OLRC 2009 Company Members

Kris is happy to be returning for her fourteenth season as the Old Lyric Repertory Company Stage Manager. She is also happy to be directing again after her last show, Route 66, in 2006. In 2007 she hit her fiftieth Lyric Production and is hoping she has at least fifty more in her. An Actors Equity Association (AEA) stage manager, she received both her bachelor's and master's of fine arts from Utah State University, where she occasionally teaches and mentors stage managers. She is currently the Production Manager for the Caine School of the Arts at Utah State as well as co-producer of Smoke Productions. Kris works with many community groups and enjoys being involved in nearly every art event in Cache Valley, including the newly developed Fusion Theatre Project. Most recently she stage-managed the Egyptian Theatre’s production of Cabaret. Kris planned on taking a year off to focus on her health, but the magic of theatre keeps pulling her back!! In her spare time she likes to play with her puppy, Mr. Staypuff, and, at least for this year, she likes to sleep more than almost anything. She would like to thank all of her friends and family for their constant support and help through this most difficult year of her life.

Luke Bybee is a Logan native and is really excited to be joining the Old Lyric Repertory Company for his third year. He loves Cache Valley in the summer, especially after another long Cache Valley winter. His latest roles include Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, directed by Colin Johnson, and St. George in St. George and the Reluctant Dragon, directed by Vosco Call. He feels honored to be able to play the parts he was given this last year and looks forward to continuing to act and create with a great group of people this summer.

Lee is thrilled to be back for his 13th season with OLRC. He was last seen on the Caine Lyric Theatre stage in Cash on Delivery, Picnic, and The Spitfire Grill. Lee earned a bachelor's of fine arts from Utah State University and a master's of fine arts from California State University, Fullerton in performance. Last summer he was featured in Utah Festival Opera Company's production of Into the Woods as the Baker, as well as 1776, Gypsy, and Manon Lescaut. He most recently directed The Madwoman of Chaillot for Utah State Theatre. Past roles on Lee's favorites list include Lend Me a Tenor, Forever Plaid, and Enchanted April. He would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support.

This is Jarrod's ninth summer working with OLRC. Jarrod lives in Logan with his wife, Keri, and has been designing theatrical lighting and sound through the area for more than ten years. He works during the day as the director of Caine School of the Arts Production Services at Utah State University (http://caineschool.usu.edu/). In his free time he enjoys reading, writing, puttering around the yard, and hanging out with his sTweetie, family, work buddies, and the rest of the gang.

This is Lynda's 21st season with the OLRC since her first appearance, where she played Lady India in "Ring Round the Moon" and Beatrice in Servant of Two Masters. Lynda teaches acting at Utah State University and has performed in Utah State Theatre productions of Macbeth and Hamlet. She has staged numerous productions for OLRC, including Private Lives, The Miser, Enchanted April,Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Beau Jest. In years past, she played Belinda in Noises Off! and Chris in Rumors. Most recently, Lynda directed Doubt and an original work, The Café Plays: Bluebirds (about, and at, Logan's Bluebird Restaurant). In Kelmarsh, England, she produced and directed Hayfever last summer; in August 2009 Lynda will return for a seventh season with Blithe Spirit. Lynda received her master's of fine arts in performance from the University of Minnesota and has trained at the HB Studio in NYC. Lynda is a Fellow of the Kennedy Center / American College Theatre Festival, where two of her plays, The Boy Who Drew Cats, an original adaptation, and Anna in the Tropics, have won national honors. In 1994, Lynda's production of A Piece of My Heart was awarded a Congressional medal by the Viet Nam Coalition. Lynda is a member of AEA and SAG.

After far too long an absence, Phillip R. Lowe is thrilled to return to Cache Valley and rejoin the Lyric family for his sixth season on the beautiful Lyric stage! Audiences may remember him as Smudge in Forever Plaid, Inspector Kurland in Song of Singapore, Norman in The Boys Next Door, Anthony Wilding in Enchanted April, and John Cristow in Agatha Christie’s The Hollow. Phil graduated from Utah State University in 2002 with a master's in fine arts in theatrical design. That same year he was also the recipient of the Kennedy Center’s National Barbizon Award for his costume design of the OLRC’s production of The Lion in Winter.

Phil then spent time in England studying period costume and architecture while playing the role of Mr. Darcy in a production of Pride and Prejudice at the historic Cottesbrooke Hall. Since returning to the States, Phil has designed for a number of theatre companies including The Grand Theatre, Plan-B Theatre Company, Utah Musical Theatre, Lagoon Entertainment, Utah Contemporary Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, Old Lyric Repertory Company, Weber State University, and Park City’s Egyptian Theatre, where he has served as costume designer in residence since 2005. In addition to his design work, Phil continues to find time to appear on stage. He was featured in a production of La Cage aux Folles as well as the regional premier of Irving Berlin’s: White Christmas at the Egyptian Theatre Company, and played Juan in last summer’s Utah premier of the Off-Broadway smash hit Altar Boyz. Other regional credits include Evita at Pioneer Theatre Company. Phil recently became an adjunct faculty member at Weber State University, where his original farce, The Door Swings Wide, received a final workshop production this spring. Phil is an Equity Membership Candidate.

Amanda Profaizer returns for her ninth OLRC season. Amanda received her master's of fine arts in costume design from Utah State University in 2006. She is currently the costume shop manager for the Department of Theatre Arts at Utah State University. Her previous OLRC credits include The Murder Room, Relative Values, Chaps!, Death Trap, and Stones in His Pockets. She has also designed for the Utah Festival Opera and The Grad Theater. She has worked for Utah Shakespearean Festival and the Pioneer Theater Company, as well as serving as a design assistant for Saturday Night Live where she once ran over Tom Hanks while doing a quick change for SNL. When she is not designing or supervising a production, she is chasing after her 2-year-old daughter, Ruby, and most likely eating doughnuts or drinking Pepsi.

Shaina is a student at Utah State University and works with Caine School of the Arts Production Services. This is her second year with OLRC. She worked as an assistant stage manager for A Christmas Carol and as a stage manager for Doubt, both produced through Utah State Theatre. She worked as an assistant stage manager for OLRC's productions of Chaps!, Deathtrap, and Beau Jest as well as stage-managing the add-on show Stones in His Pocket. She enjoyed working in the company last summer and looks forward to this season.

Jennifer Lyn Stapley is working on her graduate degree at Utah State University after receiving her bachelor's in theatre design from the University of Utah. She has worked professionally with the Egyptian Theatre in Park City as well as the Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley City. Her work as a set designer, costume designer, props designer, and a scenic artist has been seen throughout Utah. She lived and worked in London and Paris for a year and enjoys acting as a hobby. She also studied opera at the University of Utah. Jennifer is getting married in August and is accepting good wishes and donations. This is Jennifer's first year with Old Lyric Repertory Company.

Matt is returning to the Caine Lyric Theatre for his fourth year with the OLRC. Prior to receiving his master's of fine arts at Boston University, Matt graduated from Snow College and Utah State University. Matt works as the scene shop foreman in the Department of Theatre Arts at Utah State University, where he works hard to help the production aspect of the department become bigger and better. He has worked professionally for the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, and the Pink Gardner Theatre in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Originally from SLC, Matt is married and the proud father of a four-year-old boy and his new baby daughter.

Daniel B. Thompson is excited to join OLRC this year. His role credits for OLRC include Schroeder in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and David in The Foreigner. In addition to his acting roles, he will also contribute as an assistant stage manager for The Importance of Being Earnest. He has previously worked with the Ellen Eccles Theatre, American Players Theatre, Utah Festival Opera, Eastern Utah Theatre, and Palace Playhouse. Daniel is enjoying his summer with OLRC and would like to thank all those who worked to make the season a success. Special thanks to his family, Grady, Corey, and his excellent friends.

Edye is thrilled to start her 16th season with OLRC. Edye's work on the Caine Lyric stage includes Route 66, Song of Singapore,Blood Brothers, Beehive, Nunsense, and Forever Plaid. Other notable projects include Little Mary Sunshine, Little Shop of Horrors, and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris for Utah State Theatre. OLRC audiences may remember her most irreverent turn as the Reverend Mother in 2002's Nunsense. She has also directed for the Utah State Opera, including Too Many Sopranos and Lisbeth.

This is Stephanie’s fifth season with the OLRC. Her choreographic work for the Lyric includes Forever Plaid, Song of Singapore, Route 66, and Chaps! She has also choreographed for Utah State Theatre, Music Theatre West, Cache Valley Civic Ballet, Cache Regional Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, and the Cache Children’s Choir. Stephanie debuts with the Utah Festival Opera Company this year as choreographer for The Mikado (reprise) and Carmen. And to fulfill a childhood dream (dancing to her Dad’s opera records in the living room), she will perform as a gypsy dancer in Carmen. Stephanie sends love and thanks to her family, who stand by her no matter how crazy life gets.

Fred is looking forward to returning to the OLRC and the Caine Lyric Theatre. This will be his third year as apprentice coordinator/director. He has directed And Then They Came for Me and Shakespeare on Love with the Lyric Apprentice Program. He has also directed Cash on Delivery and Anthony Shaffer's Murderer for Kentucky Repertory Theatre. He will be remembered on the Lyric stage as Nat in I'm Not Rappaport, Dr. Watson in Sherlock's Last Case, and two productions as Uncle George in Cash on Delivery. He has spent five seasons with the Kentucky Repertory Theatre in Horse Cave, Kentucky. At KRT, Fred has been recognized as Dr. Chausible in The Importance of Being Earnest, S.B. O'Donnell in Philadelphia Here I Come, and Pickering in Pygmalion. While at KRT, Fred performed Gloucester in King Lear, Shallow in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Duncan and Seward in Macbeth, as well as Egeus and Snout in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Fred has played Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, not only in Kentucky but with the Old Creamery Theatre in Amana, Iowa, and a national tour with Nebraska Theatre Caravan in Omaha, Nebraska. He has appeared as an Equity Guest Artist as Brady in Inherit the Wind and Pickering in My Fair Lady with the Missoula Children's Theatre in Montana, Oberon in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with the University of Louisiana, Monroe, and Headset: A View From the Light Booth with the University of Wyoming. Fred has also appeared with the Mule Barn Theatre in Tarkio, Missouri, in Fiddler on the Roof and 1776. Fred is a proud member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.