New Marketing Director Named at Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

Names New PR/Marketing Director

David Hodges has joined the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company team as the organization’s PR/Marketing Director. David’s work in arts organizations has centered on audience development, both as the former Curator/Artistic Director at Duluth Art Institute in Duluth, MN and at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN where he was in charge of Visitor Services during that institution’s major remodel /construction and reopening in 2005.

David, who left Salt Lake in 1992 to pursue his career, says of his return, “It’s wonderful to see the phenomenal growth and development that has occurred in Salt Lake over the past couple of decades – especially in the arts. Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company has always been at the forefront of innovation and engagement among the city’s cultural offerings. It is a thrill to be involved in this institution as it finds new and creative ways to connect live with its audiences in an increasingly digital world.”

Ririe-Woodbury Co-founder and Managing Director Joan Woodbury says, “We are very excited that David has joined our organization. He brings a wealth of experience and excitingly fresh insights to the position. His background and direct participation in all of the arts is a wonderful asset to our company and we are anticipating that he will increase community understanding, interest, and involvement in the breadth of what we do. We welcome David into the Ririe-Woodbury family and to the not-for-profit arts community in Salt Lake City.”

About Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company:
Founded in 1964, Ririe-Woodbury is dedicated to furthering dance through performances and education. Ririe-Woodbury’s mission is accomplished through educational outreach programs, creation of new works, and touring. Ririe-Woodbury was voted “Best Local Dance Company” by City Weekly readers.


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Mayors’ Annual Bike-To-Work Day

Mayors’ Annual
Bike-To-Work Day



Mayors’ Annual Bike-To-Work Day Tomorrow, May 17th. The public is invited to join Mayors Peter Corroon and Ralph Becker Tuesday morning for the annual Mayors’ Bike-To-Work Day. This annual event is presented by Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City and UTA Rideshare, and celebrates National Bike Week (May 16-20).

Join the Mayors for a mellow ride with a Salt Lake City Police Motorcycle Squad escort from Liberty Park to the Salt Lake County Government Center at 2100 South State Street, then on to Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City.

Riders are encouraged to assemble by 7:15 a.m. at the northeast corner of Liberty Park, 700 East 900 South. The ride starts at 7:30 a.m.

Event: Annual Mayors’ Bike-To-Work Day
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Time: Ride @ 7:30 a.m.
Start: NE Corner, Liberty Park, 7th E. 9th So.
Brief Stop: SLCo Government Center, 21st S. State
Final Stop: SL City & County Building (east side) 451 So. State Street


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Tracy Aviary Avian Adventure Summer Camps

Join Tracy Aviary for an

Avian Adventure Summer Camp

Join Tracy Aviary for an Avian Adventure during their week-long summer camps for children going into Kindergarten through 5th grade. Each camp has a different theme, but all are packed full of bird-related crafts, projects and games. Campers will spend three hours each camp learning and experiencing lots of nose-to-beak encounters with Tracy Aviary’s feathered friends during flighted bird shows, keeper talks and special bird feedings!

For more information, please visit Tracy Aviary's Avian Adventure Camp website, or contact the Bird Programs Department at 801-596-8500x116 for more information.

Kindergarten & First Grade

Fast As A Falcon
June 20th - 24th 2011, 9 am - 12 pm
Come soaring with some of the fastest, most majestic birds in the world! In this half-day camp, your child will get an insider's look at what makes raptors such talented hunters and fliers. Each day we will explore the world of hawks, eagles, owls, falcons and vultures through creative crafts, sweet songs, close encounters and high-flying games.

Treetops and Tropics
June 20th - 24th 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm
Earth is graced with tropical flying beauties of all sorts and where better to get to know them than at Tracy Aviary? Campers will use their imaginations to uncover the mysteries of the world's most diverse habitat-the rainforest-while visiting our collection of colorful birds from all over the world. Bright paint, sparkling glitter and energetic games will dominate the week as we explore this magical environment.

Second Grade & Third Grade

UMNH Partner Camp- Natural Survivors
Partner Camp with Utah Museum of Natural History
June 27st - July 1st 2011, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Spend the week exploring the survival skills of animals and ecosystems. In the mornings at Tracy Aviary, campers will discover how birds cope with threats in their environment...from oil spills and habitat loss to natural predators and storms! In the afternoon, you'll become a biome explorer as you investigate how plants and animals survive in harsh desert environments, wetlands, and forest communities while at UMNH. Drop campers off at Tracy Aviary by 8:30am and pick them up at UMNH by 4:30pm. Transportation fee of $30 is included.

For enrollment instructions for this camp, please click HERE to visit Utah Museum of Natural History's summer camp web site.

Weavers, Drillers & Builders
July 11th - July 15th 2011, 9 am - 12 pm
This summer become a nest investigator as we spend a week visiting different birds and creating their crafty nests. Campers will learn all about the nests birds build, from flamingos' mud mounds to tinamous' scratches on the ground. You'll even gather sticks, fluff and leaves to create your own kid-sized nest! By the end of the week, campers have a bird's eye view of the intricacy and care that is taken with each baby bird's home.

Wet and Wild Waterfowl
July 11th - July 15th 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm
Make a splash this week as we explore the wet and wild worlds of swans, ducks, geese and more! This camp introduces campers to our feathered friends who love the water. We will cool off while the weather gets hot, tossing fish to our flock of pelicans, racing like a duckling and folding paper into beautiful swans. Feel free to wear a swimsuit and bring a towel to dry off your feathers!

Talented Talons
July 18th - 22nd 2011, 9 am - 12 pm
Birds have inspired artists for centuries and now it's your turn! Let your creativity soar with a week of exploring the beauty of birds and art at Tracy Aviary. Campers will meet birds of all colors, shapes and sizes while creating paintings, nest sculptures, musical murals and more. Each day we will focus on a different type of bird-inspired art and will culminate the week in an art show of the camper's creations.

Feathered Fliers and Floaters
July 18th - 22nd 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm
Birds may all have wings, but they don't just fly to get around. This week in camp, come discover the different ways birds travel and why, from running and hopping to flying, swimming and diving. We will explore how the diversity of birds relates to lifestyle and habitat: from roadrunners to pelicans, quail to falcons, there's no end to the unique skills of birds and campers will explore them all during a week of nose-to-beak encounters with live birds and plenty of fun and games.

Fourth Grade & Fifth Grade

UMNH Partner Camp- Environmental Detectives
Partner Camp with Utah Museum of Natural History
June 27th - July 1st 2011, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
This week is all about you and the environment. Spend your mornings at UMNH, solving a mysterious environmental calamity. We'll investigate a simulated oil spill while learning about the recent spills in our community and in the gulf. Explore groundwater movement and filtration and test for contaminants in water samples while analyzing and comparing results. In the afternoons investigate trash, pollution and waste while creating recycled crafts and exploring Tracy Aviary and Liberty Park. Drop campers off at UMNH by 8:30am and pick them up at Tracy Aviary by 4:30pm. Transportation fee of $30 is included.

For enrollment instructions for this camp, please click HERE to visit Utah Museum of Natural History's summer camp web site.

Bad Dog Arts Partner Camp- Famous Feathers
Partner Camp with Bad Dog Arts
July 25th - July 29th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Explore how birds have played a role in our lives through culture, myth and entertainment. From ancient mythology to cartoon characters, feathered friends have been in our lives and are here to stay! Spend the morning with staff from the Tracy Aviary meeting birds both familiar and foreign, making crafts, conducting experiments and playing plenty of games that will take you to Egypt, Hogwarts, Swan Lake and back! Be creative in the afternoon with artists from Bad Dog Arts. We will play with all types materials applying what we learned the first half of the day about birds into our art making adventure in the afternoon.

Avian Explorers
August 1st - 5th 2011, 9 am - 12 pm
Spend a week discovering what it takes to be a bird expert. From ornithologists studying wild birds the world over to talented keepers at Tracy Aviary, campers will experience first-hand what it is like to be one of these bird professionals. We will start life lists while learning how to be birders, make dummy eggs and enrichment for birds just like zoo keepers, explore the Aviary with active games and create fun crafts to take home. You may come as a camper, but you'll leave an expert!

Birds and Beyond
August 1st - 5th 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm
Master the elements in this week-long camp exploring how birds interact with the natural forces in their environment. Campers will conduct science experiments while learning how wind, water, sun and soil all fit into the lives of birds, create art projects, play fun games and make journals to take home with them at the end of the week.


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Utah Opera Presents Verdi's Falstaff

Utah Opera Presents

Verdi's "Falstaff"

Utah Opera will present a classic comedy, Verdi’s “Falstaff,” at the Capitol Theatre on May 16, 18 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and May 22 at 2:00 p.m.

Verdi’s opera follows Falstaff, a saucy womanizer who, seeking to better his own fortunes, attempts to woo two wealthy matrons, and gets his comeuppance at the hands of those he first sought to trick. Verdi's voice finds its most brilliant expression in this delightful comedy.

The character Falstaff made his first appearance in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” history plays, and quickly became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. Verdi’s “Falstaff” employs the memorable character to incite a comedic plot taken from another of the Bard’s classic plays, “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”

Cast members include Steven Condy as Falstaff, Cynthia Clayton as Alice, Michael Chioldi as Ford and Aaron Blake as Fenton, Directed by Christopher Mattaliano. The Utah Symphony will accompany each performance, conducted by Robert Tweten. The opera will be sung in Italian with English supertitles.

With two twenty-minute intermissions, approximate final curtain time will be 10:15 p.m. for evening performances and 4:45 p.m. for the matinee.

Utah Opera Principal Coach Carol Anderson will offer an Opera Prelude Lecture, free of charge, in the orchestra seating level of Capitol Theatre one hour before curtain of each performance.

Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth will hold a Q&A session, free of charge, immediately following each performance in the Founders room on the mezzanine level at Capitol Theatre (50 West 200 South).

Tickets for the performances range from $15 to $85 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office or by visiting www.usuo.org.

SYNOPSIS:

ACT I - Sir John Falstaff, the portly rascal of Windsor, sits in the Garter Inn with his “bad companions” Bardolfo and Pistola. When Dr. Caius enters to accuse the three of abusing his home and robbing him, Falstaff dismisses the charges with mock solemnity. He then up braids his friends for being unable to pay the bill. Seeking to better his fortunes, Falstaff plans to woo wealthy matrons Alice Ford and Meg Page. He produces love letters to both, but his henchmen decide their ethics forbid them from delivering the notes. Falstaff gives them to a page boy instead and lectures his cronies on honor as he chases them from the inn. In her garden, Alice and her daughter, Nannetta, talk to Meg and Dame Quickly, soon discovering that Falstaff has sent identical letters. Outraged, they resolve to punish him, then withdraw as Ford arrives with Caius, Fenton, Bardolfo and Pistola, all warning him about Falstaff’s designs. Briefly alone, Nannetta and Fenton steal kisses until the women return, plotting to send Quickly to Falstaff to arrange a rendezvous with Alice. Next Nannetta and Fenton are interrupted by Ford, who also plans to visit Falstaff. As the women reappear, all pledge to take the fat knight down a peg or two.

ACT II - At the inn, Falstaff accepts Bardolfo and Pistola’s feigned penitence for their mutiny. Soon Quickly curtseys in to assure the knight that both Alice and Meg return his ardor. Arranging a meeting with Alice, Falstaff rewards Quickly with a pittance and then, alone, preens himself. The next visitor is Ford, disguised as “Master Brook” and pretending an unrequited passion for Alice. Employed to break down the lady’s virtue, Falstaff boasts that he already has set up a tryst and steps out to array himself. Ford, unable to believe his ears, vows to avenge his honor. Regaining his composure when Falstaff returns, he leaves arm in arm with the fat knight. In Ford’s house, Quickly tells Alice and Meg about her visit with the knight at the inn. Nannetta does not share in the fun: her father has promised her to Caius. The women reassure her before hiding, except for Alice, who sits strumming a lute as her fat suitor arrives. Recalling his salad days as a slender page, he is cut short when Quickly announces Meg’s imminent approach. Falstaff leaps behind a screen, and Meg sails in to report that Ford is on his way over in a fury. Quickly confirms this, and while Ford and his men search the house, Falstaff takes refuge amid the dirty linen in a laundry basket. Slipping behind a screen, Nannetta and Fenton attract attention with the sound of their kissing. While Meg and Quickly muffle Falstaff’s cries for air, Ford sneaks up on the screen, knocks it over and pauses briefly to berate the lovers as the chase continues upstairs. Alice orders servants to heave the basket into the Thames, and then leads her husband to the window to see Falstaff dumped into the muddy river.

ACT III - At sunset outside the inn, Falstaff bemoans his misadventure while downing a mug of warm wine. His reflections are halted by Quickly, who insists that Alice still loves him and proves it with a note appointing a midnight rendezvous in Windsor Park. Alice, Ford, Meg, Caius and Fenton sneak in as Falstaff enters the inn with Quickly, who tells him the gory tale of the Black Huntsman’s ghost, often seen in Windsor Park at midnight. Alice and the others take up the story, plotting to frighten Falstaff by dressing up as wood sprites. In moonlit Windsor Forest, Fenton sings of love and receives a monk’s costume for the masquerade; Nannetta is queen of the fairies, Meg a nymph and Quickly a witch. Everyone takes off as Falstaff lumbers in, got up as a huntsman and wearing antlers. Scarcely has he greeted Alice than Meg warns of approaching demons. As the knight cowers, Nannetta calls the forest creatures to their revels. They torment Falstaff until he begs for mercy. When the conspirators unmask, Sir John takes it like a sport. Ford betrothes Caius to the queen of the fairies (now Bardolfo in disguise) and unwittingly blesses Nannetta and Fenton. Ford too has been duped, but he can forgive as well, and Falstaff leads the company in declaring the world is but a jest.


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Volunteers Needed to Fill Sandbags

Volunteers Needed
to Fill Sandbags
This Morning



Volunteers are needed this morning, May 14, to fill sandbags to help prepare for the expected heavy spring runoff. The event will be held at the Salt Lake County Public Works Administration Building.

Volunteers will use a process that includes a horizontal ladder with traffic cones acting as funnels. Sand is shoveled into the large end of the cone, funneling sand into empty bags.

“This process worked well last Saturday,” says SLCo Volunteer Coordinator Sheryl Ivey. “We need volunteers to reach our goal of 5,000 sand bags filled.”

Volunteers are encouraged to bring gloves and shovels; or 5-gallon buckets.

What: Filling sandbags
Goal: 5,000 sandbags.
When: Saturday, May 14th ~ 9 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Where: Salt Lake County Public Works Facility
            6960 South 604 West
            *Just north of 7200 South, enter off 700 West


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Patrick Leary Named SLCo Public Works Director

Patrick Leary Named
Public Works Director




Patrick Leary, Associate Director of Administrative Services for Salt Lake County, has been tapped to take over Salt Lake County’s Department of Public Works. The appointment was effective May 1, 2011, subject to approval of the Salt Lake County Council.

Leary succeeds Linda Hamilton, named by Mayor Peter Corroon as the County’s Chief Administrative Officer.

“Patrick is a proven leader,” says Mayor Corroon. “I look forward to him administering the same kind of responsive, energetic government operation in the Department of Public Works.”

Mr. Leary will direct, administer and coordinate the activities of the Divisions in the Department, including: Planning and Development Services, Operations, Engineering and Flood Control, Sanitation and Solid Waste Management.

“I’m honored at this chance to work with the tremendous staff assembled in the Public Works Department,” says Leary. “I look forward to the challenge.”

Mr. Leary has almost 20 years of experience working in local government including the Office of the District Attorney and the Salt Lake County Clerk’s Office and currently serves as the Associate Director for the Department of Administrative Services in Salt Lake County. The Department oversees the support services function for 7,000+ fulltime, seasonal and part-time employees.

Mr. Leary is completing a Masters degree in Public Administration from the University of Utah. He completed his undergraduate work at Utah State University.

Leary joins April Townsend (Administrative Services), Erin Litvack (Community Services), Dale Carpenter (Economic Development) and Jean Nielsen (Human Services) as department directors in the Corroon administration.



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Richard Elliott Joins Utah Symphony for Saint-Saëns’ “Organ Symphony"



Richard Elliott

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Organist

Joins Utah Symphony for

Saint-Saëns’ “Organ Symphony"

The Utah Symphony welcomes Mormon Tabernacle Choir organist Richard Elliott to Abravanel Hall, only a stone’s throw from his home performance venue, for an anticipated concert of the most iconic and commonly performed work for organ and orchestra – Saint-Saëns’ “Organ Symphony.”

Elliott will also perform Poulenc’s organ concerto with the Utah Symphony under the direction of promising young American conductor Andrew Grams, Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 at 8 p.m. in the hall (123 West South Temple).

The haunting beauty and simplified instrumentation of Poulenc’s organ concerto, featuring a string orchestra and timpani as accompaniment, will serve as a delicate pairing with Saint-Saëns’ dynamic and powerful “Organ Symphony,” featuring virtuosic piano passages, a musical style characteristic of the Romantic period and the stately presence of a large pipe organ. Also on the program is “Scherzo Fantastique,” an early work by Igor Stravinsky.

On Friday, May 6 at 10 a.m. the general public is invited to attend a Finishing Touches dress rehearsal, where audience members can witness the diligence and dedication that goes into rehearsing for each performance. Tickets for the rehearsal are $15.

Tickets for the evening performances range from $15 to $85 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office or by visiting www.usuo.org. Students can purchase discounted tickets with a student ID. Season ticket holders and those desiring group discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased on the day of the performance.

Grams and Toby Tolokan, Utah Symphony Vice President of Artistic Planning, will present a free pre-concert lecture each night, 45 minutes prior to the start of the performance in the First Tier Room of Abravanel Hall.

Artist Bios:

Andrew Grams, Conductor
As one of America’s most promising and talented young conductors, Andrew Grams has already appeared with many of the great orchestras of the world including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C., and the orchestras of Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, New Jersey and others in the United States. On the international arena, he has conducted the Montreal Symphony, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Melbourne Symphony, the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia Rome, the Residentie Orchestra of the Hague, the Hamburg Symphony, and the Malmo Symphony to name a few.

Maestro Grams was a protégé of Franz Welser-Moest and served as Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra from 2004 to 2007.

The 2010-11 season witnesses a major debut for Grams with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London alongside debut appearances with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle Bonn. Grams returns to the podium with the Residentie Orchestra several times this year as well and also makes welcome repeat visits with the Hamburg Symphony, the Malmo Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa and the Utah Symphony.

A Maryland native raised in Severn, Andrew Grams began conducting at the age of 17, when he directed the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. In 1999 he received a bachelor of music degree in violin performance from the Juilliard School, and in 2003 he received a conducting degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he worked with Otto-Werner Mueller. Also an accomplished violinist, Mr. Grams was a member of the New York City Ballet Orchestra at Lincoln Center from 1998 to 2004, serving as acting associate principal second violin in 2002 and 2004. In addition, he has performed with ensembles including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the New Jersey Symphony.

Richard Elliott, Organ
Richard Elliott is right at home at the massive console of the Tabernacle organ, having previously served as an assistant organist for the world's largest functioning pipe organ in Philadelphia's Lord and Taylor (formerly John Wanamaker) department store. His background in jazz and popular music has likewise prepared him well for his role as accompanist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, with its broad range of repertoire.

As Principal Tabernacle Organist, Elliott performs, tours and records with the Choir. He also plays for the weekly Music and the Spoken Word broadcasts and joins with his fellow organists in presenting daily 30- minute organ recitals in the Tabernacle. He works alongside the rest of the Choir's musical staff to ensure perfect balance among the singers' voices, the organ and the Orchestra at Temple Square, thus producing the Choir's signature sound. In addition, Elliott performs widely as an organ recitalist and has recorded on the Tabernacle organ for several record labels.

Prior to his appointment in 1991 as a Tabernacle organist, Elliott was an Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University, where he taught courses in organ and music appreciation. His early musical studies were undertaken at the Peabody Conservatory and the Catholic University of America. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the famed Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and later received Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.

Elliott is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) and was a featured performer in the Guild's national convention held in 1992 in Atlanta. He is a published composer and has also written articles for several music journals. Elliott currently sits on the advisory boards for the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ and for the Eccles Organ Festival at Salt Lake's Cathedral of the Madeleine.


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Snowbird Sets All Time Single Season Snowfall Record!

Snowbird Sets All Time
Snowfall Record!





711” season-to-date total eclipses 1983/84 mark.

Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort hit a 40-year all time record for single season snowfall Saturday morning(April 30), reaching the 711-inch mark thanks to spring storms. Snowbird’s previous single season official record was 688 inches, set in the 1983-84 season. The resort’s mid-mountain base currently stands at 190+ inches.

“This has been a remarkable season for Snowbird,” said resort president Bob Bonar. “We’ll be celebrating with skiing til Memorial Day and most likely beyond, with conditions that are anything but typical spring skiing.”

711 inches measures nearly the height of each sculpture face at the Mount Rushmore National Monument, more than a third of the height of the Statue of Liberty, and easily tops Utah’s Delicate Arch in Arches National Park. This is the fourth consecutive season Snowbird has topped 600 inches mid-mountain, with water content in this year’s snowfall well exceeding record levels. The latest closing date in the history of the Little Cottonwood Canyon resort is July 4 (in 1995 and 2005).

“Having skied at Snowbird for 16 years, I can honestly say this is by far the best year of powder skiing I’ve ever experienced,” said local pro athlete Ben Wheeler. “The mountain is incredibly filled in, with areas that used to be 30-foot cliffs completely buried under all this snow.”

SKI UTAH ~ The Greatest Snow On Earth!


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Mayor Corroon Attends White House Meeting

Mayor Peter Corroon
Attends
White House Meeting



Mayor Peter Corroon will be in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to meet with members of President Obama’s staff and other county executives.

The group will discuss partnership opportunities and challenges facing U.S. counties. Topics may include: infrastructure and sustainable communities, health reform implementation and Medicaid, and breaking the cycle of jail and poverty.


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Hale Centre Theatre's 2012 Season

Hale Centre Theatre

Announces Their 2012 Season

HCT’s 2012 season to feature U.S. Premiere of  “Zorro-The Musical,” Utah Premiere of  “The Games's Afoot.” Premieres to be Complemented by “9 to 5: The Musical,” “The Sound of Music,” “Father of the Bride,” and “Oliver!”

Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah’s premiere family theatre, announced its 2012 season schedule, which includes the United States premiere of “Zorro-The Musical.” The production is one of the first U.S. musical premieres in the state’s history. The producers of “Zorro” traveled to West Valley in March 2011 to meet with HCT and tour the facilities before selecting the theatre for the show’s U.S. premiere.

Additionally, Tony Award-winning author Ken Ludwig has granted HCT the Utah premiere of “The Game’s Afoot.” This is the third premiere of a Ludwig production by HCT (“The Three Musketeers,” 2010, and “Treasure Island,” 2009).

The 2012 lineup also includes the full musical version of Dolly Parton’s iconic film “9 to 5,” along with “Father of the Bride,” “The Sound of Music,” “Oliver!,” and the 28th annual performance of “A Christmas Carol.” The following is more information on each production:

“The Game’s Afoot,” Dec. 31, 2011 - Feb. 4, 2012
Utah Premiere
Marking HCT’s fifth production from Tony Award-winning author Ken Ludwig, “The Game’s Afoot” will make its Utah premiere on New Year’s Eve. Set in 1936, the story follows acclaimed actor William Gillette, who invites his “Sherlock Holmes” co-stars to his Connecticut mansion for a holiday celebration. After one of the guests is murdered, Gillette employs the persona of the master detective he’s made famous on the stage to solve the mystery.

“Zorro-The Musical,” Feb. 15 - April 11
U.S. Premiere
Earning critical acclaim in its debut in London’s West End and in subsequent productions in Moscow, Tokyo, and Amsterdam, the fiery musical features music from the Gipsy Kings, authentic Flamenco dancing, Spanish guitar, illusion, mystique and romance. The musical is based on the 2005 biography “Zorro,” written by Isabel Allende. It is prequel to the events of the original Zorro story and features numerous references to other Zorro works, including the 1998 film “The Mask of Zorro.”

“Father of the Bride,” April 17 - May 26
First performed on HCT’s center stage in 1993, “Father of the Bride” returns by audience request. Caroline Francke’s comedy follows a daughter’s surprise engagement and resulting wedding planning that nearly break her father’s will and bank account.

“The Sound of Music,” June 6 - Aug. 4
Winner of five Tony Awards, Rogers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “The Sound of Music” is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp. The time-honored score includes standards “The Sound of Music,” “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things” and “Climb Every Mountain.” HCT’s version will feature innovative direction, staging and costumes.

“9 to 5: The Musical,” Aug. 15 - Sept. 29
Fresh from Broadway, Dolly Parton’s Tony Award-nominated “9 to 5: The Musical” is a remake of the iconic movie. Three female employees, tired of banging their heads against a low-hanging glass ceiling, team up against their boss in this nostalgic story. The show shines with Parton’s straight-from-the-heart ballads and wistful melodies.

“Oliver!,” Oct. 10 - Dec. 1
A classic musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ treasured “Oliver Twist,” the story follows an orphan who runs away and joins a group of boys trained as pickpockets. With heart-tugging music like “Where is Love” and “As Long as He Needs Me,” “Oliver!” earned three Tony Awards and critical success during its run on Broadway.

“A Christmas Carol,” Dec. 8 - Dec. 22
HCT’s nationally acclaimed Christmas tradition, adapted by Richard Wilkins and Barlow Bradford, will mark its 28th annual production in 2012. Marley’s Ghost reminds the stingy mercenary, Ebenezer Scrooge, that “mankind should be his business.” Dickens’ carol of redemption seeks to reclaim Scrooge’s heart.

Season tickets will go on sale to current season ticket holders around June 1 and to the general public Aug. 1. For ticket information, call 801-984-9000, visit HCT’s website, www.halecentretheatre.org, or visit the box office at 3333 S. Decker Lake Drive in West Valley City.


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