Pioneer Theatre Company

Who’s Who in the Cast

Who’s Who in the Cast


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Lucy Anders

Lucy Anders

LUCY ANDERS (Ensemble) Returns to PTC after appearing in Sweeney Todd, Grease, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. First National Tour: Something Rotten (Ensemble/understudy Portia). Off-Broadway: Baby! (Lizzie). Regional: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Love Story: The Musical, Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, A Little Night Music (Anne), Starmites (Bizarbra/Eleanore), The Sound of Music (Liesl) and Oliver! (Charlotte). Other favorite roles: A Chorus Line (Maggie), Follies (Young Heidi), and Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (Gretel). BRS/GAGE; Insta: @lucsqueal. For Grandma and Poppa.

Hannah Balagot

Hannah Balagot

HANNAH BALAGOT (Ermengarde) is excited to join the PTC Community for the first time! She is a performer, choreographer, and teaching artist in NYC. Past performance credits include Anybodys in West Side Story (International Tour, Barrington Stage, North Shore Music Theater), Danny Who in Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Grand Ole Opry), Erma in Anything Goes (Moonlight Stage), and various new collaborative works for stage and film. She is very grateful that we are all able to enjoy theater together again, with special thanks to her family and Jeff for their endless love and support. (she/her)

Kyle Caress

Kyle Caress

KYLE CARESS (Ensemble) is excited to be back at PTC after appearing earlier in the season in Elf! Select credits include Swing/Jean Michel u/s in R+H's Cinderella (National Tour); Ensemble, Seesaw (Off-Broadway/J2 Spotlight), as well as various shows at The Rev Theatre Co., Studio Tenn, and Highlands Playhouse. BFA from Belmont University. Kyle sends his love to his friends, family, mentors, and Danny and Meghan at HAA for their support. kylecaress.com IG:@kyle_caress

Kris Coleman

Kris Coleman

KRIS COLEMAN (Horace Vandergelder) Kris is excited to join Pioneer Theatre Company's production of Hello, Dolly!. A graduate of Hampton University, his theater credits include Jersey Boys (Hal Miller Broadway and Las Vegas), Narrator in Passing Strange, Adrian in Smokey Joe's Cafe, Jimmy Early in Dreamgirls, TJ in Sister Act, Agwe in Once On This Island, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Jim in Big River. Television and film credits include: "Billions" (Showtime), "The Big House" (ABC), Dumbbomb Affair, and The Clone. Instagram: @krisonstage

Lenny Daniel

Lenny Daniel

LENNY DANIEL (Ensemble/Associate Director/Choreographer) Choreographed Mary Poppins (Utah Shakespeare Festival) and Spamalot (Geva Theatre Center and Arkansas Repertory Theatre). Directed and choreographed Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical (TexARTS); choreographed The Little Mermaid (Forestburgh Playhouse); assistant directed The Wizard of Oz National Tour starring Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt; assistant choreographed Gigi (Paper Mill Playhouse), assisted Ann Reinking and performed in Here Lies Jenny starring Bebe Neuwirth (NYC & SF). Performing credits include Broadway: Cats (final original company) and The Wizard of Oz. NYC: Sinatra (Radio City Music Hall), Wonderful Town (NYC Opera). Tours: Spamalot, Chicago, South Pacific, Camelot, Jekyll & Hyde. Favorite Regional: Something Rotten!, La Cage aux Folles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Newsies, Chess, Oliver!, The Last Ship, (PTC), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Baltimore Center Stage), Mary Poppins, Peter Pan (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Gigi, and Evita (Paper Mill Playhouse).

Paige Davis

Paige Davis

PAIGE DAVIS (Dolly Levi) Broadway: Gloria in Boeing-Boeing, Roxie in Chicago. National Tours: Charity in Sweet Charity, Roxie in Chicago, The Vagina Monologues, Babette in Beauty and the Beast. Favorite Regional: An Act of God at ATC (Dir. by Marsha Mason), Title role in Mame at North Shore, Senga in the World Premiere of Dancing Lessons at Barrington Stage Co., Maria in The Sound of Music at Pittsburgh CLO, April in Company at Missouri Repertory Theater, Val in A Chorus Line at Austin Music Theater, and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chicago Cultural Center. Television: "Home and Family" (Hallmark), Emmy-nominated host for "Home Made Simple" (OWN). "Trading Spaces" (TLC). Your favorite RC Willey girl, is married to Utah's fan favorite and Broadway villain, Patrick Page.

Andy Frank

Andy Frank

ANDY FRANK (Ensemble) is thrilled to be here at PTC all the way from New York City! He has traveled the world performing as Big Deal in West Side Story in 20 countries. Regional performance credits include Gremio in Kiss Me, Kate, Rolf in The Sound of Music, Gideon in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, as well as performing in the ensembles for such shows as Cinderella (Gateway), Spamalot (Geva), Crazy for You (Fingerlakes MT Festival), and 42nd Street (Paramount). Andy can be seen in a national commercial for McDonald's as well as an internet commercial for Blink Fitness. Special thanks to Karen and Lenny for this incredible opportunity. Shoutout to my team at Avalon and my always supportive, loving, and encouraging Mom and Dad. @_andyfrank_

Akina Kitazawa

Akina Kitazawa

AKINA KITAZAWA (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her debut at PTC! She is originally from Japan. Most recently she has performed in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall. Her other performance credits include: New York: Candide (Carnegie Hall), Over Here! (Dance Captain/Associate Choreographer, Triad Theatre). National Tour: The King and I (Eliza) Regional Theatre: Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Eliza). An American in Paris, On The Town, Swing! (West Coast Swing Couple), Broadway Musical Celebration!, Carnival! (Dance Captain), Piano Men (featured dancer). Other: 2019 Swingin' in the Season with the U.S. Air Force Band (DAR Constitution Hall, Washington D.C.) Instagram: @akinakitazawa

Kelly McCormick

Kelly McCormick

KELLY McCORMICK (Irene Molloy) is thrilled to return to PTC, where she appeared as Fantine in Les Misérables. Broadway: Carousel. Broadway National Tours: Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Les Misérables (Factory Girl/Fantine u/s); and The Sound of Music. Off-Broadway: The Extraordinary Ordinary and Her Song. Regional: Mary in Mary Poppins, Sacramento Music Circus; Sarah in Guys & Dolls, North Shore Music Theatre; Hello! My Baby, Goodspeed; [title of show] (Heidi) and Babe in Pajama Game, Arizona Theatre Company; Martha Jefferson in 1776, Pittsburgh CLO; Linda in Pal Joey, Prince Music Theater; Children of Eden, Ford's Theatre. TV Credits: "Law & Order: SVU," "Person of Interest," and "What Angels Fear." Kelly has performed as a soloist with the Omaha & Cincinnati Symphonies. B.M., Vocal Performance (Michigan State University); M.F.A., Drama and M.M., Vocal Performance (CCM).

Many McDonell

Many McDonell

MANDY MCDONELL (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be back at PTC after last appearing in Mamma Mia! in 2018. National Tour: R+H's Cinderella (Ensemble u/s Ella, Gabrielle). Regional: Mary Poppins (Ensemble) with Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Utah Shakespeare Festival. Charlotte in Oliver!, The Rocky Horror Show (Ensemble), Chava in Fiddler on the Roof with Pioneer Theatre Company. She holds a BFA in musical theatre from the University of Utah. Many thanks to Karen, Lenny & PTC, Dad & Lucas, Jim at MTA, the Wheelock Team, and her wonderful friends for all of their support. For Mom.

Alexander Mendoza

Alexander Mendoza

ALEXANDER MENDOZA (Cornelius Hackl) is honored to be making his Pioneer Theatre Company debut! He was last seen in The Phantom of the Opera World Tour where he understudied/performed the role of Raoul. Other credits include: 1st National Tour of Sister Act, the North American Tour of Mamma Mia!, Disney's Beauty and the Beast (The Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Zach Theatre), Next to Normal and Spring Awakening (McCoy Rigby Ent./La Mirada for the Performing Arts), Disney's The Little Mermaid (Performance Riverside). Mendoza would like to thank the creative team for giving him the opportunity to be part of this company, his mentors, his family, Dustin & Marc/Daniel Hoff Agency, and most importantly, God. His first Pop single, "Wow!" will be released May 27th on all music platforms. Instagram: @officialalexandermendoza

Michael J. Rios

Michael J. Rios

MICHAEL J. RIOS (Barnaby Tucker) Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and thrilled to be back on stage! Film/TV: Disney's Newsies: A Broadway Musical (Disney Plus), Hyped for Halftime (Superbowl 2014). Tours: Hello, Dolly! (Broadway revival and 50th anniversary), Disney's Newsies, Cats, The Wizard of Oz. Regional: Lyric Opera of Chicago, Maltz Jupiter, Syracuse Stage, Northern Stage. Thank you to Mom and Dad, Bob Cline, the Luedtke Agency, and everyone at Pioneer! @mj__rios

Alex Joseph Stewart

Alex Joseph Stewart

ALEX JOSEPH STEWART (Ensemble) is thrilled to make his PTC debut in this production of such an iconic show! Alex is a New York native, former company member of the Sacramento Ballet, and a proud graduate of the Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA). Theatrical credits include: Oklahoma! (Goodspeed Musicals, PCPA & Sierra Rep.), Annie! (North Carolina Theatre), Elf: The Musical! (National Tour), Oliver! and A Connecticut Christmas Carol (Goodspeed Musicals), Kiss Me Kate and West Side Story (Marriott Theatre). Favorite roles include: Mike in A Chorus Line (Theatre Under the Stars), Action in West Side Story (North Carolina Theatre) and Frederic in Pirates of Penzance (PCPA). All of my love to the Stewart Clan, Melanie, Lenny, Howie and KMR Talent! Enjoy the show! @a.j.stoobs

Peter Surace

Peter Surace

PETER SURACE (Ensemble) Most recently seen as Lord Clapham/Judge in Something Rotten!, Peter is thrilled to be returning to Pioneer Theatre Company in Hello, Dolly! National Tour: Something Rotten!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Musical. Regional: Lyric Repertory Company and Engeman Theatre. Disney Cruise Line: Twice Charmed (Prince Charming), Tangled: The Musical, Disney Dreams. BFA in musical theater: Montclair State University. IG: @petersurace

Dori Waymer

Dori Waymer

DORI WAYMER (Minnie Fay) is currently living in New York City, an Atlanta native, and proud FSU alum. Select Regional: A Wonderful World: World Premiere (ensemble, u/s Daisy), Cinderella; Nellie in A Grand Night for Singing; Minnie Faye in Hello, Dolly!, Lorraine in All Shook Up; Gary Coleman in Avenue Q; Godspell (Learn Your Lessons Well); and Alana in The Little Mermaid. Thanks and love to the fam, CTG and the homies. @doriwaymer

Kelsie Engen

Kelsie Engen

KELSIE ENGEN (Ensemble) is beyond grateful to be back at PTC! She graduated this spring from the University of Utah's musical theatre program. Past credits include: Elf: The Musical at Pioneer Theatre Company, A Christmas Story at the 5th Avenue Theatre, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Seattle Children's Theatre. She would like to thank her family for their endless support!

Elizabeth Falk

Elizabeth Falk

ELIZABETH FALK (Ensemble) After attending Oklahoma City University, Elizabeth danced overseas on Princess Cruises for several years before working in Branson, MO! There, she performed in numerous shows such as Reuben's Swashbuckling Adventure and It's a Wonderful Life. Her recent credits include Singin' in the Rain, and Elf at PTC. As a new resident of Utah, Elizabeth is excited to be back for her second show!

Reba Johnson

Reba Johnson

REBA JOHNSON (Swing) is thrilled to be on the PTC stage again after appearing in Something Rotten! and The Will Rogers Follies. Other credits include An American in Paris and The Scarlet Pimpernel (Hale Centre Theatre); The Phantom of the Opera (BYU). Reba attained her BFA from Brigham Young University. Special thanks to my friends and family for their support!

Serena Kozusko

Serena Kozusko

SERENA KOZUSKO (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at PTC! She was last seen in PTC's productions of Elf the Musical and Grease. Other recent credits include Cha-Cha in Grease at Music Theatre Wichita and Fran in Strictly Ballroom at Hale Centre Theatre. Serena graduated from the University of Utah in 2021 with a degree in musical theatre and linguistics. Thank you to her incredible family and friends!

Evan Latta

Evan Latta

EVAN LATTA (Ensemble) was just in the production of PTC's Something Rotten!. Currently, he is studying musical theater at the University of Utah! Evan would like to thank his friends and family for their love and support!

Niki Rahimi

Niki Rahimi

NIKI RAHIMI (Ensemble/Ernestina) Niki Rahimi is thrilled to make her PTC debut! Previous theatre credits include Maria in Illyria (Babcock), Jen in The Book Club Play (Babcock), and the Narrator in #SLACabaret 2021 (Salt Lake Acting Company). She recently graduated from the U's musical theatre program and would like to thank the cast and crew for all their hard work, as well as Karen Azenberg for this opportunity!

Makena Reynolds

Makena Reynolds

MAKENA REYNOLDS (Ensemble) is a senior in the musical theatre department at the University of Utah and an intern for Pioneer Theatre Company this semester. Most recently, she wrote and directed The Emily Dickinson Musical. She would like to thank everyone at PTC, her teachers, classmates, and family for their unwavering love and support. Her performance is dedicated to her Mea Ma.

Preston Taylor

Preston Taylor

PRESTON TAYLOR (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his PTC debut. Recent credits include Javert in Les Misérables, Jack Kelly in Newsies, Joseph – Sundance in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls, Prince Topher in Cinderella, Cinderella's Prince/Wolf in Into the Woods, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Orin in Little Shop of Horrors, Kerchak in Tarzan, Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ensemble). Stories have power! @prestontay18

Aathaven Tharmarajah

Aathaven Tharmarajah

AATHAVEN THARMARAJAH (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be back at PTC after appearing in their production of Elf the Musical! Other recent credits include Sir Toby Belch in Illyria (University of Utah), Kavin in #SLACabaret (Salt Lake Acting Company), and Ren in Footloose (Ziegfeld Theater). Aathaven is a recent graduate of the musical theatre program at the University of Utah. He would like to thank his friends and family for all of their love and support!

Caden Tudor

Caden Tudor

CADEN TUDOR (Swing) is thrilled to be a part of this wonderful production. He is a recent graduate from the musical theatre program at the University of Utah. He was last seen on the PTC stage in Something Rotten!. Recent credits include Floyd Collins (Babcock) and Songs for a New World (Babcock), and Curtains. "Hi mom and dad, love you guys!! :D"

Fynn White

Fynn White

FYNN WHITE (Ensemble, Barnaby u/s) is a recent graduate of the University of Utah and is so excited to be making his return to the PTC stage! Credits include The Emily Dickinson Musical, Floyd Collins, Dracula: The Musical (University of Utah), West Side Story (Grand Theatre). Thanks to Karen for this opportunity, and much love to the MTP class of 2022. We did it! (he/they)

Myles Tracy Woostenhulme

Myles Tracy Woostenhulme

MYLES TRACY WOOLSTENHULME (Ambrose Kemper) is thrilled to be playing Ambrose in Hello, Dolly! at PTC. Previously, Myles has been seen on the PTC stage in productions Mamma Mia!, and Newsies. Myles has had the honor of dancing professionally with SALT Contemporary Dance for five seasons. In 2019, Myles played Jerry Mulligan in HCT's production of An American in Paris, a dream role and absolute joy. Myles would like to thank his family and friends for their love.

KAREN AZENBERG (Director/Choreographer) This marks Karen Azenberg's tenth season as Artistic Director at PTC. Favorite projects include the world premieres of Alabama Story and "i"; the regional premieres of Sting's The Last Ship, and Les Misérables; and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Newsies, Sweet Charity, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Originally from New York, her work there includes Lyrics and Lyricists (92nd St. Y), Blocks (a collaboration with Jonathan Larson), Prom Queens Unchained, and choreography for Richard Greenberg's The Dazzle (Roundabout Theatre Company). Among her other credits are National Tours of Carousel and Brigadoon, West Side Story (over 15 productions), and productions at Indiana Repertory, Geva Theatre Center, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Goodspeed, and Utah Shakespeare Festival. Karen is a past president of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). Her favorite productions are her son Alexander and her daughter Emelia.

PHIL RENO (Musical Director) has been Music Director/Conductor for numerous Broadway shows: Something Rotten!, Elf, Promises, Promises, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers, Thou Shalt Not, Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, and Back With a Vengeance, Cats. Phil also conducted the Rockettes for six seasons at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National Tours: Joseph… (with Donny Osmond), original company Music of the Night, Starlight Express, Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity. Off-Broadway: A New Brain, Nightmare Alley, Enter Laughing, Chess. Phil has conducted seven original cast albums and is a two-time Grammy nominee as producer of the Something Rotten! and The Drowsy Chaperone cast recordings. Previously at PTC: Sweet Charity, Chess, The Will Rogers Follies, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Sweeney Todd.

JAMES NOONE (Scenic Designer) returns to PTC after designing 2016's The Last Ship. Broadway: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Jekyll and Hyde, Class Act, The Persians, Judgment at Nuremberg, Night Must Fall, The Sunshine Boys, The Gin Game, A Bronx Tale, and Come Back Little Sheba. Off-Broadway: Terrance McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Edward Albee's play Three Tall Women, Full Gallop and Fully Committed, Cowgirls and Breaking Legs, A Bronx Tale, Boys in the Band, and Ruthless!. He has designed national tours and at leading regional theatres across the country. TV: Designed "The Tale of Sweeney Todd," "Candide," "Passion," "Camelot," Stephen Sondheim's 80th Birthday Concert for PBS, and "Company," and "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill" for HBO.

EDUARDO SICANGCO (Costume Designer) lives in New York and continues to enjoy a forty-year career designing sets and costumes for a wide range of genres including plays, musicals, opera, ballet, film, Las Vegas spectaculars, circuses, ice shows, cruise ship entertainment, and theme parks. His work has been seen at various venues including Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional Theater, Radio City Music Hall, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, New York City Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and Dollywood. Originally from the Philippines, he moved to New York where he was mentored by Oliver Smith, Fred Voelpel, Carrie Robbins, Ben Edwards, and Douglas Schmidt. Website: www.eduardosicangco.com

CAT TATE STARMER (Lighting Designer) is happy to be making her debut at PTC. Recent designs include Steel Magnolias at the Guthrie Theater; 1984 and Murder on the Orient Express at Alley Theater; Hurricane Diane at The Old Globe; and off-Broadway's Georgia Mertching is Dead at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Cat is a professor at Rutgers University's Mason Gross of the Arts.

AARON HUBBARD (Sound Designer) is enjoying his 14th season with Pioneer Theatre Company in sound mix and design. His favorite productions have been Sting's The Last Ship, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Next to Normal, and One Man, Two Guvnors. Aaron teaches sound production and recording at Weber State University, and his spare time he records and produces music. His favorite star is his wife, Melissa, who puts up with all the late theatre nights.

SAMANTHA M. WOOTTEN (Hair & Makeup Designer) is excited to join PTC and the University of Utah as Wig Master. Previous career highlights include Wig Master for the Washington National Opera in D.C., Wig and Makeup Designer for Glimmerglass Opera in N.Y., Associate Wig Master for the Los Angeles Opera in CA, and Wig Master for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

MARY P. COSTELLO (Production Stage Manager) has worked on over 60 productions during 11 seasons with PTC. Favorites include Sting's The Last Ship, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Les Misérables, In the Heights, Next to Normal, and Rent. Other stage management teams: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Boston Theatre Works, Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival, and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Proud Equity member. #blacklivesmatter #translivesmatter

EMILY NACRISSA GRIFFITH (Assistant Stage Manager) graduated from Utah Valley University with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Arts with emphases in performance and design/technology. Griffith earned the Kennedy Center's Meritorious Achievement Award for her work as the production stage manager of UVU's Next to Normal, which received the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival national award for Outstanding Production.

KELSEY JAMES (Assistant Stage Manager) At PTC, Fireflies, Something Rotten!, Once On This Island, La Cage aux Folles – Concert Edition, In the Heights – Concert Edition. Other regional credits include: The Utah Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre Company, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Little Theatre of the Rockies, Heritage Theatre Festival, and Florida Studio Theatre. Education: MFA stage management from the University of Iowa. Professional affiliations: Actors' Equity Association.

MASON TURTON (Assistant Stage Manager) This is Turton's sixth production with Pioneer Theatre Company and first season with the company! Previous Pioneer Theatre Company credits include: Ain't Misbehavin', Elf: The Musical, The Messenger, Something Rotten!, and Fireflies. Other credits include: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Pace University), The Wolves (Pace University), and The Post Office (Plan B Theatre Company) among others. Mason would like to thank all of his family and friends for their unconditional support of love towards him, "I love you all so very much! I hope you enjoy this work of art!"

MICHAEL STEWART (Book) (1924 – 1987) scored on Broadway the first time when he won a Tony Award for his Bye Bye Birdie libretto. He was the librettist for Carnival (Drama Critics Circle Award) and Hello, Dolly!, which earned him both a Tony and Drama Critics prize. Stewart also wrote the lyrics for Barnum and the book for: George M! (with Francine and John Pascal); Mack & Mabel; The Grand Tour and 42nd Street (with Mark Bramble); Harrigan and Hart; and I Love My Wife.

JERRY HERMAN (Music and Lyrics) (1931 – 2019) Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage Aux Folles are home to some of the most popular, most-often performed and most successful musical hero(in)es of all time, and have given Herman the distinction of being the only composer/lyricist in history to have had three musicals that ran more than 1,500 consecutive performances on Broadway. His first Broadway show was Milk and Honey (1961), followed by Hello, Dolly! (1964), Mame (1966), Dear World (1969), Mack & Mabel (1974), The Grand Tour (1979), La Cage Aux Folles (1983), Jerry's Girls (1985), and Mrs. Santa Claus (1996), a CBS TV special starring Angela Lansbury. His string of awards and honors includes multiple Tony Awards, Grammys, Olivier Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and more.

THORNTON WILDER (Playwright) (1897-1975) born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at Yale and Princeton, was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works explore the connection between thecommonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of his seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and his next-to-last novel, The Eighth Day, received the National Book Award (1968). Two of his four major plays garnered Pulitzer Prizes: Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). His play The Matchmaker_ran on Broadway for 486 performances (1955-1957), Mr. Wilder's Broadway record, and was later adapted into the record-breaking musical _Hello, Dolly! For more information, visit thorntonwilder.com.

BOB CLINE (Casting) is the founder of Bob Cline Casting in New York. He has cast film, TV, commercials, over 75 national tours, and numerous regional theaters across the country and has been associated with the casting for PTC for many years. Cline is currently a proud faculty member in Pace University's theatre program, in charge of the senior BFA musical theatre majors. He is the Associate Director of Broadway Artists Alliance, enjoys working with The Open Jar Institute, and often teaches through The Growing Studio and The Actor's Loft.

PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY (PTC): Now celebrating its 60th season, the award-winning PTC is Utah's premiere professional theatre and a leading arts organization of the West. Led by Artistic Director Karen Azenberg and Interim Managing Director Diane L. Parisi, PTC promotes community-building and education through presenting world-class productions; developing new socially resonant and universal work; hosting talks, lectures, and workshops that engage a versatile and inclusive demographic, while celebrating diversity in culture and society; and serving as the connecting bridge between art and scholarship as an affiliate of the University of Utah.

ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA): founded in 1913, represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers nationwide. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #equityworks



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