HALE CENTRE THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS:
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HALE CENTRE THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS:
Producers: David & Corrin Dietlein
Program Director: Ben Hale
Concert Program Assistant: Dallin Summers
Lighting Designer: Nathaniel White
Set Designer: McKenna Carpenter
Set Painters: Brittany Arwine & Liz de la Torre
Wardrobe Coordinator and Costume Designer: Diana Carrera
Stage Manager: Danny Karapetian
Projection Designer: Danny Karapetian
Audio Engineer: Adam Stilson
Assistant Stage Manager: Gunner Pettypool
Camera Operator: Hunter Irvine
Production Assistant: Rebekah Raun
Vocals-Keys: Liam Lars
Vocals-Guitar: Thomas Anderson
Vocals-Guitar: Dave Burton
Vocals: Kathleen McCann
Vocals-Drums: Mari Ericksen
Vocals-Bass: Dallin Summers
Keys: John Houston
Lead Guitar: Brian Bissell
Vocals-Drums: Jessica Nirk
Liam Lars is an indie musician and performer from Salt Lake City, Utah! Currently producing his second album of retro-inspired pop, he is also a dueling pianist and studio musician. He’s been singing and playing as long as he can remember, and snagged a bachelors of music from Snow College in central Utah. Most of his time is spent writing, practicing, or bumming around a coffee shop, but If he isn’t singing somewhere, you can probably find him rollerskating around the neighborhood.
Thomas Anderson is an enterprising guitarist and vocalist from St. George, Utah. Shaped by an early love of music, Thomas showed prodigious talent in his youth; studying attentively as a Juilliard Jazz Symposium resident and touring Europe with an ensemble of musician ambassadors. Now with more than a decade of professional experience, he is a virtuosic artist who draws inspiration from many genres. Although he regularly collaborates with many diverse musicians, Thomas is best known for his work with Dick Earl’s Electric Witness, an innovative blues band and International Blues Challenge finalist. Thomas is thrilled to be returning to the Hale Concer Hall.
Dave Burton is an actor, folk singer, songwriter and storyteller from Mapleton, Utah. You may recognize Dave if you have seen shows at the Hale in Orem Utah or traveled to the Playmill in West Yellowstone Montana. Past favorite roles include Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Chauvelin in the Scarlet Pimpernel and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. He and his lovely wife Natalie run a small fabric and craft thrift store in Utah County where they are raising five adorable children.
Kathleen McCann is thrilled to be back at the Hale after performing in the Only the Lonely-Orbison Tribute and Women of 90’s Country. She recently appeared as the Narrator in FiAt Production's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Favorite credits include: Jesus Christ Superstar International/European Tour (x2) directed by Baayork Lee (Mary Magdalene us/Soul Girl), Swing! (Ann/Band Leader) at the Gateway Playhouse, Smokey Joe's Cafe 50th Anniversary National Broadway Tour feat. the Coasters (Pattie), Ave Q (Kate/Lucy), Rent (Maureen), I love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Woman 1), Pump Boys and Dinettes (Rhetta), Blues in the Night (the Woman) at Skylight Opera, SJC Broadway National Tour (Pattie Darcy Jones) with Phoenix Productions, Music Man (Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn), and Cumberland Blues (Vocalist) at Studio City Sound. Kathleen also toured as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra through 30 cities in Japan, featured on National News. She recently studied professional music and jazz studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Huge thanks to Ben and the entire Hale team!
Mari Solana Ericksen was born in New York, but grew up in Utah within a strong musical tradition. From a young age, Mari's training was coupled with experience on stage, on the road, and in the studio, drawing her first professional paycheck at the age of 13. An accomplished drummer, vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter, she has appeared with numerous groups in varying genres from Las Vegas to New York, including Tas Cru and His Band of Tortured Souls, Dick Earl's Electric Witness, Halogyns, Pale Dream, and Anna Beck. Her theatrical pit orchestra credits include Starlight Express, Mary Poppins, and School of Rock, and audiences in Salt Lake City are privileged to experience Mari's live solo act. Mari studied under a Music Performance scholarship at Dixie State University (Utah Tech) and is also a talented freelance artist who loves painting, photography, embroidery, and cake decorating.
Dallin Summers is a Utah-based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Dallin got his start in music from a young age, participating in children's choirs and taking piano lessons starting at six years old. Since then, Dallin has toured and performed in many bands and symphonic orchestras, including the Utah Symphony. In 2023, Dallin completed a bachelor’s degree in music at the Horne School of Music at Snow College, where he studied classical and contemporary styles for voice and trombone, as well as songwriting, performance, and music education.
John is a pianist/ keyboardist/ vocalist/ touring musician, formerly of the Gladys Knight S.U.V. Choir in Las Vegas, NV. He currently performs in the Eric Dodge Band, with whom he's had the opportunity to share the stage with, Clint Black, Carrie Underwood, LeAn Rimes, John Michael Montgomery, and many more.
John also plays keyboards and sings in several tribute shows, including Waylon/Willie/ Cash, Simon Garfunkel, Billy/Elton, Heart Tribute shows etc. For his "day job" he has been employed since 1998, as a Studio engineer, and session musician, and as such has had the opportunity to perform on hundreds of CDs. He majored in music at S.U.U. in Cedar City, UT with an emphasis on Music Theory, and Vocal performance.
Brian has been seen in many Hale Concert Hall performances plyaing lead guitarist over the last few years. He is an in demand guitarist and music director based out of Las Vegas. He has been a professional guitarist for over 35 years. He has toured across 4 continents and the United States. He recently was the music director and lead guitarist for Matt Goss in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace.
A veteran entertainer who started performing at age three, and daughter of professional musicians Jerry & Judy Prunty, Jessica entertained with her family at their theater in Lake of the Ozarks, MO., along with performances all around Florida, Arizona, and the Midwest. An Arizona resident since 2000, Jessica’s a proud grad of ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. With a 20+ year career in communications, she’s currently Director of Employee Communications at Achieve. Jessica’s proudest of being Justin’s wife and Jeremiah and Jackson’s momma. She’s honored to connect with you through music! You can follow her at @jessingsforjoy.
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