JAMES NOONE (Scenic Design) has designed for Broadway productions including Sunset Boulevard, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, A Time to Kill, Match, A Bronx Tale (play), A Class Act, Jekyll and Hyde, The Rainmaker, The Sunshine Boys, The Gin Game, Inherit the Wind, and many others. Off-Broadway productions designed include The Boys In The Band, In Masks Outrageous and Austere, White Chocolate, Frankie and Johnny in The Clair de Lune, Ruthless!, Full Gallop, Fully Committed, and Three Tall Women at theatres including Manhattan Theatre Club, Irish Rep, Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center Theatre, The Women’s Project and Productions, and others. Opera Companies he has designed for are The English National Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Washington National Opera. Los Angeles Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Atlanta Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and others. For TV and Film, his work has appeared on Live from Lincoln Center, Great Performances, and HBO. HBO. Awards include the American Theatre Wing Design, Drama Desk, Helen Hayes, and LA Ovation awards.

BRENDA VAN DER WIEL (Costume Design) is part of the design faculty for the University of Utah Theatre Department and serves as head of the Performing Arts Design Program. She has designed extensively for that department as well as for PTC, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and The Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Her work at PTC includes Jersey Boys, Sweeney Todd, Mary Stewart, Outside Mullingar, Alabama Story, Rent, and Emma. Some favorite designs for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival include Annie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors and The Count of Monte Cristo. Her work at Utah Shakespeare Festival includes Much Ado About Nothing, The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Treasure Island, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Most recently she has designed An American in Paris for The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater.

JOSÉ SANTIAGO (Lighting Design) is a New York City based Lighting Designer. His work has been seen at Ogunquit Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Chicago Opera, The Paramount Theatre (Aurora, IL), Drury Lane (Chicago), The REV Theatre Company, Skylight Music Theatre, Center REP, Bristol Riverside Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, Bay Street Theatre, Gretna Playhouse, The Gateway, The Engeman Theater, Guild Hall, Penobscot Theatre, 5 Star Theatricals, Slow Burn Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse. He received his MFA in Lighting Design from Florida State University. Proud member of USA829 and represented by Michael Moore Agency. www.jsantiagodesign.com 

AARON HUBBARD (Sound Designer) is enjoying his 18th 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 in his spare time he records and produces music. His favorite star is his wife, Melissa, who puts up with all the late theatre nights.

KATE CASALINO (Hair & Makeup Design) is a New York City-based Hair and Makeup Artist. Select credits include: (Regional) McCarter Theatre, Geva Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, 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!

ANDREW FEM (they/them) (Casting) is grateful to be part of a show about a young queer kid finding belonging, support, and love. Hug your queer kid today. In addition to Ten Brave Seconds, Fem has cast projects for Broadway, television, and beyond. You can read all about them and the honours they’ve been awarded for their work as a casting director and community care organizer at www.castingbythem.com and @castingbythem

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).

CHLOE GROTHEER* (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be back working with Pioneer Theatre Company on this wonderful show. Chloe attended Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory for Performing Arts for Stage Management, working on some of her favorite shows in the St. Louis area including Fahrenheit 451, The Wolves, and Lifespan of a Fact. She has been with Tuacahn Center for Performing Arts stage management team since 2021 and is excited to continue working within the performing arts of Utah!

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 Stat