COMPANY & CREATIVE TEAM

and team-building workshops with groups throughout the Salt Lake valley. The company has produced six unique projects since debuting in August 2021. Following Method: Legends at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Michael is looking forward to developing the company’s first original prepared-spontaneous experiment, Method: Wildflowers. Previous U Theatre credits include Production Assistant for Liminal (Studio 115) and Assistant Director for Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days (Studio 115).

EMMA ELZINGA (Assistant Production Manager) originally hails from Iowa and is a senior in the Stage Management Program. Previous credits include Illyria (Babcock, 2nd Asst. Stage Manager) The Play That Goes Wrong (Pioneer Theatre Company, 2nd Asst. Stage Manager), and The Old Man and the Old Moon (Babcock, Stage Manager)

EMILY FRAZIER (Assistant Choreographer) is currently a junior in the MTP. This is Emily’s first production at the U. Previous regional credits include Matilda (Moonlight Amphitheatre), West Side Story and Billy Elliot (La Mirada/McCoy Rigby Entertainment), and Joseph and the Amazing… and The Wizard of Oz (3DTheatricals). Television credits include America’s Got Talent Season 13, Champions, WE Day 2019 ft. Pentatonix, and Red Nose Day ft. Josh Groban. Additional credits: Now Here This (Virtual Production) as well as Evita and Sweet Charity (Orange County School of the Arts). Emily is extremely grateful for this opportunity.

AILISH HARRIS (Stage Manager) is pursuing a double major in stage management and performing arts design. U Theatre credits include Stage Manager for Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience (Babcock), Scenic Charge Artist for Storm Still (Babcock), Sound Designer for Henry V (UofU Virtual), ASM for The Odyssey (Babcock), and Puppet Designer for both The Old Man and the Old Moon (Babcock) and Somewhere: A Primer for the End of Days (Studio 115). Ailish would like to thank her family for their continuous support, her boyfriend for his patience and heart, and all of her mentors at the U for their wisdom and generosity.

JESS HIRSH (Cultural Specialist) is thrilled to join the team as Cultural Specialist for this show! Jess helms the Musical Theatre program at The Salt Lake School for The Performing Arts here in SLC. She has an MFA in Acting from UNC Greensboro and a BFA in Musical Theatre from Youngstown State University. In her free time, Jess loves petting every dog, trying every food, reading every dystopian fiction, and seeing every movie that comes out.

JUNGWOO JANG (Audio Engineer) is a senior in the PADP (Sound Emphasis) who was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. Her interest in sound as a film student led her to study how sound design principles could be applied in other settings. Earlier this season, she was the Sound Designer for The Old Man and The Old Moon (Babcock).

TREVOR JEX (Music Director) is in his fifth year working in the Department of Theatre for the MTP, and in his second year as a music director. Previously, Trevor was the Associate Music Director for Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience (Babcock); the MTP senior shows Nine and And the World Goes ‘Round; and Illyria (Babcock). Trevor also plays regular gigs as a professional local musician. He would like to extend his thanks to Melonie Shore, Alex Marshall, his loving parents, and beautiful fiancée Anaïs.

ALEX MARSHALL (Music Supervisor) is the Music Director for the Department of Theatre at the University of Utah. He is also an active member of the professional musical community in Utah, directing and performing with premier institutions such as the Utah Symphony, Pioneer Theatre Company, Hale Centre Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, and many other theatres throughout Salt Lake. Credits include international violinist David Park’s London debut concert (U.N. Ballroom at Ten Trinity