Cast

BEN ATKIN (John) is excited
to be a part of Peter Pan. Recently, he performed at Pine
View High School in Honk and in St. George Musical Theatre’s
Oliver!. He is also part of Fossil Ridge Intermediate School’s
concert choir where he has performed concert solos as well
as before an adjudicator during Southern Utah’s Performing
Arts Festival.
MADELINE BAKER (Jane &
Ballerina) is thrilled to be “playing” on the
Tuacahn stage for a second season. She performed in Tuacahn’s
Joseph… in 2005. She has played Kate in Annie and
Kathy in Scrooge and was awarded a vocal scholarship at
the Southern Utah Performing Arts Festival and has won district
awards in her school’s storytelling festival. Her
greatest performances can be seen daily in her home, singing
and dancing with her four little sisters.
*SUZIE JACOBSEN BALSER (Ensign
Nellie Forbush/Tiger Lily) is originally from Sandy, Utah,
and graduated from Brigham Young University’s Music/Dance/Theatre
program. During her time at BYU, she participated in The
Young Ambassadors and won the university’s award for
Best Female Supporting Actress for her role as Ilona Ritter
in She Loves Me. She is also a recipient of the nationally
recognized Irene Ryan Award for the same performance. Suzie
most recently finished a two-year run as Sophie in the Las
Vegas production of Mamma Mia! But you might have also seen
her star in Tuacahn’s production of The Unsinkable
Molly Brown or other regional productions including Scrooge,
Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, Little Shop of Horrors, Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers, and Funny Girl. Suzie enjoys
singing in the shower, teaching voice, and hiking, sappy
movies, her whole family, and is hopelessly devoted to her
husband, Nathan, and chocolate. She is a proud member of
Actor’s Equity Association.
CLIFFORD BANAGALE (Lost Boy/Henry)
is a recent graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic
Academy. He began training at 3 years old at the Filipino
Philharmonic then moved to the United States, later training
at the Celebration Entertainment Academy. He sang at Stephen
Sondheim’s 75th birthday celebration with Barbara
Streisand, Angela Lansbury and Audra McDonald and has played
Angel in Rent, Simba in The Lion King, and choreographed
two music videos. Other credits include Jack (Into the Woods),
Jimmie (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Winthrope (The Music
Man), Once On This Island, Miss Saigon, Smokey Joe’s
Café, Dreamgirls, Chicago, & Big River.
GAIL BENNETT (Indian/Ensign
Sue Yaeger & Nellie u/s) is thrilled to be at Tuacahn
this summer. She will soon graduate from BYU with a BFA
in Music/Dance/Theatre. She has also studied at the University
of Miami Musical Theatre Conservatory and in Germany with
Music Theater Bavaria where she spent two summers performing
and teaching dance to German children. Favorite roles include
Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun and Julia in The Two
Gentlemen of Verona. Gail is also very active in film and
television. Awards include the National Association of Teachers
of Singing Musical Theatre Competition, and the Kennedy
Center American College Theatre Festival Irene Ryan Acting
Competition. She speaks fluent French.
ANDREW BRINDLEY (Piratein-
the-box & Michael u/s) is very excited to be part of
Tuacahn this year. Andrew most recently performed as a party
boy in Westside Studio’s 2005 production of The Nutcracker.
He also enjoys creating any kind of art, reading, basketball,
and fishing. Andrew loves his family very much and is grateful
for their support.

MEGAN BRINDLEY (Doll &
Jane u/s/Ngana u/s) is thrilled to be back at Tuacahn after
performing in Joseph… in 2005. She performed in the
Dickens Festival production of Scrooge and has been a member
of her school and church choirs. Honors include: district
finalist in the annual geography challenge for three years
(she won in 2004); district finalist - 2006 science fair;
district finalist in the storytelling festival. Megan enjoys
playing the piano, reading, soccer, volleyball, basketball,
and hanging out with her friends. She loves her family and
is grateful for their support.
LAILA BROWN (Indian/Liat)
is excited to be joining TCA for another great season. As
a senior, she will be attending Tuacahn High School this
upcoming year. She was last seen as Mama Noah in the THS
production of Children of Eden. Other productions include
Smokey Joe’s Café (Brenda), Joseph…,
Beauty and the Beast, 42nd Street (Anytime Annie), Singin’
in the Rain, Footloose, Crazy for You, School House Rock
– The Musical, and Guys and Dolls. She would like
to thank her friends and family for their endless love and
support!! Alofa tele mo ou tou uma.
SARAH BURROUGHS (Indian/Ensign
Bessie Noonan) is a sophomore at BYU where she studies dance.
She is from Virginia Beach, Virginia, and attended an arts
high school – Governor’s School for the Arts.
Credits include Aida, Smokey Joe’s Café, Pippin,
Joseph…, South Pacific, How to Succeed…, Bye,
Bye Birdie, and The Wiz.
CAYE CLARK (Michael) is excited
to be at Tuacahn this year. He has performed at St. George
Musical Theater as an orphan/pickpocket in Oliver! and as
a bat boy in Damn Yankees. He played Tiny Tim in the Dickens
Christmas Festival, and has a part in Chris Heimerdinger’s
upcoming film, Passage to Zarahemla. Caye has been singing
and acting since before he could talk (so his mom and dad
say!).
*AARON DE JESUS (Peter Pan/Tom
O’Brien) was seen last season at Tuacahn as the Baker
in Joseph…. He’s also appeared in Beauty and
the Beast, Singin’ in the Rain, West Side Story, Guys
and Dolls, The King & I, The Wizard of Oz, and The Unsinkable
Molly Brown. Additional credits include Seymour in Little
Shop of Horrors and Elliot in The Goodbye Girl at Provo
Theatre Company. He performed at Sundance in Oliver!, Dear
World, Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, Gypsy, and Cinderella.
Other credits include …Forum, Sweeny Todd, Pirates
of Penzance, Grease, The Crucible, La dama duende and El
muerto dismulado.
JAN BROBERG FELT (Mrs. Darling)
started her acting career in Orlando, Florida, as a World
Dancer/Singer at DisneyWorld and Owner/Operater of Star
Quality Performance Studios. She is currently the Executive
Director of St. George Musical Theater. An accomplished
actress in film, television and theater, she currently plays
Nurse Louise on the popular television show “Everwood”
on the WB and has been seen in co-starring roles in a number
of films including Mobsters and Mormons, Little Secrets
(Columbia-Tristar), Baptists at Our Bar-B-Q, Poof Point
(Disney), Message In a Cell Phone (HBO Family), The Clubhouse
Detectives Series, and many other TV movies and commercials.
Favorite roles include Faye in Chapter Two (Neil Simon Festival),
Maria in The Sound Of Music (Tuacahn), Agnes in I Do! I
Do! (Sundance), Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre the Musical (Glendale
Center), Dolly in Hello Dolly and Nellie in South Pacific
(SGMT). Touring Companies include Anita in West Side Story,
Eliza in My Fair Lady, & Amy in Company. Favorite directorial
credits from Orlando to L.A. to St. George include West
Side Story, Carousel, Cinderella, Bus Stop, Joseph…,
You Can’t Take It With You, and Annie. Jan has a passion
for helping victims of abuse find hope and power in taking
their lives back and reaching out to others by sharing her
story with them. She is a popular speaker and the spokeswoman
for ‘Child Shield USA’ a child abduction prevention
organization. Jan wants to thank her wonderful family for
their love and support.

FORREST FOSTER (Pirate/Bob
McCaffrey) is a graduate of BYU from the BFA Acting program.
A native Texan, this is his first appearance at Tuacahn,
and he is happy to be in Southern Utah for the summer. Recent
credits include the Bishop in Getting Married, singer/dancer
in the BYU Young Ambassadors 2004-2005, Macheath in The
Beggar’s Opera, and Clay Boone in The Ballad of Cat
Ballou.
JOHN GRAHAM (1st Twin/Cpl.
Hamilton Steeves) is a senior at Brigham Young University
studying Marriage, Family, and Human Development. Since
the age of 12, John has been involved with ballroom dancing
and has learned all styles within the genre. He performed
and competed with the BYU Ballroom Dance Company for two
years, traveling to Western Europe and the South Pacific.
He participated in his first production this year at BYU
in the musical Aida and is very excited to be at Tuacahn
for his first time.
JOHN GRZSIAK (Pirate/Commander
Harbison) is thrilled to be making his Tuacahn/Utah debut!
Southern California regional credits include Freddy in My
Fair Lady (Starlight); Avrahm in Fiddler on the Roof (Theater
League, Los Angeles); Morris in 1776 (Santa Barbara CLO);
Captain in Anything Goes and Georg in She Loves Me (Moonlight
Amphitheatre); Phantom (Musical Theatre West); and Buzz
Adams in South Pacific and Sir Dinidan in Camelot (Welk
Resort Theatre). Special thanks to Tim and Scott. With respect,
admiration, and love, John would like to dedicate his performance
to the memory of the late, great “Momma” Rose
and Horace “The Rock Man” Cornelius.
TODRICK HALL (Curly/Ken
Johnson) is a native of
Plainview, Texas, and is excited
to join the Tuacahn family for
his first season. He has performed
in numerous productions
of The Nutcracker throughout
Texas, as well as many
Chuck-E-Cheese videos and Mary Kay industrials.
Todrick has also performed on ships for
Royal Caribbean and in Beauty and the Beast at
Disney’s MGM Studios.
*MICHAEL G. HAWKINS (Mr.
Darling & Captain Hook/Captain Brackett) recently played
Mervyn Kant in the San Francisco TheatreWorks production
of Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sisters Rosensweig and
as Captain Hook/Mr. Darling in the National Tour of Peter
Pan starring Cathy Rigby. Other roles include Harold Hill
in The Music Man for Music Circus in Sacramento, Applegate
in Damn Yankees for American Music Theatre/San Jose, Rooster
in Annie for the Music Theatre of Southern California, and
Hermocrates in Triumph Of Love for Starlight Theatre, as
well as the tour of The White Cliffs of Dover, Songs of
WWII. He played Georges in the Los Angeles production of
La Cage Aux Folles, Fred in Kiss Me Kate at the Music Circus,
and Billy Flynn in Chicago in Las Vegas. He spent a summer
portraying Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls at Harrahs in
Atlantic City and was proud to originate the role of Adam
in the world premier of Dale Wasserman’s new musical
Western Star. Michael played Julian Marsh in the European
International Tour of 42nd Street. He has been a guest soloist
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl,
the LA Pops Orchestra, and the Pacific Symphony. Television
credits include guest appearances on Frasier, Charley Lawrence,
Murder She Wrote, Wings, Colombo Movie of the Week, Cheers,
The Bob Newhart Show, The Young and the Restless, and the
Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of A Place For Annie.
Michael is a founding member of the Musical Theatre Guild
in Los Angeles.
BRADY KARRATTI (Jerome)
began his acting career on the
Tuacahn stage when he played
the dying Ute Indian boy in Utah
at age 5. After watching his
younger sister on the stage, he
decided to give it another try and
played Jerome in South Pacific at
St. George Musical Theatre. Brady is excited to
be back at Tuacahn and playing alongside his
stage AND real-life sister! A big Aloha to his
family and friends. You’re the greatest!

BRYANNA KARRATTI (Ngana)
began her acting career at age 5 playing the youngest orphan
in Annie. She has also played Susan Walker in Miracle on
34th Street, Molly in Annie, and Ngana in South Pacific
all with St. George Musical Theatre. Bryanna has studied
voice for over 4 years, and is currently studying with Craig
Anderson. She loves the stage and is excited to make her
first appearance at Tuacahn. A big Aloha to all of her family
and friends for their love and support!
*ERIN KROM (Wendy/Ensign
Pamela Whitmore) is delighted to be making her Tuacahn debut.
She recently moved to New York City from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
where she attended Point Park University and graduated with
a BFA in musical theater. While in Pittsburgh, she worked
with numerous professional companies including Pittsburgh
Irish and Classical Theater, City Theater, Dog and Pony
Show, and The Pittsburgh Playhouse. Favorite roles include
Madame de Tourvel (Dangerous Liaisons), Daisy (Rhinoceros)
and Erma (Anything Goes). She would like to thank Tuacahn
for this opportunity and her family and friends for their
unwavering love and support!
LIBBY MARSHALL (Indian/Ensign
Lisa Minnelli) is excited to be performing at Tuacahn this
season. She recently graduated from Brigham Young University
with a BFA in Music/Dance/Theatre. Favorite credits include
Aida (BYU), 42nd Street (Hale Center Theatre West Valley),
BYU Young Ambassadors 2004-2005, (China, Korea & Hong
Kong tour), The Beggar’s Opera (BYU-ACTF Recipient),
The Goodbye Girl (Provo Theatre Company), & the first
film in the Liken The Scriptures series. Thanks to my family
and friends for their constant smiling, skipping, singing,
cheerleading and mostly their love and support!
SEAN A. MULVIHILL (Pirate/Buzz
Adams) stars in the upcoming feature film The Serious Business
of Happiness, in theatres this fall. He has played the roles
of Jesus in Godspell, Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera,
and Sonny in Grease, as well as many others. Sean received
a BFA in Acting from the University of Southern California
in Los Angeles. www.seanmulvihill.com
MELISSA NAY (Liza &
Indian/Ensign Cora MacRae) is
a 2006 graduate of Southern
Utah University from Gunnison,
Utah. She has worked as an
actor for the Utah
Shakespearean Festival and as
a dancer/choreographer for the
United Spirit Association. Favorite roles
include Nancy in Oliver!, Mary in Our Country’s
Good, Diana in Lend Me a Tenor, and Mayzie in
Seussical the Musical. Melissa will continue her
studies this fall at the University of Central
Florida in the MFA Musical Theatre program.
CHASE NICHTER (Lost Boy)
has performed as an actor,
singer, and dancer since the
age of five. Credits include:
Camelot and Macbeth (Utah
Shakespeare Festival), The King
and I and UTAH, Annie Get Your
Gun, and Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat (Tuacahn Amphitheater);
Children of Eden; The Wizard of OZ; Jack and the Bean
Stalk; Gypsy; Annie; An American Daughter; The
Legend of Sleepy Hallow and Oklahoma in Las
Vegas. For three consecutive years, Chase
played the principal role of Fritz in Nevada
Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker.

JEFFREY PARSONS (2nd Twin/The
Professor) is thrilled to be part of Tuacahn in his first
postgraduate summer. He just received a BFA in Music Dance
Theatre from Brigham Young University. While at BYU, he
performed in Aida and served as Dance Captain. Other favorite
shows include Little Shop of Horrors, 42nd Street, Calamity
Jane, and three years at Lagoon Amusement Park. Special
thanks to his parents for never forcing him to play Little
League Football! Love you tons!
R. BRODIE PERRY (Pirate/Richard
West) spent five years with Utah Festival Opera, two years
with Utah State Opera Theatre, and two years with St. George
Musical Theatre. Roles include Percy (The Scarlet Pimpernel),
Lt. Cable (SouthPacific), Andres (Carmen), Peter (Hansel
and Gretel), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Aeneas (Dio &
Aeneas), Seymour Krelborn (Little Shop of Horrors), &
Frederick (Pirates of Penzance). Ensemble work includes
I Pagliacci, The Merry Widow, Green Willow, Carousel, The
Naughty Marietta, The Barber of Seville, Tales of Hoffman,
Julius Caesar, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, & South
Pacific.
*AMY JO PHILLIPS (Bloody
Mary) a Native New Yorker, is thrilled to be here at Tuacahn,
in this incredible production of South Pacific. Her credits
include the Broadway productions of Show Boat (Queenie cover)
and Tom Sawyer (Widow Douglas cover), City Center’s
‘Encores’ - St. Louis Woman (starring Vanessa
Williams), the National Tours of South Pacific (Bloody Mary,
starring Robert Goulet), The Tap Dance Kid (Emma stand by)
and The Me Nobody Knows (Melba). Off- Broadway, Amy was
seen as any one of the three “Urchins” (Crystal,
Ronnette, and/or Chiffon) in Little Shop of Horrors, and
she originated the role of Daphne in Pretty Faces. Other
credits include Man of La Mancha, Nunsense, The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Carmen
Jones, Porgy & Bess and all of the women in Ain’t
Misbehavin’. Amy can be seen (or heard) in the films
The Devil’s Own, Malcolm X, and Music of the Heart,
commercials for Levis’ and the National Urban League,
voice-overs for Mobil and McDonald’s and recordings
of St. Louis Woman, Show Boat, Pretty Faces, and Voices
of Broadway/Songs of Conscience & Hope. Amy dedicates
her performance tonight to her mother and wishes to thank
all who have supported her along the way, especially her
parents (thanks, Dad!), and GOD because He is truly amazing.
POLYNESIAN ARTS: Paki
Tiatia, Pano Tiatia, Carol
Tiatia, Eti Salanoa (Featured Fire
Dancer/Drummers) Polynesian
Arts is a professional Polynesian
entertainment group which travels
throughout the country and
around the globe sharing the cultures
of Polynesia. The group was established in
1992 in Salt Lake City and has expanded over the
years to include entertainers from all parts of the
South Pacific islands. Some of the group’s
dancers have won Polynesian competitions,
including Utah’s very own Francis Salatielu Brown
who won the worlds first Junior Fireknife Dance
competition in 1995 at the age of 10. Polynesian
Arts is based in St. George.Tournament
in dramatic interpretation. She is excited to share the
stage with her best friend and cousin, Brooke.
JOHN PREATOR (Slightly/Quale
& Cable u/s) has played roles in My Fair Lady, The Secret
Garden, She Loves Me, Oklahoma!, Joseph…, Beauty and
the Beast and The Music Man. John currently resides in New
York. Love to Bubba and Smokey.
JOSHUA PUTNAM (Toy &
John
u/s/Jerome u/s) has been acting
since he was a toddler and has
appeared in many stage productions,
films, commercials,
and TV shows. Roles include
Kirt in The Sound of Music,
Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie,
and Joseph… at Spotlight Performing Arts
Center. Josh recently played Young Cain in
Tuacahn High School’s Children of Eden. He is a
member of the Jr. Centerstage Theatre
Company and performs with the Spotlight
Performers. Josh sends his love to his family
and friends. Thanks for your support.

JOHN RACCA (Emile de Beque/Pirate
& Hook u/s) is pleased to make his Tuacahn debut. John
comes from Los Angeles, where he recently worked with Jerry
Herman on the world premiere revision of The Grand Tour.
Credits include Tony in West Side Story (Robby Award nominee)
for Long Beach Civic Light Opera, where he also appeared
in the L.A. premiere of Sunday in the Park with George as
Louis. Other L.A. credits include Cabaret (Cliff) and Anything
Goes (Billy Crocker) for Downey Civic Light Opera, Evita
(Magaldi) for South Bay CLO, and Man of La Mancha starring
Robert Goulet at the Cerritos Center. National tours include
Meet Me in St. Louis starring Debby Boone (Boy Next Door),
She Loves Me starring Pam Dawber (Georg u/s), and Jesus
Christ Superstar (Annas). A proud member of Actors Equity
since 1983, John made his professional debut at Sacramento
Music Circus where he has appeared in Camelot (Mordred),
Grease (Doody) and Footloose (Principal Harry Clark), among
some two dozen appearances. Credits around the country include
Oklahoma! (Curly) for Galveston Outdoor Musicals and Bakersfield
Music Theatre, Finian’s Rainbow (Woody Mahoney) for
42nd St. Moon, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (The Prince) for
San Diego Starlight, Beauty and the Beast for Ector
Theatricals, and three runs of Joseph…Dreamcoat
(Reuben). John toured the Far East in Evita,
South America with the Ray Conniff Singers,
and regularly appears in a cabaret act across
Western Europe. Television credits include
General Hospital and Eye on L.A. With tonight’s
appearance, John completes a spectrum of
sorts: South Pacific remains one of his favorite
shows. He played The Professor in
Sacramento, Lt. Cable in Galveston, Com.
Harbison in San Bernardino, and, now tonight,
for you, Emile.
MICHELLE RIVERS (Indian &
Tiger Lily u/s/Ensign Dinah
Murphy) makes her Tuacahn
debut! Credits include Victoria
in Cats, and she’ll return to that
show to play Rumpleteazer for
Tuacahn this fall. Other show
credits include Seussical,
Oklahoma!, The Wizard of Oz, Once Upon a Mattress,
and Carousel. Michelle has also performed at
Hershey Park and on the Disney Cruise Line.
TIM ROBERTS (Pirate/Hassinger)
is very thrilled to make his debut with Tuacahn after a
three-month run in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Evita at the
Lawrence Welk Resort in San Diego. Other favorite roles
include Jack in Into the Woods, Horton in Seussical, Charlie
Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Adam in
Children of Eden, and Paul in Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No- Good, Very Bad Day at San Diego State. Tim
has performed at SeaWorld San Diego, the San Diego Convention
Center, and was the San Diego/Imperial Valley Speech League
Champion in 2004. Much thanks to his family and friends
for all their support and love.
KATIE RUSTOWICZ (Indian/
Ensign Connie Walewska)
comes to St. George from the
Welk Theatre’s performance of
Evita and was recently see on
the HBO Special - Tracy Ullman
Live and Exposed. She has performed
on Joan of Arcadia, The
American Choreography Awards, and has done
many charitable performances, including
Variety - A Children’s Charity. She is delighted
to be in Utah at the beautiful Tuacahn
Ampitheatre. She sincerely thanks Joe
Malone, Nanci Hammond, the PAC teaching
staff, and Deborah Agrusa. Thank you to her<
family for helping her fulfill her dreams.
“Poppi, I’ll hear you cheer “Forsythia
tonight,”
Love, Kaitlyn.”
EDDY SCHUMACHER (Pirate/Stewpot
& Emile u/s) is a resident of St. George and a veteran
of the Tuacahn Stage. He recently covered Michael Ballam
in Gianni Schicchi at DSC. Eddy has appeared in Tuacahn’s
productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma! (Judd Fry
- his favorite to date), Annie Get Your Gun (Buffalo Bill),
and Guys and Dolls, Beauty and the Beast, and Joseph…
(Butler). A theatre graduate of Brigham Young University
as a theatre major, he has appeared on film in Footloose,
King Kong Lives, and Ernest Goes to Camp. He has appeared
on TV in An Art Carney Easter, Unsolved Mysteries, and Nashville
Network’s Opry Land on Stage. Eddy toured and recorded
original cast albums for Star Child and Charly, and spent
two years performing at Nashville, TN’s Opryland.
A 6th degree black belt, Eddy teaches Martial Arts in his
St. George Studio.
JOSEPH SHUMATE (Pirate/Morton
Wise) is thrilled to make his Tuacahn debut! A graduate
of the University of California, Irvine, he most recently
appeared on stage at the Lawrence Welk Theater in Evita.
Favorite past roles include Hugh Mann in Jim Henson’s
Bear in the Big Blue House Live, Tulsa in Gypsy, and Bobby
in A Chorus Line. Thanks go out to his family and the patrons
that make good theater possible.

COURTNEY GARDNER STAVROS
(Ensign Janet MacGregor) is
happy to make her first appearance
at Tuacahn this summer.
She just completed her third
year of teaching high school
theatre in Cedar City where she
has directed many productions.
Recent acting credits include Suessical the
Musical, and A Christmas Carol: On the Air. She
acted for three seasons at the Utah
Shakespearean Festival. Other credits include
Maggie in A Chorus Line, Lavinia in Titus
Andronicus, Cinderella in Into the Woods, Agnes in
Dancing at Lughnasa and roles in Bye, Bye Birdie,
and Guys and Dolls. Courtney received her
Bachelor’s in Theatre from SUU...
*BRANDON STRAWDER (Lt.
Joe Cable/Pirate) is originally
from Carrollton, Ohio. He has a
Musical Theater degree from
Otterbein College. He has performed
many principal roles in
great theatres across the country
and has been the champion
of numerous vocal competitions. Brandon is
the founder of a company that serves as an
entertainment outreach to disabled and senior
citizens across America. Read all about him at
his new website: www.brandonstrawder.com.
Many thanks and much love to his girl, Kristen.
His performance is for all of America’s soldiers,
past and present.
KAMI THRELFALL (Indian &
Mermaid/Ensign Genevieve Marshall) recently played Amneris
in BYU’s production of Aida. She has also performed
at Lagoon, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and with BYU’s
Young Ambassadors. Other credits: The Legend
of Cat Balou, Oklahoma!, Evita, and Footloose.
MELINDA VAGGIONE (Indian
& Wendy u/s/Ensign Rita
Adams) is thrilled to spend her
first summer with Tuacahn. She
recently graduated from UC
Irvine with honors in musical
theatre and has performed in
Nine, Seussical, Cabaret and Trial
By Jury with the UCI drama department. Favorite
credits include Babe in Good News (Downey Civic
Light Opera) and Cinderella in Cinderella
(Sacramento Theatre Company). Melinda would
like to thank her family, friends and God for all
their love and guidance.
*KENNETH WAYNE (Smee/Luther
Billis) is making his Tuacahn debut! Kenneth is a proud
member of Actors Equity. He has been named one of the Best
Performers of the year for 2005 by the Deseret News, for
his performances at The Egyptian Theater in Park City as
Horton the Elephant in Seussical and Albin in La Cage aux
Folles. He is a regular performer in the “Live4Life”
concert series in Salt Lake City, which raises money for
many charitable organizations. Favorite roles include Dave
Bukatinsky in The Full Monty and Annas in Jesus Christ Superstar
at ETC, Father in Children of Eden and Padre in Man of La
Mancha at The Grand Theater, Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror
Show at The Institute of Terror for EJG Productions, Sterling
in Jeffery for the RCGSE, Frankie in Forever Plaid at HCT
and Jackson Hole Performing Arts Co., Dickon in The Secret
Garden at HCT. Kenneth was a regular performer at the Desert
Star Playhouse 1991-1999. www.kennethwayne.net
BRADIN WILHELMSEN (Nibs/James
Hayes) has played roles in Forever Plaid (Director, Jinx),
Big River (Tom Sawyer), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tom
Sawyer), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Elton), The Secret Garden
(Dickon), and The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow). Bradin studied
music, dance, and theatre performance at Brigham Young University.
Many thanks to his family and friends for their constant
love and support.
*Indicates a member of Actors’ Equity Association,
the union of professional actors and stage managers in the
United States.
2005 Cast
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