Dinah Bradford -- Leonata

Dinah Bradford has lived in Spanish Fork for the last 19 years. She is the set director for the Spanish Fork Community Theater and has performed in The Beauty and the Beast, The Secret Garden and Singing in the Rain. She has done a few local commercials and particpated in two 48 hour film festivals. She sings with the 7th Street Blues Band and The Amorphous Blues Band. She was also named The Grand Champion for acting in the World Championships of The Performing Arts 2008.

March 6th Rehearsal and Production Meeting

Hi Everyone!

In the production meeting we discussed a few tentative and solid dates for performances.

Aug 6th Salmon Supper Payson 20 min blurb

Sept 3rd Covey Park Provo 20 min gallery showcase

Sept 11th Payson Matinee Full Show

Sept 17th & 18th maybe 20th Harvest Moon Hurrah Spanish Fork Friday 20 min blurb, Full Show on 18th

Sept 27th or 28th Salem Pending

Aug 20-21st Pending Springville

Pending Mapleton

Marie spoke with a contact of hers about getting group rates for the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City.

We also discussed 20 min "green" shows to lead our full shows. Green shows are for local talent who can bring some people out to the show.

We also discussed possible attendance in parades for Payson and Springville

Production Leadership:

Rebecca -- President

Dinah -- Vice President of Production

Jason -- Vice President of Planning and Development

Lindsey -- Stage Manager

Melanie -- Secretary of the Board

Darin -- On the Board

Marie -- Director

Nathen -- Sales and Marketing

Dinah is looking for synthetic plants like the ones we used on the little theater. If you know where to get a deal let her know.

Alyssa Christensen -- Lady Conrad

Alyssa Christensen, a New Hampshire native, caught the acting bug at age 7 while playing a munchkin in “The Wizard of Oz.” At age 11, she took a Shakespeare on Stage course and fell in love with Shakespeare’s words. Over the next few years she was in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” twice, “As You Like It,” and “Macbeth.” Other favorite shows from Alyssa’s childhood were “Annie,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and “Pink Floyd’s, The Wall.” Although it has been many years since she has been on stage, she has always integrated theater into her job as a teacher. You have to be an entertainer to keep the attention of 26 1^st graders! After seeing “Romeo and Juliet” at Shakespeare’s Globe last summer, she was inspired to pursue the stage once again! Alyssa is thankful to her husband, Michael, for always pushing her to follow her passions, and for her parents who supported her love of acting from the beginning!

Brighton Sloan -- Beatrice

Brighton is delighted to have an opportunity to play her favorite Shakespearean character, Beatrice! A Theater Arts Studies major at BYU, Brighton has performed in a number of shows, playing roles such as Susannah Cibber in Joyful Noise, the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Mina Harker in Dracula, Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, and Momma in Gypsy. Last year, Brighton made her directing debut with Spotlight Production's Pride and Prejudice, and will be directingJane Eyre this summer.

Jason Wilkinson -- Claudio

This is my first stage experience in theater. In recent years I have found a love for the art of theater and have attended performances at Pioneer, Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake Acting Company, Plan B and Hale Center Theater. I was first turned on to Shakespeare by a performance of Midsummer Nights Dream at Snowbird many years ago, and I also loved the 1996 film Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes and the 1999 film Titus with Anthony Hopkins. I also saw an amazing performance of As You Like It at Pioneer Theater. I'm having the time of my life learning theater and I am very exited about all the amazing theater talent in our group. We have spirited, energetic, knowledgeable and dedicated players, directors and managers.

Melanie Adams -- Hero

Melanie Adams is a local native with a flare for creative expression. She's been only casually involved in theatre since her high school's production of Brigadoon (a decade ago - yikes!), and has been in but one other production since: The Promised Land: Lehi's Journey, at Provo's Covey Center for the Arts in 2008. Though she spends her days as a grown-up, being an in-house paralegal for a library software company, she finds great satisfaction in her alternate life as a player on the stage. Her family can attest that it is a good outlet for the dramatic storyteller within her. While she has performed wholly in musical theatre, she's no stranger to Shakespeare and is very excited to take to the stage as Hero with one of her favorite Shakespeare plays, Much Ado About Nothing.

Nathan Lowe -- Benedick

I began my theater involvement with the Villa in Springville. the first production I was in was A Christmas Carol. I was one of the solicitors at the beginning of the story. The following summer I was cast in the lead role for "An American Girl" after that I have done nothing with theater until this production. I am honored to be a member of our board and I look forward to a lasting relationship with Theater in the Park.