Read Throughs

We will have read throughs on November 7 and December 5 from 9-11 am. Both days are Saturdays. They will be held at the LDS City Center Building in Spanish Fork -- directly across the street from the library.

It would be great if you could all pick up a copy of "no fear shakespeare" or bring your laptops and read it online. Used book stores may have it as well I'll check tomorrow in Orem. If not enough we will just read from the script.

We will meet just inside the south doors of the church in the relief society room. Please be on time! My goal is to have you back with your families by noon!

It's really important that each of you is attend.

CAST LIST!!!

After seeing the incredible amount of talent available, we decided to double cast a few roles. Please note, these are not understudies. We plan for them to do the same amount of shows.


Benedick................Alex Hansen and Dan Hoffman
Beatrice..................Brighton Sloane and Chelsea Pyle
Claudio...................Jason Wilkinson
Hero.........................Melanie Adams and Beki Diamond
Don Pedro..............Darin Bartholomew
Don John................Matt Moody
Lady Conrad.........AJ (Alyssa) Christensen
Borachio.................Chris Laird
Leonata..................Dinah Bradford
Ursula.....................Becca
Margaret................Krista McClellan
Antonia...................Serena Bennish
Dogberry................Nathan Lowe and Brian Sheets
Verges.....................Sarah Allen
Friar........................Richard Robbins
Watchman #1......Andrew Cannon
Watchman #2......Ty Jacardis
Watchman #3......Brianna McKell

Cast List

Due to still needing to cast some of the male roles I have not posted the cast list. However if you auditioned tonight there is a personal email for each of you ladies. Guys you will know on Thursday who has which part.

Thanks so much the auditions were a success and I think we have a great cast. I have to say you guys did what I asked as far as "Bringing it" and people I hadn't really considered surprised us!

I hope you will all accept the roles offered I'm excited about the cast, the show, and working with each of you.

And now at last, I am going to bed!

Carob Bartholomew

Carob Bartholomew, founder and director of Spanish Fork's Theater In The Park, is excited to bring this opportunity to the people of Utah county. After moving to Spanish Fork in March 2009 Carob fell in love with the library park and found it to be the perfect venue for such a production. Carob loves to teach and loves to learn. Her passion for theater and creativity is second only to her love of people.

Carob has been acting since the age of 9 when she starred in weekly vacation bible school skits. During high school she was very involved with a small Shakespeare company not unlike Theater In The Park. In Her junior year of high school she was accepted into Cornish College of the Arts. She completed her education at the Northwest Actors Studio in the conservatory program. Carob has worked with many of Seattle's prestigious theaters. She has also written, acted and directed for various fringe theaters and church productions. Carob has most recently become a member of the Spanish Fork Community Theater Board and the Spanish Fork Arts Council.

Carob believes that theater should be fun, accessible and open to everyone! She is a big believer in inclusion theater and strives to cast productions with diversity in mind. She welcomes everyone regardless or age, race, religion, ability or disability to come be a part of the show!
When Carob is not involved in theater she loves to entertain friends and spend time with her two princes Liam (aka the Monkey), and Adam, the most supportive husband ever! (He'd have to be to let her do this.)

Meg Grierson

Meg Sherman Grierson will be working closely with Carob on several aspects of Much Ado About Nothing. She graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Theatre Education and Direction from Brigham Young University, receiving additional collegiate training in scriptwriting, acting and stage management. As a certified secondary teacher, she taught theater at Orem High School, assisted with the Spanish Fork Youtheatre, and has also appeared as a guest acting instructor in arts workshops for both children and adults. Her most recent directorial credits include SFCT’s 2008 production of Seussical the Musical, BYU’s The Clearing, and OHS’s Pfeiffer’s People, as well as a music director credit for BYU’s Oroonoko. Meg has also enjoyed appearing onstage in several Utah Valley productions, most notably the Hale Center Theater in Orem’s Diary of Anne Frank in 2002 and Miracle Worker in 2008. She has also spent countless hours volunteering for both the Spanish Fork Arts Council and the Springville Arts Commission.

In her spare time, Meg enjoys classical piano and harp, tap dancing, performing in plays (particularly Shakespeare), playing air guitar to her classic rock CDs, and continuing her quest to read every book ever written in the history of time. She works freelance as an award-winning writer of scripts and short fiction, and currently lives in Springville with her husband and two young children.