Who’s Who in the Cast

Jessica Blair

JESSICA BLAIR (Ensemble) is so excited to be returning to Pioneer Theatre Company in Something Rotten!. Other PTC credits include: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Oliver!, The Music Man, Sweet Charity, It Happened One Christmas, and A Christmas Carol: The Musical. Some of her regional credits include: Holiday Inn, Chicago, and Hello Dolly! (Drury Lane Oabrook), Brigadoon (Goodman Theatre), A Year With Frog and Toad (Dorset Theatre Festival), A Christmas Carol, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). Jessica holds a BFA in musical theatre from the University of Michigan. Lots of love and gratitude to her family and Edward.

Galyana Castillo

GALYANA CASTILLO (Bea) is filled with gratitude to be returning to the PTC stage! You may remember her from her role as Asaka in PTC’s Once On This Island in 2020 just before the shutdown. Galyana is newly engaged and excited to begin planning her big day! Credits include: National Tour: Elf the Musical (Deb), Fame (Miss Sherman). Regional: Rock of Ages (Justice, Theatre Aspen), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal, Fulton Theatre), Seussical the Musical (Sour Kangaroo, Stages St. Louis), La Cage aux Folles (Francis, Pioneer Theatre Company), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Billie Holiday, The Prizery), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Nell Carter, Forestburgh Playhouse), Chicago (Matron Mama Morton, Forestburgh Playhouse), Show Boat (Queenie, Shenandoah Summer Theatre), Big River (Alice, Sharon Playhouse).

Lenny Daniel

LENNY DANIEL (Ensemble/Associate Director) 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: 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).

Marjorie Failoni

MARJORIE FAILONI (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her PTC Debut! Broadway: Escape to Margaritaville (Dance Captain/u/s Tammy). National Tours: Escape to Margaritaville, 9 to 5, Disney’s High School Musical. Favorite Regional credits: Escape to Margaritaville (La Jolla Playhouse), A Christmas Story (Tuacahn and Paper Mill Playhouse), Oklahoma! (North Shore), High School Musical 2! (Theatre of the Stars), The Little Mermaid (TUTS/Dallas/La Mirada), How to Succeed… (Flatrock Playhouse), 42nd Street (Maine State Music Theatre), Shrek (The MUNY), Elf, and The Witches of Eastwick (Ogunquit Playhouse). BFA University of Michigan. Thanks to Karen and the Pioneer family, CTG, friends, and my family! @mfailoni marjoriefailoni.com

Matt Farcher

MATT FARCHER (Nick) is grateful to make his return to PTC for the third time, after two wonderful experiences in Fiddler on the Roof as Fyedka and The Count of Monte Cristo as The Count. Matt was last seen as Charlie in Kinky Boots at the Fulton Theatre and in the original Broadway Cast of Pretty Woman: The Musical, and has been fortunate enough to participate in multiple Off-Broadway, Regional, and National Tour productions, as well. Matt wanted to take a moment and send a big thank you to everyone for coming to our show tonight. Thank you, Karen, and the rest of the team here at PTC, for making this opportunity possible. Break legs to the rest of the Bards up here with us, and sending my love to Lexi and the Fam. (He/Him)

Dan Bob Higgins

DAN BOB HIGGINS (Ensemble) is excited to make his PTC debut with Something Rotten! National Tours: West Side Story (Diesel, Riff u/s) and Elf. Regional Credits: Chasing Rainbows (Goodspeed), Bullets Over Broadway (Ogunquit Playhouse), Peter Pan (Fulton), and more at MSMT, Flat Rock Playhouse, and Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Favorite Roles: Elf (Buddy), Singin’ in the Rain (Don Lockwood), Mary Poppins (Bert), 42nd Street (Billy). Dan has been dancing for 25+ years, training in all genres. BFA in musical theatre from Penn State University. Dan would like to thank PTC for this amazing opportunity, his family for their support, and his wife AnnaLee for all her love and encouragement.

Matthew Hudzik

MATTHEW HYDZIK (Shakespeare) Broadway credits include Gregg Allman in The Cher Show, Buddy in Side Show, Greg in It Shoulda Been You, Tony in West Side Story, and Kenickie in Grease. Off-Broadway, Matthew starred as John in Tomorrow Morning at the York Theatre. National Tours include If/Then, Rent, Fame, Grease, and Flashdance. Concert and special appearances with the LA Philharmonic, Kennedy Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, MUNY, Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, Stages St. Louis, Annenberg Theater Palm Springs, ACT Connecticut. A proud Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State; BFA musical theatre. All my love to my Megan and Grace Willow.

Robert Anthony Jones

ROBERT ANTHONY JONES (Nostradamus) is thrilled to be returning to PTC after having last appeared in Cagney. Other PTC shows include The Music Man as Marcellus and A Christmas Carol as Mr. Fezziwig. Broadway/National Tours: Finding Neverland, Mr. Cromer (and sometimes Mr. Henshaw)-Final Broadway Company (Lunt-Fontaine Theatre), The Phantom of the Opera as Reyer/ u/s Firmin (Really Useful Theatre Company), The 101 Dalmatians Musical (Jinx-Madison Square Garden). Off Broadway: Bunnicula as Harold-Daryl (Roth Theatre-OOBCR), The Prince and The Pauper (Dresser/Hermit/Grammer-Lamb’s Theatre-OOBCR). Regional: Bang Bang with Sean Astin (Shadowland Theatre), La Cage aux Folles (Albin/Zaza-VMT). He dedicates this show to his beautiful son, A.J., who continues to be an unbelievable gift every day (and is also way funnier). www.robertanthonyjones.com

Howard Kaye

HOWARD KAYE (Shylock/Ensemble) happily returns to PTC having performed in productions of Peter and the Starcatcher, The Music Man, It Happened One Christmas, Oliver, and Elf. He has appeared on Broadway in Miss Saigon; Off-Broadway in Silence! The Musical, and in the original North American Company of Mamma Mia!. He is a graduate of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard Drama Division.

Kevin B. McGlynn

KEVIN B. MCGLYNN (Brother Jeremiah) is a native of Medford, Massachusetts and graduate of the Boston Conservatory. He was last seen at Paper Mill Playhouse as George Jessel in the pre-Broadway run of the new musical Chasing Rainbows, chronicling Judy Garland’s road to the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Regionally, he has appeared as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Javert in Les Misérables, Lumière in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and Thomas Andrews in Titanic. National touring credits include Kiss Me Kate, All Shook Up, Forbidden Broadway, and The Captain’s Daughter performed at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. He’s created roles in New York productions of The Countess of Storyville, The Kid Who Would Be Pope, and Flambé Dreams, for which he won an Outstanding Performer Award. Thanks to family and friends for their constant love and support.

T. J. Newton

T.J. NEWTON (Minstrel/Ensemble) is so happy to be here with you today! T.J. just concluded his run as Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton on the First National Tour of Spamilton, a role he began playing in 2019 at Pittsburgh CLO. Favorite credits include: Usnavi in In the Heights (Pittsburgh Musical Theatre), Chino in West Side Story (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), Ernie in Sister Act (Theatre Under the Stars), Willie Lopez in Ghost (White Plains PAC). He created and hosts his own Broadway themed IGTV show, @kikisclosetshow. Follow his adventure, @tjnewtonnyc. He dedicates this performance to his father, Thomas Newton. (he/him)

Daniel Plimpton

DANIEL PLIMPTON (Nigel) is thrilled to be returning to PTC after appearing in Cagney (Bill Cagney) in 2019. Utah credits include the National Tours of The Book of Mormon (SLC Debut Company) and Spring Awakening. Other tour: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Daniel recently played two dream roles with Cosmo Brown in Singin’ in the Rain and Phil Davis in White Christmas. Regional: Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Engeman Theatre, and more. BFA: The Boston Conservatory. Daniel is a proud member of the organizations Sing For Your Seniors, Knock For Democracy, and Actors’ Equity Association. Thank you to Karen and Mary and Helen, and so many more. Love to Darien, who he is marrying this May!

JP Qualters

JP QUALTERS (Ensemble) is so happy to be back at PTC for the third time! Education: Hartt School of Music. Credits include: First National Tour of School of Rock (Theo), and First National Tour of Kinky Boots. Regional favorites: PCLO, NSMT, Signature and Fords Theatre, Riverside Theatre, and ZACH Theatre! JP is a proud type 1 diabetic. Grateful for the love and support from his family and agency, Take 3 Talent! IG: JPQ22

Lexi Rabadi

LEXI RABADI (Portia) is excited and grateful to debut at the wonderful Pioneer Theatre Company in such a brilliantly hilarious piece! Previous credits include: Off-Broadway in Hannah Senesh, a one-woman play with music (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene), Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Fulton Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre), Laura in The Glass Menagerie (Fulton Theatre), Belle in A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville), and most recently, Kismet, directed by Lonny Price (Granada Theatre). Thanks to our entire team back, on, and offstage for this gift of laughter, connection, and creation. Thanks to you for being here to share it all with us. Love!

T Anthony

T ANTHONY (Ensemble) is tickled pink to be back on stage with PTC, after their December debut in Elf. Collegiate artistic endeavors include When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet (Open Door), Floyd Collins, The Odyssey (University of Utah), and The College Tour with Amazon Prime. They’re a Senior in the University of Utah’s BFA musical theatre program, and a certified yoga instructor. Peace, Love, and Stars.

Izzy Arrieta

IZZY ARRIETA (Ensemble) Izzy is grateful for the opportunity to share his talents with PTC. Stage credits include: An American in Paris (HCT), Disney’s Tarzan, Anything Goes, In the Heights, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (HCTO); Newsies, In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles (PTC); La Cage aux Folles (Arizona Broadway Theatre); and Footloose (Harman Theatre). Izzy studied at Utah Valley University and works as a dance teacher, choreographer, and photographer.

Austin Dorman

AUSTIN DORMAN (Ensemble) is thrilled to make his Pioneer Theater Company debut. Regional credits include: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Les Misérables, The Fantasticks, Candide, The Pirates of Penzance, Fiddler on the Roof, Wonderful Town, Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol, Next to Normal. Other favorites credits include: Oklahoma!, Anything Goes, Godspell, Hello, Dolly!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Fools, Good Doctor, in addition to lots of sketch comedy.

Reba Johnson

REBA JOHNSON (Ensemble) is thrilled to be on the PTC stage again after appearing in 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 Bachelors of Fine Arts from Brigham Young University. Special thanks to my friends and family for their support!

Hannah Keating

HANNAH KEATING (Ensemble) is excited to make her professional debut at PTC before graduating with a BFA/BS this Spring. Credits include The Odyssey, The Emily Dickinson Musical and Theatrics Online, in addition to directing Manic Pixie Nightmare and assisting The Book Club Play and Songs for a New World – none of which would have been possible without the endless support of her family.

Evan Latta

EVAN LATTA (Ensemble) is happy to join Pioneer Theatre Company for the production of 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!

Micki Martinez

MICKI MARTINEZ (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning this season after appearing in Elf The Musical (Ensemble, u/s Jovie). Other PTC credits include the concert productions of In the Heights (Nina Rosario), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and La Cage aux Folles. Martinez is currently based in SLC and holds a BFA in musical theatre from the University of Utah. Special thanks to Karen Azenberg!

Keeley Anne McCormick

KEELEY ANNE MCCORMICK (Ensemble) is just delighted to return to both Salt Lake and the Renaissance! National Tour: Something Rotten!; Select Regional: Cabaret (u/s Sally; The Argyle Theatre), The Producers (Theatre By The Sea), Spamalot (Short North Stage). University of Utah - BFA. Big thanks to Karen, and Eddie & team at Take 3. Love to my wonderful family, my Drew, and my entire support system. @keeleycattt

Caden Tudor

CADEN TUDOR (Ensemble) is thrilled to finally take part in this exciting show after two long years! He is a graduating senior in the musical theatre program at the University of Utah. Recent credits include Floyd Collins (Babcock), and Songs for a New World (Babcock), and Curtains. Hi mom and dad!! :D

Peter Surace

PETER SURACE (Lord Clapham/Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his Pioneer Theatre Company debut! National Tour: Something Rotten!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Musical. Regional: Lyric Repertory Company and Engeman Theater. Disney Cruise Line (Magic): Prince Charming. BFA in musical theater: Montclair State University. @petersurace

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.

HELEN GREGORY (Musical Director) After spending the past two years working various jobs: 2020 decennial census taker, office administrative assistant, COVID vaccine (on-site) support staff, materials handler for the Durango Public Library, and 2020 election judge for La Plata County— Helen is ecstatic to be at Pioneer Theatre Company doing what she loves most—live theatre. Thank you to all that make this production possible-staff, musicians, cast, crew and, you, our audience. It truly takes a village to make this work happen. Enjoy.

BRANDON BIEBER (Associate Choreographer) is a New York City-based writer, director, performer, and choreographer. He recently finished work serving as the associate choreographer for the Netflix series “Halston,” the final season of “Younger,” and the upcoming DreamWorks animated film The Bad Guys. He choreographed “Little America” on Apple TV+ and served as assistant choreographer/dance coach to Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell for the Award-winning TV series “Fosse/Verdon” on FX. Last Fall, Brandon wrote, directed, and choreographed the new musical review On the Brink of a Lovely Song at the Manhattan School of Music. Internationally, Brandon directed/choreographed an acclaimed production of Hairspray in Indonesia in 2019. His choreography was also seen Off-Broadway in Felix Starro. As an actor, he performed on Broadway in Side Show, Follies, Anything Goes, and Mary Poppins, and in tours of Something Rotten! and White Christmas, along with shows at City Center’s Encores!, Radio City, and numerous regional theaters across the country.

GEORGE MAXWELL (Scenic Designer) was the resident scenic designer at Pioneer Theatre Company for over 25 years and had the distinct pleasure of designing over 100 productions for the company before retiring. Recently he designed Sweeney Todd and Newsies for PTC. A few of his favorite PTC designs include Next to Normal, Rent, White Christmas, A Christmas Story, Chicago, Metamorphoses, Enchanted April, West Side Story, Proof, Peter Pan, Noises Off, Man of La Mancha, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Miss Saigon, Fiddler on the Roof, and A Christmas Carol: The Musical. He was tapped by the Utah Opera Company to design The Coronation of Poppea and The Ballad of Baby Doe. Maxwell has also designed for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He is a member of United Scenic Artists.

PATRICK HOLT (Costume Designer) Patrick’s previous designs with PTC include Sweet Charity, The Will Rogers Follies, La Cage aux Folles, and Grease. Other works include The Public Theater, The Guthrie Theater, Milwaukee Repertory, Kansas City Repertory, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The John Houseman Theater, Playmakers Repertory, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The Arizona Repertory Theatre, and The Arizona Theatre Company. He designed the World Premiere productions of Constant Star by Tazewell Thompson, and Gint by Romulus Linney. Film and television work includes HBO, CBS, and World of Wonder. Patrick is also a professor at the University of Arizona, where he heads the costume design program.

MICHAEL GILLIAM (Lighting Designer) Broadway: Bonnie and Clyde, Brooklyn, Big River, Stand-Up Tragedy; The West End: Gershwin Alone; Off-Broadway: Cagney The Musical, Tappin’ Thru Life, The Best Is Yet to Come, Striking 12, Mr. Joy, Blue, Zooman and The Sign, Menopause The Musical; National Tours: Peter Pan, Guys and Dolls, Big River. And many of the country’s Regional Theatres. Awards: Los Angeles Ovation Awards, Drama-Logue Awards, Garland Awards, and the 1999 Career achievement award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.

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) She 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.

SARAH HUDSON (Assistant Stage Manager) is a recent transplant to Salt Lake City from Austin, TX. Her favorite past endeavors include work with The Long Center for the Performing Arts, Summer Stock Austin, ZACH Theatre, Texas Performing Arts, Zilker Theatre Productions, and most recently Utah Shakespeare Festival for their World Premiere of Gold Mountain.

KELSEY JAMES (Assistant Stage Manager) is happy to be returning to Pioneer Theatre Company where her credits include previous Play-by-Play readings The Fifth Domain, Art & Class, Requiem for August Moon and Perpetual Girl and Assistant Stage Manager for In the Heights – Concert Edition. Other regional stage management credits include: My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, The Winter’s Tale, Henry IV Pt. I and Julius Caesar (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre); Swing! The Musical (Little Theatre of the Rockies) and a collection of Cabaret productions (Florida Studio Theatre). She is a graduate of The University of Iowa stage management MFA program and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

KALISTA VORDOS (Intern) is a senior in the University of Utah’s Theatre Studies program and the Stage Management Certificate program. Previous U Theatre department credits include The Book Club Play (Babcock Theatre), The Night Witches (Online), She Kills Monsters (Kingsbury Hall), and Macbeth (Studio 115). Outside of the U, she has recently worked on The Rocky Horror Show (The Grand Theatre) and The Birdsinger, Heist of the Princess Diamond, and Pioneer Song (The Great Salt Lake Fringe). She intends to pursue a doctorate in Psychology and Social Intervention after graduation, studying the effects of participation in performing arts on social and behavioral development.

KAREY KIRKPATRICK (Book, Music, and Lyrics) began his career as a screen and songwriter for Disney Animation where he penned The Rescuers Down Under and James and the Giant Peach. With more than a dozen feature films produced, screenplay credits include Chicken Run (Golden Globe nominee for Outstanding Comedy), Charlotte’s Web, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Over the Hedge, which he also co-directed. He directed the Paramount Pictures film Imagine That starring Eddie Murphy and co-produced, wrote and performed on the film’s soundtrack. He recently directed the Warner Brothers animated musical Smallfoot for which he also co-wrote the screenplay and the songs (with brother Wayne). He has won a number of Tony, Oscar and Grammy awards and that number is zero. Other credits: husband of Nada, father of Sami, Maia, and Finn.

WAYNE KIRKPATRICK (Music and Lyrics) is the Grammy Award-winning songwriter of Change the World by Eric Clapton (Song of the Year). Top 10 singles include Every Heartbeat, Good for Me (Amy Grant); Wrapped Up in You (Garth Brooks); Boondocks, Bring It on Home, Little White Church (Little Big Town); Place in This World (Michael W. Smith). He is a multi-formatted songwriter with songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Faith Hill, Joe Cocker, Gabe Dixon, Trisha Yearwood, Babyface, and Peter Frampton, among others. His songs have been featured in TV shows (Grey’s Anatomy, True Blood, Hart of Dixie) as well as feature films (Almost Famous, Phenomenon, Smallfoot). Wayne lives in Nashville with his wife Fran, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame for 2018. Favorite productions: Kourtney, Shelby, and Carson.

JOHN O’FARRELL (Book) is one of the UK’s best known comic authors and script writers. Best-selling novels include The Best a Man Can Get, May Contain Nuts, and The Man Who Forgot His Wife. Non-fiction includes An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, the political memoir Things Can Only Get Better and its recent sequel plus three collections of his satirical columns for The Guardian newspaper. O’Farrell’s books have been translated into thirty languages and adapted for BBC Radio and television. Winner, British Comedy Award. Previously a writer (and later panelist) on BBC’s Have I Got News For You and lead writer on ten series of ITV’s Spitting Image. Currently writing the sequel to Chicken Run, and adapting one of his novels for Sony International Pictures.

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