COLLEEN BAUM (MC Dog) has been seen at Salt Lake Acting Company in END DAYS, the premiere of SEXSTING and as Izzy in RABBIT HOLE; as well as in THE WATER PROJECT, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, CABBIES, COWBOYS & THE TREE OF THE WEEPING VIRGIN. She has also performed at Pioneer Theatre Company in THE HEIRESS, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU and LOST IN YONKERS; as well as Plan-B Theatre Company's TRAGEDY: A TRAGEDY, ANIMAL FARM, WAR OF THE WORLDS,THE LARAMIE PROJECT, THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER, AN EPILOGUE, SLAM and THE BANNED PLAYED ON. YOURS, ANNE, DEAF DAY and THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER at the Egyptian Theatre Company as well as BLOOD BROTHERS, THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS, THE UNEXPECTED GUEST and GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA, GOOD MORNING JULIET at the Old Lyric Repertory Company. Ms. Baum is a member of Actor's Equity Association.
DUSTIN BOLT (Red Dog) is excited to be appearing in his second show at SLAC after being seen in this year’s SATURDAY’S VOYEUR. He received his BS in Musical Theatre from Weber State University where he studied under Jim Christian and Tracy Callahan. Past credits include: SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK, LIVE! (George), SATURDAY’S VOYEUR ’09 (Helika/Security), THE LARAMIE PROJECT (Dennis Shepard and others), SWEENEY TODD (Tenor Trio), RAGTIME (Younger Brother), MUSICAL OF MUSICALS: THE MUSICAL (Sir Phantom Jitter), TITANIC (Barrett), SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL (Horton), YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Charlie Brown), ASSASSINS (John Hinckley Jr.) and MACBETH (Porter) (which performed in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for Shakespeare in Washington). Following GO, DOG. GO!, Dusting will be seen in Pinnacle Acting Company’s production of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE as Leaf Coneybear. As well as performing he owns his own photography business (Lightning Bolt Photography). Dustin would like to thank his parents and Andrew for their love and constant support.
DEENA MARIE MANZANARES (Blue Dog) is a graduate of the Atlantic Theater Co. in NYC training also includes Juilliard and NYU's CAP21. Recent highlights include Olivia in INFANTRY MONOLOGUES with Meat and Potato, Ida in SKIN IN FLAMES with Salt Lake Acting Co. and Jenny Sutter in WELCOME HOME JENNY SUTTER with Pygmalion Productions. Musical roles include Audrey in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and Lola in DAMN YANKEES. Locally Deena has also worked with ETC, PTC and HCT. She also writes and performs sketch comedy on the web and has been featured on G4 TV's Attack of the Show as well as named a Best of the Beehive (The Comedienne) and a Best of Utah (Media & Politics) last year. After GO, DOG. GO! Deena will be seen in AMERIGO with Plan B (April 2010). Proud member of Actors Equity Association.
SHANNON MUSGRAVE (Hattie/Spotted Dog) is thrilled to be returning to SLAC's stage after spending the summer performing and having the time of her life in SATURDAY’S VOYEUR. Shannon was most recently seen performing in SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE! at the Grand Theatre, where she also appeared in MUSICAL OF MUSICALS: THE MUSICAL. Other favorite roles include Juliet in Pinnacle Acting Company's production of ROMEO AND JULIET, Catherine in WAITING FOR THE PARADE, Helene in SWEET CHARITY, and Hermia in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM all at Weber State University, where Shannon earned her BA in Musical Theatre. She has also taught movement, dance and acting classes at the Children's Theatre and at North Davis Junior High. After GO, DOG. GO! Shannon will be performing in Pinnacle Acting Company’s 25TH ANNUAL PUTMAN COUNTY SPELLING BEE. Shannon is also very happy to be working as part of SLAC's wonderful Communications and Audience Development team.
JAY PERRY (Yellow Dog) had his debut at SLAC in last season’s DARK PLAY. A native of Salt Lake, Jay attended the University of Utah’s Actor Training Program and also trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. His was most recently seen in RADIO HOUR: ALICE at Plan-B Theatre Company. Other regional credits include INFANTRY MONOLOGUES for Meat and Potato Theatre, GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! for Plan-B and also for the Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville, FL, TWELFTH NIGHT at Salt Lake Shakespeare, Plan-B's FACING EAST in which Jay appeared twice in Salt Lake (2007 Arty Award-Best Theatre Performance-Facing East Ensemble), at Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, and Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre in New York. Jay has performed in TRAGEDY: A TRAGEDY, THE ALIENATION EFFEKT, two SLAM!'s and five installments of RADIO HOUR (Plan-B), A THOUSAND CLOWNS (The Grand Theatre), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Pioneer Theatre Company), and THE COMPLEAT WORKS OF WLLM SHKSPR ABRIDGED (Salt Lake Shakespeare). In addition to performing, Jay has taught at the Theatre Arts Conservatory, directed STUDENT SLAM (TAC) and mentored young actors at Spyhop.
NATHAN SHAW (Green Dog) received his BFA from the University of Utah, Department of Modern Dance in 2004. He is currently beginning his fourth season with Repertory Dance Theatre. He is also a member of SB Dance where he was most recently seen as Henri the law school dropout coffee barista. He has been honored to be a founding member of Salt Lake’s newest dance company, RawMoves. For the past two summers, he has served as the official dance coach for the 2008 and 2009 Crested Butte Music Festival. Highlights of his performing career include RENARD choreographed by Charlotte Boye-Christensen for the Utah Symphony & Opera, and HOUSE OF TIMOTHY by Natosha Washington which won the Best Performance award at the American College Dance Festival. When not performing, he is diligently following around his three dogs with a pooper scooper…
JERRY RAPIER (Director) happily returns to SLAC. He is in his tenth season as Producing Director of Plan-B Theatre Company. In 2007, he was ranked 6th on The Salt Lake Tribune's list of Utah's Top 25 Cultural Power Brokers. In 2008, he received Salt Lake City's Mayor's Artist Award in the Performing Arts. In 2009, he was named an Alternative Pioneer by City Weekly.
Jerry would like to dedicate his work on this production to his mother, Alberta Lee Rapier, who passed away earlier this year. She was an LCSW focused on play therapy, a method in which a therapist uses a child's fantasies and the symbolic meanings of his or her play as a medium for understanding and communication with the child.
DAVID EVANOFF (Musical Director/Musician Dog) has been a musician and musical director for a life time. David has been musical director for SATURDAY’S VOYEUR and BAT BOY THE MUSICAL here at The Salt Lake Acting Company. He has also been musical director for projects at The Egyptian Theater including JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and TOMMY. For Plan-B Theater he was the musical director for HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. David has directed projects from coast to coast including Disneyland, Universal Studios, the Orange Bowl and here locally for the 2002 Winter Olympics. David is the owner of Sound Designs Studio, where he writes and produces music for film, TV and special events.
CYNTHIA FLEMING (Choreographer) has worked professionally for over thirty years, which includes performing in the Broadway, National, and International companies of A CHORUS LINE and has acted, directed, and choreographed a variety of professional theatre and dance productions in Salt Lake City. She is the company choreographer at SLAC, her favorites include 13 productions of SATURDAY’S VOYEUR, BAT BOY THE MUSICAL, and WATER LILIES from CABBIES, COWBOYS, AND THE TREE OF THE WEEPING VIRGIN. In addition to her choreography work, she oversees SLAC’s four-member Communications Team, who create all marketing and communications material for the Company and oversee box office activities, keeping the play, the artists, and the audience at the heart of their work.
KEVEN MYHRE (Set Design, Producing Director) is in his 16th season as Salt Lake Acting Company’s (SLAC) Producing Director and Resident Designer. He was chosen to receive the Mayor’s Artist Award in the Performing Arts for 2009. Keven was awarded the 2008 City Weekly Award for directing THE CLEAN HOUSE and MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS at Salt Lake Acting Company. His other directing credits at SLAC are THE OVERWHELMING, RABBIT HOLE, I AM MY OWN WIFE, BAD DATES, KIMERBLY AKIMBO, GOING TO ST. IVES, WATER LILIES, THE MEMORY OF WATER, TWO-HEADED, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE, C’EST MOI in MERE MORTALS, and THREE DAYS OF RAIN. Keven has designed all of SLAC’s sets and many of the costumes for the last sixteen years. He also designed sixteen sets for The Grand Theatre, including ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE, JOHNNY GUITAR, MY FAIR LADY, SONG OF SINGAPORE, MORNING’S AT SEVEN, and GODSPELL. ACCORDING TO COYOTE, WEST SIDE STORY, CROW AND WEASEL, and SOUTH PACIFIC were designed for Sundance Theatre. His designs have also been seen at Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, Egyptian Theatre, Kingsbury Hall and the Babcock Theatre. His work for the Utah Arts Festival includes site design for the 20th Anniversary. He received a BFA from the University of Utah and a MFA in Theatre from the University of Michigan.
JESSE PORTILLO (Lighting Design) is happy to work with the Salt Lake Acting Company. Recent productions include RADIO HOUR: ALICE and BLOCK 8 with Plan-B Theatre Company, as well as productions for Pygmalion Theatre Company, the Grand Theatre, and the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. Jesse has recently joined the faculty of the University of Utah Department of Theatre.
K.L. ALBERTS (Costume Design) Previous designs at Salt Lake Acting Company include THE CARETAKER, DARK PLAY, THE OVERWHELMING, MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, I AM MY OWN WIFE, SEXSTING, RABBIT HOLE, THE BEARD OF AVON and GROSS INDECENCIES. For Pioneer Theatre Company, K.L.’s designs include MISS SAIGON, THE PRODUCERS, LES MISERABLES, METAMORPHOSES, RAGTIME, PHANTOM and the world premieres of LAUGHING STOCK and DUMAS’ CAMILLE. K.L. has also designed AH WILDERNESS!, HAY FEVER, THE MATCHMAKER and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF for the Utah Shakespearean Festival.
SARAH RAE MOHR (Production Stage Manager) previously stage managed SLAC’s productions of THE CARETAKER, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2009, END DAYS, DARK PLAY, SIX YEARS, THE OVERWHELMING, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY, THE CLEAN HOUSE, SKIN IN FLAMES, BILLION DOLLAR BABY, MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, SATURDAY’S VOYEUR 2007 and ROUNDING THIRD. She is a graduate of the University of Utah with a BFA in Stage Management. Some of her favorite shows that she has stage managed include SANTALAND DIARIES and PROJECT FABULOCITY with Tooth and Nail Theatre, SHEAR LUCK with The Grand Theatre, THE CLEAN HOUSE and ROUNDING THIRD with Salt Lake Acting Company and THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) with Salt Lake Shakespeare.










