ELIYAH GHAEINI (he/him): is excited to return to Salt Lake Acting Company! Past Salt Lake Acting Company shows include: A Year with Frog and Toad (Toad). Other credits include: Shakespeare in Love (Ned Alleyn), West Side Story (Diesel), Puffs (Zach Smith/Viktor), In the Heights (Graffiti Pete), The Odd Couple, the Female Version (Jesus Costazuela), Twelfth Night (Sebastian), Our Town (George Gibbs), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Ginabrik) Measure for Measure (Pompey) and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Butch Honeywell). Film: Cinderella in the Caribbean, Lost in Love. TV: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, The Chosen, Amber Brown. He holds a BFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University, and studied at the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT) in Moscow, Russia. Eli would like to thank his family and friends for supporting him in all his endeavors. He is represented by TMG. @Eliyah.Ghaeini

Tom is thrilled to be working with SLAC for the first time! Tom holds a BFA from the University of Utah Actor Training Program. Credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (Parker Theatre), Body Awareness (PYGmalion), A View From The Bridge (The Grand), and Strangers: a homo's odyssey (Tom Roche and Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory, WINNER Outstanding Solo Performance at Great Salt Lake Fringe). Tom thanks his family and friends for their continued support.

Shawn Francis Saunders (understudy - The Raconteur) studied theatre at UVU and filmmaking at Avrec Art House (RIP). This will be their first time on stage since October 2018 when they played Hamlet for the Grassroots Shakespeare Company production of the play. Film directing credits include: The Wreath, Deep Blue City, and Davey Foundation grantee Nothing New Under the Sun. Shawn is super excited to be a part of their first production with Salt Lake Acting Company. Special thanks to Topher Rasmussen for all his love and support.

Archelaus Crisanto* (Fred) is absolutely delighted to be returning to SLAC. Archie is an actor/director/filmmaker and storyteller. He is an Oregon transplant to Utah and proud Filipino immigrant American. Equally at home on stage and screen - Archie was last seen on stage as an understudy for SLAC's world premiere production of Steve Yockey's Sleeping Giant, and onscreen in a segment of the popular horror franchise V/H/S on Shudder (V/H/S'99). Some of Archie's stage credits include Trevor in the Play That Goes Wrong (Pioneer Theatre Company), Speed in The Odd Couple (Hale Center Orem), Macbeth in Macbeth, Claudius in Hamlet, Theseus/Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Don Armado in Love's Labor's Lost (Grassroots Shakespeare). Archie is an instructor of Epoca' Acting Class, who are committed to empowering BIPOC performers and expanding diverse representation in Utah film and theatre, and runs "It's Only A Movie!", a Utah Only Short Horror Film Festival. Archie loves cooking (and eating) Filipino food, obscure 60's soul covers, and boxing.

Mari Joy Asiado (Understudy - The Naif) was born and raised in Manila, Joy came to Utah to train under the BYU Acting program where she is currently a senior. Her recent credits include Lark in the premiere of MESTIZA or MIXED (Plan-B Theatre), #7 in The Wolves (BYU ADP), and O.G. Howland in Men on Boats (Concordia College, MN). She also loves acting for film, having been involved in numerous student productions and commercials. When she isn’t on stage, Joy enjoys eating pho, taking photos, dancing with friends, and taking care of her many plants. Her performances are largely dedicated to her sisters and other women of color who paved the way for her to be on stage. Maraming salamat.

Yolanda Stange* could not be more excited to return home to SLAC, in a production by the prolific Chisa Hutchinson and directed by the legendary vickie washington. Fresh off her successful run as Vera Castillo in Hairy & Sherri and Hallmark’s Love Under A Northern Sky she is grateful to return to the stage. Yolanda is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA.

TAMARA HOWELL (Mrs. Stanton) recently had the privilege of appearing in Stag’s Leap at SLAC, which went on to play at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse. Other recent roles include Modesto/Floating/Jenya in Wait!, Mary Todd Lincoln in Mary And Myra, Chris Remington in Remington And Weasel, Mrs. Brooks in Mockingbird (Pygmalion Productions), Abuela Claudia in In The Heights (Good Company Theatre), Emperor Saturninus in Titus Andronicus (Pinnacle Acting Company), and Bashira in Two Stories (SLAC). Tamara earned her BFA in theatre from the University of Utah. She is a Jr. High School Theatre Teacher.

SUSANNA FLORENCE* (Helen) is grateful to be back at Salt Lake Acting Company, after a long dark period without live theater. In the season before masks, she took part in the development and main stage performance of form of a girl unknown. She has appeared in many shows at Pioneer Theatre Company including Sweat, Oslo, Twelfth Night, King Charles III, Fiddler On The Roof, and One Man, Two Guvnors. Susanna loves working on new plays and has admired Elaine Jarvik as a playwright and human for many years. She was fortunate to work on the NPSS workshop of Four Women Talking About The Man Under The Sheet at SLAC. She has also participated in several Play-by-Play readings, including Speculator Spirits, The Envelope, A March Tale, Honor Killing and i; all at Pioneer Theatre Company. Other Utah credits include Kings’ Men with The Sting & Honey Company, The Weird Play, Pilot Program, and Kingdom Of Heaven with Plan-B Theatre Company, and As You Like It, Shakespeare In Love, Romeo And Juliet, Mary Poppins, and Much Ado About Nothing with Utah Shakespeare Festival. She holds an MFA from the National Theater Conservatory. Warm thanks to Cynthia and all the folks at SLAC for their resilience, persistence, thoughtfulness and vision.

LATOYA CAMERON* (she/her): is thrilled to be co-directing with Tito on this fantastic play by Chisa Hutchinson. Past Directing Productions include Sankofa, this Journey: Go Back and Get It, a SLAC and UBLAC collaboration, Town Hall at the University of Utah, Title of Show at The Grand, and RENT at The Ziegfield. Special thanks to SLAC, Cynthia, Jennie, and Tahra for their support and the cast, crew, and creative team for their brilliance. 

New Play Sounding Series
Free Reading

Monday, October 14 @ 7pm

Director: Robin Wilks-Dunn

Actors: Sean Carter, Barb Ganddy, Tamara Johnson-Howell, Dan Larrinaga, Tito Livas*, Morgan Lund*, Nicki Nixon, Lane Richins*, Natalie Keezer

Stage Manager: Katelyn Limber*

Summer, 1998. Once popular, Arrowhead Community Pool has seen membership decline for years. Retired pool president Dorothy Wilson blames video games and air-conditioning. But when new pool president Freddie Rosedale abolishes Dorothy's longstanding alcohol ban and installs a frozen margarita machine, the place comes back to life, and a battle begins. SWIMMING POOL is a dark ensemble comedy about American excess and restraint on the cusp of the 21st Century.

SLAC thanks the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation for their generous support of this vital program.