Life is just too darn fast. It moves by at such a breakneck speed. I turned 51 in May and it seems like just yesterday I was 9 years old, sitting in the back seat of my dad’s big brown Buick with my little sister, traveling down the road on the way to some new adventure. My dad was the type to stop at every historical marker or roadside attraction. We’d gather around and read the plaques as a family and learn about...stuff. My sis and I voiced more than our share of complaints about his need to stop and see and read about everything, but we would both give anything we own to be able to spend that time together again. It was just so easy, and time ticked by so slowly, so perfectly. Our accompaniment track for these stop-and-go-road-trips was an endless playlist of country western music from John Denver to the Sons of the Pioneers (Cooooool, Cleeeeeear, Waterrrrr). While us kids would much rather have been listening to ABBA or The Bee Gees, my dad strictly controlled all audio stimulus. The tunes my father loved became part of our DNA. They remain stubbornly fixed in my heart — forever foundational, forever loved.

Patsy Cline’s music is part of that American Songbook. She gave us clear melodies and simple harmonies, honestly and flawlessly delivered, to communicate sadness or love or joy. It’s a lost art, but it’s one we are going to bring back to you tonight. Yet this show really isn’t about her music. It’s about friendship and family and about capturing that perfect moment in time, all done through her music. Come back in time with us. Let’s slow down the clock and read a plaque or two. Because life is just too darn fast.

Kelly DeHaan

Director

Making her HCT debut! Cori is humbled to be back in the boots of Patsy Cline after playing the titular role in 2020 and 2021 in Always...Patsy Cline at Hale Centre Theatre (Gilbert, AZ), Glendale Centre Theatre in 2017(Glendale, CA), and Sierra Madre Playhouse in 2015 (Sierra Madre, CA). 

Tamari is excited to be back on the HCT stage!  Her credits include: HCT: Murder on the Orient Express (Helen Hubbard), Bright Star (Mama Murphy) and Steel Magnolias (M’Lynn); Lyric Repertory Company: Gray Gardens (Edith/Little Edie), Nunsense (Sister Amnesia), Lend Me A Tenor (Diana), and Private Lives (Amanda); PTC: Oliver! (Old Sally) and The Last Ship (Shipyard Welder); 

Adrien recently wowed HCT audiences as Madame Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities. Other favorite credits include: Finding Neverland (Miss Bassett) - National Tour; 9 to 5: The Musical (Judy), Disney’s Tarzan (Kala), and The Civil War (Sarah) - HCT; Sweeney Todd - The Noorda; Freaky Friday - Circa ‘21; Parade - Fingerlakes Musical Theatre Festival; 

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Hale Centre Theatre audiences are no strangers to Tanner’s musical talent. He has provided live and recorded tracks for many productions at Hale Centre Theatre including Daddy Long Legs, Bright Star, Tuck Everlasting, Forever Plaid, and A Christmas Carol.  Tanner holds a Bachelor of Choral Music Education from the University of Utah and is the choir teacher at Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts.

Mark has been playing guitar professionally for over 40 years - and Is quite excited that the Hale Theatre will be his first post-pandemic engagement. Notable Utah Musical Theatre performance credits include: The Rocky Horror Picture  Show, Fun Home, The Last Ship, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Xanadu, Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar (both at the Egyptian Park City), and Bat Boy among other musical productions and notably, a Lagoon Live Entertainment “Legend” having performed 2013-14 in “The Rock Show”, Guitar 1 and bandleader. Previously at Lagoon 1992-95 on electric and acoustic guitars. 

Making his Hale Centre Theatre debut!  Rich brings extensive experience to our stage as Jim Bob in this season’s production of Always…Patsy Cline.  He is a graduate of the School of Worldwide Roadwork and Touring as a sideman and clinician.  He works as an Adjunct Professor at UVU and Snow College.  “May a good time be had by all”

Most recently, Bryan was seen playing guitar in our productions of Daddy Long Legs, Million Dollar Quartet, Baz Lurhman’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical, and Tuck Everlasting. Other credits include: HCT - Pharaoh (Joseph...Dreamcoat), Ben Whitledge (No Time for Sergeants), Robbie Hart (The Wedding Singer), and Rapunzel’s Prince (Into The Woods); The Gathering Place - Witchapalooza; and The Egyptian Theatre - Jimmy Harper (Reefer Madness). 

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Mark is thrilled to be returning to the HCT stage.  His favorite credits include: HCT - Forever Plaid; National Tour - Chicago, The King and I, Thoroughly Modern Millie; Ringo in Imagine: Beatles Tribute Band; and the Orchestra at Temple Square.  Mark is a Freelance Show Producer as well as a composer/arranger and musician.  “I’m glad you’re here!”

Making his HCT debut! Davin is excited to be one of the Bobs in this production of Always...Patsy Cline. Other favorite stage credits include: Fun Home with Salt Lake Acting Company and The Rocky Horror Picture Show with The Grand Theatre. Davin holds a BS in Accounting and a Master's of Professional Accounting from The University of Utah. 

Making his HCT debut! Aaron holds a Master’s Degree in Violin Performance and performs/records with Disney, Pixar, Warner-Chappell Production Music, and the Aaron Ashton Band.

Rebecca Moench has played in a wide array of musical halls since earning a Master of Violin Performance degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In the Honolulu Symphony, she learned that cameras and saltwater don’t mix.  During summers performing in Boulder, Colorado, she learned potato chips taste best on mountain peaks. As a member of the Utah Symphony, she can confirm, there is no place like home! Rebecca enjoyed being part of HCT's productions of GHOST: The Musical, Tuck Everlasting, and Bright Star. She is thrilled to don cowboy boots for Always...Patsy Cline!

James is excited to be in his first show at HCT!  Other favorite credits include: You Can’t Take it With You, Once on This Island, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Anything Goes, as well as multiple musical theatre reviews.  He has performed in numerous collegiate-level pit orchestras. He graduated from BYU-Idaho in 2016 with a Bachelor of Music Education and currently teaches high school band at Mountain Ridge High School. “I am so incredibly excited to be debuting at the HCT! I’ve loved the Hale for years and am so honored to finally be in a production!”

Jacob is honored to be working with Hale Centre Theatre in the production of Always...Patsy Cline. Previous HCT credits include Tuck Everlasting and Peter and the Starchatcher. Jacob holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Music Education and a Masters of Music in Instrumental Music Conducting and serves as Director of Bands at Fremont High School.

Kelly is one of the most sought after Music Directors along the Wasatch Front. His talent and skills have been instrumental in the success of many of our productions, with the most recent being Les Miserables, Disney’s Tarzan, Disney’s Mary Poppins, Bright Star, Seussical, Freaky Friday, An American in Paris, AIDA, Forever Plaid, Sister Act, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Peter and the Starcatcher, Big Fish, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, GHOST the Musical, Catch Me If You Can, Mary Poppins, and Les Misérables. A few of Kelly’s stage roles at HCT include Catch Me if You Can (Carl Hanratty), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Goran), My Fair Lady (Colonel Pickering), Man of La Mancha (Sancho Panza), and Ragtime (Tateh).

Megan is thrilled to be back in the Stage Manager seat at Hale Centre Theatre after helming Daddy Long Legs, Murder on the Orient Express, and our 2019 & 2020  productions of A Christmas Carol. Favorite Stage Management credits include: SCERA Shell-Newsies; Noorda Performing Arts Center-Week of Dreams Events; Ragan Theater-Die Fledermaus; UVU-Jumpers. Asst. 

Jenn’s work was most recently seen as the Scenic Designer for The Play That Goes Wrong, Bright Star, The Addams Family, Freaky Friday, and Steel Magnolias. Recent costume design credits for HCT: The Wizard of Oz and Aida. Other Scenic Designs for HCT include The Nerd, A Bundle of Trouble, Big River, Beau Jest, Over the River and Through the Woods, Is He Dead?, The Foreigner, The 39 Steps, and The Game’s Afoot. 

As an accomplished artist and associate Designer, Madeline’s work was recently seen in our productions of Les Miserables, A Tale of Two Cities, Disney’s Tarzan, Murder on the Orient Express, Million Dollar Quartet, Baz Lurhman’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical, Bright Star, Seussical, Matilda, and Cinderella.

Peggy has designed & sewn for HCT since 2005. She lists some of her favorite designs as The Heart of Robin Hood, Peter and the Starcatcher, Big Fish, Tarzan, Les Miserables, The Civil War, The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, AIDA (2006), The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Matilda. Peggy enjoys the design process but also loves stepping back to be a “sewing/crafting gremlin” in the costume shop. Peggy holds a BFA in Costume Design for Theatre from USU and currently works full-time in HCT’s Costume Shop. “Love and thanks to my family for their enthusiasm and support when my theatre world engulfs the real one!”

Jaron has been the resident Lighting Designer for the oldest operating summer theater in the nation: The Cape Playhouse, where his credits include Little Shop of Horrors, The Importance of Being Earnest, Deathtrap, Clue, Altar Boyz, Steel Magnolias, Art, Red, The Foreigner, Murder for Two. Other credits include: Les Miserables,  A Tale of Two Cities, Million Dollar Quartet, Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical (Hale Centre Theatre); The Music Man, The Wizard of Oz, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Fiddler on the Roof (Sundance Summer Theatre, Utah); Eleemosynary (The Brooks, California); The King’s Men, Private Ear, Hedda Gabler, The Weird Play (Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Utah); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Romeo & Juliet (Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Utah); This Bird of Dawning (Reagent Street Black Box, Utah). 

Dan loves the challenge of theatrical sound and is very excited for the opportunity to work in such a marvelous place. Some of his favorite sound designs have been The Three Musketeers, The Wedding Singer, and A Tale of Two Cities. He feels blessed to have worked on a variety of other projects, which include The Savior of the World, The Nauvoo Pageant, A Brand New Year, and various concerts and television programs for the LDS Church. 

Michelle is extremely passionate about details, research, beautiful and interesting “things,” anything to do with flowers, and opening packages. She recently designed her 75th show with our A Tale of Two Cities; some of her other favorite designs have included The Drowsy Chaperone, Over The River..., Les Misérables, Tarzan, Tuck Everlasting, My Fair Lady, AIDA, and She Loves Me. 

Candice started with HCT in 2014 with Mary Poppins. Since then, she has worked as a costume and wig dresser and was a makeup artist for Disney’s Beauty and The Beast. She is a graduate of Paul Mitchell the School, and currently works as an instructor there, as well as in the HCT wig studio. “I would like to thank Trisha and Krissa for being such big mentors! I have learned so much from you guys, and I’m so grateful for the opportunities you have given me. I also want to thank Adam, Cordelia, and Gabriella for being so supportive of my dream to work in theatre. Love you guys!”

Previous HCT credits include Projection Designer for A Tale of Two Cities, Disney’s Tarzan, Murder on the Orient Express, Million Dollar Quartet, Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical, Bright Star, Seussical, The Addams Family, Cinderella, Freaky Friday, Matilda and video content for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.

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TED SWINDLEY is internationally known as writer and director of the popular musical, ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE. He is the founding artistic director of STAGES REP in Houston, Texas. He was also named to the Esquire Magazine's register of outstanding Americans in arts and letters. Mr. Swindley was the receipient of the Los Angeles Dramalogue award for outstanding direction of CARNAL KNOWLEDGE by Jules Feiffer. Currently, he is president of TED SWINDLEY PRODUCTIONS, INC., a theatrical licensing and consulting company, and continues his 30 year career writing plays and musicals, consulting and mentoring playwrights, as well as directing plays for various theatres throughout the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Swindley is an active member of THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA and STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS. 

HONKY TONK MERRY GO ROUND: Frank Simon/Stan Gardner - Acuff Rose Music, Inc.

BACK IN BABYS ARMS: Bob Montgomery - Talmont Music, Inc.

ANYTIME: Herbert Happy Lawson - Unichappel Music, Inc.

WALKIN AFTER MIDNIGHT: Don Hecht/Alan Block - Acuff Rose Music, Inc.

I FALL TO PIECES: Hand Cochran/Harlan Howard - Sony/Tree Publishing, Inc.

IT WASN’T GOD WHO MADE: JD Miller

HONKY TONK ANGELS: Peer International, Co.

COME ON IN (AND SIT RIGHT DOWN): VF “Pappy”Stewart - Acuff Rose Music, Inc.

YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART: Hank Williams, Sr. - Acuff Rose Music, Inc./Warner Chappell

STUPID CUPID: Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield - EMI Music Publishing

YOU BELONG TO ME: King/Price/Stewart - Ridgeway Music

SAN ANTONIO ROSE: Bob Wills - Bourne Co.

LOVESICK BLUES: Irving Mills/C. Friend - Emi Music Publishing

SWEET DREAMS: Don Gibson - Acuff Rose Music, Inc.

SHE’S GOT YOU: Hank Cochran - Sony/Tree Publishing, Co.

THREE CIGARETTES IN AN ASHTRAY: Eddie Miller/WS Stevenson -  Acuff Rose Music, Inc.

CRAZY: Willie Nelson - Sony/Tree Publishing

SEVEN LONELY DAYS: Earl Schuman/Walden Schuman - Marshall Brown Music Sales, Corp.

IF I COULD SEE THE WORLD (THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD): Sammy Masters/Richard Pope - MCA Publishing

JUST A CLOSER WALK: (Traditional)

BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY: Bill Monroe - Peer International, Inc.

GOTTA LOTTA RHYTHM: Barbara Ann Vaughn/WS Stevenson - Acuff Rose Music, Inc.

SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL: Charles Calhoun - Unichappel Music, Inc.

FADED LOVE: John Wills/Bob Wills - Warner Chappell

HOW GREAT THOU ART: (Traditional)

TRUE LOVE: Cole Porter - Warner Chappell

IF YOU’VE GOT LEAVIN’ ON YOUR MIND: Wayne Walker/Webb Pierce - Polygram International

BILL BAILEY: (Traditional)