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SCOTT BARNHARDT* (Andy Lee) is thrilled to be returning to Pioneer Theatre Company where he was last seen as Carmen Ghia in The Producers. Broadway/NY: Deaf West’s revival of Big River (Cast Recipient of the 2004 Tony Honor), Bye Bye Birdie (City Center ENCORES!) and his NYC Solo Cabaret debut Happy Songs (Metropolitan Room). Tours: The Boy Friend (directed by Julie Andrews), Big River (U.S./Japan) and the Tokyo Philharmonic’s Disney on Classic. Favorite regional credits include Wendell Porcupine in Jim Henson’s Emmett Otter and Cosmo Brown in Singin’ in the Rain (both at Goodspeed Opera House), Jinx in Forever Plaid (Cape Playhouse), Scooter in Happy Days (Papermill Playhouse – Cast Album) and the Detroit Company of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Graduate of Wagner College and Orange County High School of the Arts.

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BRIAN BEACH* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his debut at Pioneer Theatre Company in 42nd Street. National Tour: High School Musical. Regional theatre credits include Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Atlanta’s Theater of the Stars, Bay Street Theatre, Portland Center Stage and more. Brian lives on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, likes going on walks and thinks his mom is the coolest. Hi Dad! Equity. Equality. Love.

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ERIC LEE BROTHERSON* (Ensemble, U/S-Andy Lee) Originally from Utah, Eric is excited to be returning after last fall’s A Chorus Line (Mike). Eric toured internationally with Grease (Doody), and Crazy For You (Billy), and in the National Tour of FAME. For six years, Eric was based out of Seattle, performing for the 5th Avenue Theatre (My Fair Lady, Pippin, Into the Woods, Singin’ in the Rain, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), Seattle Children’s Theatre (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Sorcerers Apprentice; Peter Pan), and The Village Theatre (South Pacific, The Who’s Tommy, The Wedding Banquet, La Cage aux Folles, Cats, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast). Regionally, Eric has been seen at Sundance Theatre (Oklahoma, Gypsy, Mirette, The Fitness Game). Eric is a Brigham Young University graduate. Much love to family, friends, and my Marc.

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JACKIE COVAS* (Ensemble, U/S-Annie Reilly) is so excited to be performing at Pioneer Theatre Company in 42nd Street! Some credits include Hollywood to Broadway in Shanghai, national tours of Dora Live! and Doodlebops Live!, Underwear: A Space Musical for the NYC Fringe Festival, regional productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The King and I, along with films TAP (special feature with Henry LeTang) and All I Want for Christmas (voiceover with Lauren Bacall). Thanks to the best tap teacher ever, Mom. Love to Dad, Grandma and Codey. This one’s for Henry.

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ERIN DENMAN* (Annie Reilly, U/S-Dorothy Brock) is thrilled to be back on the PTC stage! Erin made her PTC debut as Velma Kelly in Chicago, and returned last fall to play Sheila in A Chorus Line. Broadway/NYC: Diane in 42nd Street (revival), Stairway to Paradise (Encores!). National tour: The Producers (Dance Captain). Recent regional: Desiree in the world premiere of An American in Paris (Alley Theatre, Houston), Dorothy in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Gateway Playhouse), Marty in Grease (Stages St. Louis), Judy in A Chorus Line (Geva Theatre), Ziegfield’s Favorite in The Will Rogers Follies (Sacramento Music Circus), and Rita in White Christmas (Los Angeles and Boston). Film: The Producers (2005); The Singing Detective (with Robert Downey, Jr.). Erin has degrees in Music and Drama from the University of California, Irvine.

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JACK DOYLE* (Bert Barry) Broadway and national tour credits include Young Frankenstein (Mr. Hilltop), The Music Man (Ewart Dunlop-Barbershop Quartet), Tommy Tune’s Doctor Dolittle (Dolittle understudy), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), Crazy For You (Mingo-Rhythm King Trio), The Will Rogers Follies (Will Rogers Wrangler), and Funny Girl (Ziegfeld Tenor). Additional New York credits: City Center Encores, including this season’s productions of Girl Crazy (Cowboy Quartette) and Fanny (Brun), off-Broadway productions of Destry Rides Again, Tomfoolery, and New Faces of 1952, a Radio City Music Hall spectacular, and many Lyrics & Lyricists concerts at the 92nd Street Y. Regionally, Jack has appeared in Annie (Rooster), Carousel (Enoch Snow), Mame (Claude Upson), and The Fantasticks (Bellomy). Jack recently released his first solo CD, This Heart of Mine. www.jackdoyleonline.com.

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MARY FANNING DRIGGS* (Maggie Jones) is thrilled to return to PTC, playing Maggie Jones in 42nd Street. Ms. Driggs has appeared in 12 PTC productions, including Les Misérables, The Producers, My Fair Lady, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Originally from Texas, Mary holds a B.F.A. from Brigham Young University. Her favorite local and regional credits include Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, The Narrator in Joseph…, Winnifred in Once Upon A Mattress, Charity in Sweet Charity, Lizzie in Baby, and Alonso in The Tempest (directed by Tony Kushner). Mary maintains a private vocal studio and teaches workshops specializing in pop-belt techniques. A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, Mary and husband David are the parents of six remarkable children.

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NICHOLAS DUNN (Understudy) returns to PTC after Othello and Romeo & Juliet. Other theatre credits: Inherit the Wind, the Grand Theatre; 14, SLAC; Come Blow Your Horn, the Neil Simon Festival; Assassins, Urinetown, and The Glass Menagerie, the Babcock Theatre. Film/TV credits: The Yankles, Everwood, KUED’s Voices of Hope, The Offerings, Art, and a number of commercials. Nicholas is a graduate of the University of Utah and the College of Eastern Utah.

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BETH GLOVER* (Dorothy Brock) is happy to be here at PTC! Some favorite roles/productions include Audrey (As You Like It, Shakespeare Theatre Co. of D.C.); Big Edie/Little Edie Beale (Grey Gardens, TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, CA-SFBACC Best Actress Award); Ellie (world premiere of The Good Girl is Gone, Playwrights Theatre of NJ); Lily (Take Me Along, Irish Rep NYC); Cora (Lortel Award Winner Counsellor-at-Law, off-Broadway, NYC); Alexa (Bees In Honey Drown, Mason Street Warehouse). National tours, off-Broadway, regional, national commercials, TV: lots of all. Her latest independent film will be released this year. She is an enthusiastic board member of The Depot Theatre in Westport, NY, and a proud Actors’ Equity member. For more information and details, visit www.bethgloveractress.com.

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TERENCE GOODMAN* (Abner Dillon) Recent roles for PTC include Constable Warren in Our Town, Juror #12 in Twelve Angry Men, Jake Whippany in Paint Your Wagon and Billy Flynn in Chicago. Theater highlights include, on Broadway: the original production of Jesus Christ Superstar. First National Tours: Damn Yankees revival with Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston and as Capt. Smith/Isadora Strauss in Titanic. Favorite regional credits: Eliot Ness in Cleveland for Hal Prince/Denver Center (Al Capone), Great Expectations for Goodspeed Musicals (Joe the Blacksmith), Don Quixote/Man of La Mancha, Nick Arnstein/Funny Girl and Harold Hill/The Music Man. Film highlights: Ode to Billy Joe (co-starring), and Final Rinse (starring). Television: Over 35 Guest-star appearances from Laverne & Shirley and Three’s Company to Everwood. Terence was a series regular on Days of Our Lives. For Jack!

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JORDAN GRUBB* (Ensemble) From the Allentown area himself, Jordan is elated to be making his Pioneer Theatre Company debut with 42nd Street. Most recent credits: 42nd Street (Westchester Broadway Theatre), The Music Man (Kansas City Starlight), and The Importance of Being Earnest (Pittsburgh Public). Some favorite credits include The Frogs (Xanthius), Assassins (Czolgosz), Zombies From the Beyond (Billy), Reefer Madness (Sally’s Baby), The Rover (Stephano), and Alice in Wonderland (Tweedle-Dee). He is also a proud AEA member and Point Park University grad. Love and best wishes to Ricky and Amy. www.jordanGrubb.com

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JUSTIN IVIE* (Mac, Doctor, U/S-Pat Denning) is thrilled to be a part of 42nd Street, his 23rd appearance at PTC. Previous favorites include The Producers, Paint Your Wagon, Les Misérables, Othello, Julius Caesar, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Cyrano de Bergerac, 1776 and Into the Woods. Utah audiences have also seen him in White Christmas at the Egyptian Theatre Company and in Kiss Me, Kate at Utah Musical Theatre. While attending Weber State, Justin played Sweeney in Sweeney Todd and Roger Marshall in the world premiere of The Pirated Penzance. He received his M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University where he appeared in Three Sisters, Measure for Measure, Baby and the English language premiere of the nine-hour epic The Terrible But Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia.

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MATTHEW KIRK* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be working and to have the chance to write a bio that exceeds 35 words! Thank you Pioneer Theatre Company! Broadway: White Christmas. First National Tour: White Christmas. Regional: An American in Paris (Alley Theatre, world premiere), White Christmas (Toronto, St. Paul, San Francisco), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Cape Playhouse), The Wizard of Oz (North Carolina Theatre), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Atlanta Theatre of the Stars), Cats (Skimbleshanks, MUNY and Kansas City Starlight), Crazy For You (Jimmy, MUNY), and Footloose (Bickle, Maine State Music Theatre). He is a B.F.A. Musical Theatre graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), and a Vocal Music graduate of Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA). Enjoy!

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MIKE KIRSCH* (Ensemble, U/S-Bert Barry) has performed in numerous Pioneer Theatre Company productions and is thrilled as always to return to this wonderful place. Most recently he was seen at PTC as Bobby in A Chorus Line. A few other favorite theatre credits include Cosmo in Singin’ in the Rain (national tour and at several regional theatres) Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and 42nd Street at Walnut Street Theatre, Gypsy (L.A.) at the Westchester Broadway, Titanic (Roger Hitchens) at Maine State Music Theatre, Ginger starring Donna McKechnie and Randy Skinner, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas starring Sally Struthers at the Ogunquit Playhouse, and NBS (off-Broadway).

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LEA KOHL* (Peggy Sawyer) PTC debut! Lea has had the privilege of performing in the first national tour of the 42nd Street revival (Peggy US/Ensemble) and with Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Ensemble Swing, Detroit’s Fox Theatre), as well as in regional houses across the U.S. Favorite credits include Chicago (Roxie, Broadway Rose Theatre); All Shook Up (Natalie, Flat Rock Playhouse); A Chorus Line (Judy, Papermill Theatre); The Will Rogers Follies (Ziegfeld’s Favorite, Granbury Opera House); and 42nd Street (Peggy, Westchester Broadway Theatre). Lea has performed in such notable venues as the historic Rainbow Room and New York City Center, and she is a principal member of the award-winning NYC-based company Walden Dance Theatre. Upcoming film: Hunger (2010). Thanks to KTA, and love to the K’s B’s and Paul! www.leakohl.com

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MAGGY LAWRENCE (Ensemble) A native of SLC, Maggy is thrilled to make her PTC debut, and is grateful for the opportunity to work with such an amazing cast and production team. Some previous roles include: Rosie (Bye Bye Birdie), White Cat (Cats), Peggy Sawyer (42nd Street), Kathy Selden (Singin’ in the Rain), and Millie Dillmount (Thoroughly Modern Millie). Thanks to family and friends for their love and support.

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 CHRISTINE MOORE (Ensemble) is excited to make her debut at Pioneer Theatre Company and be part of the wonderful cast. She is currently in her first year of her M.F.A. in ballet at the University of Utah. Theatre credits include: Guys and Dolls, The Producers, White Christmas, and The Music Man, as well as several industrial shows. Christine wishes to thank her family and friends for their love and support. 

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SHANNON MUSGRAVE (Ensemble, U/S-Maggie Jones) is happy to be making her PTC debut. Past shows include Saturday’s Voyeur 2009 and Go, Dog. Go! at Salt Lake Acting Company, Romeo & Juliet and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Pinnacle Acting Company, School House Rock and Musical of Musicals at The Grand Theatre and many productions at Weber State University, where Shannon earned her B.A. in Musical Theatre.

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JANELLE NEAL* (Ensemble) has previously performed at Pioneer Theatre Company in The Producers and is thrilled to return, joining the cast of 42nd Street. Other credits include: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Muzzy), Dreamgirls (Deena understudy and Stepsister), Seesaw (Sophie), Anything Goes (Charity), Oklahoma (Ellen), Aida (Nehebka), Black and Blue, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Janelle has also had the privilege of performing overseas in places such as Europe, Japan, and Russia. No place, however, compares to the great Salt Lake City. She thanks God for the opportunity as well as her family and friends for their support.

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KATHERYN PATTON* (Ensemble) is delighted to return to Pioneer Theatre Company where she appeared in The Producers and My Fair Lady. Favorite regional credits include Curtains and The Sunshine Boys at Drury Lane Oakbrook, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and State Fair at Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theatre, Crazy For You and Singin’ in the Rain at Theater at the Center, and A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine at Peninsula Players. Katheryn performed in a Department of Defense USO tour traveling to eight European countries to entertain U.S. troops. Her commercial credits include Healthy Choice, Famous Footwear, Whimsey Clothes, Captain Morgan’s and McDonald’s. Katheryn also appeared in the film The Lakehouse. She is a graduate of the Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

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DENNIS PARLATO* (Julian Marsh) most recently appeared at PTC in Touch(ed), Paint Your Wagon and The Vertical Hour. Broadway: Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Mr. Robinson in The Graduate, John the Baptist in Salome, Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, CIA agent Walter Anderson in Chess, and Rooster in Annie. Off-Broadway and regional credits include title roles in Cyrano de Bergerac, Barrymore, J.B., The Master Builder, and Christopher Columbus; Prospero in The Tempest, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Mr. Lockhart in The Seafarer, and Beethoven in 33 Variations. His film credits include Johnny Suede, Delirious, Dillinger’s Dead, Bury the Evidence, Rick, First Born, Starting Out in the Evening and Bride Wars.

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JEFFREY PEW* (Billy Lawlor) is excited to return to PTC for his third show! He currently lives in New York with his beautiful wife Courtney and his two-year-old pit bull, Holly. Favorite credits include: Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Don in A Chorus Line, and a member of The Quartet in My Fair Lady. Besides performing, Jeffrey enjoys working as a pianist for The Mark Morris Dance Group, STEPS on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, and Peridance. He recently recorded a new album of ballet music with David Howard for Roper Records. He is also the accompanist for the musical theatre improv group, 8 Bar Cut. Jeffrey holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Brigham Young University. Proud member of AEA. For Courtney.

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AARON LLOYD POMEROY* (Ensemble/Dance Captain) returns to PTC after performing in The Producers and My Fair Lady. Regional credits include Cats (Mr. Mistoffelees), A Chorus Line (Mike), Kiss Me, Kate (Hortensio), The Goodbye Girl (Billy), and West Side Story (Snowboy). Other credits include Phantom, On Your Toes, On the Town, Never Gonna Dance and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. A company member with The San Diego Ballet for ten consecutive years, performing as a soloist, Aaron has also been featured with the Mark Goodman Tap Company and San Francisco Ballet. When not performing, Aaron travels throughout the United States as a judge/choreographer for Starbound National Talent Competition/New York Dance Experience. Aaron holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theater with a minor in Film from San Diego State University.

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MATTHEW SCHNEIDER* (Ensemble) is no stranger to 42nd Street in Utah: In 2007, he played Billy Lawlor at the Tuacahn Center for the Arts in St. George. Matthew enjoys skiing, biking in Moab, mountain/ice climbing, and paragliding; he is a Colorado native. Matthew also teaches tap at NYU and directs. His directorial debut was in Sacramento with New Helvetia Theater’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch; last fall, he directed an NYC production for a non-profit that introduces art to children in disadvantaged NYC public schools. Education: NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (B.F.A. Drama, minors in Education and Sociology). Credits: Seventeen professional productions including Pride and Prejudice, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and many tap shows (six productions of 42nd Street). Love to Mom. AEA.

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DANIEL T. SIMONS* (Oscar, U/S-Abner Dillon) is excited to return to PTC, having also appeared in Miss Saigon, The Producers, Les Misérables, Paint Your Wagon and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Recent favorite roles include Jon in Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…BOOM!, Cousin Kevin in The Who’s Tommy and Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. While earning his B.A. in Musical Theater from WSU, Daniel was honored to perform with the cast of the Kennedy Center ACTF production of The Serpent in Washington, D.C. Other roles include Cain (Children of Eden), Billy Bigelow (Carousel), Franz (Sunday in the Park with George), Ernst (Cabaret), The Arbiter (Chess), Rapunzel’s Prince (Into the Woods) and Smokey (Damn Yankees). In his spare time, Daniel runs Dark Horse Company Theatre, writes music and leads his band, Vivian’s Way.

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LINDSEY D. SMITH* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back in Utah making her PTC debut! Raised in Murray City, Lindsey graduated from the University of Utah with her B.F.A. in Modern Dance. While in college, she began her musical theater career at Hale Centre Theatre dancing her way through Singin’ in the Rain, 42nd Street, Crazy For You, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Upon graduation, she moved to Orlando and has been performing in Walt Disney World’s production of Beauty and the Beast. Most recently, Lindsey completed a 31 city tour as a Rockette in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.  “It’s great to be home!”

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CODY WALKER (Ensemble, U/S-Billy) PTC debut! National Tour: 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor). Other favorite credits: Joseph…Dreamcoat (Joseph), Backwards in High Heels (Fred Astaire), Grease (Danny), Crazy For You (Bobby), Forever Plaid (Frankie), Guys and Dolls (Sky), Footloose (Ren), The Music Man (Tommy), Swing! (Lead). B.F.A. in Music/Dance/Theater from BYU. Cody’s best role yet is that of “Daddy” to his eleven-month-old daughter Ava! Thanks his Heavenly Father and family. www.codyCwalker.com

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VALERIE WALKER (Ensemble, U/S-Peggy) A Los Angeles native, this is Valerie’s PTC debut! Favorite credits: Backwards in High Heels (Bette Davis), 42nd Street (national tour), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Grease (Sandy), Footloose (Ariel), and lead singer/dancer (Holland America Line). Valerie holds a B.F.A. in Music/Dance/Theater from Brigham Young University. Thanks to all my family for making this production possible for me! Love to my sweet daughter, Ava, and husband, Cody!

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KURT ZISCHKE* (Pat Denning, U/S-Julian Marsh) Previously at PTC: Julius Caesar (Brutus), The Ladies Man (Gustave Aubin), Sherlock Holmes and The West End Horror (George Bernard Shaw), Camelot (Arthur), 1776 (John Adams), Richard III (Clarence) and King Lear (Albany). Broadway, off-Broadway and national tours include Signs Of Life, Whistle Down the Wind, Buddy, George Abbott’s Broadway, Three Sisters, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Antigone, Ulysses In Nighttown, A Doll’s House, King Lear, and Barbara’s Blue Kitchen. Regionally he has appeared in leading roles in over 90 productions, ranging from Neil Labute’s one-person play Wrecks to Higgins in My Fair Lady at theatres ranging from The Contemporary American Theatre Festival to The Utah Shakespearean Festival. A graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse and Stanford University, he is married to Victoria Adams-Zischke, and most proud of their 5-year-old daughter, Alexandra.

 

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