Hailee Olenberger (Medium Alison) is ecstatic to be making her Salt Lake Acting Company debut in FUN HOME! She recently moved to Utah from NYC where she studied musical theatre at AMDA. Hailee has been doing shows since she was five years old. Since moving to Utah, she has been seen onstage at the Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden as Lulu in CABARET and as Natalie in NEXT TO NORMAL; both amazing experiences that she wouldn’t trade for the world! 

Benjamin Henderson* (Bruce Bechdel) is grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this team of artists in the Utah premiere of FUN HOME and his first production at SLAC. His most recent project was THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD at Hale Centre Theatre. Other credits include THE TEMPEST and ROMEO AND JULIET at the Tony Award Winning Shakespeare Theatre Company, as well as A MAID'S TRAGEDY and LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST with Shakespeare Theatre Co./ACA, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, SOUTH PACIFIC, BIG FISH, PETER PAN, THE CIVIL WAR and CRAZY FOR YOU at Hale Center Theater Orem, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN at Sundance Summer Theatre. He was awarded the Mark Twain Comedic Scholarship at the National Irene Ryan Scholarship Competition after having been a National Finalist in 2014. Benjamin is an award-winning Actor Combatant through the Society of American Fight Directors. He has also worked as a director and educator through Alpine School District, Utah COPA and others. Benjamin holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Classical Acting from Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in Theatrical Arts from Utah Valley University.

Ava Hoekstra (Small Alison) is a 7^th grader in Park City, is honored and very excited to be making her debut on the SLAC stage! Her prior credits include THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD (Sarah Summers) at Hale Center Theatre, WILL ROGERS FOLLIES (Mary Rogers), OLIVER! (Ensemble), IT HAPPENED ONE CHRISTMAS (Ensemble), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Shprintze) – all at Pioneer Theatre Company, ELF Jr. (Finale Soloist) at Centerpoint Legacy Theatre, BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (Holly Slocum) at Midway Performing Arts, and JUNIE B. JONES THE MUSICAL (Ensemble) at The Egyptian Theatre.  She recently performed as a Soloist at the PARK CITY HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR at The Egyptian Theatre in Park City and also enjoyed playing (Princess Jasmine) in her school’s production of ALADDIN.   She has competed in several vocal competitions and in 2017 was awarded 1^st Place and Best Musical Theatre piece in her age group at the Con Brio Music Festival.  Ava has received numerous years of vocal training at Utah Conservatory in Park City and is currently a member of the musical theatre performance group “Moxie” at Utah COPA in Draper.  She would like to thank her family for their continued support and a big thank you to SLAC for this opportunity!

Ashley Wilkinson* (Helen Bechdel) This is Ashley's debut with SLAC. This role comes on the heels of her first local theatre project as The Singer in Sackerson's SHOCKHEADED PETER last fall. Prior to getting her feet wet here in Salt Lake, she worked on a variety of projects in Southern California, including Big Edie/Little Edie in Performance Riverside's GREY GARDENS, Golde/Constable in Riverside Rep's 8-person production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and Dialect Coach for Candlelight Pavilion's MY FAIR LADY. Among her other acting credits are Bella in LOST IN YONKERS, Truvy in STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and Blanche in BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (Neil Simon Festival). Ashley has coached dialects on numerous professional, community, and university productions, and has assistant directed for the Utah Shakespeare Festival's Playmakers program. 

Take a look at this article by Matt Morris of Utah Arts Magazine for a sneak peek of tonight's free reading of THE SHUCK by Shawn Fisher!

Thank you for the fantastic review of HIR by Barbara Bannon!

The Salt Lake Tribune | Barbara Bannonl | February 16, 2018

Take a look at this review from Front Row Reviewers by Gray Thomas!

Front Row Reviewers | Gary Thomas | February 11, 2018

Camille Litalien’s background is in dance: She studied Modern Dance at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and at the Cunningham Studios in New York and then pursued a professional career as a performer and choreographer in Europe and Northern America. Alongside this artistic career, and to balance both the extreme physical and emotional demands it required, she started practicing Hatha Yoga over 20 years ago. She holds full-time Movement Faculty positions at numerous prestigious universities including the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK and The Theatre School at Depaul University, Chicago. She is currently faculty in the Department of Health and Movement Sciences at Utah State University.

Her work as a dancer and student of Yoga deeply informs her current research process in the field of ‘Embodied Learning’. Heavily rooted in a sensuous exploration of early embryological development, her explorations of somatic patterning serve as a stepping stone to develop embodied self-knowledge. More than an objectified research, her work rather lives in a continuous process of exploration, within the somatic field of human consciousness. She is the creator of an experiential learning methodology called ’Living State of Dance’, a transformational approach to human movement

www.camillelitalien.net

Check out this review from Broadway World by Blair Howell!

Broadway World | Blair Howell | February 12, 2018

Take a look at this review of HIR by Taylor Mac from Jeremy Pugh at Salt Lake Magazine!

Salt Lake Magazine | Jeremy Pugh | February 12, 2018