia BVeach, Virginia

ALSO: Virginia Opera, Opera on the James, Des Moines Opera

JARED ROUNDS

Cover Fagin/Mr. Brownlow/ Ensemble, Oliver! | Pharoah/ Assistant Director, Our Town | Administrative Assistant

Spanish Fork, Utah

121h UFOMT Season

ALSO: Lyric Repertory Theatre, Music Theatre West, Logan High School Faculty

CALEB SAGER*

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Our Town, Oliver, Elton John’s Aida | Cover Bill

Sykes, Oliver!

Salmon, Idaho

ALSO: Virginia City Players, Idaho State University

IAN SAVERIN*

Sam, Our Town | Ensemble, Elton

John’s Aida, Oliver! | Cover Monty

Navarro, Gentleman’s Guide | Cover, Radamés, Elton John’s Aida

ALSO: Colorado Univeristy Boulder College of Music, Eklund Opera

THOMAS SMITH*

Inspector et al, Gentleman’s Guide | Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Oliver! Mays Landing, New Jersey

ALSO: Hale Theatre Arizona, Millbrook Playhouse, College Light Opera Company

MATTHEW SOIBELMAN*

Herald, Lohengrin | Ensemble, Verdi’s Aida, Lohengrin, Our Town | Cover Heinrich, Lohengrin

Tarzana, California

ALSO: The Julliard School, Opera North, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Memphis

VICTOR STARSKY*

Radamés, Verdi’s Aida | George Gibbs, Our Town

Richmond Hill, Queens, New York

ALSO: San Francisco Opera Adler

Fellow, New York City Opera, Carnegie Hall

ANDY STONER

Ensemble, Lohengrin

Logan, Utah

ALSO: LA Opera, UCLA, Pasadena City College

2023 Profiles

JORDANN STOUTE

Ensemble/Assistant Director, Assistant Choreographer, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida | Ensemble Oliver!

ALSO: SUNY Purchase College Opera, Dido & Aeneas

ADRIEN SWENSON

Amneris, Elton John’s Aida, Widow Corney, Oliver!

Salt Lake City, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Finding Neverland, the Musical-National Tour, The Forgotten Carols, National Tour

2015-2021 and 2020 film, Hale Center Theatre

AUBREY TAYLOR

Charlotte Sowerberry, Oliver! | Ensemble, Elton John’s Aid | Our Town, Oliver!

2nd UFOMT Season, Debut Full Company

ALSO: Centerpoint Legacy Theatre, Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards, UFOMT Conservatory

NATHAN TEMPLETON*

Joe, Our Town, Elton John’s Aida, Oliver!

Boise, Idaho

ALSO: Idaho State University, Boise Music Week, Nampa Civic Center

JOHN RICHARD TIBBETTS

Baritone Soloist, War Requiem |

3rd Noble, Lohengrin | Messenger/ Ensemble, Verdi Aida | Ensemble/1st Cover Mr. Webb, Our Town

Fernadina Beach, Florida

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Opera Grand Rapids, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Opera Aterlier, Amelia Island Opera, Gulf Shore Opera

CHARLIE TINGEN*

Radamés, Elton John’s Aida, Copley et al, Gentleman’s Guide New York, New York

ALSO: MY FAIR LADY National Tour, Anchorage Opera, Florida Studio Theatre

NINA WARREN*

Ortrud, Lohengrin | Mrs. Soames, Our Town New York, New York

ALSO: The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Colon, Seattle Opera, Vienna Staatsoper

MALACHI WATSON*

Ensemble/1st Cover Mereb, Elton

John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Oliver! | Cover Copley, Gentleman’s Guide

Wictchita, Kansas

ALSO: Music Theatre Witchita, Festival 56, The Forum Theatre Company

ALYSSA WEATHERSBY*

Assistant Director/Assistant

Choreographer, Oliver!, Gentleman’s Guide/Ensemble, Milkseller, Oliver! | Cover Sibella Hallward/Cover

Phoebe D’Ysquith, Gentleman’s Guide/Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida Woodlands, Texas

ALSO: Opera in the Heights, Reagle Music Theatre, Seacoast Repertory Theatre

DEVIN THERESE WIESER

Ensemble, Elton John’s Aida, Oliver! | Cover Phoebe D’Ysquith, Gentleman’s Guide | Ensemble Verd’s Aida

Vacaville, California

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Sacramento Theatre Company, Portland State University, Missouri Street Theatre

YOUNG PERFORMERS *UFOMT

MASON BAST*

Child Performer in Oliver!

ALSO: Music Theatre West

MILO BIGGS

Child Performer in Oliver!

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah Festival Conservatory of Performing Arts, UFOMT 2022 Season

2023 Profiles

SAGE BIGGS

Child Performance in Oliver!

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Allegro Dance Studio, UFOMT 2022 Season

SCARLET BIGGS

Child Performance in Oliver!

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Allegro Dance Studio, UFOMT 2022 Season

VIVIAN ESPINOSA

Child Performer, Our Town

Pocatello, Idaho Stage Debut/ 1st Season UFOMT

BOSTON CLEMENS

Child Performer in Oliver! and Our Town

Kaysville, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, CenterPoint Academy, Davis High School

McKAY CLEMENS

Child Performer in Oliver!

Kaysville, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, CenterPoint Academy, Kaysville Junior High

ROSS CLEMENS*

Title Role in Oliver!

Kaysville, Utah

CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, CenterPoint Academy, Columbia Elementary School

RUBY CLEMENS*

Child Performer in Oliver!

Kaysville, Utah

Davis Dance Academy

SEBASTIAN ESPINOSA

Child Performer in Oliver! | Lohengrin

Pocatello, Idaho

4th UFOMT Season

ALSO: UFOMT 2022 Season, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Idaho State University

ABEL GUSTIN*

Child Performer in Oliver!

Providence, Utah

ALSO: Utah Festival Conservatory of Performing Arts, Valley Dance Ensemble, Cache Children’s Choir

EMMANUEL GUSTIN

Child Performer in Oliver!

Providence, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Cache Theatre Company, Cache Children’s Choir, UFOMT 2022 Season

ROMANE GUSTIN*

Child Performer in Oliver! and Our Town

Providence, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah Festival Conservatory of Performing Arts, Cache Children’s Choir, Valley Dance Ensemble

ALINE LARANJA*

Child Performer in Our Town River Heights, Utah

ALSO: Utah Festival Conservatory of Performing Arts, Cache Theatre Company, The Biz Academy of Music

LUNA MAJZLIN

Child Performer in Oliver! and Our Town

Culver City, California

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah Festival Conservatory of Performing Arts, Actor’s Gang (Culver City), National Children’s Chorus

2023 Profiles

GEORGE MCCONKIE*

Child Performer in Oliver!

ROBERT MCCONKIE*

Child Performer in Oliver!

SOREN PEDERSON

Child Performer in Oliver!

Providence, Utah

ALSO: Music Theatre West

MONROE RIGBY

Child Performer in Our Town and Verdi’s Aida

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah Festival Conservatory of Performing Arts, UFOMT 2022 Season, Cache Theatre Company

STEIN ROCKWOOD

Child Performer in Oliver!

North Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: UFOMT 2022 Season, Green Canyon Band

MASON ROSARIO

Child Performer inVerdi’s Aida

SAMUEL RUSCH

Child Performer in Oliver!

2nd UFOMT Season

Hyde Park, Utah

ALSO: Cache Children’s Choir, Cache Valley Civic Ballet, American Festival Chorus Children’s Chorus

AJ SLEE

Child Performer, Oliver!

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: UFOMT, Les Misérables, Jr, DaVinci Academy

NIXON THEDELL*

Child Performer in Oliver!

ALSO: Unicorn Theatre

DREW WILLIAMS*

Child Performer in Oliver!

North Logan, Utah

ALSO: Cache Theatre Company, The Old Barn Theatre, Four Seasons Theatre Company

LUCAS ROSARIO.

Child Performer in Verdi’s Aida

2023 Profiles

DIRECTORS/CHOREOGRAPHERS

*UFOMT Debut

VANESSA BALLAM

(See Artists Section)

STEFAN ESPINOSA

(See Artists Section)

JOHN DE LOS SANTOS

Director/Choreographer, Verdi’s Aida, Director/Choreographer, Elton

John’s Aida

Bulverde, Texas

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Santa Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, San Diego Opera

DESIGNERS

*UFOMT Debut

ERIN CARIGNAN*

Costume Designer, Verdi’s Aida

Fort Collins, Colorado

ALSO: Arkansas Shakespeare Company, Pioneer Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company

MICHAEL FRANCIS*

Projection Designer for Gentleman’s Guide

ALEXANDER GRAHAM

Scenic Designer for Our Town

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Surflight, Western Illinois University

DENNIS HASSAN

Scenic Designer for Oliver! and Gentleman’s Guide…

12th UFOMT Season

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Fulton Theatre, Maine State Musical Theatre, Hale Center Theatre

PATRICK LARSEN

Scenic Designer, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Lohengrin

MEREDITH MAGOUN*

Costume Designer for Our Town

Norfolk, Virginia

ALSO: ODU Rep Theatre, The Village Theatre, Green Mountain Opera Festival

JOHN MITCHELL*

Lightning Designer, Lohengrin, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town, Oliver!, and Gentleman’s Guide

New York City, New York

ALSO: Pittsburgh Opera, Lincoln Park Performing Arts, Syncopated Ladies 2022

SUZAN HANSON (See Artists Section)

GEORGE PINNEY

Director/Choreographer, Oliver!| Director/Choreographer, Gentleman’s Guide

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

4rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: BLAST on Broadway (Tony Nomination in Choreography), Adirondack Theatre Festival, Indiana University

STEPHANIE NGUYEN*

Costume Designer for Oliver!

Flagstaff, Arizona

ALSO: East West Players, Wilmette Center for the Arts, Purdue Theatre

JASON ORLENKO

Costume Designer for Elton

John’s Aida

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

ALSO: Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee

Repertory Theatre, Indiana University Theatre & Dance

MALLORY PRUCHA

Costume Designer for Lohengrin

Lubbock, Texas

7th UFOMT Season

ALSO: USA, Local 829 IATSE

BRYAN Z. RICHARDS

Sound Designer for Lohengrin, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town,

Oliver!, and Gentleman’s Guide

Farmington, Utah

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Disneyland Resort, Netflix Studios, Goodspeed Musicals

SYDNEY E. SOUSA*

Projections Designer, Lohengrin, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida

ALSO: University of Texas at Austin, NETworks, Feld Entertainment

MELYSSA SWENSEN

Wig and Makeup Designer, Lohengrin, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town, Oliver!,

Gentleman’s Guide

Lakewood, California

12TH UFOMT Season

ALSO: The Old Globe, Seattle Opera, Jersey Boys, Vegas Company

2023 Profiles

JESS WALLACE

Costume Designer, Gentleman’s Guide |

Director of Costumes/ Wardrobe

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University, Old Lyric Repertory Company, Hale Center Theatre Sandy

MUSIC STAFF

*UFOMT Debut

DALLAS K. AKSOY

Coach/Pianist/ Chorusmaster/Associate

Conductor, Lohengrin, Elton John’s Aida | Pit

Pianist, Elton John’s Aida

| Accordion, Oliver! |

Concept & Pianist, The Pianists!

River Heights, Utah

13th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University, Utah Opera, Opera Idaho

ARTHUR BOSARGE

Pianist/Chorus Master/ Associate Conductor, Oliver! (see Conductor credit)

Fairhope, Alabama

3nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Opera Birmingham, Opera Memphis, Florida Grand Opera, Sarasota Opera

AMY GLENN*

Principal Pianist, International Vocal Competition Semi’s & Finals

| Principal Pianist, Britten’s War Requiem

Chehalis, Washington

ALSO: Calgary Opera, San Francisco Opera, West Bay Opera

MICHAEL HUFF

Coach/Pianist, Sentimental Journey

Ephraim, Utah

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Snow College, Utah State University, University of Utah

CHLO

E JIHEE KIM*

Associate Conductor/ Pianist, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town

South Korea

ALSO: Florida Grand Opera, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera

AARON NASH*

Coach/Pianist, Gentleman’s Guide | 3rd Keyboard, Elton

John’s Aida

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Utah State University Opera Theatre, Hopebox Theatre

NICHOLAS POTHIER

Coach/Pianist, Oliver!, Lohengrin | 2nd Keyboard, Elton John’s Aida

Derry, New Hampshire

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Lyric Theatre at Illinois, Opera Saratoga, Opera NEO

MATTHEW STEPHENS*

Coach/Pianist/ Chorusmaster, Our Town | Associate Conductor, Gentleman’s Guide

ALSO: Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Sound of Music

National Tour, Utah Symphony, NYMF

ORCHESTRA

*UFOMT Debut

ANGELA ALLEN*

Violin

Hickory, New York

ALSO: Western Piedmont Symphony, Salisbury Symphony, Winston Salem Symphony

DOUGLAS AMOS*

Trumpet

Toledo, Ohio

ALSO: Erie Philharmonic,

Jackson Symphony, Lima Symphony

MEGAN AMOS*

Horn Toledo, Ohio

ALSO: Toledo Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory

JOSIAH BOOTHBY

Horn

2nd UFOMT Season

Seattle, Washington

Yakima Symphony, Boise

Philharmonic, Land of the Sweets

CHRISTIAN BOTT*

Guitar

San Clemente, Calafornia

ALSO: USU Jazz Orchestra

DOUG BROWN

Bassoon

8th UFOMT Season

Phoenix, Arizona

ALSO: Phoenix Symphony, San Diego Symphony, San Francisco Symphony

MARILYN COLE

Oboe/English Horn

Billings, Montana

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Broadway Company, Utah Symphony, New Jersey Symphony

JAROM COLEMAN

Clarinet

Cedar City, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Southern Utah

University, Tuscaloosa Symphony

JOSIAH CORDES

Cello

Logan, Utah

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO:Utah State University

GIANLUCA FARINA*

Trumpet

Smithtown, New York

2023 Profiles

ALSO: Sarasota Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra

BELLA FAUSETT*

Violin

Holladay, Utah

ALSO: USU Orchestra

NATHAN FRANTZ

Viola

Sarasota, Florida

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Sarasota Orchestra, Spoleto Festival

Charleston, Dallas Opera

SARA GUNNELL

Violin

Mount Pleasant, Utah

UFOMT Season

ALSO: Brevard Music, Snow College

EMILY HAGEE

Horn

Washington D.C.

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Sarasota Opera, Virginia Symphony, Boise Philharmonic

KIM HAIN*

Violin

Los Angeles, California

ALSO: Atlanta Opera, Pacific Opera Project, 3D Theatricals

STEVE HUNTER

Trombone

Hyrum, Utah

ALSO: Ballet West, Crosstown Big Band

MARY KAUSEK*

Oboe/English Horn

Claremore, Oklahoma

ALSO: Great Lakes

Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera, CityMusic Cleveland

LORI KESNER

Flute/Piccolo

Annapolis, Maryland

13th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Maryland Lyric Opera, Annapolis Symphony, Alexandria Symphony

HANNAH MACGILLIVRAY*

Bass

Calrgary, Alberta

ALSO: Lubbock Symphony

MAX MATZEN

Trumpet

Logan, Utah

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Geva Theatre, Florida Theatre, Music Theatre West

MICHAEL E. MCNICHOLAS

Orchestra Production

Manager, Percussion

Dallas, Texas

19th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Dallas Winds, Dallas Opera, Dallas Symphony

JOSHUA OWENS*

Oboe/English Horn

Austin, Texas

ALSO: Manhattan School of Music, University of Texas/ Austin

DAVID PESHLAKAI*

Cello

Hillsdale, Michigan

ALSO: Michigan Opera Theatre, Opera Grand Rapids

LUKE PFEIL

Bassoon

Salt Lake City, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Pioneer Theatre, San Juan Symphony, Idaho Falls Symphony

DREW POWELL*

Flute/Piccolo

Spokane, Washington

ALSO: San Francisco Opera, Opera San Jose, Utah Symphony, Utah Opera

ENRIQUE TELLEZ

Tuba

Salt Lake City, Utah

7th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Olympus Brass Quintet, Salt Lake Symphonic Winds

ANDREW WARFIELD*

Horn

Nashville, Tennessee

ALSO: San Antonio Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony

ORCHESTRA (CONCERTS ONLY)

THIAGO ANCELMO DE SOUZA*

Clarinet

São Paulo, Brazil

ALSO: São Paulo Opera House, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Iowa City Opera

PARKER BOWLES*

Percussion

Syracuse, New York

ALSO: Assistant DirectorSkyview High School

CLAIRE CARDON*

Violin

Logan, Utah

ALSO: American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Music Theatre West, Roanoke Symphony

JOEL CARDON*

Logan, Utah

ALSO: American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Lyric Repertory, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

CHRIS CASTELLANOS*

Horn

Las Vegas, Nevada

ALSO: Co-owner/Arranger/ Hornist-Boston Brass

MELISSA DAYLEY

Viola

Idaho Falls, Idaho

11th UFOMT Season

2023 Profiles

ALSO: Idaho Falls Symphony, Vietnam National Opera and Ballet, El Paso Symphony

EMILY ASHCROFT

DENSLEY

Percussion

Hyde Park, Utah

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Music Theatre West, Cache Theatre Company, Utah State University

Opera and Theatre

BOYD EDWARDS*

Violin

North Logan, Utah

ALSO: Pittsburgh Ballet, Music Theatre West, USU Orchestra

DONNI EVANS*

Violin

Wellsville, Utah

ALSO: Our Planet Live, Music Theatre

West, Utah Vocal Arts Academy

JASON FINDLAY*

Violin

Orem, Utah

ALSO: Nachtmusik, American Festival Orchestra

JON GUDMUNDSON

Bari Saxophone

Logan, Utah

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Strange Angles, Harry James Band, AMP

JEIRAN HASAN*

Flute

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Utah State University, Theatre Cedar Rapids, Revival Theatre Company

DENNIS HIRST

Bassoon

Logan, Utah

4th UFOMT Season

ALSO: American Festival Orchestra, Heifetz International Music Institute, Utah Symphony

HALSEY HOLT*

Violin

Logan, Utah

ALSO: American Festival

Chorus and Orchestra, Ensign Symphony, BYUIdaho Symphony Orchestra

LAUREN HUNT

Horn

McLean, Virginia

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University Faculty, New England Conservatory

ESTELLE RHODES

Violin

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University

JOSHUA SKINNER

Bass

Moscow, Idaho

12th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Walla Walla Symphony, Spokane Symphony, University of Idaho

JUSTIN SLACK*

Trombone

Hyrum, Utah

ALSO: Music Theatre

West, American Festival Orchestra, 23rd Army Base

MARIE SMITH*

Horn

Tulsa, Oklahoma

ALSO: Tulsa Opera Company, Idaho Falls

Opera Theatre, Eastman

Opera

MATTHEW TROY*

Viola

Hickory, North Carolina

ALSO: Western Piedmont

Symphony, Oklahoma City

Philharmonic, Greensboro Opera

PAUL TULLIS

Viola

Ft Worth, Texas

16th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Dallas Opera

ALSO: Music Theatre West, Capitol Theatre, Crestmark Productions

STAGE MANAGEMENT

*UFOMT Debut RACHEL DANE*

Production Stage Manager, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida

Washington D.C.

ALSO: The Israeli Opera Tel Aviv-Yafo, Opera Lafayette, The Atlanta Opera

CARSON GILMORE*

Production Stage Manager, Lohengrin, Our Town, Late Night Cabarets

Los Angeles, California

ALSO: Fort Worth Operas, The Industry, Opera Southwest

MARISA KILGALLEN*

Production Stage Manager, Oliver!, Gentleman’s Guide Sayerville, New Jersey

ALSO: Surflight Theatre, Winnipesauke Playhouse, Adirondack Theatre Festival

MIE (MIA) JIN*

Assistant Stage Manager, Lohengrin, Our Town Harbin, China

ALSO: Contemporary American Theatre Festival, University of Cincinnato Conservatory of Music, China Central Television Channel 3

MEGAN ROSS

Assistant Stage Manager, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida

2nd UFOMT Season

Layton, Utah

ALSO: Arizona Opera, Canterbury Summer Theatre, Santa Fe Opera

LEXIE SECRIST*

Assistant Stage Manager, Oliver!, Gentleman’s Guide

Los Angeles, California

ALSO: The Mark Taper Forum, The Fountain Theatre, Dezart Performs

CRYSTAL ESPINOZA*

Production Assistant, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida Corona, California

ALSO: Cal Poly Pomona Department of Theatre & New Dance

RACHEL TILLOTSON*

Production Assistant, Lohengrin, Our Town Tremonton, Utah

ALSO: Utah State University, Music Theatre West

CHRISTOPHER VLAMAKIS*

Production Assistant, Oliver!, Gentleman’s Guide Helper, Utah

ALSO: Utah Valley University, USU Eastern, Tuacahn Center for the Arts

SEASONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF

*UFOMT Debut

MEGHAN RICHARDS* Orchestra Librarian

River Heights, Utah

ALSO: Music Theatre

West, American Festival

Chorus & Orchestra, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

ELISE CARTER*

Box Office Assistant

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Logan High Theatre

2023 Profiles

LARRICK*

Youth Performer Liason, Electrics

Clermont, Florida

ALSO: Ball State University

CLAIRE ARMSTRONG*

Assistant Company Manager, Library Assistant Logan, Utah

ALSO: USU University

Symphony, USU Opera

ANNA BLANCHARD

Box Office Assistant

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Logan High Theatre

MCKENNA FINLEY

Company Management

Associate, Education

Assistant, Broadway Bound Summer Program

Stage Manager, UHSMTA’s Les Miserables, Jr.

ALSO: Utah Festival

Conservatory of the Performing Arts, The Antics

Comedy Improv, USU Theatre

AFTON MURRAY*

Box Office Assistant

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Logan High Theatre

KYRA PETERSON

Company Management

Associate, Box Office Assistant

North Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: USU Eastern, Green Canyon High School

RILEY RITCHIE

Company Management

Associate-Housing, Pre- & Post-Season Logisitics, Shuttle Coordinator

ANNA WALKER*

Production Scheduler, Assistant Production Manager

Chicago, Illinois

ALSO: Piven Theatre Workshop, Griffin Theatre Co, Otterbein Summer Theatre

P.A. WANAMAKER*

Youth Performer Liason, Oliver!, Our Town, Verdi’s Aida

Butte, Montana

ALSO: Southwest Summer Theatre Institute, Port Peck Summer Theatre, University of Montana Theatre

DILLAN WRIGHT

Box Office

Smithfield, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: The Dance Source, SkyHigh Players, North Cache Theatre

AUDIO/VISUAL

*UFOMT Debut

CHLOE PATE*

Audio Engineer (A2)

Lafayette, Indiana

ALSO: Purdue Theatre, North Mantgomery Theatre, Vanity Theatre

BEN PETERSON

Audio Engineer (A1)

2nd UFOMT Season

Logan, Utah

ALSO: USU Eastern Theatre, The Antics

Comedy Improv, Cache Theatre Company

BRYAN PIVARAL*

Audio Engineer (A1)

Miami, Florida

ALSO: University of Cincinnati, California Institute of the Arts, Florida International University

MIELEE PRETTYMAN*

Sound Tech

Price, Utah

ALSO: USU Eastern Theatre, Carbon High

School, Carbon County

Community Theatre

LANDON WEEKS*

Video Engineer

Nibley, Utah

ALSO: Cache Theatre Company, Music Theatre West, The Siegfeld Theatre

COSTUMES/WARDROBE

*UFOMT Debut

AMELIE BOISSONAS*

Dresser

ALSO: Westminster College

Opera Studio, Westminster College Musical Theatre, Sun Prarie High School

MICHELLE BRADFORD*

Stitcher

Logan, Utah

ALSO:

MANDOLYNN

BROWNING

First Hand

Aztec, New Mexico

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Old Lyric Repertory Company, Sandstone Productions, Bottom of the Barrel Theatre Company

JENNIFER BYINGTON* Dresser

AMANDA CHIARO*

Studio Assistant Costumes

Cape May, New Jersey

ALSO: Haddonfield

Plays&Players, Myer’s Dinner Theatre, Millbrook

Playhouse

CHEYENNE DAVIES*

Stitcher

Spanish Fork, Utah

ALSO:

ARLEY DEL TORO*

Crafts Assistant & Dresser

Glendora, California

ALSO: Cal Poly Pomona College

ALERIE DEMEERLEE*

Costume Design Assistant

Moscow, Idaho

ALSO: University of Idaho

DAWNETTE L. DRYER*

Cutter/Draper

Bloomington, Indiana ALSO: Indiana University, SMIC Private School, Beijing, China, Indian Valley Academy

KAREN EARLY*

Stitcher

Logan, Utah

GRETCHEN EDWARDS*

Stitcher

Logan, Utah

AMANDA GEYER*

Costume Design Assistant

Sterling, Virginia

ALSO: Round House Theatre, Imagination Stage, Live Arts Theatre

TAYLOR GRIFFITHS*

Stitcher

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Idaho State University

HILARY HAYES*

First Hand

Seattle, Washington

ALSO: Penn State Centre Stage, Opera Santa Barbara

CRYSTAL HERMAN

Cutter/Draper

6th UFOMT Season

Cloudcroft, New Mexico

ALSO: Weston Playhouse, Chickasaw Arts Academy, Ohio State University

SANDY HUNTER*

Stitcher

ALSO: Ballet West Orchestra, Crosstwon Big Band, Orchestra at Temple Square

SHAUNA JENSEN*

Stitcher

Logan, Utah

SIDNEY JOHNSON*

Dresser

ALSO: Logan High School, Mount Logan Middle School, UFOMT

CLOVER KELLY

First Hand

Grand Rapids, Michigan

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: University of Utah

School of Dance, Opera in the Ozarks, Shakespeare & Company

DEBI KING*

Stitcher

North Logan, Utah

AUGUST MAYER*

Costume Design Assistant

Vail, Colorado

ALSO: Colorado State University, VIlar

Performing Arts Center, UFOMT

ADDILYN MICKELSEN*

Dresser

ALSO: Mountain Crest

EMMA MORLINO*

Stitcher/Dresser

Buffalo, New York

ALSO: Chautauqua Institute Dance Company, State University of New York at Fredonia

KAIA MORTENSEN*

Stitcher

ALSO: Oklahoma State University, Tulsa Ballet, Oklahoma State University

Theatre Council

MURCHISON MURRAY*

Dresser

ALSO: Theatre of Gadsden, Jacksonville Opera Theatre, JSU Department of Theatre & Film

2023 Profiles

BRONWYN O’HARA*

Stitcher

Logan, Utah

JILLIAN PRICCO*

First Hand

Long Beach, California

ALSO: South Coast Repertory, California

Repertory Company, CSUFDepartment of Theatre & Dance

REGAN SHAW*

Wardrobe Supervisor

ALSO: Mary Moody

Nothern Theatre, National Broadway Tours, St. Edward’s University

ALYSSA SHUMAKER*

Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor

ALSO: University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Zilker Theatrical Productions, Kids Acting

Austin

EMILY SINATRA*

Stitcher

Roswell, Georgia

ALSO: Roswell Cultural Arts

Centewr, Kennesaw State University Department of Theatre, Alfred University Arts Program

CATHERINE SOUCY*

Cutter/Draper

Farmington, Utah

ALSO: Soucy Freelance

ELI SUMMERS*

Costume Studio Assistant/ Dresser

Little Rock, Arkansas

ALSO: Arkansas

Shakespeare Theatre

TAYLOR VANAMAN*

Stitcher

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

ALSO: Shenandoah University, Mar-Le-Nie Dance Studios

BETH WALLACE*

First Hand

Elkhorn, Wisconsin

ALSO: Indiana University, University of WisconsinPlattville, The Grand Opera House

FREDERICK WINDROSS*

Craft Artisan/Stitcher

Port Saint Lucie, Florida

ALSO: Alabama

Shakespeare Festival, Wetumpka Depot Players, A.C.T. Studio Theatre

ELECTRICS

*UFOMT Debut BRIANA CASTILLO*

Electrician

Laredo, Texas

ALSO: Texas State University, Laredo Theater Guild International, Laredo College’s Opera Workshop

SEAN DEUEL*

Lighting Programmer

Santa Ana, California

ALSO: South Coast

Repertory, Summer

Theatre Festival, University of California, Irvine

JAZZ GRANT*

Electrician

Salmon, Idaho

ALSO: Idaho State University

WILLEM HINTERNHOFF

Associate Lighting Designer

Atlanta, Georgia

ALSO: Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Theater

MITU580

GISELE JOSEPH*

Electrician

Miami, Florida

ALSO: Florida International University Theatre Program

ANNE LLOYD*

Electrician

Gaithersburg, Maryland

ALSO: Virginia Tech

JOSEPH LOATS*

Assistant Lighting Designer

Lawrence, Kansas

ALSO: California State Polytechnic University –Pomona

SARAH LONG*

Head of Electronics

Scotland

ALSO: Texas State University

GABE WHITNACK*

Assistant Head Electrician

Durham, North Carolina

ALSO: Otterbein University, Des Moines Metro Opera

SAGE WUERTZER*

Assistant Head of Electrics

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

ALSO: Otterbein University, Mills James, Illinois High School Theatre Festival

SCENIC

*UFOMT Debut

ANTHONY ARZATE*

Carpenter

Santa Ana, California

ALSO: Cal Poly Pomona

Department of Theatre, Cal Poly Pomona Department of Theatre, Cal Poly

Pomona Department of Theatre

ADREAHNA BROWN*

Crew - Swing Technician

Cleveland, Georgia

ALSO: Young Harris College

Theatre Department, White County High School

Theatre Department, Utah

Festival Opera and Musical Theatre

ZACHARY CARY* Tech

RYKER CHILDS*

Carpenter

DANIELLE GONZALEZ*

Early Build Tech

OLIVIA HALLE*

Scenic Artist

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

ALSO: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, Lakeshore Productions Inc.

HAILEY HAYMOND

Paint Charge

2nd UFOMT Season

West Jordan, Utah

ALSO: Utah State University Theater, Utah State University Eastern Theater, Desert Star Theater

MORGAN INNES

Scenic Artist and Run Crew

2nd UFOMT Season

Price, Utah

ALSO: Utah State University Eastern, Helper Clamper Society

BENJAMIN JOHNSON*

Carpenter, Run Crew, & Company Management

Bigfork, Montana

ALSO: Atlantic Theatre Company, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bigfork Summer Playhouse

KOI JOHNSON*

Scenic Artist

Waco, Texas

Stephen F. Austin State University

BENJI LOOKATCH*

Carpenter

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

ALSO: University of Cincinnati CCM

CHRIS LUBITZ*

Carpenter

Port Orchard, Washington

ALSO: University of

2023 Profiles

Montana, Dennison

Theatre, South Kitsap High School

PATRICK PAULK

Carpenter

2nd UFOMT Season

Price, Utah

ALSO: Utah State University Eastern

JORDAN “PETEY”

PETERSON

Master Carpenter

2nd UFOMT Season

Idaho Falls, Idaho

WESLEY SEIDERMAN

Early Build Tech

JAXYN SPARKS*

Role/Crew Swing

ALSO: Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Music Theatre West, Cache Theatre Company

REBECCA STOCK

Early Build Tech

ANDY STONER

3rd UFOMT Season

Ensemble in Lohengrin and Oliver!

BRAYDEN SUMMERS

Carpenter

2nd UFOMT Season

Tooele, Utah

ALSO: USU Eastern, Empress Theatre, Stansbury High

PROPERTIES

*UFOMT Debut

VIOLET BORDIN*

Props Artisan

San Francisco, California

KRISTAL FREW*

Properties Assistant

ALSO: Spoon River College, Western Illinois University, Maples Repertory Theatre

CLARE C. KELLY*

Head of Props

Memphis, Tennessee

ALSO: Opera Memphis, University of Memphis

Department of Theatre and Dance, Charlottesville Opera

BRYNN LARSEN*

Properties Assistant

Roosevelt, Utah

ALSO: USU Eastern Theatre Department, The Vernal Theatre Live, Unicorn Theatre

RAINE SAARI*

Properties Assistant

Granstville, Utah

ALSO: Lyric Repertory Company, Snow College

GEORGIA TSOLAKIS*

Properties Artisan

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

HAIR & MAKEUP

*UFOMT Debut

ASHTON CHALLIS

Hair & Makeup Tech

North Logan, Utah

MEGAN HANKINS*

Hair & Makeup Artisan

Pocatello, Idaho

SCYLER SMITH

Hair & Makeup Artisan

Murray, Utah

MELYSSA SWENSEN

Wig/Makeup Designer

12th UFOMT Season

Lakewood, California

ALSO: The Old Globe, Seattle Opera, Jersey Boys

Vegas Company

EMMELINE SWINK

Hair & Makeup Artisan

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Opera Idaho, Idaho State University, Old Town

Actor’s Studio

ALYXAINE “ALYX” VETTER*

Assistant Hair Designer & Show Supervisor

San Francisco, California

ALSO: The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, Opera Idaho, Walt Disney Company

UTAH FESTIVAL OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2022 – 2023

Debbie Cutler, President

Michael L. Ballam

Ben Clawson

Pamela March

Karl Ward

Teresa Basset, Treasurer

Jack Shouse

Lyle Hillyard

Diane Summers

Vanessa Ballam

Annette Macfarlane, Secretary

HONORARY NATIONAL COUNCIL

2023 - 2024

Fred C. Adams, in memoriam

Shari Badger

Vanessa Ballam

Jonathan Bullen

Bryan Burr

Marion Campbell

Gary L. Carlston

W. Boyd Christensen, in memoriam

Clark N. Cutler

Barbara Fjeldsted

Nathan Gunn

Sheldon Harnick

Senator Orrin Hatch, in memoriam

Lyle W. Hillyard

Julie Hollist Terrill

Ronald W. Jibson

Shirley Keyes

Don L. Lind, emeritus, in memoriam

Jo Loesser, in memoriam

Jay W. Mitton

Ann Mortenson

Cheri Murdock

Gordon L. Nelson

Kelli O’Hara

Loraine Pace

Glenn H. Peterson

Hal Prince, in memoriam

Carolyn Nebeker

2023 Profiles

Rasmussen

John Reed, O.B.E, in memoriam

Walter B. Rudolph

Theodore G. Schmidt, Jr.

Hyrum W. Smith, in memoriam

Jim M. Wall

John Worley III

FULL-TIME ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT STAFF

MICHAEL BALLAM

Founder & General Director

31st Season at UFOMT

VANESSA BALLAM

Associate Artistic Director

23rd Season at UFOMT

KENDAL BATES

Creative Director

13th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Rocketbox Creative

NANSI BLAU

Director of Ticketing

23rd UFOMT Season

TIANA BLAU

Box Office Manager

3rd UFOMT Season

CHARLOTTE CANTWELL Controller

29th UFOMT Season

EMILY CHALLIS

STEFAN ESPINOSA

Conservatory Director/ Artistic Associate

14th UFOMT Season

PAMELA L. GEE

Opera By Children Director

26th UFOMT Season

GARY GRIFFIN

Managing Director

18tth UFOMT Season

BRENT INNES

3rd UFOMT Season

Technical Director

ALSO: USU Eastern, Tuacahn, Carriage House Theatre

LINDSEY KELSTROM

UFOMT Conservatory Business Manager

CAROLYNN LARSON

Director of Orchestra

Management

14th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Music Theatre

West, American Festival Orchestra

ANNETTE MACFARLANE

Development Director

5th UFOMT Season

BRIAN S. NEWMAN*

Director of Production

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

ALSO: Cal Poly Pomona, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cirque du Soleil

CURT OLDS

Director of Artistic Programming

6th UFOMT Season

ALSO: see artist profile

JARED ROUNDS

Administrative Assistant

12th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Logan High School Theatre Teacher, Lyric Repertory Company, Music Theatre West

JACK SHOUSE

Artistic Consultant Emeritus

25th UFOMT Season

KYLE STEIN

Assistant Technical Director

25th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Lyric Theatre, Lyric Theatre

JESS WALLACE*

Director of Costumes & Wardrobe

ALSO: Lyric Repatory

Theatre, Utah State University Theatre, Hale Center Theatre-Sandy

HONORARY NATIONAL COUNCIL

2023 - 2024

Fred C. Adams, in memoriam

Shari Badger

Vanessa Ballam

Jonathan Bullen

Bryan Burr

Marion Campbell

Gary L. Carlston

W. Boyd Christensen, in memoriam

Clark N. Cutler

Barbara Fjeldsted

Nathan Gunn

Sheldon Harnick

Senator Orrin Hatch, in memoriam

Lyle W. Hillyard

Julie Hollist Terrill

Ronald W. Jibson

Shirley Keyes

Don L. Lind, emeritus, in memoriam

Jo Loesser, in memoriam

Jay W. Mitton

Ann Mortenson

Cheri Murdock

Gordon L. Nelson

Kelli O’Hara

Loraine Pace

Glenn H. Peterson

Hal Prince, in memoriam

Carolyn Nebeker

Rasmussen

John Reed, O.B.E, in memoriam

Walter B. Rudolph

Theodore G. Schmidt, Jr.

Hyrum W. Smith, in memoriam

Jim M. Wall

John Worley III

OPERA BY CHILDREN

Kristen Day

Becca Gee

Sarah Gee

Pamela Gee

Kelin Gibbons

Rachel Goates

Dana Gossner

Nancy Griffin

Becky Hainsworth

Chelsea Hernandez

Lygia Johnson

Angela Kotter

MarLyn McKinley

Madeline Norman

Tracey Norton

Lori Pomeroy

April Ricks

Lisa Saunderson

Emily Shaw

JeniSage Sidwell

Marianne Sidwell

Janene Wirthlin

Lori Wood

CONSERVATORY INSTRUCTORS

Jeremey Adriano- Musical Theatre Masterclass

Samantha Capener- JR Creative Drama, SR Spring Production

McKenna Finley- JR Fall Production, SR Spring Production

Grant Fuller- Tap Intensive

Lindsey Kelstrom- Musical Theatre Masterclass, JR Fall Production

Annalee Roberts- Musical Theatre Dance

Jocelyn van Wyk- JR Fall Production, JR Musical Theatre Vocal Prep

UFOMT would like to take the opportunity to include some additional program material and adjustments that were inadvertently left out of the season playbill. We want to make sure we properly acknowledge the amazing artists listed below, without whom the festival would not be possible. UFOMT salutes the entire 2023 Festival Company.

UFOMT would also like to thank Mills Publishing for helping to provide this insert. UFOMT and Mills Publishing have enjoyed a very long partnership. We are extremely grateful for their expertise and assistance each season.

2023 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

*UFOMT Debut

ANGELA ALLEN*

Hickory, North Carolina

ALSO: Western Piedmont Symphony, Salisbury Symphony, Winston Salem Symphony

DOUGLAS AMOS*

Trumpet

Toledo, Ohio

ALSO: Erie Philharmonic, Jackson Symphony, Lima Symphony

MEGAN AMOS*

Horn

Toledo, Ohio

ALSO: Toledo Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory

MEGHAN BIRMINGHAM

Viola

Dallas. Texas

8th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Dallas Opera

JOSIAH BOOTHBY

Horn

2nd UFOMT Season

Seattle, Washington

Yakima Symphony, Boise

Philharmonic, Land of the Sweets

CHRISTIAN BOTT*

Guitar

San Clemente, California

ALSO: USU Jazz Orchestra

DOUG BROWN

Bassoon

8th UFOMT Season

Phoenix, Arizona

ALSO: Phoenix Symphony, San Diego Symphony, San Francisco Symphony

SAMUEL BRYSON Percussion

Ogden, Utah

16th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Weber State University, Ballet West, New American Philharmonic

MARIA BUONVIRI

Bassoon

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

17th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Academy of Vocal Arts, Reading Symphony Orchestra, Gettysburg Symphony Orchestra

NATHAN BUONVIRI

Percussion

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

18th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Temple University, Polkadelphia, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

MARILYN COLE

Oboe/English Horn

Billings, Montana

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Broadway Company, Utah Symphony, New Jersey Symphony

JAROM COLEMAN

Clarinet

Cedar City, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Southern Utah Symphony, Tuscaloosa Symphony

JOSIAH CORDES

Cello

Logan, Utah

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University

LIZ FALLIS

Flute

Park City, Utah

12th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Leaping Lulu Celtic Band, Classical Music Festival (Austria), Okanagan Symphony (Canada)

TODD FALLIS

Trombone

Park City, Utah

31st UFOMT Season

ALSO: Okanagan Symphony (Canada), Classical Music Festival (Austria), Ballet West (Utah)

GIANLUCA FARINA*

Trumpet

Smithtown, New York

ALSO: Sarasota Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra

BELLA FAUSETT*

Violin

Holliday, Utah

ALSO: USU Orchestra

NATHAN FRANTZ

Viola

Sarasota, Florida

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Sarasota Orchestra, Spoleto Festival Charleston, Dallas Opera

CATHERINE GATEWOOD

Clarinet

St Petersburg, Florida

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Naples

Philharmonic, Nu Deco Ensemble

AMELIA GUERTLER

Violin

Providence, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University Opera, USU Theatre

J. MICHELE GUNN

Viola

Houston, Texas

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Carrefour Collaborative Music Project, Texarkana Symphony Orchestra

SARA GUNNELL

Violin

Mount pleasant, Utah

ALSO: Brevard Music, Snow College

EMILY HAGEE

Horn

Washington D.C.

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Sarasota Opera, Virginia Symphony, Boise Philharmonic

KIM HAIN*

Violin

Los Angeles, California

ALSO: Atlanta Opera, Pacific Opera Project, 3D Theatricals

ERIC HATCH

Clarinet/ Alto Saxophone

North Logan, Utah

18th UFOMT Season

ASLO: American Festival

Chorus and Orchestra, Music Theatre West, USAF Band

STEVE HUNTER

Trombone

Hyrum, Utah

ALSO: Ballet West, Crosstown Big Band

ROGER KARREN

Trombone

Smithfield, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Music Theatre

West, Larry Smith Kicks

Big Band, American Festival Orchestra

MARY KAUSEK*

Oboe/English Horn

Claremore, Oklahoma

ALSO: Great Lakes

Theatre, Pittsburgh

Opera, CityMusic Cleveland

LORI KESNER

Flute/Piccolo

Annapolis, Maryland

13th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Maryland Lyric

Opera, Annapolis

Symphony, Alexandria Symphony

STEFAN KOCH

Cello

Ann Arbor, Michigan

14th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Lansing Symphony, Detroit Opera, Richard Stöhr Project

CAROLYNN LARSON

Concertmaster, A

Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Sentimental

Journey, King of Pangaea

Director of Orchestra

Management

North Logan, Utah

14th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Music Theatre

West, American Festival Orchestra

NICHOLAS LEMON*

Percussion

Dallas, Texas ALSO: Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, SMU Meadows Symphony Orchestra, SMU Meadows

Wind Ensemble

HANNAH MACGILLIVRAY*

Bass

Calgary, Alberta

ALSO: Lubbock Symphony

STEPHEN MADANCY

Trumpet

New York, New York

20th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Sarasota Orchestra, Metropolitan Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic

MAX MATZEN

Trumpet

Logan, Utah

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Geva Theatre, Florida Theatre, Music Theatre West

BRETT MCALLISTER

Violin/VIola

Logan, Utah

20th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Orchestra at Temple Square, American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Glacier Symphony

ERIC MCALLISTER

Violin

Las Vegas, Nevada

28th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Las Vegas

Philharmonic, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Opera Las Vegas

JAYME McKENNA

Viola

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: American Festival

Chorus and Orchestra, Northern Utah Symphony, Cache Symphony Orchestra

MICHAEL E. MCNICHOLAS

Percussion

Dallas, Texas

19th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Dallas Winds, Dallas Opera, Dallas Symphony

AMANDA NIX

Concert Master, Lohengrin, Verdi’s Aida, Oliver!, Our Town

Sarasota, Florida

9th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Opera, My Fair Lady National Tour-Troika

NATE OSTERMILLER

Guitar

Logan, Utah

10th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University, Utah Symphony

JOSHUA OWENS*

Oboe/English Horn

Austin, Texas

ALSO: Manhattan School of Music, University of Texas/Austin

DAVID PESHLAKAI*

Cello

Hillsdale, Michigan

ALSO: Michigan Opera Theatre, Opera Grand Rapids

LUKE PFEIL

Bassoon

Salt Lake City, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Pioneer Theatre, San Juan Symphony, Idaho Falls Symphony

DREW POWELL*

Flute/Piccolo

Spokane, Washington

ALSO: San Francisco

Opera, Opera San Jose, Utah Symphony, Utah Opera

ALISON READ

Harp

Dallas, Texas

16th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Dallas Theatre Center, Abilene Philharmonic, University of Texas at Dallas

PAULA REDINGER

Flute/Piccolo

Tucson, Arizona

19th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Arizona Opera, Florida Grand Opera, True Concord Voices & Orchestra

MEGAN RICHARDS

Cello Orchestra Library Manager

River Heights, Utah

12th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Our Planet Live in Concert National Tour, Music Theatre West, Royal Conservatoire in Scotland

NICHOLAS SCALES

Bass

Amarillo, Texas

10th UFOMT Season

ALSO: West Texas A&M University, Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, Amarillo Opera

WILL SHACKELTON

Violin

Fort Wayne, Indiana

5th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Jacobs School of Music, American Festival Orchestra, Music Theatre

West, Glacier Symphony

STEPHEN SHULMAN

Trombone

New York City, New York

14th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Greenwich (CT) Symphony Orchestra, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Broadway

NATHAN SOUTHWICK

Concert Master, Elton

John’s Aida

Greensboro, North Carolina

8th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Greensboro Symphony, Wake Forest University, Western Piedmont Symphony

MALLORY TABB

Violin

Ann Arbor, Michigan

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Detroit Opera, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra

ENRIQUE TELLEZ*

Tuba

Salt Lake City, Utah

7th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Olympus Brass Quintet, Salt Lake Symphonic Winds

ANDREW WARFIELD*

Horn

Nashville, Tennesse

ALSO: San Antonio Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony

CYNTHIA WARREN

Oboe/English Horn

Akron, Ohio

4th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Pittsburgh Opera, Akron Symphony, Canton Symphony

ORCHESTRA (CONCERTS ONLY)

THIAGO ANCELMO DE SOUZA*

Clarinet

Sao Paulo, Brazil

ALSO: Sao Paulo Opera House, Cedar Rapids

Opera Theatre, Iowa City

Opera

CHERYL ANN BLACKLEY

Saxophone

Logan, Utah

10th UFOMT Season

S&D Music Studio, USU

Alumni Band, Salt Lake Symphony

PARKER BOWLES*

Percussion

Syracuse, New York

ALSO: Assistant Director Skyview High School

CLAIRE CARDON*

Violin

Logan, Utah

ALSO: American Festival

Chorus and Orchestra, Music Theatre West, Roanoke Symphony

JOEL CARDON*

Cello

Logan, Utah

ALSO: American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Lyric Repertory, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

CHRIS CASTELLANOS*

Horn

Las Vegas, Nevada

ALSO: Co-owner/ Arranger/Hornist-Boston

Brass

MELISSA DAYLEY

Viola

Idaho Falls, Idaho

11th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Idaho Falls

Symphony, Vietnam

National Opera and Ballet, El Paso Symphony

EMILY ASHCROFT DENSLEY

Percussion

Hyde Park, Utah

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Music Theatre

West, Cache Theatre Company, Utah State University Opera and Theatre

BOYD EDWARDS*

Violin

North Logan, Utah

ALSO: Pittsburgh Ballet, Music Theatre West, USU Orchestra

CHELSIA EVANS*

Violin

Logan, Utah

ALSO: American Festival Chorus and Orchestra

JASON FINDLAY*

Violin

Orem, Utah

ALSO: Nachtmusik, American Festival Orchestra

JON GUMUNDSON

Bari Saxophone

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Strange Angles, Harry James Band, AMP

JEIRAN HASAN*

Flute

Logan, Utah

ALSO: Utah State University, Theatre Cedar Rapids, Revival Theatre Company

DENNIS HIRST

Bassoon

Logan, Utah

4th UFOMT Season

ALSO: American Festival Orchestra, Heifetz

International Music Institute, Utah Symphony

HALSEY HOLT*

Violin

Logan, Utah

ALSO: American Festival Orchestra,Ensign Symphony, BYU-Idaho Symphony Orchestra

LAUREN HUNT

Horn

McLean, Virginia

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University Faculty, New England Conservatory

MICHEAL REEDER

Saxophone

Brigham City, Utah

11th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Larry Smith Kicks Band

ESTELLE RHODES

Violin

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University

LORI SCALES*

Bass

Amarillo, Texas

ALSO: Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, Amarillo Opera, Roswell Symphony Orchestra

JOSHUA SKINNER

Bass

Moscow, Idaho

12th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Walla Walla Symphony, Spokane Symphony, University of Idaho

JUSTIN SLACK*

Trombone

Hyrum, Utah

ALSO: Music Theatre

West, American Festival Orchestra, 23rd Army Base

MARIE SMITH*

Horn

Tulsa, Oklahoma

ALSO: Tulsa Opera Company, Idaho Falls Opera Theatre, Eastman Opera

MATTHEW TROY*

Viola

Hickory, North Carolina

ALSO: Western Piedmont Symphony,Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Greensboro Opera

PAUL TULLIS

Viola

Ft Worth, Texas

16th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Dallas Opera

GREGORY J WHEELER

Saxophone

Logan, Utah

6th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Music Theatre

West,Capitol Theatre, Crestmark Productions

ADDITIONAL ARTISTS COLIN ANDERSON*

ARTISTS AUDREY BABCOCK

Amneris, Verdi’s Aida I Mrs. Gibbs, Our Town Hollywood, California

4th UFOMT Season

ALSO: Seattle Opera, San Diego Opera, Dallas Opera,National Symphony

EMILY CHERIE HANSEN*

Warrior Woman, Lohengrin

ALSO: L’Elsir d’amore, Acis and Galatea, Opera Idaho, Madama Butterfly

COSTUMES/WARDROBE

AMELIE BOISSONNAS*

ELECTRICS

WILLEM HINTERNHOFF*

Associate Lighting Designer

Atlanta, Georgia

ALSO: Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Theater

MITU580

SARAH LONG*

Co-Head of Electrics

Scotland

ALSO: Texas State University

GABE WHITNACK *

Co-Head of Electrics

Durham, North Carolina

PROPERTIES

CLARE KELLY

Lohengrin, Oliver!, Elton

John’s AIDA, Verdi’s AIDA, Our Town, Gentleman’s Guide

SEASONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF

ESTER BIGGS

Seasonal COVID Officer and Logistics Coordinator

KYRA PETERSEN

Company Management Associate, Box Office Assistant

North Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

Ensemble, Lohengrin, Elton John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida

1st Cover Amonasro, Elton

John’s Aida, Verdi’s Aida Bloomington, Indiana

ALSO: Jacob’s School of Music, MSMF

EDWARD BRENNAN

Dresser ALSO: Westminster College Opera Studio, Westminster College Musical Theatre, Sun Prairie High School

VALERIE DEMEERLEER*

Costume Design Assistant

Moscow, Idaho ALSO: University of Idaho

DESIGNERS

JESS WALLACE

Costume Designer, Gentleman’s Guide | Director of Costumes/ Wardrobe

ALSO: Otterbein University, Des Moines

Metro Opera

SAGE WUERTZER*

Co-Head of Electrics

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

ALSO: Otterbein University, Mills James, Illinois High School Musical Theatre Festival

FULL-TIME ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT STAFF

EMILY CHALLIS

Facilities Manager

3rd UFOMT Season

CHRIS PULLEY

ALSO: USU Eastern, Green Canyon High School

SOUND BEN PETERSEN

Audio Engineer (A1)

2nd UFOMT Season

Logan, Utah

ALSO: USU Eastern Theatre, The Antics

Comedy Improv, Cache Theatre Company

STAGE MANAGEMENT MIN (MIA) JIE*

Assistant Stage Manager, Lohengrin, Our Town Harbin, China

Lohengrin, Lohengrin

Charleston, South Carolina

3rd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Cedar Rapids Opera, Charleston Opera Theater

Logan, Utah

2nd UFOMT Season

ALSO: Utah State University, Lyric

Repertory Company, Hale Centre Theatre Sandy

Facilities Assistant

3rd UFOMT Season

MUSIC STAFF

CHLOE JIHEE KIM*

Associate Conductor/ Pianist, Verdi’s Aida, Our Town South Korea

ALSO: Florida Grand Opera, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera

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Chorus Master Matthew Stephens Our Town

Bet Victoria Isernia Oliver!

Ensemble Tamra Harkley Elton John’s AIDA

Princess/Ensemble Monroe Rigby Verdi’s AIDA

Ensemble Kareem Mack Verdi’s AIDA

Assistant Director Jared Rounds Our Town

Assistant Director Ben Ballam Lohengrin

Choreographer Kareem Mack Our Town

ALSO: Contemporary American Theatre Festival, University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, China Central Television Channel 3

The UFOMT 2023 production of Verdi’s AIDA will be sung in Italian with English Supertitles.

Oh Behave

Utah Festival Etiquette and Policies

We want every guest to have the best time ever. To make sure we’re one big happy family, please obey these golden rules:

1. No crinkling. We know those hidden Bluebird chocolates are calling your name, but please don’t open the bag during the performance. If you might possibly need a lozenge, breath mint, or whatever, please unwrap it before the show begins.

2. Cell phones. Please turn them off. Even on silent, they will interfere with the sound system.

3. Texting. Your phone does not possess secret powers that make the screen invisible to everyone but you. Please don’t annoy or distract your neighbors. Feel free to tweet the universe about your amazing Utah Festival experience, but please do it during intermission or after the show.

4. Talking. This theatre has amazing acoustics and 316 other people can hear every word you say. The performance begins when the music starts, not when the curtain goes up. Show the orchestra some love—the overture is their time to shine.

5. Kids. We love them, but babes-in-arms and children under 5 are not allowed. This stuff is just too cool for them. Also, take your other youngsters (or spouse, etc.) out if they disturb the peace.

6. Tardiness. We’d love to hold the curtain for you, but if you’re late, we will seat you at intermission or at the first appropriate interval. In the meantime, relax and watch the show on the TV in the lobby, which is better than missing the whole thing.

Policies: Boring but Necessary

Backstage. Don’t go backstage, or on stage.

Cameras and Recorders. Both are strictly prohibited without written permission.

Exchange Policy. Tickets may be exchanged at least 48 hours in advance for another performance of the same production. No exchanges for a different production or if the performance date has passed.

Free Parking is available at Logan High School (on 100 South between 100 and 200 West) and on the corner of Center Street and 100 West.

Greet the Artists. Meet our company members after each performance outside at the Café des Artistes, on the south side of the theatre (when you’re facing the stage, head out the left door).

Hearing Devices. Borrow a sound enhancement headset free of charge on a firstcome basis in the theatre lobby.

Informances. Informal discussions take place in the theatre one hour before every performance. Learn plot and background details about each production.

Refund Policy. There are no refunds.

Smoking. No smoking.

Wheelchair Seating is available. When ordering tickets, please advise the box office that you have a wheelchair. Arrive 30 minutes before curtain time to obtain assistance from the House Manager.

Jeff Baugh, PA-C Se Hablo Espanol

Kelly Hubbard, MD

Michael Hadley, MD Mohs Surgery

Michael Bailey, FNP Kent Whitaker, PA-C (not shown)