U Theatre Presents AS YOU LIKE IT

The Department of Theatre Presents

A NOTE FROM THE CHAIR

Welcome to PAB Studio 115 and our fifth mainstage production of the 2022/2023 season!

We opened our season in September with a rollicking musical adventure on the high seas: The Old Man and The Old Moon. The journey continued here in Studio 115 with Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days, a timely fable about our impact on the environment and its impact on us. In November, the song cycle In Pieces explored the trials and triumphs of people seeking connection in modern-day New York. Last month we presented The Sweet Science of Bruising, a tale of pugilism, politics, and personal identity, inspired by the actual history of women's boxing in Victorian England.

Tonight we return to Studio 115 with our genre-defying, gender-inclusive production of Shakespeare's beloved comedy As You Like It.

Featuring one of theatre’s wittiest protagonists, As You Like It is stuffed to the gills with the best the Bard has to offer. This classic comedy plays with traditional notions of romance and gender, featuring friends, family members, and would-be lovers forming triangles, quadrangles, and other arrangements that defy geometry. With an updated cut of Shakespeare’s original script (and a few other surprises up its sleeve) our version of As You Like It is a raucous, joyful, musical celebration of the roles we play in life and love.

Next month, we will close our season with the 1998 revival edition of Cabaret. Based on the critically acclaimed West End production by Sam Mendes, this adaptation is a lean, ferocious reimagining of the Kander and Ebb classic.

Thank you once again for joining us. We are truly proud to present this remarkable season of plays and musicals, and we hope you share our enthusiasm. Next season promises even more excitement when we begin performing in the new Meldrum Theatre at the Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse!

Meanwhile, please visit us online at our website, theatre.utah.edu, or email us at info@theatre.utah.edu with any feedback or questions. We’ll see you at the theatre!

Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell, PhD Chair, Department of Theatre

The University of Utah Department of Theatre Presents

AS YOU LIKE IT

by William Shakespeare

Scenic Designer

KAITLYN CROSBY

Lighting Designer

SARA CLARK

Prop Designer

ARIKA SCHOCKMEL

Intimacy & Fight Director

ADRIANA LEMKE Director

ROBERT SCOTT SMITH

Costume Designer

EMMA ASHTON

Sound Design/Original Compositions

LILLY STONE

Dramaturg

STEVEN BAKER

Stage Manager

COLTER LINCOLN Producer

SYDNEY CHEEK-O'DONNELL

There will be one ten-minute intermission. Video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

COMPANY

Alphabetical by Performer

Rosalind ........................................................................................................ CAMDEN BARRETT

Jaques CARO CIET

Corin/Ensemble ....................................................................................... SANDRA DETWEILER

Duke Senior/Frederick ................................................................................. CADE FREIERMUTH

Phebe/Ensemble DEBORA INGABILE

William/Charles/Ensemble ............................................................................. MATTHEW JBARA

Oliver/Ensemble TYLER KLINE

Adam. ISACC MARTINEZ-TRINIDAD

Orlando ............................................................................................................. TOBI OKHIMAMHE

Le Beau/Ensemble AUDREY PAN

Hymen/2nd Lord/2nd Forester/Ensemble .................................... RACHEL ROETCISOENDER

Audrey/Ensemble. ..................................................................................................EMILY TATUM

Touchstone ZAC THORN

Silvius/Ensemble ............................................................................ TYLER VAN OOSTENDORP

Amiens/Jacques De Boys ....................................................................................... JAMES WONG

Celia .................................................................................................................... ABYANNA WOOD

UNDERSTUDIES

Rosalind EMILY TATUM

Orlando ........................................................................................... ISACC MARTINEZ-TRINIDAD

Audrey/Phebe/Celia ZOE LUPCHO

Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

Under the Greenwood Tree ................................................

Amiens, Jacques, Corin (ukulele)

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind Amiens, Jacques, & Foresters

Children of the Wood .......................................................................................................... Hymen

Finale Company

SETTING

• The royal court of the exiled Duke Senior •

• The Forest of Arden •

American Sign Language interpretation will be provided during the 2nd Friday evening performance and talkback for every show.

THE OLD MAN & THE OLD MOON

Friday, October 7, 2022

SOMEWHERE: A PRIMER FOR THE END OF DAYS

Friday, November 4, 2022

IN PIECES: A NEW MUSICAL

Friday, November 18, 2022

THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BRUISING

Friday, February 24, 2023

AS YOU LIKE IT

Friday, March 24, 2023

CABARET

Friday, April 14, 2023

Excerpted from "Genre-Defying, Gender-Inclusive AS YOU LIKE IT Is a Raucous, Joyful Riff on a Shakespeare Classic," by Aaron Swenson — March 14, 2023

...“It’s interesting that the real love and connection with Orlando seems to happen while Rosalind is disguised as Ganymede, in that gender, with those pronouns,” says director Robert Scott Smith, head of the U’s Actor Training Program. “I personally feel that’s when they fall in love. So I thought, ‘well, how can we play with the binary? How can we play with gender? What options do we have?’”

One option Smith explored was removing gender identifications from audition breakdowns.

“I read for Rosalind, actually,“ recalls Caro Ciet, a junior in the ATP who identifies as nonbinary. “I remember reading a scene with Orlando, [Rosalind’s] love interest. I assumed that I was probably going to be cast in a more feminine presenting role.”

Instead, Ciet was cast in the role of Jaques: a male-identified role in the original script.

“Once the roles were cast, we had conversations about where the actors would like to go,” said Smith. “With Caro, for example, we asked where they wanted to go as a nonbinary actor in a role that’s traditionally male-identified.”

“It's been a great opportunity to let go of the idea of conforming to a specific gender identity,” said Ciet. “We're told as actors to keep our type in mind. We always have to be aware of that third-person perspective of what other people might be seeing, or how we're being received. Playing in this space has been very rewarding in terms of gender expression, and me being more aware of my own gender identity and how I would like to be seen. I think that's very in line with the show itself and what it has to offer.”

The play’s protagonist Rosalind is played by ATP student Camden Barrett, who also identifies as nonbinary.

“In the introduction to the Arden edition [of the play] there’s a quote about Fiona Shaw as Rosalind: ‘They appear not as a woman dressed as a man, but as herself—it’s Shaw's personality that embodies both.’ I thought, ‘that's it,’” says Smith. “I need to give Cam space to follow their own instincts, to be a guiding force that informs how this world works rather than say, “this is what I'm looking for.”’ And that, in turn, helped me shape everything else. Cam's approach to Rosalind was so playful and expressive and bold and brazen, and I could just bounce off what Cam had created. It opened up the whole play.”

“I think it's one of the most vulnerable things I've done,” says Barrett. “[Rosalind and I] are very similar in our journeys. Something [U Theatre professor] Sarah Shippobotham helped me understand is that, in Shakespeare, you can bring more of yourself to a character than most plays allow. [Actor] Michelle Terry used the Walt Whitman quote ‘I am large. I contain multitudes’ as a way into Rosalind. That’s something I've been learning to live by: how do I expand in the world rather than conform to the world?”

To read the rest of the article and interviews, visit the original blog post at https://theatre.utah.edu/blog/item/681-ayli-blog

"This Uncouth Forest"

Since 1599, As You Like It (AYLI) by William Shakespeare has been performed for centuries. Published in the bard’s First Folio in 1623, AYLI appeared first in London through The Lord Chamberlain’s Men theatre company and since is performed globally. Today, Shakespeare’s dialogue of “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” resonates among modern society. A society that can be commentated on against the famous backdrop of The Arden Forest.

Arden is as much a real forest as it is a fantasy of one: a place where rules can be rewritten and turned upside-down. Within these trees and meadows, the structures of gender, class, and rank can be set aside. It's a place of shifting identities: courtiers can be brigands, exiles can be home, and women can be men who are then women. It's in many ways a distorted funhouse mirror of the outside world, and justifiably one of the most memorable settings in all the Shakespearean canon.

The colorful characters move from the artificial constraints and rules of civilized society to the chaotic freedom of the forest. Spoken within Act 2 Scene 7 the character Duke Senior describes the forest (and the world) as a "wide and universal theatre." Romance is emphasized as nearly every character becomes bewitched in captivating conversations. They indulge themselves, fall in love, and transform amidst a jungle of mystery.

Shakespeare likely gained inspiration from England’s Warwickshire County, and the French Area of the Ardennes. The forest also has echoes in it of Eden, the mystical garden of biblical proportion that aspires a certain charm in captivating audiences with timeless fashion.

Countless productions have tried to capture The Forest of Arden with unique imagery. A production at London's St. James's Theatre in 1885 by John Hare and Madge Kendal included a stream incorporated into the set with mossy banks. Other productions utilized open-air performances placing the forest in New York's Central Park, London's Regents Park, the Boboli Gardens in Florence, and other areas among real trees and greenery to produce the magical impressions of Shakespeare’s setting. Whatever form chosen; The Forest of Arden will forever remain mystical in interpretation. It stands to amaze and astound in every retelling of Shakespeare’s comedic classic.

While you watch this production ask yourself: what does The Forest of Arden invoke in you? Does the nature of the play aspire a playful tone? Is the freedom of expression granted by the forest inspiring? Do you find yourself in a supernatural state? Or does the setting offered by Shakespeare create something else? Whatever you feel you can take it or leave it. Love it or hate it. This is a central point that Shakespeare reiterates in the title. You may learn from the love portrayed by the numerous couples, the philosophy spoken between the characters of Touchstone and Jaques, or partake in the overall comedic captivity within The Forest of Arden. The play offers a multitude of lessons, and you can enjoy As You Like It.

-Steven Baker, Dramaturg

For more info about As You Like It, please visit our dramaturgical website at https://asyoulikeituofu.wordpress.com/

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COMPANY

CAMDEN BARRETT (Rosalind) is a student in the ATP and a theatre-maker based in Salt Lake City. Previously, Camden worked as Assistant Director for U Theatre’s The Old Man and the Old Moon (Babcock), Matilda Jr. (Youth Theatre at the U), and Storm Still (Babcock). Additionally, Camden and fellow U student Niko Krieger formed KID SISTER, a movement-based collaboration dedicated to devising new work with emerging professional theatre makers. KID SISTER premiered its inaugural piece Kite Flyer in July 2022, followed by a second successful production in December entitled Everything is About Something. Most recently, Camden worked as Assistant Director for A Year With Frog and Toad (SLAC) as part of their Pre-Professional Training Program and Mentorship. Victor Jory Scholarship Recipient.

CARO CIET (Jaques) is a junior in the BFA Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. Last year they played the role of Elizabeth Bennet in You on the Moors Now (Studio 115). When not onstage, Caro enjoys art, music, and painting.

SANDRA DETWEILER (Corin/Ensemble) is a sophomore in the ATP. Originally from Eugene, Oregon, she recently appeared as Mickey in The Old Man and the Old Moon (Babcock) and as a musician in Storm Still (Babcock), as well as Marina in Pericles and Starveling in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Free Shakespeare in the Park, Eugene). She is thrilled to be part of this production and is very grateful to her parents and friends for their love and support. Sandra is a recipient of the Utahna B. Meilstrupp Scholarship.

CADE FREIERMUTH (Duke Senior/Frederick) is a sophomore in the BFA Actor Training Program. Although Cade is originally from Overland Park, Kansas, he tells everyone he is from Kansas City because it "sounds cooler.” This will be Cade's first mainstage production with U Theatre. He hopes you enjoy the show!

DEBORA INGABILE (Phebe/Ensemble) is a recent transfer student to the ATP. This is her second mainstage production; previously, Debora appeared in this season’s production of Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days (Studio 115). She has also been featured in several short films. Debora has been acting for two years and dancing for much longer. Her dance specialties include break, hip-hop, and house. In her free time, Debora loves to create music and can spend hours playing around with her keyboard and guitar.

MATTHEW JBARA (William/Charles/ Ensemble) is a junior in the BFA Actor Training Program at the U. Most recently, Matthew played Caden in U Theatre’s The Thanksgiving Play (Studio 115). He would like to thank his family and friends for their support and love. Enjoy the show!

TYLER KLINE (Oliver/Ensemble) is from Saint George, UT, and is currently a Junior in the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. Recent roles include Ty in Sympathizer (The Box, 2021) and Donnie in Dreamers (The Box Too). He would like to thank his parents for their support of his artistic and scholastic journeys every step of the way. Tyler is a proud recipient of the Sterling Scholar Award for Speech & Drama at Dixie High School and the Trustee’s Scholarship.

ZOE LUPCHO (u.s. Audrey, Phebe, and Celia) is originally from Park City, UT, and is a second-year student in the ATP. Previous credits include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (PCHS/Shakespeare Competition), Antonio in The Tempest (PCHS), and Frances in The Voice of the Prairie (PCHS). When not acting, Zoe pursues her love of painting (abstract/ acrylics). She would like to thank her friends and family for their support and for coming to her shows all these years.

ISACC MARTINEZ-TRINIDAD (Adam/ u.s. Orlando) is a sophomore in the ATP. Born in and raised around the Salt Lake Valley, Isacc is a proud Latinx actor of Hispanic & Mexican descent. Earlier this season,

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he appeared in Studio 115 as Alexander in U Theatre’s Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days. Isacc is grateful for another opportunity to perform in a mainstage production at the U, and he would like to thank his parents for their continual support.

TOBI OKHIMAMHE (Orlando) is a senior in the ATP who was born and raised In West Africa (Nigeria). Recent credits include A Sharp and Infectious Silence (SLCC Black Box Theatre), U Theatre’s New Work Project Liminal (Studio 115), and this season’s production of Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days (Studio 115). He would like to give thanks to God for His support and guidance through Tobi’s acting program and career. Tobi is a recipient of the Libby S. Hunter Scholarship and the Robert Hyde Wilson Scholarship.

AUDREY PAN (Le Beau/Ensemble) is a sophomore in the ATP with a double major in political science. Audrey’s first U Theatre role was the Narrator in You on the Moors Now (Studio 115). Prior to attending the U, Audrey graduated from Summit Academy High School and is currently a character performer at Evermore Park in Pleasant Grove. She would like to thank everyone — especially her family and Julie Fox — for their constant support in her college career. Flagship Scholarship recipient, J.D. Williams Scholarship recipient, and Regent Scholarship Recipient.

RACHEL ROETCISOENDER (Hymen/2nd Lord/2nd Forester/Ensemble) was born and raised in the suburbs of Seattle and is currently a junior in the MTP. She is excited to be in her first mainstage production at the U — this is her second Shakespeare show, and there is never an end to what there is to learn! Thanks to Rob Scott, the cast, and crew for the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful production.

EMILY TATUM (Audrey/Ensemble/ u.s. Rosalind) is currently a sophomore in the ATP, and is originally from the Bay Area. Previous credits include Signora Sarti/

Barberini in Life of Galileo and Amy in How Flowers Bloom (Utah Arts Alliance), as well as Lightboard Op for The Book Club Play (Babcock) and Deck/Props Crew for The Emily Dickinson Musical (Open Door, Studio 115). Other credits include Josephine Bloom/ Choreographer for Big Fish (Monte Vista Performing Arts) and Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (Monte Vista Performing Arts). She would like to thank her family for their loving support. Emily is a Libby Hunter Scholarship recipient.

ZAC THORN (Touchstone) is currently in his senior year in the Actor Training Program, and he is thrilled to get one last chance to fool around on the university's stage before stepping into the scary real world of professional theatre. Previous U Theatre credits include last season’s New Work Project Liminal (Studio 115). Last fall, Zac also made his debut on the PTC stage as Carle in Scapin. He is excited to present his original work Clown in Lockdown later this spring as a part of his senior project. Zac would like to thank his parents and family for their support. Proud recipient of the Victor Jory and Robert Hyde Wilson scholarships.

TYLER VAN OOSTENDORP (Silvius/ Ensemble) is a junior in the BFA Actor Training Program, and he is so excited to be part of his first official mainstage production at the U. Previous credits include The Escapologist in Matilda Jr. (Youth Theatre at the U) as well as Kite Flyer and Everything is About Something (KID SISTER). Thank you to the cast, crew, and all of his professors and mentors!

JAMES WONG (Amiens/Jacques De Boys) is a junior in the MTP. Born and raised in Florence, South Carolina, James studied classical music at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. His previous U of U credits include Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd (U Opera), Ensemble/u.s. Austyn in In Pieces: A New Musical (Babcock), and Ensemble in The Emily Dickinson Musical (Open Door, Studio 115). James would like to thank the MTP faculty for helping him grow as an artist.

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ABYANNA WOOD (Celia) is a sophomore in the ATP with a minor in American Indian Studies. Born and raised in the Salt Lake valley, Abyanna is a proud descendant of the Navajo (Diné) tribe. She has performed in many productions, including Indian Radio Days (ThreePenny Theatre Co.), The Crucible (Abigail Williams, Granger H.S.) and Oliver! (Nancy, Granger H.S). She is excited to make her U of U Theatre debut. Abyanna would like to thank her professors, as well as her family, friends, and loved ones for their support. Zumbro Family Scholarship recipient.

CREATIVE TEAM

ROBERT SCOTT SMITH (Director) is the CoFounder and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory, Assistant Professor and Area Head of the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. Directing credits include The View Upstairs by Max Vernon (Good Company), Liminal (with Alexandra Harbold, Studio 115), Tartuffe as adapted by Ranjit Bolt (Studio 115), Big Love (Babcock), and SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series reading of Reykjavik by Steve Yockey. Acting credits include Kreutzer Sonata (United Solo Festival); Mary Stuart, The Crucible and Two Henrys (PTC); Sleeping Giant, Climbing with Tigers, Good People, Swimming in the Shallows, Six Years, Big Love, Batboy: The Musical, and the world premiere of Charm (Salt Lake Acting Company). Film credits include AESOP (episodic series), Kill The Babysitter (UK FrightFest 2020), Jewtah, and Wildlife (Cannes Court Métrage Official Selection, 2015).

EMMA ASHTON (Costume Designer) is a junior in the Performing Arts Design Program at the University of Utah. Earlier this season, Emma designed the set for U Theatre’s Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days (Studio 115). She has also been Costume Designer for Matilda Jr. (Youth Theatre at the U), Costume Coordinator for Shrek Jr. (On Pitch Performing Arts), as

well as Hair and Makeup Crew for Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience (Babcock). Emma would like to thank her family and friends for their support.

STEVEN BAKER (Dramaturg) is a senior pursuing a Theatre Studies BA at The University of Utah. Steven has approached theatre from nearly every possible angle, and his ambitions include pursuing all aspects of theatre production. Previous credits include Fly Rail Operator for She Kills Monsters (Kingsbury Hall), Stage Manager for Sympathizer (Open Door Productions), and playing Arthur Keller in The Miracle Worker. Steven would like to thank anyone who supports the performing arts. Ralph E. and Winnifred S. Margetts Scholarship recipient.

SPENCER BARBER (Assistant Production Manager) is a sophomore in the Stage Management Program at the University of Utah. Most recently, Spencer was the Assistant Stage Manager for Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days. Previously they worked on Illyria (Production Assistant) and You on the Moors Now (Assistant Stage Manager) in the Studio 115 space at the U. Prior to attending the U, They worked with R3 Theatre, where they performed as Vlad in Anastasia and directed Radium Girls. They would like to thank their mom for all their support.

MCKINLEY BARR (Assistant Director) is a senior in the ATP from Kansas City, Kansas. She was most recently seen as Perry/ Fishmonger in The Old Man and the Old Moon (Babcock). Previous U Theatre credits include Cordelia in Storm Still (Babcock) and Serafima in The Night Witches (U of U Virtual).

ANNA BIRCH (2nd Assistant Stage Manager) is a junior in the Stage Management Program. Most recently, Anna was the Assistant Stage Manager for 9 to 5: The Musical at Utah State University. Previous credits include Assistant Stage Manager for The Moors (Utah State University) and Assistant Stage Manager for A Flea

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In Her Ear (Utah State University), as well as working for the Old Lyric Repertory Company in Logan, Utah. Prior to attending the University of Utah, Anna spent a semester at Walt Disney World in the Disney College Program. She would like to thank her family for their continued support.

SARA CLARK (Lighting Designer) is a junior pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in the PADP (Lighting Design Emphasis). She is delighted to be taking the next step in her career after working in professional theatre for the past year. Sara was recently the Assistant Lighting Designer for Shucked, Something Rotten!, and Hello, Dolly! at Pioneer Theatre Company, where she also programmed lights for The Messenger. Earlier this season, she programmed lights for Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days (Studio 115). Sara would like to thank her parents and her fiance for introducing her to theatre, as she wouldn’t be where she is now without them.

KAITLYN CROSBY (Set Designer) is a junior in the PADP (Set Design Emphasis) from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to her time at the U, she participated extensively in her high school theatre department. This is her second time designing a show in Studio 115 — you may have seen her previous work in last season’s production of the New Work Project Liminal — and she is excited to be back. Kaitlyn would like to thank everyone on the creative team for helping bring this artistic vision to life.

ADRIANA LEMKE (Intimacy & Fight Director) is a SLC-based theatre artist, movement professional, and alum of the ATP. Previous fight direction credits at the U include The Sweet Science of Bruising (Babcock), Hamlet: All Female (in collaboration with Flying Bobcat Productions), Self Defense, or death of some salesmen (Studio 115), and Julius Caesar (Studio 115). Other fight direction credits include At the Bottom (Pinnacle), The Wolves (SLAC), Ion (The Classical Greek Theatre Festival), and Twelfth Night (Salt Lake Shakespeare). Most recently, she was

Intimacy Director for SLACabaret: Down the Rabbit Hole (SLAC), Head Over Heels (The Grand Theatre), and Man and Moon (Good Company).

COLTER LINCOLN (Stage Manager) is a junior in the Stage Management Program, and he is thrilled to be part of this production. This is his sixth show at the U; previously, Colter worked as Assistant Production Manager for Liminal (Studio 115), Assistant Lighting Designer for Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience (Babcock), and Lighting Designer for The Old Man and the Old Moon (Babcock). Other recent design credits include Disenchanted at The Grand, Matilda at OPPA, and the One Voice Children’s Choir concert “Joyful, Joyful.” He wants to thank his mentor Brandon Stauffer, Amber Bielinski, his parents, and his amazing roommates.

SAMANTHA NAKKEN (Assistant Director) is a fourth-year student in the ATP from Cedar City, Utah. She discovered her love for theatre through The Utah Shakespeare Festival Playmakers education program and hasn't stopped loving it ever since. Previous credits in the Department of Theatre include Tatyana in the U’s virtual production of The Night Witches, Grimace in the New Work Project Liminal (Studio 115), and Matheson in this season’s production of The Old Man and the Old Moon (Babcock). Samantha is extremely grateful for what she has learned here at the U, and excited to continue growing as an actor in the future.

HANNA RICHARDS (Production Assistant) is a freshman in the Stage Management BFA program. A recent transfer student to the University of Utah, she is thrilled to be working on her first show at the U! Hanna has had a deep love of theatre since she was in the 8th grade, and she is looking forward to continuing her passion in the coming years. Some of Hanna’s recent production credits include Director for Little Shop of Horrors (Highland H.S.) and Assistant Stage Manager for Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (Hillside Middle School).

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ARIKA SCHOCKMEL (Prop Designer) has worked extensively in props and costume crafts for theatre, television, and film. She is the Prop Manager for the Department of Theatre and works as a prop and costume designer for Plan B Theatre. Regional credits include productions at The Egyptian Theatre, UFOCMT, Grand Teton, Dark Horse, SLAC, Utah Contemporary, Lyric Rep. USU Alum. Member of S.P.M., the Society of Prop Managers. Other projects include stage management, music, event hosting/ emceeing, props for film and television, and the occasional acting gig.

LILLY STONE (Sound Design/Original Compositions) is a senior majoring in Sound Design and Audio Engineering. All of her work done for this show is part of her senior thesis before graduation. Her recent work includes A1 Engineer for Tartuffe (Studio 115/Virtual), Sound Designer for In Pieces: A New Musical (Babcock) and Sound Design/ Original Compositions for The Book Club Play (Babcock). She would like to thank her parents for their continued excited support of her career path.

OLIVIA WELTER (1st Assistant Stage Manager) is a junior in the Stage Management Program. Olivia grew up in Park City, Utah, where she discovered the world of technical theater and decided to pursue a career in stage management. She has recently worked on the crew for

Cinderella and 42nd Street and as Fly Captain for The Bridges of Madison County (Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre), as crew for Sweeney Todd (U Opera), 2nd Asst. Stage Manager for Matilda Jr. (Youth Theatre at the U), and Assistant Stage Manager for In Pieces: A New Musical (Babcock). She is extremely excited for this production and can’t wait for everyone to see it!

SYDNEY CHEEK-O’DONNELL (Producer) is the chair of the Department of Theatre and associate dean for research in the College of Fine Arts. In the Department of Theatre, Dr. Cheek-O’Donnell has taught History of Theatre, New Plays Workshop, Dramaturgy, and a variety of dramatic literature courses; she was also the head of Theatre Studies from 2005 to 2016. Recent projects include the creation of a video series intended to support families of children with Down Syndrome, as well as writing the handbook Arts for Health: Theatre (Emerald Publishing). Dr. Cheek-O’Donnell earned a PhD in Theatre History and Dramatic Criticism from the University of Washington’s School of Drama and received her undergraduate degree from Carleton College in Minnesota.

SPECIAL THANKS

PRODUCTION STAFF & ADVISORS

Technical Director ................................................................................................................... Kyle Becker

Assistant Technical Director and Scenic Charge Artist ..................................... Halee Rasmussen

Assistant Director ....................................................................................................... Samantha Nakken

Assistant Director McKinley Barr

1st Assistant Stage Manager Olivia Welter

2nd Assistant Stage Manager .............................................................................................. Anna Birch

Costume Shop Manager ................................................................................................ Wendy Massine

Assistant Production Manager Spencer Barber

Production Assistant Hanna Richards

Balloon Artist .............................................................................................................................. Zac Thorn

Dramaturgy Mentor ............................................................................................................. Mark Fossen

Sound and Lighting Lead ...................................................................................................Aaron Hoenig

Scene Shop Supervisor Heather Poulsen

Stage Management Area Head/Faculty Advisor Amber Bielinski

Faculty Advisor for Lighting and Media Design................................................... Michael J. Horejsi

Faculty Advisor for Sound Design ............................................................................. Jennifer Jackson

Faculty Advisor for Properties Design Arika Schockmel

PADP Area Head and Faculty Advisor for Costume Design Brenda Van der Wiel

Faculty Advisor for Scenic Design ................................................................................ Gage Williams

Faculty Advisor for Hair and Makeup Design................................................... Samantha Wootten

CREW

Light Board Operator Castle Tierney

Sound Board Operator ................................................................................................... Kylee Tuckfield

Props/Deck ..................................... Kathryn Edwards, Charley Holt, Will Morris, Emily Tippetts

Costumes Maria Jensen, True Leavitt, Veda Parker, Macey Shackelford

Costumes & Hair/Makeup Assistance Akina Yamazaki

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY & STAFF

Department Chair

Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell Chair, Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Research

Full-Time Faculty

Margo Andrews Associate Professor Lecturer

Kyle Becker Professor Clinical

Amber Bielinski Associate Professor Clinical, Head of Stage Management

Christopher DuVal Professor

David Eggers Assistant Professor

Jerry Gardner Associate Professor

Hugh Hanson Associate Professor Lecturer

Alexandra Harbold Assistant Professor

Michael J. Horejsi Associate Professor Clinical, Director of Lighting/Media Design

Jennifer Jackson Associate Professor Clinical, Director of Sound Design

Kimberly Jew Associate Professor, Head of Theatre Teaching

Xan Johnson Professor

Brian Manternach Associate Professor Clinical

David Schmidt Associate Professor Clinical, Head of Musical Theatre

Eric Sciotto Visiting Assistant Professor

Sarah Shippobotham Professor

Tim Slover Professor, Head of Theatre Studies

Barbara Smith Associate Professor Lecturer

Robert Scott Smith Assistant Professor,

Head of Actor Training, Associate Chair

Brenda Van der Wiel Associate Professor, Head of Performing Arts Design

Gage Williams Professor

Part-Time Faculty

Jamie Rocha Allan Adjunct Assistant Professor

Karen Azenberg Adjunct Instructor, Artistic

Director: Pioneer Theatre Company

Jacque Bell Adjunct Associate Professor

Nathan Brian Adjunct Instructor

Ty Burrell Adjunct Assistant Professor

Emily Castleton Associate Instructor

Lynn Deboeck Adjunct Associate Professor

Nicholas Dunn Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jane England Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jennifer Erickson Adjunct Assistant Professor

Stephen Faulk Adjunct Instructor

Mark Fossen Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ellie Hanagarne Adjunct Assistant Professor

Greg Hatch Adjunct Associate Professor, Director of Creativity and Innovation Services

Stacey Jenson Adjunct Assistant Professor

Carolyn Leone Adjunct Instructor

Penelope Marantz-Caywood Adjunct Assistant

Professor, Artistic Director: Youth Theatre

Kelby McIntyre-Martinez Adjunct Associate

Professor, Associate Dean for Arts Education and Community Engagement

Christine Moore Adjunct Assistant Professor

Michelle Pedersen Associate Instructor

Jamie Baer Peterson Adjunct Assistant Professor

Megan Richards Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jonas Sappington Adjunct Instructor

Arika Schockmel Adjunct Instructor, Director of Props Design

Matthew Whittaker Adjunct Assistant Professor

Marilee Wilson Adjunct Assistant Professor

Emeritus Faculty

Robert Nelson Professor Emeritus

Richard Scharine Professor Emeritus Staff

Jessica Dudley-Rodriguez Program Manager

Colleen Hirst Accountant

Aaron Hoenig Sound/Lighting Lead Technician

Alex Marshall Music Director

Heather Poulsen Scene Shop Supervisor

Halee Rasmussen Assistant Technical Director

Arika Schockmel Properties Manager

Wendy Schow-Massine Costume Shop Manager

Aaron Swenson Marketing and Communications Coordinator

OUR DONORS

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Department of Theatre is grateful to our donors for making the following scholarships available to our students:

Equity in Theatre Arts

Robert Hyde Wilson Scholarship

Etta Keith Eskridge Scholarship

Victor Jory Scholarship

Utahna Meilstrup Theatrical Scholarship

Keith M. and Amy L. Engar Scholarship

Frank M. Whiting Scholarship

Ralph E. and Winnifred S. Margetts Scholarship

Marian D. Harrison Scholarship

Lee & Audrey Hollaar Technical Scholarship

The Barbara M. Bannon Endowed Fund

The Richard T. and Lonna Brown Scholarship

Sandi Behnken Scholarship

The Christine Macken Memorial Scholarship

The John Ballard and Karen Miller Scholarship

Libby S. Hunter ATP Scholarship

Promising Playwright Award Scholarship

Meggie DeSpain Memorial Scholarship

Lady Bracknell Scholarship

Zellie Pforzheimer Scholarship

David E. Jones Memorial Scholarship

The Department of Theatre acknowledges and thanks the following donors for their generous support during the fiscal year July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022.

INVESTORS

$2,500 and up

Arizona Community Foundation

Barbara Bannon*

D Squared Foundation

Susan Stoddard Heiner and Blake T. Heiner

Elizabeth Hunter

James Macken

Rowena Merrill

Dr. Karen Miller and John Ballard

Princeton Area Community Foundation

Salty Pictures

BENEFACTORS

$1,000-$2,499

Kenneth and Kristina Burton

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Rod and Janice Klassovity

Andy and Zelie Pforzheimer

Sarah Shippobotham

PATRONS

$500-$999

Ashby Decker and Anne Cullimore Decker

Michele Dornan

Jennifer and Stephen Jackson

Alexis Lilley

Dylan McCullough

Mightycause Charitable Foundation

Michael and Marianne Seare

Robert Scott Smith

Stephen and Elizabeth Warner

SPONSORED IN PART BY FINE ARTS FEES

FRIENDS

$200-$499

Joe Bouley and Sara Bouley, JD

Nicholas Cheek-O'Donnell and Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, PhD

Michael Evans

FANS

up to $199

Sara Adams

Ed and Janice Andersen

David Baida

Stephanie Ballantyne

Marcy Beatty

Todd Bulloch

John Caywood and Penelope Marantz Caywood

Laurisa Cope

Linda Corley

Jenny Costello

Maria Delongy

Kimberly Deneris Tanja Easson

Darci Engen

Christian Erben

Tracy Evans

Karen Ferguson

Mark and Abby Green

Christopher Gurr

Barbara Hayman

Richard and Ashley Hayman

Patrick Holmes

Jeffrey and Renae Hoskins

Jack Hoskins

Xan Johnson, PhD

TK and Wendy Kelly

Sheila Kelly

Justin and Bridget Lee

Michael Lisonbee and Helen Nichols

Glen and Judy Loveland

Alacia Loveland

David Magidson, PhD*

Mara Magistad

Rachel Malaga

Tyler Maring

Kimberly Marsden

Christopher S. and Amy Mautz

Sydney May

Rodney and Mary Handy, PhD

Hugh Hanson

Matthew Hobson-Rohrer and Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, MD

Jacquie Wehby

Maynard and Ann McLaughlin

Tevan McPeak

Shawna Melton

Marthe Coker Merrill

Darwin Millet III

Russ Montague and Jeanine Davis

Wendy Morris

Laura Mosley

Craig Nelson and Stephen Greene

Kenneth* and Wilma Odell

Timothy and Holly Parrish

Tom Pepper and Patricia Comitini

Bill and Gayle Pepper

Brianne Reed

Natalie Regan

Robert and Suzanne Rieter

Mike and Brenda Schultz

Patricia Schultz

Camille Sheridan

Robert and Suzanne Smart

Ryan Southwick

Lesli Spencer

Sydney Stephan

Jan Sweeney

Breean Taylor

Abirami Tharmarajah

Sivakumaran and Rajani Tharmarajah

Brittany Timpson

Sue Tredennick

Julianne Turner

Josephine Vandenburg

Nicole Vernon

David Senior Visbal

Katya Wagstaff

Rollie Wagstaff

Chris and Grace Winston

James Wong

Christopher Zawislak

An asterisk (*) denotes a donor who is deceased. Our intent is to recognize and thank all of our donors for their support. If, however, there is an error, please notify the Department of Theatre at 801-581-6448.

For more information on supporting the Department of Theatre, please call 801-581-5773.