Welcome to Fat School by Olivia Custodio & Kelsie Jepsen | Headshots & Bios
Olivia Custodio (she/her/hers)
Olivia is an actor and playwright based in Salt Lake City. As a playwright, she has served as the head writer of Salt Lake Acting Company’s Summer Show for the past four years. Most recently, her show with collaborator Kelsie Jepsen, Welcome to Fat School, won Best of Fringe (FFF) at the 2025 Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. Olivia has been seen on Utah stages in numerous productions and staged readings, and has been lauded as “Utah’s Tina Fey” by Front Row Reviewers, praised for her natural comedic gifts. Favorite roles include The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, Domina in A Funny Thing Happened..., Eleanor in The Antipodes, and Sue Menger in I’ll Eat You Last. She has her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Vocal Performance and her Master's of Music from the University of Utah.
Kelsie Jepsen (she/her/hers)
Kelsie is delighted to be back at Salt Lake Acting Company! Past SLAC credits include: SLACabaret ’22 (Debbie) and ’21 (Caren/Pioneer Lady), Saturday’s Voyeur ‘12 (Mormella), ‘11 (Carl Dwimmer), ‘09 (Lollypopper/ Freebie Sister), Sam I Was (Death). Select Utah credits include: Welcome to Fat School (Great Salt Lake Fringe Fest.), Coach Coach (Good Company Theatre), Saturday’s Voyeur Roadshow ‘24 and ’21, Reefer Madness (Egyptian), School House Rock (The Grand), I Oughta Be in Pictures (Libby), My Big Fat Utah Wedding and Nutcracker: Men in Tights (Desert Star Playhouse). Select NYC credits: Henry V and Titus Andronicus (The Shakespeare Forum), In a Tilted Place (IRT Theater), Undone (Alchemical Theatre). Arty Awards for Saturday’s Voyeur – Carl Dwimmer and Lollypopper. GSLF Awards – Best of FFF and Mx. Congeniality (most tix sold!). 2022 recipient of the Individual Artist Fellowship from Utah Arts and Museums. Best Actress Award – Deseret News for I Oughta Be in Pictures – Libby. BFA, U of U Actor Training Program. Kelsie is also a Body Acceptance Coach and activist who is committed to serving oppressed, marginalized, and underserved communities with the mission to dismantle systems of body oppression. EmbodyLoveWorkshop.com
