HALE CENTRE THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS:

PRODUCTION STAFF & CREW

Producers: David & Corrin Dietlein

Program Director: Ben Hale

Costume Designer: Celia Erickson

Lighting Designers: Jackson Zyontz, Boyd Cluff and Tim Dietlein

Projection Designer: Boyd Cluff

Set Designer: McKenna Carpenter

Master Carpenter: Tim Dietlein

Assistant Carpenter: Travis Dietlein

Set Painting Assistants: Brittany Arwine & Liz de la Torre

Stage Manager: Ethan Ison

Audio Engineer: Adam Stilson and Jeremy Borja

Assistant Stage Manager: Travis Dietlein

Production Assistant: Rebekah Raun

PERFORMERS & BAND

Lead Singer-Billy: Luke Randall

Lead Singer-Elton: John Houston

Drums: Dutch Workman

Lead Guitar: Jake Shepard

Bass-Guitar-Vocals: Ben Hale


Luke Randall
Lead Singer-Billy

Luke Randall made his debut in San Francisco as a contestant on American Idol in 2014. He has been a touring musician and singer ever since, paying an authentic tribute on his piano to the likes of Billy Joel and Elton John. He is a full time guitarist and performs in various tribute acts.  He lives in St. George, Utah with his wife and young daughter. 

John Houston
Lead Singer-Elton

John Houston 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.

Dutch Workman
Drums

Dutch Workman, is an accomplished drummer extraordinaire,  with credits including playing with WORLD CLASS drummers, featured on countless hit records and movie scores. Hes recently finished an album with Modanna's guitarist, and the Lead singer from Living Color, and has recorded on 100s of CBS releases! Dutch is ALSO a member of the Eric Dodge band.  Placing him AND John Houston on stage with some of the world's finest, including Clint Black, Carrie Underwood,  Leanne Rhymes,  Travis Twitter, and Diamond Rio, just to name a few!

Jake Shepard
Lead Guitar

Jake is a Utah guitar slinger by way of New Hampshire. Jake makes you wonder where his hands stop and the guitar starts. He was previously living in Utah grinding the local scene and teaching, until The Rhyolite Sound asked him to move to Las Vegas to join their band. This year alone they played the world famous Troubadour in Los Angeles, headlined a country music festival in France, and opened up for Willie Nelson for his Luck Ranch Reunion. 


He has also recorded work with Lennon Roach and Paige Overton, an album that’s due out this year!  He has also had the privilege of  traveling to Mexico and Alaska playing guitar, the instrument that he LOVES!




Ben Hale
Host/Guitar/Bass/Vocals

Ben has lead a multifaceted career in live music, recording and musical theater. He has performed professionally as a singer for over 16 years and is also an accomplished songwriter. He’s toured across the United States and Canada for the last decade performing both original music and tributes to the great musical icons Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and more. 

He has worked with Broadway royalty Andrew Lloyd Weber, Hal Prince and the original creative team from Phantom of the Opera. He has worked Grammy award winning producers Mark Neill and Vance Powell and with Chuck Mead and producer Mark Rubel.

Select credits Include Phantom of the Opera-Las Vegas (Raoul U/S, Swing), Million Dollar Quarter-Las Vegas, Tuacahn, Hale Center Theater Orem and Sandy (Johnny Cash), Ring of Fire- Syracuse and Vero Beach (Johnny Cash/Man 2), backup singer for Kristen Chenoweth on the American Country Awards, opener for Idina Menzel at Utah Stars, opener for Diamond Rio and Blizentrapper.

His debut album was signed to Extreme Music-Sony/ATV and has been featured in over 50 tv shows including placements on Amazon, HBO, Netflix, NBC, TLC, Lifetime, Nickelodeon and Hulu. He graduated from the Blackbird Academy in Nashville, TN in audio engineering and sound recording.

SEE OUR UPCOMING CONCERTS!

Merle, Marty & Miller: A Tribute to the Music of Merle Haggard, Marty Robbins & Roger Miller

March 15th - March 25th, 2023

Homeward Bound: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel

April 5th - April 15th, 2023