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Melinda Potts Richards is a long-time familiar face both onstage and backstage in the Cache Valley theatre community. Directing credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (FSTC 2024) The Wizard of Oz (FSTC 2023) and The Sound of Music (MTW 2021). She is ecstatic to be co-directing a favorite show with her favorite person. Melinda graduated from Utah State University and owns a mental health billing company. Melinda is passionate about telling stories, tap dancing, reading, Disneyland, and enormous sugar cookies. Special thanks to the best parents in the world for wrangling our children so we could lead the revolution.
Clifton may be new to directing, but he has been around theater his entire life, and has been lucky enough to perform and work with many different directors across the valley and begin to find his own voice and his own approach to storytelling. Being able to direct alongside his incredibly talented wife makes it even better! Clifton still loves any chance he gets to perform, though lately that mainly entails filling in as whatever character is needed for his kids current imaginative adventure. (His most recent assigned roles include a mountain, a princess stealing, sword wielding monster and an octopus) Clifton also loves building odd props in his garage, studying and teaching stage combat (how to stab someone safely on stage) and learning new recipes for smoked meats and bbq.
Karen Teuscher has been having the time of her life as music director for the Scarlet Pimpernel! It is one of her favorite shows, and a full circle moment because it is the first musical theatre show she performed on stage! Karen is the choir director at Green Canyon High School, where she also music directs school musicals each year. She enjoys music directing and performing with our local community theatre companies every chance she gets! In addition to her school and theatre work, Karen is the director of the Femme Chorale women's choir, and can be seen playing the flute here and there with the Nutcracker orchestra, the Cache Community Orchestra, and the USU Alumni Band. Karen loves all things theatre and music and spends as much time as possible teaching and performing because it is so fun! She especially enjoys the associations with other people who also love music and theatre.
Amber is delighted to be co-Stage Managing The Scarlet Pimpernel and is grateful for the chance to return to the technical side of theater after many years. While she has previously appeared onstage in several productions with Four Seasons - including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Tarzan, and Anastasia - this production marks a meaningful new chapter in her theater career. Amber has so many people to thank! She extends heartfelt gratitude to Clifton and Melinda Richards for their unwavering encouragement and praise; to Bethany Potts for her instruction and friendship; and to Celeste Baillio for extending this amazing opportunity. She’s also thankful for the Rashes and the Four Seasons Theatre Company for getting her back into the theater world four years ago. To all the cast and crew of this production, and her new Music Theatre West family: thank you for your guidance, patience, and camaraderie throughout this process. Amber could not have done it without your flexibility, kindness, and grace. Above all, she thanks her incredible husband, Trevor, and their children, Ezekiel and Abigail, for their love, for the sacrifices they made, and bedtimes they endured so she could embrace this rewarding challenge. She hopes you enjoy the show!
Bethany is currently a social work student at USU. Although she has been involved with working backstage for over 5 years, she is excited for this to be her first show with MTW. It is also her first time stage managing and she is delighted to be able to work on one of her favorite musicals! When not studying or lurking backstage, she enjoys games with family, Dungeons and Dragons with friends, and practicing archery in the backyard. She also loves being the favorite auntie and spoiling her nieces and nephew. Many thanks and hope you enjoy the show!
Emma Lovan's recent design credits include: Bright Star at the Lyric Rep Company, Emma at Music Theatre West, and The Boy at the Edge of Everything and Or, for Utah State University. She has assistant designed and constructed for the Utah premiere of Between the Lines (USU), Whitelisted (Salt Lake Acting Company), Hayfever (Lyric Rep), Driving Miss Daisy (Lyric Rep), The Tempest (USU), It's a Wonderful Life (USU), and many more. She has worked closely with the Unicorn Theatre, a local nonprofit children's theatre, designing and constructing costumes for their youth shows for the past 3 years. Emma has a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in theatre with a costume design emphasis, and she is headed to Georgia Southern University to work as their costume shop supervisor. When she’s not neck deep in fabric, Emma enjoys unwinding with her German Shepherd, Titus.
At 11 years old, Dallin was invited by a family friend to see a musical at the Ellen Eccles Theater. He accepted with reluctance as many an 11 year old boy probably would. Little did he know how that show would have a hold on him for years to come. As you may have guessed, that show was The Scarlet Pimpernel. For the first time Dallin saw how great theatre could be! That memory stayed with him until 7 years later when Music Theater West announced auditions for The Scarlet Pimpernel. Having begun performing a couple years before and now a fresh high school graduate he jumped at the chance to audition. Expecting very little he was cast as Elton in the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel! Here he was welcomed by incredibly kind and talented people who built him up and made the experience unforgettable. Now another 7 years later Dallin is honored to return to the show as the Pimpernel himself. He feels so blessed to have the opportunity to bring this character to life! His gratitude goes out to his family and his friends, both inside the theatre community and out, who have supported him all these years!
Silly Bio: [Ben Petersen] is an audio engineer and actor who got his start on the vaudeville circuit in the 1920’s. His most notable accomplishments include inventing “microphones” (latin for “small phone”) which were meant to preserve performers voices from shouting on stage. He was also known for being the “6th Stooge” along side Larry and Moe and co-created the classic sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show. When he’s not appearing on the cover of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People issue year after year, he enjoys a light snack before bed and watching his favorite sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show. Serious Bio: [Ben Petersen] is an audio engineer and actor from Logan who is on his fourth season with Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. He found his love for theatre in high school and hasn’t been able to stop doing shows since. At USU Eastern in Price, he worked on and performed in several shows with their theatre department, including acting in the lead role for the international tour of Sherwood!: The Adventures of Robin Hood. He has also worked with Music Theatre West, Cache Theatre Company, and The Antics Comedy Improv, and is married to a pretty cool lady named Kyra.
Jared Gregersen has been doing props for Music theater West for 6 years now, and still loves every minute of it. He loves the challenges, and opportunities for creativity, that only community theater can offer, and hope's to be able to continue to do so for many more years to come! Pimpernel is the 11th MTW show he's managed the props for.
Amber has been choreographing professionally for 10 years and is so excited to join the team for this incredible production. The Scarlet Pimpernel has always been a favorite show, and she is so grateful for the opportunity to work on it with such a talented and dedicated cast. She hopes you enjoy this heartfelt and hilarious story as much as she has enjoyed being a part of its creation.
Rachel graduated from New Horizons Beauty College in 2019 and began her professional journey at Silver Clippers Salon shortly thereafter. She has since established herself as a talented wig and hair stylist, contributing her expertise to numerous theatrical productions. Rachel’s standout work has been featured in Ragtime and Newsies with Music Theatre West. She has also worked as a cosmetologist for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre during their 2023 and 2024 seasons. In addition to her professional styling work, Rachel was honored to be a guest lecturer and designer at the University of Utah, where she shared her knowledge and passion for theatrical hairstyling with students and faculty. Rachel is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Social Work at Utah State University. She believes that hair is a powerful element of storytelling and is thrilled to contribute to the narrative of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Bring her a Diet Coke for a job well done!
It’s been some amazing times to be a part of helping with so many visual designs for Music Theatre West for over 13 years. Bodie currently works full time at his own graphic/web/video/etc. design business (Bodwa Productions) he started 25 years ago. Every day is an exciting day! Bodie is happily married to his sweet better half and currently lives in Cedar City, UT. He is the father of 3 crazy fun kids, and has the privilege of being a bonus dad to two additional ones. He enjoys going to Disneyland with his family or a solving any creative escape rooms they can find! If someone forces him, he will eat an occasional maple bar or 3.
As a kid, Alisha spent hours making graphics and taking photos, and stealing her moms video camera. Now, she's so excited use those skills as a social media manager. She's been involved with Music Theatre West for five years and couldn't imagine her life without it. No matter what role she plays, on stage or off, she is happy to be involved in such a wonderful program. Big thanks to her ever supportive husband and daughter. And hey, if you’re reading this, go give Music Theatre West a “follow” on social media 😉.
Celeste Baillio has a BFA in Music Dance Theatre and Theatre Education from BYU. She is the Executive Director for Music Theatre West. She recently directed Catch Me If You Can for MTW. Some past favorite roles have been in 39 Steps(FS),Mother in Ragtime(MTW), Lina Lamont in Singin in the Rain (MTW), Miss Hannigan in Annie (MTW), Katherine in Freaky Friday (FS), Morticia in The Addams Family(FS), Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie(FS), and Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (MTW). her next role will be Donna in Mamma Mia (FS). She loves camping and playing board games with her hubby and four kids.
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