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SUMMER THEATRE 2021 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES DEPT. OF THEATRE & DANCE TICKETS 307-766-6666 OR UWYO.EDU/FINEARTS Jason Banks .................. Lighting & Sound Designer / Video Consultant Amanda Biggs .............................................. BCPA Box Office Manager Ben Boyd ...........................................Video Supervisor & Programmer / Master Electrician, ALL IN THE TIMING Alexander Brown .... Sound Monitor Mixer & Assistant Sound Engineer Cameron Bullard ............Carpenter/Scenic Artist/Electrician/Run Crew Jack Chapman ...................................Theatre & Dance Office Associate Mary Dyson .....................................Performer, ALL IN THE TIMING Jenny Foldenauer ............................................Costume Shop Director / Costumer Designer, THE LAST FIVE YEARS Carlee Goyn ................................................................Business Manager Kathy Kirkaldie ........................ Publicity / Marketing / House Manager Andrew Lia ......Assistant Technical Director / Production Stage Manager Amanda Lydon .............. Master Electrician, THE LAST FIVE YEARS / Carpenter / Scenic Artist / Electrician / Run Crew Anne Mason ......................................Director, ALL IN THE TIMING/ Performer, THE LAST FIVE YEARS DeeLynn Miller............................. Performer, ALL IN THE TIMING / THE LAST FIVE YEARS Brianna Perry ................................ Performer, ALL IN THE TIMING / Costume Designer, THE LAST FIVE YEARS / Costume Assistant Seán Stone ........................................ Director / Music Director / Editor, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 29: A SONG CYCLE Aubree Tafoya ..................................Performer, ALL IN THE TIMING Scott Tedmon-Jones .........................Artistic Director / Scenic Designer/ Technical Director Don Turner ................................................................... Sound Engineer Katarina Tyler ..................................Performer, ALL IN THE TIMING Margaret Wilson ............... Head, UW Department of Theatre & Dance Megan Wilson ..................................................................Stage Manager Bryan Wolfe ..............Carpenter / Scenic Artist / Electrician / Run Crew Jason Banks, Lighting / Sound/Projection Designer / Video Systems Con- sultant, is entering his fifth year as a lecturer at UW and his fourth season with Snowy Range Summer Theatre. Professional credits include lighting director in concert for SMASH MOUTH and BOYZ II MEN and CANDLEBOX. Live production work includes a wide array of work, such as design for concerts, operas, dance, musical theatre, and text-based performance. Jason is proud to maintain the tradition of SRST during these challenging times and looks for- ward to a new world of performing arts as we move forward from the past year. Amanda Biggs, BCPA Box Office Manager, originally hails from St. Louis, MO, and moved to Laramie in 2015. She has been working for the Performing Arts Box Office ever since. Amanda received her Bachelor’s degree from the UW and her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Riverside. When she’s not selling tickets, you can find her working on screenplays, per- forming standup comedy, or searching for the best slice of cheesecake in town. Ben Boyd, Video Supervisor & Programmer / Master Electrician, is working towards a BFA in Design/Technical Management with a focus in pro- jection and lighting design. At UW Ben has worked as both master electrician and carpenter in the Department of Theatre & Dance Scene Shop and on productions such as THE DOLLS OF NEW ALBION: A STEAMPUNK OPERA, where he served as both video editor and cinematographer. Ben looks forward to the new opportunities that have been created by combining live and recorded theatre. Alexander Brown, Sound Monitor Mixer / Assistant Sound Engineer, is a third-year student at UW studying technical theatre with an emphasis in sound design/engineering and projection design. He has worked in the scene shop as a carpenter and electrician and designed several shows. His first sound design was for 29: A SONG CYCLE, where he sourced and recorded sound effects. He then was recruited to be sound designer/engineer for THE DOLLS OF NEW ALBION: A STEAMPUNK OPERA, for which he recorded and edited performers’ vocals. Cameron Bullard, Carpenter / Scenic Artist / Electrician / Run Crew, is a junior at UW working towards a BFA in Design/Technical Management, with which he plans to pursue a career in the scenic design field, either in cinema or the theatre industry. In addition to his passion for scenic carpentry, he also has ties to the music industry and hopes that he can incorporate his hobby in music production into his career field, be it lighting, stage design, or performance. Cameron is a patron of all the ats—from music and art to theatre and literature, but is now shifting his priorities into thee theatre industry. He will officially make his Theatre Tech debut with the 2021 Snowy Range Summer Theatre. Jack Chapman, Senior Office Associate, has been with UW Theatre & Dance for 21 years. He spent 24 years in the Air Force working in Administration and Person- nel, retiring in 2000. He made his acting debut in fall 2002 as “Bailiff” in the THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL, written and directed by William Missouri Downs and played “Neville the Big Dog” in the summer 2004 production of MR. A’S AMAZ- ING MAZE PLAYS. He and wife Sherri have three children, Michael, Gregory, and Nicole, and six granddaughters, Ivy, Ella, Jaycie, Roma, Rosalee, and Rori. Mary Dyson, Performer, ALL IN THETIMING, joins Snowy Range Summer Theatre for the second time after appearing in 2020’s collaborative online pro- duction GOD OF CARNAGE. Next fall, she will be a senior at UW studying Theatre and Dance with a concentration in performance/acting and plans to graduate in Spring 2022! She has been involved with eight main stage produc- tions at UW and studied abroad in London in 2020 (which unfortunately only lasted two months). She looks forward to finally working in person with every- one and can’t wait for you to enjoy the show! Jenny Foldenauer, Costume Designer, is an assistant professor in costume de- sign at UW Theatre & Dance. She designed the 2020-2021 academic year’s productions of: ASKING STRANGERS THE MEANING OF LIFE, 29: A SONG CYCLE, and SHE KILL’S MONSTERS: VIRTUAL REALMS. Select professional credits include: (Son of Semele Ensemble) THE LATE WED- DING, OUR CLASS, LOVE AND INFORMATION; (A Noise Within The- ater) ARGONAUTIKA - Winner of 2019 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Costume Design, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, TALE OF TWO CITIES, ANTIGONE, MACBETH; (The Pasadena Playhouse) CUL- TURE CLASH’S BORDERTOWN NOW; (The Broad Stage presented by The Speakeasy Society) THE WILD PARTY; (Theatre of Note) A BEAUTI- FUL DAY IN NOVEMBER ON THE BANKS OF GREATEST OF GREAT LAKES; (East West Players Theater) THE WHO’S TOMMY. Carlee Goyn, Business Manager, manages the staff center at the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts, overseeing financial operations and human resources. Carlee holds an MBA from UW as well as an SPHR certification. Kathy I. Kirkaldie, Publicity / Marketintg / House Management is the Fine Arts Coordinator for UW Fine and Performing Arts, and has worked as a writer/editor, grantwriter, publicist, freelance writer, archivist, and youth leader. Selected acting credits include THE CHILDREN’S HOUR, BURIED CHILD, SHEAR MADNESS, CRIMES OF THE HEART, and DEATH OF A SALESMAN, but Kathy’s favorite productions to date have been her daughters, Claire and Grace, and her son, Benjamin. Andrew Lia, Asst. Technical Director / Production Stage Manager, has been active in Los Angeles as a Production Manager, Stage Manager, and Lighting Designer since 2011, working with companies such as Center Theatre Group, The Speakeasy Society, East West Players, Circle X Theatre Company, Ghost Road Company, and at educational institutions such as Oxy Arts, The Lee Stras- berg Theatre & Film Institute, American Musical & Dramatic Academy, and Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre. He also worked as Project Manager for Tait Towers overseeing installation of automation elements for Shanghai Disneyland’s Fantasmic 2.0!!, and Facebook’s MPK21 Event Space. A Chicago native, Andrew holds a BA from Augustana College and an MFA from CalArts. Amanda Lydon, Master Electrician/ Scenic Artist / Carpenter / Run Crew, is from Colorado Springs, CO, and enjoys skiing with her family and reading. In high school, she worked on the technical side of a number of musicals and plays. She is now a junior at UW majoring in Theatre and Dance with a concentration in Design/Technical Management. This year, she was Lighting Designer for THE DOLLS OF NEW ALBION: A STEAMPUNK OPERA and Assistant Stage Man- ager for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (SOCIALLY DISTANCED). Anne Mason, Performer / Director, is Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Relative Theatrics, where she has acted in, directed, designed, and produced over 35 productions. A Laramie native, Anne holds a BFA in Theatre Perfor- mance from UW and has worked professionally with Capital Stage Company, Sacramento Music Circus, Missoula Children’s Theatre, Snowy Range Summer Theatre, and the University of Wyoming. She was named one of Laramie’s 2016 20-Under-40 Young Professionals, was a Wyoming Governor’s Arts Awards Nom- inee (2019), a Wyoming Women of Influence Nominee in 2020, a 2020/21 Per- forming Arts Fellow with the Wyoming Arts Council, and a