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Travis G. Baker • Author

TRAVIS BAKER Hockey Mom premiered at the Penobscot Theatre Company in March, 2022 after earning the Literary Award for Drama by the

Phil Goodbody • Composer

PHIL GOODBODY — is known for the film score for See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989). Also known as a super-guitarist and

ALLISON BREWSTER FRANZETTI — A multiple Grammy® Nominee and 2008 Grammy® Nominee for Best Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra, pianist Allison Brewster Franzetti

Ron Kanecke — For the last fourteen years, Ron has divided time between NYC and Europe where he worked as a screenwriter,

Elliot Sokolov is a composer, songwriter and music producer who has composed for theater, film, dance, television, and the concert stage, as

AMIE BROCKWAY is a proud recipient of the Sara Spencer Artistic Achievement Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, winner

Daniel Neiden and JuneRachelson-Ospa have collaborated on musical theater projects which include BOLLYWOOD AND VINE; BULLY ON YOU; GONE TO TEXAS; TRIANGLE;

JuneRachelson-Ospa and Daniel Neiden have collaborated on musical theater projects which include BOLLYWOOD AND VINE; BULLY ON YOU; GONE TO TEXAS; TRIANGLE;

Kīra Shaffer • Author

Kīra Shaffer graduated from Brigham Young University–Idaho in 2014 with a BA in English, creative writing emphasis. Her love for Halloween and

Cory Larsen • Author

Cory Larsen has performed on Broadway and toured in Broadway productions. He has directed plays, musicals, and choirs. He shares Kīra’s love of Halloween

Charles W. Whitman • Author

Dr. Charles W. Whitman — was born in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho. He has lived in Dodge City; Mexico, Missouri; Cairo,

Lyvia Martinez was born and raised in Puerto Rico where her love of stories grew with every book and Blockbuster rental. From

CAROLYN CHATWIN MURSET I live a quiet life as many of you do, out of the spotlight. I’m a nice and friendly

Award-winning playwright Meg Phillips Crespy has been commissioned by academic and regional theaters to write incidental music, plays and musicals for production.

David Crespy • Author

DAVID CRESPY is professor of playwriting, acting, dramatic literature at the University of Missouri, and is founder and co-director of MU’s Writing

Visit www.janicekappperry.com Janice Kapp Perry was born in Ogden, Utah, raised in Vale, Oregon, and makes her home in Provo, Utah, with

Hernz is a Storyteller. He graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications program where he received his Bachelor’s degree

Stacey Tirro is a dance, theatre and physical education teacher at Spring Valley High School in Spring Valley, New York, in the

MATTHEW MARTIN WARD has appeared on the band car at Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Pageant, playing Tchaikowsky for an

With a BA in English and Theatre, Wesleyan University, SUSAN KIM is a playwright, TV writer, and author of fiction, non-fiction and

JAMES GOLDBERG (from his website) If he’d lived a long time ago, when all literature was religious, he might have been famous.

Ronny Graham, the actor-writer-comedian who wrote for the Broadway revue New Faces of 1952 and may be best known as a collaborator

Born Claiborne Foster Richardson in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1929, he studied at Louisiana State University. His songwriting career began in the early

Stephen Cole is an award-winning musical theatre writer whose shows have been recorded, published, and produced from New York City to London

Davey Morrison — is a writer, actor, and filmmaker based out of Austin, TX, where he recently completed an MFA in screenwriting

Wendy Gourley is a freelance playwright and dramaturg who is currently working on a Masters of Communication and Storytelling at East Tennessee

Drew Chappell • Author

Drew Chappell is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Chapman University in Orange, California. His interests include popular culture, science fiction and fantasy

Mahonri Stewart is an award winning writer and educator. He has written over two dozen plays, most of which have been produced

Geoff Callaway is a classically trained actor who considers himself just barely “wise enough to play the fool.” Along the way he

Mylee Bell is a pianist, composer, and piano teacher. She grew up with a passion for music and sought it out in

Eda V. Ashby was born (1954) in Connecticut to Ruth Card Ashby and William Cropper Ashby. She grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee,

Tim is a Maine author who worked for the Department of Conservation for thirty-two years. During that career he was the manager

A retired music teacher, Barbara Hogan has worked with adults and youth in music and drama since she was a teenager. She

Donald K. Jarvis translated and edited the first half of Labyrinths of Freedom, the Russian-language book by Belarusian author Yurii Ustin on

Dr. Charles Metten was born in Fort Bragg, California, on September 7, 1927. He earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in

Joanna H. Kraus is an award-winning playwright of twenty Theatre for Young Audiences produced/published plays, among them The Ice Wolf (Dramatic Publishing)

ELAINE JARVIK — is a woman of numerous talents: 27 years as a writer with the Salt Lake City daily, The Deseret

Morag Shepherd is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. Shepherd grew up in rural Scotland and England before studying playwrighting at Brigham Young

Myrth Elizabeth Liston Burr, was born March 9, 1921 to Hazel G. Riddle and Don Carlos Liston in Escalante, Utah. Myrth spent

Daniel Kilyobas Obadiah is a photographer by day and a playwright by night. He holds a BA in Mass Communication from the

Jamie Young (a.k.a. James Brigham Young) is the Executive Producer of Brigham’s Playhouse and one of its owners. He recently left a

Heather Young is best known for her acting abilities. During the four years she was under contract with 20th Century Fox Studios

Lex de Azevedo has had one of the most diverse careers in the music industry as a composer, pianist, producer, arranger and

STEVE AMUNDSEN, Composer/Conductor, has received recognition for many orchestral and choral compositions, including several performed at the annual BYU Mormon Festival of

M. Ryan Taylor I’ve written operas, dozens of choral works, art songs, song cycles, pop songs, children’s songs, hymns (are you noticing

Mark Stoddard’s first taste of theater came in a co-starring role at the Rudolph Steiner Theatre in London’s West End. He’s quick

Ralph G. Rodgers Jr., has long been associated with theater along the Wasatch Front – from teaching drama at Granite High School

James Arrington was schooled professionally at prestigious The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and has earned a Masters Degree in Theatre

J.A.C. Redford is an accomplished composer of concert music, film and television scores, and music for the theater. His concert music compositions

Gerald Argetsinger, Ph.D. (Bowling Green State University), is an Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Studies, National Technical Institute for the Deaf,

Dr. Maughan W. McMurdie, an operatic baritone and bass, taught in the music department at Western Illinois University as a full Professor,

Christie Lund Coles was born in Salina, Utah, in 1906 but had resided many years in Provo, Utah, until her death in

Tim Slover, Assistant Professor, directs the playwriting and London Study Abroad programs for the University of Utah Department of Theatre, where he

Rodger Sorensen is a retired professor of Theatre and Media Arts who served as Associate Dean in the College of Fine Arts

Eric Samuelsen taught at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio before joining the faculty at Brigham Young University in 1992. He became

Jon Robert Howe is first last, and always a seeker of truth who is happy to share–an educator experienced in multimedia ways

James G. Lambert — was a playwright, lyricist and composer as well as a director and actor. He was active in theatrical

Having been born of goodly parents, in the town of Southgate California, he is currently employed as a Technical Writer. Thom has

Nobody had ever won the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row, until Orson Scott Card received

Ed Farnsworth Ed Farnsworth has over twenty years of performing experience on various stages in Utah, and began his foray into playwriting

Anthony Buck Anthony has over 100 productions to his credit as actor, singer, director, stage manager, music director, composer, librettist, and

Tim Laycock is a Dorset man of many talents: actor, writer, musician…. He often combines these roles, adding much to all aspects

Steve was Head of Performing Arts at Queen’s College, Taunton, now retired. He qualified with a BA Hons in Theatre Language from

J. Scott Bronson is a middle-aged man from San Diego with one wife, five children, a cat and a dog. He studied

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Jody D. Brown — Author

Jody D. Brown, Ph.D. — University of Nebraska, Professor Emeritus (Ferrum College) Besides, over 35 years as a college professor, Brown has

George G. King is from Utah. He has served a French mission for the LDS Church and earned Degrees from Brigham Young

DEAN OLIVET — received a Music BA in Duluth around 2003. These days he teaches a lot of guitar and banjo lessons,

Harlan Baker is a graduate of Emerson College. He worked on the staff of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America AFL-CIO (Now

Patricia Mew’s short plays have been produced at the Maine Playwrights Festival (2012, 2013, 2014), PortFringe (2015, 2016), and King of Crows

Composer of musicals from Maine.