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In partnership with University of Utah School of Dance and the Disability Studies Program

Friday, November 8, 2019 • 7:30 PM Kingsbury Hall Please turn off all cell phones, pagers and other noisemakers.

The taking of photographs, and audio or video recordings is strictly prohibited.

AXIS DANCE COMPANY BIOGRAPHY Founded in 1987, AXIS is the nation’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled and non-disabled performers based in Oakland, CA. In 1998, Judith Smith took over Artistic Direction, and visioning a repertory company quickly trajected AXIS into the dance world with a commission by Bill T. Jones. Under her direction until 2017, AXIS toured to over 100 cities in the USA, Israel, UK, Europe, and Russia. The Company has received eight Isadora Duncan Dance Awards and has appeared twice on FOX TV’s So You Think You Can Dance, exposing integrated dance to millions. In 2017, AXIS appointed acclaimed international choreographer and dancer Marc Brew to the position of Artistic Director. Marc Brew comes to AXIS with over 20 years of performance and Artistic Direction experience. Alongside our artistic performance program the Company provides unparalleled integrated dance education and outreach programs. From recreational to professional training, AXIS builds access to dance education for people of all ages with and without disabilities.

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IN•TER•TWINE PROGRAM INFORMATION: Flutter (2018) Choreographer:.....................................................................................................................Robert Dekkers Rehearsal Director:...........................................................................................................Sonsherée Giles Dancers:..................................................................................Lani Dickinson, AJ Guevara, and JanpiStar Music:...........................................................................................................Clapping Music by Steve Reich

Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: III

Sarabande by Johann Sebastian Bach

Lighting Design:.....................................................................................................................Walter Holden Costume Design:...............................................................................................................Christian Squires Wardrobe Assistant:........................................................................................................... Marge Funabiki Choreographer’s Note: Flutter (2009) was Robert’s first work for Post:Ballet. The trio explores the balance between structure and freedom, between holding on and letting go, and between individuality and interconnectedness. Dekkers restaged the work on AXIS Dance Company in 2018 and is honored to see the work presented in AXIS’ fall season.

Petrichor- The Smell of Earth After Rain (2019) Choreographer:..................................................................................................................Jennifer Archibald Rehearsal Director:............................................................................................................Sonsherée Giles Dancers:............................................Bradford Chin, Lani Dickinson, AJ Guevara, Yuko Monden Juma, DeMarco Sleeper, and JanpiStar Music:.................................................................. The Shaman’s Heart II by Byron Metcalf, Steve Roach In My Room by Fennesz Lighting Design:...................................................................................................................... Walter Holden Costume Design:................................................................................................................................Julie Bell Alice in Californiland (2019) Choreographer/Director:............................................................................................................Arthur Pita Rehearsal Director:........................................................................................................... Sonsherée Giles Dancers:...................................................................... Bradford Chin, Lani Dickinson, AJ Guevara, Yuko Monden Juma, DeMarco Sleeper, and JanpiStar Music:................................................................................................ California Dreaming by Jose Feliciano La Valse, un Poéme Choréographique

by ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Sound Design:.........................................................................................................................Ben Juodvalkis Design:............................................................................................................................................Yann Seabra Lighting Design:......................................................................................................................... Allen Willner Set Construction:................................................................................................................Gigantic Factory Content Warning: simulated substance abuse and its effects.

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BIOS Choreographer’s Note: I really love California.

The homeless situation in this state is deeply upsetting, which compelled me to create something to view the situation through the looking glass. In this journey the real meets the surreal as we look at the life of a young person going through the motions of existing, struggling, and eventually meeting their end. Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland provides a nonsensical perspective that somehow mirrors the extremes of the psychological and almost dream-like state of the protagonist. Alice in Californiland is a psychedelic tragedy.

Consultant’s Note: AXIS Dance Company is not simply a pioneer in physically integrated dance; AXIS consistently masters production themes with raw honesty and a profound awareness of the interconnected nature of our human lives. Through its authentic, even beautifully painful observations, AXIS is ideally positioned to honor the challenges, tragedies and resilience of those living visibly and invisibly on Bay Area streets. As a formerly homeless individual, I am humbled that the experiences of those struggling to carve out lives on our streets are compassionately and carefully examined in Alice in Californiland. The vast majority of chronically homeless individuals have one or more disabilities. AXIS offers its unique perspective and understanding at this intersection. – Mary Rogus

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For more information visit: www.marcbrew.com

Acclaimed International choreographer and AXIS Dance Company Artistic Director Marc Brew trained as a professional dancer at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and The Australian Ballet School. He has been working in the UK and Internationally for over 20 years as a director, choreographer, dancer, teacher and speaker; with the Australian Ballet Company, State Theatre Ballet Company of South Africa, Infinity Dance Theatre, CandoCo Dance Company and AXIS Dance Company.

Marc was Associate Director with Scottish Dance Theatre, Associate Artistic Director with Ballet Cymru in Wales and was Associate Artist at Tramway Theatre in Glasgow. Since 2008 Marc has been dedicating time to his own choreography with Marc Brew Company and his recent choreographic commissions include San Francisco Ballet School, Dancing Wheel Company, Scottish Ballet, Ballet Cymru (Wales), YDance (Scotland), AXIS Dance Company (USA), Candoco Dance Company (UK), Touch Compass (NZ), Amy Seiwert’s Imagery (USA) and Scottish Dance Theatre (Scotland). Marc was presented with a Centenary Medal for Outstanding Contribution as a dancer and choreographer. His work Remember When was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Best Performance (individual) and his recent solo work For Now, I am… was listed in the Guardians Top 10 Dance Shows for 2016.

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Bradford Chin is a San Francisco native and was formerly based in Los Angeles, dancing with companies and choreographers including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Contempo Ballet, Nannette Brodie Dance Theatre, and Laurel Jenkins. His choreography has been described by LA Dance Chronicle as “conceptually fun” and presented at venues and festivals including Highways Performance Space, the Torrance Art Museum, and Keshet Center for the Arts. He is the CoFounder of Downtown Long Beach’s annual stART in partnership with LBMAx (Long Beach Museum of Art/ARTX). Chin teaches ballet, contemporary modern, improvisation & composition, jazz, and conditioning techniques. Southern California teaching credits include Pacific Dance, The Wooden Floor, and The Dance Company in addition to masterclasses and workshops for intensives, high schools, and colleges in California, Florida, Montana, and New Mexico. Chin earned his BFA in Dance from California State University, Long Beach (May 2017) and joined AXIS Dance Company in April of 2019.

Lani Dickinson was born and adopted from China. She began dancing in Maryland, then Massachusetts (USA). She attended Boston Ballet SDP and Idyllwild Arts Academy. In the spring of 2016, Lani graduated from Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA program with sum cum

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BIOS laude. Also, she became a dancer for AXIS Dance Company. Lani is a 2015 Princess Grace Award winner. She is featured in a UCSF Health Program commercial. She was interviewed for CNN News and NBC Bay Area channels, alongside Dance Magazine.

She appeared in a spread for Boston Herald.

Her collaborated POST: Ballet “Go” film was awarded Honorable Mention for “Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival” (2018). She danced for Amy Seiwert, Arthur Pita, Arturo Fernandez, Jennifer Archibald, Kara Davis, Marc Brew, Maurya Kerr, Robert Dekkers, Sidra Bell, and Yayoi Kambara among other choreographer artists. Lani is a teacher and dance artist promoting inclusivity in codified techniques.

AJ Guevara is a dance maker, circus artist, educator, and recent Bay Area transplant; previously hailing from NYC . He earned his BFA in Dance & Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has additional training from Accademia dell’ Arte (Italy) and the American Dance Festival. He has had the privilege of working with Bill T. Jones, Jodi Melnick, Jenn Nugent, Robert Dekkers, Jennifer Archibald, Yoshito Sakuraba, Walter Matteini, Joshua Peugh, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and Thomas Noone among others. AJ has worked with Company|E, in partnership with the US State Department; serving as a Cultural Ambassador. Engagements included programs in Israel, Cuba, The United Kingdom, Uruguay, Palestine, among others. Currently, he is an artistic collaborator with chrisbelldances, The Borscht Collective, and Cirque du Nuit. AJ is also a dedicated advocate for community action. He works with Gibney, ETD Outreach, and other organizations to bring awareness for social justice, equity, and inclusive practices.

Yuko Monden Juma graduated from the Japan Women’s College of Physical Education in Tokyo, Japan. Since 2000, she performed Yosakoi dance. She received many awards as a K-one 動流夢 (Dream) member and performed in various Japanese TV shows. She also choreographed the song “F Marinos” for a performance starring over 500 people in the Yosakoi Festival, at the NISSAN Stadium. She began her career in New York City in 2011. She performed with groups Nimbus Dance Works, LEVYdance and more. In 2013 she moved to San Francisco, and has worked with The Anata

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Project, Copious Dance Theater, and CALI & CO dance and performed at TedxStanford and Bay Area Discovery Museum. She taught Dance Master of California as a guest teacher and also she taught at Sonoma State University. She is certified in both Simonson Method Technique and 200 hours Yoga Teacher.

JanpiStar was born and raised in Puerto Rico.

Janpi began a Bachelor’s Degree in Drama at the University of Puerto Rico and had the opportunity of working with Viveca Vazquez, Carola Garcia and Petra Bravo. JanpiStar took workshops in writing, movement, acting and semiotic in Ecuador with the group Malayerba. They worked with the theater group “Jóvenes del 98” directed

by Maritza Perez from 2016 -2018. JanpiStar moved to Oakland to join AXIS in January 2018 and has worked with choreographers such as Robert Dekkers, Arthur Pita and Jennifer Archibald. Their most recent solo work was commissioned for the inaugural Queering Dance Festival, “FROLIC.” DeMarco Sleeper was born and raised in Cleveland, OH. His high school show choir director was a huge influence in being involved with musical theatre. Before ever taking any formal dance training, DeMarco choreographed for the middle school show choir and high school sports halftime shows. He won awards and features such as: WKYC’s special entitled “Rising Star” 2016, an Outstanding Performer from Cuyahoga Classic Show Choir Invitational, Outstanding Musician Award and Outstanding Soloist from Music Festival Showcase. He worked with the Fine Arts Association in Mentor, OH choreographing for summer theatre, taking part in three productions with FAA, “Peter Pan”, “Seussical” and “Shrek”. In 2014 he joined the Dancing Wheels Company, where he trained and further developed as a dancer. He began his first season at FullRadiusDance in 2017 where he spent two years training, teaching, and touring.

He then joined AXIS Dance Company in the summer of 2019.

CHOREOGRAPHERS BIOS: Jennifer Archibald is the founder and Artistic Director of the Arch Dance Co and Program Director of ArchCore40 dance intensives is an Alvin Ailey School and Maggie Flanigan Acting Conservatory graduate. She has choreographed for the Atlanta Ballet, Ailey II, Cincinnati Ballet,

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BIOS Ballet Memphis, Kansas City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Ballet Nashville and Grand Rapids Ballet. Next season she will create new works for Ballet West and Sacramento Ballet. She is a recipient of the Joffrey Ballet’s Academy of Dance Choreographic Winning Works award, and Choreographic Fellows for Alvin Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab. She has worked commercially for Tommy Hilfiger, NIKE and MAC Cosmetics as well as chart-listed singers and actors. Ms. Archibald was the Movement Director for Michael Kahn’s ORESTEIA for DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company. She was recently appointed as the first female Resident Choreographer in Cincinnati Ballet’s 40-year history. She is on faculty at Columbia University’s Barnard College and the Yale School of Drama. To learn more about Jennifer visit www.jenniferarchibald.com.

Robert Dekkers is the founder and Artistic Director of Post:Ballet. Collaborating with eclectic artists to present performances that are “anything but risk averse” (SF Chronicle), Robert has created new works for Post together with artists working in film, visual art, animation, architecture, sculpture, fashion design, and new music. Robert has received commissions from Kansas City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, Smuin Ballet, sjDANCEco, San Jose State University, Stanford University, Southern Methodist University, and Quixotic Cirque Noveau. He’s the Artistic Director of Berkeley Ballet Theater, the official school of Post:Ballet, where he works to redefine what ballet is and who it is for. Robert is also Director of Choreography for Art Haus, a Playa performance group that has presented large-scale dance, music, and visual art collaborations including Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Firebird.

Arthur Pita is a London-based choreographer who works internationally. He studied dance in Johannesburg and earned a master’s degree at the London Contemporary Dance School. He is artistic director for his own company Ballo Arthur Pita, works include, God’s Garden, The Little Match Girl, The World’s Greatest Show, Stepmother Stepfather (five National Dance Award nominations) and Ten Sorry Tales. He has collaborated on operas, theatre and films for companies Royal Opera House, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Los Angeles Opera, Royal National Theatre, Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Albert Hall, DNA Films, and

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recently Charlie’s Angels for Sony Pictures.

Commissions include The Stepfather(CandoCo Dance Company), Death Defying Dances(Body Traffic), Casse Noisette (Paris Opera Ballet), A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ballet Black, Olivier Award nomination), The Wind (Royal Ballet), Salome and Björk Ballet (San Francisco Ballet). He has also created specially commissioned works for ballet stars, Ivan Vasiliev, Sergei Polunin, Natalia Osipova, (Facada, Run Mary Run, The Mother), Thiagio Soares(La Bala), Irek Mukhamedov(Jingling from the Zills), Edward Watson and Wendy Whelan(The Ballad of Mack and Ginny), James Whiteside(The Tenant), Sarah Lamb, Maria Kowroski, Robbie Fairchild (Cristaux) and The Metamorphosis for Edward Watson, Olivier Award nomination, South Bank Award and National Dance Award. To learn more about Arthur, visit: www.arthurpita.com COMPOSERS & DESIGNERS BIOS: Ben Juodvalkis composed original music for dance, film, theater, corporate events, and museum installations. He has created scores for over 50 organizations and has had his music performed on four continents. Ben works from his studio in San Francisco as well as on location with his mobile custom built electronic instruments.

Julie Bell has been sewing since the age of eight.

By trade she is a Nurse Midwife. She started sewing costumes when her daughter was a young dancer and found she really enjoyed the creative outlet and has been costuming ever since.

Christian Squires, originally from South Carolina, began his artistic career as a professional dancer, performing soloist and principal roles with Boston Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theater, Smuin Ballet, Diablo Ballet, and Post:Ballet. He is currently a member of ODC/Dance, and has danced in works

by Helen Pickett, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Val Caniparoli, and Twyla Tharp. In addition, Christian has performed in and restaged ballets for choreographers including Amy Seiwert, Adam Hougland, and Robert Dekkers. In 2012, he designed his first costumes for Post:Ballet, and has since designed and created costumes for companies including sjDANCEco, Grand Rapids Ballet, Kansas City Dance Festival, and Diablo Ballet. In 2015, Christian designed and constructed costumes for

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VIETNAM...THROUGH MY LENS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH VETERANS SUPPORT CENTERNovember 14&15 • Kingsbury Hall Sometimes poignant, sometimes lighthearted, always thought provoking, this one-man play follows Stu Richel’s journey as a combat journalist and photographer to, through, and beyond his military service in Vietnam.

Share the odd path by which Stu ended up in Vietnam, some of his misadventures as a journalist and photographer, and (perhaps most importantly) learn how the experience has colored his life.

HEALTHCARE: STORIES OF REBELLION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH’S RESILIENCY CENTER AND PROGRAM IN MEDICAL ETHICS AND HUMANITIES November 21 • Kingsbury Hall Healthcare: Stories of Rebellion will highlight how we navigate illness, treatment, and the “way it’s always been done.”

With some storytellers selected from the audience, the evening will include prepared and impromptu true stories about making different choices, pushing back, going against the grain, and finding our own way.

THE LOWER LIGHTS CHRISTMAS CONCERTS . . . . . . . . . . December 11-14 SHE KILLS MONSTERS • DEPT OF THEATRE . . . . . . . . . . . . January 16-19 BLACK VIOLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 21 JORDI SAVALL: SPLENDOR OF THE IBERIAN BAROQUE . . . . . February 4 GUANGDONG MODERN DANCE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . February 4 HEALTHCARE: STORIES OF REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 7 FLIP FABRIQUE: BLIZZARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 13 BANFF FILM FESTIVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 18-20, March 2 WE SHALL OVERCOME - A CELEBRATION OF MLK . . . . . . . . March 4 AIRPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 14 Tickets and information at utahpresents.org

BIOS Quixotic Cirque Noveau’s celebrated Firebird production, and most recently, he designed costumes for Louisville Ballet. He is also the costume designer for Art Haus, a Playa-based performance ensemble that presents live music, dance, and structural art collaborations at Burning Man. Yann Seabra is a Stage and Costume Designer based in London, having designed extensively with leading directors in dance, opera and films and TV for companies worldwide. For over 15 years he worked as a Dancer with companies such as Ballet Stagium, Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporaneo and Phoenix Dance Theatre. Yann went on to training in theatre design at the renowned Motley Theatre Design Group in London. Some of his work includes rouge by Marion Motin for (RAMBERT), The Mother with (Natalia Osipova), The Wind (The Royal Ballet), Salome (San Francisco Ballet), Death Defying Dancers (Bodytraffic, Los Angeles), The Little Match Girl, Stepmother Stepfather, La Bala (Thiago Soares Brazil), works by Arthur Pita, The Rite of Spring (Phoenix Dance Theatre) by Jeanguy Saintus, Yaron Lifschitz’s, Wings of Desire (Circa), Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Red Riding Hood, Arthur Pita’s Cristeux (Ballet Black), Tony Adigun’s Fagan’s Twist (Avant Garde Dance Company), Luca Silvestrini’s The Little Prince and May Contain Food (Protein Dance Company), Hélène Blackburn’s Concert Danse (Symphony Hall, Birmingham & Cas Public Dance Company), Tamsin Fitzgerald, What the Moon Saw , Out of his Skin (2facedance), Rosie Kay, There is Hope. Design commissions for opera include designing for New Sussex Opera, The Poisoned Kiss and Hugh the Drover at Cadogan Hall, London. Design commissions for film include Sean Spencer’s Panic, nominated for Best British Feature Film, Raindance Film Festival 2014, Palestine Lost (2012), Consumed (2012), Follow (2011) The Snowman a book trailer for Jo Nesbo’s novel (2010), and The Confession, a short film nominated for an Academy Award in 2010.

Allen Willner is an award winning lighting designer for theater, dance and music.

Awards and nominations include Isadora Duncan Dance Awards for the lighting design of inkBoat’s “Line Between”, “Heaven’s Radio” and Deborah Slater’s “Private Life”.

Nominations for Isadora Duncan Dance

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Awards for the Visual Designs of Erika Chong Shuch’s “51802” and inkBoat’s “Cockroach”. 2016 TBA Award Lighting Design Nominations for Shotgun Players “Eurydice” and 2013 Theater of Yugen’s “This Lingering Life”. Bay Area Critics Circle Lighting Design Nomination for The Shotgun Players “Eurydice” and “God’s Ear”, 2012 Broadway World Lighting and Set Design Nomination for Symmetry Theater’s “Patience Worth”. Lighting Artists in Dance Awards for inkBoat’s “Line Between” , Erika Chong Shuch’s “Sitting in a Circle.”

Walter Holden graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a M.F.A. in Theatre (emphasis in lighting design) in 1994. His love of theater was born at Southeastern Oklahoma State University while earning his B.A. in theater. His passion for dance was discovered at CalArts. Since that time he has worked in all areas of lighting design. He has toured with Earth, Wind & Fire, Pantera, Kenny G, John Tesh and numerous other bands. Along the way he has managed to design theatre at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre for 3 summers and countless corporate events. These days, when not designing corporate events, he focuses on lighting dance and theatre locally and has been fortunate enough to work with local choreographers Christy Funsch, Randee Paufve, Megan Nicely, Nina Haft, Sonya Delwaide, Catherine Davalos, Dana Lawton, Kate Mitchell, and directors Mary Armentrout, James Dunn, and Allen Taylor.

Walter also toured as Production Manager and Lighting Director for Capacitor and AXIS Dance Company. Currently, Walter runs his own company, Lumenography, and teaches Lighting for Dance at St. Mary’s College. Walter is blessed with the support of his wife, Alisa Rasera, and their amazing daughters, Iris and Viola.

Maximilian Urruzmendi (Production Manager/ Lighting Director) was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Uruguayan immigrants. Maximilian fell in love with performance at a young age. Since moving to the Bay, he has had the privilege of working along with an engaging community of artists, theaters, and professionals in creative and technical capacities, including production/stage management, lighting/ audio design, and performance.

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AXIS Staff Marc Brew, Artistic Director Robin Anderson, Executive Director SonsherÊe Giles, Rehearsal Director & Artistic Advisor Danika Ingraham, Operations Manager Mark Travis Rivera, Community Engagement Manager Octavia Rose Hingle, Marketing and Communications Assistant Liam Passmore, Publicist Kara Whittington, Marketing Consultant Danae Rees, Development Consultant AXIS Board of Directors Abbie Dutterer, President Angelica Macedon-Tisdale, Treasurer Christa Schnur, Secretary Symone Jackson L. Autumn King Charles McAvoy Derrick Williamson Thank you to our co-presenters Z Space Theater for our creative residency and our lead project funders of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Trust, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Additional funders of AXIS’ work include The Ford Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Craig H. Nielson Foundation, Walter & Elise Hass Foundation, City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council and Crescent Porter Hale Foundation.

AXIS Dance Company would like to thank Brooke Horeijsi, Pam Geber, Robin WilksDunn & Kelby McIntyre and the staff at UtahPresents for bringing AXIS to perform and engage with your community.

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STAFF ADVISORY BOARD Brooke Horejsi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Director Ashley Barentine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Technician Dennis Busch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Specialist Brooke Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office Manager Janet Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance Manager Ryan Ireland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Box Office Manager Liz Ivkovich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Development Sheri Jardine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Manager Joe Killian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Keven Myhre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations Director Josh Stier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Manager Robin Wilks-Dunn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Engagement Manager Steve Wimmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager

UTAH PRESENTS ADVISORY BOARD Rob Mansfield, chair Luna Banuri Marney Billings Patricia Callahan Dhiraj Chand Havilah Clarke Annie Davis Mike Ferro

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PATRON INFORMATION •

In the event of an emergency, please walk to the nearest exit and follow instructions given by theatre personnel and ushers.

Auditorium exits are clearly marked with lighted exit signs above each door. Move away from the building to a safe place.

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Late-comers will be seated in accordance with the seating guidelines of the individual production.

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Cameras and recording devices are strictly forbidden unless permission for their use is authorized in writing by theatre management.

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Ticket office is located on the lower plaza at Kingsbury Hall, east of the main staircase. For ticket information, call 801-581-7100.

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Children under six are not admitted to performances. All patrons must have a ticket regardless of age. Lap sitting is not allowed.

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Lost and found is located in the ticket office or by asking the house manager.

Please leave your name, phone number and description of the lost item with the ticket office (581-7100) or house manager.

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Disabled parking is located on the east side of Kingsbury Hall via Presidents Circle.

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Food and drink are not allowed in the auditorium.

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Please silence mobile phones, watches and any other noise-making devices.

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For information about accessibility, please visit utahpresents.org/accessibility

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PTC RAISES THE BAR ON PROFESSIONAL ARTS IN SLC WITH STUNNING THEATRE THAT INCLUDES RECENT BROADWAY SMASH HITS, WORLD PREMIERES LIKE “ASS” BY ELLEN SIMON, AND HISTORICAL DRAMAS THAT INSPIRE LIKE “MARY STUART.”

OCT. 18 & 19, 2019 CONCERT PRODUCTION

DEC. 6 - DEC. 21, 2019 Broadway’s smash hit about the play that can’t get anything right!

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2018 TONY AWARD BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL!

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Tickets to “Mary Stuart,” “Once On This Island,” “Ass,” and “Something Rotten!” go on sale October 9, 2019.

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801.581.6961 • pioneertheatre.org Pioneer Theatre Company is a fully-professional theatre conveniently located on the University of Utah campus, with plenty of free parking.