SHELLEY BUTLER (Director) has over 50 Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional credits to date. Notable premieres include Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House Part 2 at South Coast Repertory, Kate Hamill’s The Scarlet Letter for Two River Theater and Jake Brasch’s The Reservoir a DCPA, Alliance Theatre and Geffen Playhouse co-production. Shelley has directed and developed work nationwide for companies including: Ars Nova, Primary Stages, Ensemble Studio Theatre, WP Theater, Geffen Playhouse, The Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, The Old Globe, Milwaukee Rep, Hartford Stage, South Coast Repertory, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Geva Theatre Center, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Theatre Company, Contemporary American Theater Festival, New York Stage and Film and New Dramatists. Shelley is the recipient of a Drama League Fall Directing Fellowship, a 2018 Drama League Directing Resident, a 2005 Director’s Guild of America Trainee, and a proud member of SDC. www.shelleybutler.com

PAIGE HATHAWAY she/her (Scenic Design) PIONEER: Fireflies. REGIONAL: Village Theatre: 9 to 5, Dial M for Murder, Becoming Dr. Ruth; The Old Globe: Deceived; Alley Theatre: The Mirror Crack’d; The Muny: Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Matilda, Cinderella; Cleveland Play House: The Three Musketeers; Arden Theatre Company: Rent, Assassins; Barrington Stage: A New Brain; Santa Fe Playhouse: On Clover Road. DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Strategic Love Play, HAIR, Penelope; Ford’s Theatre: Sister Act, Little Shop of Horrors; Round House Theatre: Sojourners, The Mountaintop; Olney Theatre: Frozen; Everyman Theatre: Art, Primary Trust, And Then There Were None; Woolly Mammoth: The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes.  EDUCATION: University of Oklahoma: BFA in Scenic Design; University of Maryland: MFA in Scenic Design. USA 829. @paigehathawaydesign  www.paigehathawaydesign.com

MARIKO OHIGASHI (Costume Design) is a New York- and Tokyo-based costume designer whose work spans opera, Shakespeare, dance, and contemporary musical theater. She has designed for numerous Off-Broadway productions, several of which received critical acclaim in The New York Times. Most recently, she was nominated for both the Lucille Lortel Award and the Henry Hewes Design Award for her costume design for SUMO at The Public Theater in New York. Regionally, her designs have also been seen at theaters and institutions including Two River Theater (NJ), La Jolla Playhouse (CA), TheatreSquared (AR), and Williams College (MA). Internationally, she has designed opera and theater productions in Japan and Canada. Mariko holds an M.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

AARON SPIVEY (Lighting Design) Previous Pioneer Theatre Company designs: The Rocky Horror Show, La Cage aux Folles, and Sweat. NYC Off-Broadway designs include: Shadowlands; Jukebox Jackie; Wanda’s World; From My Hometown; 4 Guys Named José; and Elle. Regional: The Winter’s Tale; Blind Date; Ah,Wilderness!; 2666; and Brigadoon (The Goodman Theater); Tug of War and Romeo & Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Red Bike and The Legend of Georgia McBride (Center REP); Marry Me a Little (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Bomb-ity of Errors (Syracuse Stage). On Broadway, Aaron has served as the associate/assistant designer on 30 productions, including: Aladdin, Motown, The Coast of Utopia, Diana, and Tarzan. Aaron is Associate Professor of Lighting Design at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. AaronSpiveyLighting.com

BRYCE ROBINETTE (Sound Design) is excited to be in his fourth season here at Pioneer Theatre Company. He has toured across the country running theatrical and concert productions such as: the Australian Off-Broadway Company, The Temptations, Pat Benatar, Superband, and many more.

KATE CASALINO (Wig, Hair, & Makeup Design) is a New York City-based Hair and Makeup Artist. Select credits include: (Regional) McCarter Theatre, Geva Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Utah Opera, Olney Theater, Amarillo Opera, AVA in Philadelphia, and Florida Repertory Theatre. (Broadway) Death Becomes Her, Back to the Future, Company, Some Like It Hot, Funny Girl, and Girl from the North Country. (TV/Film) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, White House Plumbers, and Law & Order: Organized Crime. She is thrilled to be returning to Pioneer Theatre Company where it all began!

STACEY JENSON (Dialect Coach) In Utah, Stacey has served as a Dialect Coach for PTC, Utah Opera, SLCC, The Grand, The University of Utah, and Sandy Arts Guild.  In London, she served as Dialect Consultant for The National Theatre, and as a Coach for Fol Espoir and The Tabard Theatre. Stacey holds a BFA from the UofU’s ATP, an MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theatre, and an MFA with Distinction in Voice Studies from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London).

WILL VAN DYKE (Composer) is a Grammy-nominated musical multi-hyphenate. His musical fuzzy premiered at Barrington Stage this past summer, and his musical Ten Brave Seconds will premiere at PTC this winter. Other musicals: Writing Kevin Taylor, Magnificent Climb, Imagine Harry, Wintersong, The Circle and the Wheel and Seven Broken Hearts. Other compositions: original scores to The Lehman Trilogy, The Messenger, Ass and i (PTC), The 64 Keys (Cleveland Play House), The Gravedigger’s Lullaby (off-Broadway), Straight (off-Broadway), and The Lion King Experience (Disney), among others. Broadway MD: Mamma Mia!, Swept Away, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Pretty Woman (also Orchestrations and Arrangements), and Kinky Boots. Will is the Supervisor, Orchestrator and Arranger of the hit revival of Little Shop of Horrors off-Broadway. www.willvandyke.com @wvdmusic

DAVID CHRISTOPHER DUVAL (Fight Director) is the Resident Fight Director at PTC and serves as Chair of the Department of Theatre.  He has worked as an actor, fight director or director at such regional theatres as South Coast Repertory, Great Lakes Theater, Syracuse Stage, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Denver Theatre Center, Dallas Theatre Center, Utah / Montana / Orange County / Idaho / Colorado Shakespeare Festivals, and 20 years as an actor, fight director, or guest teacher at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

ALEXANDRA HARBOLD (Intimacy Coordinator) Recent credits include dramaturgy for Prayer for the French Republic; Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812; and The Lehman Trilogy (Pioneer Theatre Company); directing Hear Us Roar, The Cherry Orchard (University of Utah), and Western Minerals & Their Origins (Footpath Theatre). Upcoming projects include serving as Dramaturg for PTC’s Come from Away. Harbold is Co-founder and Co-artistic director of Flying Bobcat, Resident Director of Footpath Theatre, and Associate Professor of Directing for the University of Utah’s Department of Theatre. AlexandraHarbold.com

JAMES O. HANSEN* (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be in his third season here at Pioneer Theatre Company! Other credits include: Beautiful (Geva Theatre). Joseph…Dreamcoat (starring David Archuleta), Mary Poppins, and Wonderland at Tuacahn Amphitheatre. Clue (starring Sally Struthers), The Wedding Singer, A Christmas Carol at The Gateway Playhouse. James earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts Management from Dean College. Special thanks to his Mom, Family, and Ostie for their love and support! DHH.

EMILY ROTH* (Stage Manager) is delighted to be returning for her second season with Pioneer Theatre Company! Other credits include: The Woman in Black US Tour (Pemberley Productions), Miss Saigon (White Plains Performing Arts Center), Dial M for Murder and Sea Monsters of the Deep (White Heron Theatre Company), Lesley Nicol’s How The Hell Did I Get Here? (Pemberley Productions), and Ajijaak on Turtle Island (IBEX Puppetry). She is the co-author of Stage Management Basics: A Primer for Performing Arts Stage Managers (Focal Press © 2017, 2nd ed © 2022).

KARIE KOPPEL (Koppel Casting) Off-Broadway: Fatherland, Maybe Tomorrow, Deadly Stages, ‘Til Death, Queens Girl In The World, Eve Ensler’s Fruit Trilogy, The Gentleman Caller, The Boy Who Danced On Air, and Mother of Invention. Regional credits include: Denver Center Theatre, Geva Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Trinity Rep, Arena Stage, A.C.T. of CT, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Arrow Rock Lyceum, Northern Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, Syracuse Stage, Bucks County Playhouse, and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. National Tours: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Middletown. Feature Films: The Empath, The House of Usher and The Visit; upcoming Smashing. For PBS: “Walter Winchell,” “The Vote,” “Charles M Russell,” “Across ThePacific.” https://koppelcasting.com/

PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY (PTC)  Now celebrating its 64th season, the award-winning PTC is Utah’s premier professional theatre company and a leading arts organization of the West. Led by Artistic Director Karen Azenberg and Managing Director Adrian Budhu, PTC presents world-class productions that celebrate diversity in culture and society, and serve as the connecting bridge between art and scholarship as an affiliate of the University of Utah. Notable productions include the regional premieres of Les Misérables, Sting’s The Last Ship, and Frank Wildhorn’s The Count of Monte Cristo, as well as the world premieres of Shucked (the first-ever Broadway tryout in Utah), A Distinct Society by Kareem Fahmy, Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones, The Messenger by Jeff Talbott, and Ass by Ellen Simon. For more information, visit PioneerTheatre.org. 

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) Founded in 1933, AEA 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. Actor’s Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #equityworks

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States