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Building Rental Information
It’s More Than A Theatre!
Hale Centre Theatre offers an ambience of elegance for corporate events, weddings, and parties. Accommodating groups of up to 900, we lend a professional hand to all your planning needs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR RESERVATIONS, CONTACT:
Sharon Kenison
Special Events, Sales & Planning Manager
Phone: (801) 415-2319 or
Email: [email protected]
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Behind the Scenes Staff
Full-Time Staff
Co-Founder, President & CEO
- Mark A. Dietlein
Co-Founder & Artistic Director
- Sally Dietlein
Vice President & Executive Director
- Quinn Dietlein
Vice President & COO
- Michael D. Fox
VP & Creative Director/Resident Scenic Designer:
- Kacey Udy
VP & Technical Engineering Manager
- Rob Kinmont
VP & Assoc. Artistic Director
- Dave Tinney
VP & Production Manager
- Tyson Leavitt
Executive Administrative Assistant
- Tammy Morgan
Director of Diversity & Community Outreach
- Conlon Bonner
Associate Development Director
- Clint Rice
Strategic Relationship Manager
- Brandon Erickson
Development Office
- Dona Staples
- Shelli Willey
Special Events Manager
- Sharon Kenison
Operations Administrator
- Ashley Dean
Technical Director
- Andrew Ellis
Head of Show Automation Rigging & Electrical
- Brian Loth
Head of Show Automation & Automation Programming
- Nick Herring
Automation & Video Programmer
- Alena Rodriguez
Automation Technicians
- Jonah Garlick
- Tyson Thatcher
- Gabriel Alvarado-Lopez
Content Creation & Marketing Manager
- Bobby Gibson
Facilities & Safety Manager
- Eric Halter
Associate Facilities Manager
- Andrew McReynolds
Warehouse Manager
- Colton Catmull
Scenic/Costume Designer
- Jennifer Stapley Taylor
Production Artist
- Madeline Ashton
Scenic Shop Manager
- Jason Baldwin
Scenic Construction
- Russell Baker
- Bowie Decker
- Scott Flitton
- Zachary Hardman
Lead Scenic Painter
- Morgan Dawn Golightly
Head of Lighting/Master Electrician
- Danna Barney
Lighting Technicians/Light Board Operators
- Emma Belnap
- Renee Fowler
Lighting Maintenance Technician
- Michael McGarry
Head of Sound
- Michelle Ohumukini
Sound Engineers
- Michelle Ohumukini
- Griffin McMullin
- Kristen Tenney
Properties Designer & Scenic Dressing
- Michelle Jensen
Company Manager
- Michael Hadley
Head of Stage Management
- Susan Kupferer
Production Stage Managers
- Jess Edling
- Chantel Ficklin
- Megan Johnson
Assistant Stage Manager
- Skip Mullcock
Carpenters
- Nathan Gallegos
- Joshua Sheen
Costume Shop Manager
- Alaina Laukka
Assistant Costume Shop Manager
- Kimberly Fitt
Resident Costume Designers
- Peggy Willis
- Joy Zhu
Wardrobe Supervisor
- Crystal Poloa
Wig Shop Manager/Hair & Makeup Designer
- Trisha Ison
Resident Hair & Makeup Designers/Cosmetologists
- Krissa Lent
- Candice Cronin
Patron Service Director
- Teresa Neumann
Patron Services Leads
- Whitney Louder
- Kassidy Magleby
- Nancy Mawhinney
Part-Time Staff
Costume Construction:
- Olivia Howell
- Janice Johnstone
- Lani King
- Chris Lancaster
- Brittany Lovegrove
- Kim Ostler
- Julie Porter
- Marin Robison
- Jessica Stier
- Louise Vanderhooft
- Connie Warner
- Jan White
Wig Crew Supervisor
- Marneé Porter
Properties & Set Dressing:
- Melanie Jensen
Patron Service Agents:
- Dixie Casasola
- Jocelyn Casasola
- Tracy Evans
- Wendi Gerardis
- Mechel Hasleton
- Hailey Hatch
- Wyatt Hendricks
- Comet Higley
- Dale Hoopes
- Nathan Kremin
- Carly McDermott
- Lizzy Nuttall
- Lisa Oveson
- Jan Peterson
- Haven Pratt
- Sarah Royall
- Suzanne Severe
- Derek Sorensen
- Cypress Stevens
- Emily Taylor
- Nicky Thompson
- Jacque Wainwright
- Emily Wright
Hosting Staff Supervisor:
- Whitney Louder
Usher Staff:
- Cheyanne Adams, Makenna Ashby, Michael Astle, Bonnie Atkinson, Becky Barney, Abby Baxter, Cassi Beckstrand, Matthew Brandolino, Reed Broschinsky, Amy Burton, Terry Butt, LaRene Carlson, Jocey Casasola, Celeste Clark, Shaneen Cloward, Kate Creek, Ainsley Cummings, Chris Curtis, Eliza Fichialos, Mary Fogel, Shauna Gee, Jami Greenburg, Hayley Greguhn, Hailey Hatch, Venus Hatch, Caleb Hutchings, Gretchen Jeske, Monica Kelley, Paige Kuntz, Collin Larsen, Morgan Laurence, Allyson Law, Kathi Leaf, Stephanie Mason, Jaymon McDevitt, Alida Nesbitt, Gretchen Nesbitt, Austin Nguyen, Heather Nielsen, Lizzy Nuttall, Kelly Oveson, Celia Pace, Allison Porter, Caroline Rawlings, Katie Robison, Debora Searcy, Jessica Smith, Chelsea Snow, Annika Southern, Christopher Steck, Beth Sutherland, Baylee Thompson, Zeke Tripodi, Kaylee Walker, EmmaLea Walters, Nan Walters, Cameron Ward, Naomi White, Gaye Young, Chammelia Zentz, Gloria Zentz, Lydia Zentz
Production Assistants:
- Jalyn Bender
- Samantha Byer
- Richelle Ohumukini
Parking Attendants:
- Dean Carver
- Erik Scott
Production Photography:
Graphic Design:
Volunteer Hosts
- Sally Becker, Colleen Bliss, Elise Blomer, Karen Borg, Necia Burrup, Kent Burton, Stefanie Campbell, Kathy Casterline, Aimee Chester, Lisa Christianson, Tyler Cline, Jenny Cottam, Brian Dunn, Sharon Dunn, Marietta Evans, Scott Forsyth, Teri Forsyth, Jan Garrett, Esther Giezendanner, Carolyn Gilbert, Lesley Goeckeritz, Jan Harrison, Jennifer Hedman, Thane Heninger, Lithia Heumann, Cathy Hill, Karen Hill, Michael Hill, Jim Hollingshaus, Rita Hollingshaus, Deborah Hunter, Jack Jenks, Kim Johnson, Kimberly Johnson, Lisa Johnson, Jane Kahle, Madeline Keith, Heather Kuntz, Jo Labrum, Kimberly Larsen, Gary Later, Sandy Leonard, Kristie Mathews, Terri Nakashima, Jana Nielsen, Debbie Olson, Beverly Peek, Jolene Peeples, Lisa Peterson, Kathleen Riley, Luisa Rogers, Sharon Shore, Sandra Staker, DonnaLee Tolley, Grant Tolley, Sally VanDyke, Carol Webster, Debbie Williams, Kris Wolverdon, Carol Zarbock
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Board of Trustees
HALE CENTRE THEATRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairman of the Board
Robert Brough*
Amy Rees Anderson
Nathan Anderson
Patrice Arent
Jeff Bickel
Melissa Bishop
Earlene Blaser
Conlon Bonner
Lee Bowen*
Ron Burt
Brooke Christensen*
Andrea Clarke
Lew Cramer
Charles Dahlquist
Jeff Davis
Mark Dietlein *
Quinn Dietlein*
Sally Dietlein*
Luz Escamilla
Judy C. Fang*
Joan Fenton
Jeff Flamm
Nancy Flamm
Michael D. Fox*
Larry Gibson*
Ron Gunnell
Keri Hale
Sharlene Wells Hawkes
Christy Alter Haymond*
Todd Heiner
Deidre Henderson
Roger Henriksen*
John Huizingh
Sterling Jenson
Karen Hale Keller
Claire Wilkins Kenny
Lianna M. Kinard
Christopher Kirkland
Peggy Larsen
Michelle A. Love-Day
Al Manbeian
Shelly Martin
Jennifer Miller*
Scott Mitchell
Natalie Montague
Rachelle Morris
Kris Coleman-Nicholl
Sterling Nielsen
Philip Niu
David Pack
Jason Perry
Nick Perry
Michael Poulter
Gene Pranger
Doug Quezada
Charity Quinn
Sean Reyes
Ross Romero
Sue Scoresby
Rick Tolman
Cary Vance
Jon VanderStek
Heidi Walker
Athelia Woolley
Mary Young
*Executive Committee
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Craig Ainge
Kevin Bauer
Lyle Beecher
Russ Bradshaw
Aaron Call
William Child
Roger Christensen
Dan Clark
Dave Cole
Kent Collins
Larry Cox
K. Newell Dayley
Amanda Dickson
Allan Dietlein
Sandra Dietlein
Randy Garn
Robert Graham
Terry Grant
Don Gull
Nathan Hale
Fred Healey
Jason Hewlett
Mark H. Huntsman
Paul Hutchinson
Elaine Jack
David Jensen
Jonathan Johnson
Missy Larsen
David Layton
Rozanne Marsh
Kelly Matthews
Roger (RP )Monsen
Ellen North
Larry Olson
Marshall Paepke
Scott Parson
Marc Pinnock
Tyler Ploeger
Raymond Short
Brent Sloan
Ron Smart
Jeff Swinton
Warren Tate
Thomas Taylor
Matthew Tenney
Greg Wood
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Partners & Donors
Hale Centre Theatre thanks the following individuals, corporations, foundations and public funding sources for their generous donations. Hale Centre Theatre is a designated 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization and your contribution are tax-deductible. The following pages comprise a listing of contributors in the past year. Please contact the HCT Development Office at 801-415-2340 if you would like to make a donation or if your name has been inadvertently left off the list or is misspelled. Thank you for your generous support.
2021 Season Sponsor:
Platinum Level ···
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation
- Beneficial Life Insurance
- Company Bonneville International Corp.
- Deseret Book Company
- Deseret Digital Media
- Deseret Management Corporation
- Deseret News Publishing Company
- KSL Broadcast Group
- The Joseph Smith Memorial Building Restaurants & Catering
- The Lion House
The Cook Family
Gardner Company
George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
The Huntsman Foundation
JEPS Foundation
Joan & Tim Fenton Family Foundation
Julie M. & David S. Layton Foundation
Scott & Karen Hale Keller
Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation
Minky Couture
Mountain America Credit Union
OptumCare
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
Sorenson Legacy Foundation
Utah Toyota Dealers
Young Living Essential Oils
Gold Level ···
Andrea Golding Foundation
Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation
Beecher Walker & Associates
B.O.S.S. Retirement Solutions
CentraCom
Child Family Foundation
Dell Loy Hansen Family Foundation
The Design Farm
Interform
Layton Construction Company
Lifetime Products
POPio
Gene & Laura Pranger
Robert D. Kent, Jr. Trust
Salt Lake Board of Realtors
Ron & Jodie Smart
Soleil Lofts Apartments
Swire Coca-Cola
Truss
Wasatch Acquisitions & Capital, Inc.
The Won-Door Corporation
Zerorez
Zions Bank
Silver Level ···
Anonymous
4Life Research (Founders: David & Bianca Lisonbee)
97th Floor
Craig & Kathy Ainge
Aspire Surgical
Brad & Megan Bonham
Derek & Emilie Brown
Clyde Companies, Inc.
Richard & Patricia T. Clyde Family
Collins Roofing, Inc.
Colmena Group
Cosset Bath and Body
James & Lynette Dashner
Dominion Energy
Executech
G&A Partners
Larry & Shirley Gibson
Global Legacy Foundation
Heiner Foundation
Hullinger Family Foundation
Industrial Container and Supply Company
InterWest Moving & Storage
Iron Gate Catering
Craig Johns Family
Joseph & Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foundation
Les Olson Company
Bill and Roceil Low
Steve & Jen Miller
Shawn & Anoel Mower
Marshall & Heather Paepke
Reed & Charity Quinn Family
RevelTV
Randall & Tamina Ridd Family Giving Fund
Jeff & Sandee Smith
Sneddon Family
thomasARTS
VLCM
WCF Insurance
Mark and Laura Willes
Steve and Lisa Willes
Ken & Athelia Woolley
Bronze Level ···
Anonymous
Alsco Linen & Uniform Rental Services
Rollin & Amy Rees Anderson
Brent & Cheri Andrus
Dave & Zada Ashby
Atlas Disposal
Bailey’s Moving and Storage
Bear River Mutual
Beddy’s
Jeff & April Bickel
Bruce & Jean Bingham
Stephen & Earlene Blaser
Gordon Bowen
Lee & Tricia Bowen
Thomas & Madison Bready
Dr. Gregory S. & Sally P. Brinton
Brian & Mary Claire Brown
Parker, Natalie, Dylan and Justin Brown
The Buckner Company
Ron & Leslie Burt
Tad & Kathy Callister
Charles E. Erb Foundation
Roy A. Cleland
Wilford & Natalie Clyde
Columbus Travel
Jeff & Michelle Davis
Ted & Marge Davis
Mark & Sally Dietlein
Fang Family Foundation
Flamm Family Foundation
E. Dean & Teri Flanders
Lane & Tara Franks
GBS Benefits
Scott & Tiffany Gordon
David & Paulina Gudgell
Robert & Wendy Hanks Family
Scott & Amanda Herring
Daren & Lisa Hogge
Paul & Heather Holbrook
Home Care Assistance of Utah
John & Carol Homer
Industrial Supply Company
J. P. Morgan
Bruce & Diane Jardine
Sterling & Joleen Jenson
Kenco Drywall
Phil & Claire Kenny
KeyBank
Larkin Mortuary
Jim & Peggy Larsen
Tim & Nancy Layton
Scott & Laurie Lundberg
Al & Lauri Manbeian
Mark Miller Subaru
Market Street Grill
Mark & DeAnn McBride
Billy & Shelly Martin
John, Elzar, Zella & Jeanie McKendrick
Richard & Brenda Miles
Matt & Debbie Miller
Merlin’s Industrial Machining
Moreton & Company
Larry & Pat Olson
Parker Brown Real Estate
Charles & Kathryn Parry
Paul & Ruth Lyon Family Foundation
Catherine Pedersen
Poll Sound
RSD Container Yard Services
Rabbit Rentals
Steve & Michelle Racker
V. Kelly & Debra E. Randall
M. Brandon & Allison Riley
Rocky Mountain Power
Roto Aire Filter Sales & Service
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
Sue Scoresby
Duane & Marci Shaw
Siegfried & Jensen
Brent & Shauna Sloan
South Valley Chamber of Commerce
Staker Parson Materials & Construction
Richard & Ronda Stayner
Warren & Suzanne Tate
Robert & Marcene Taylor
The Chocolate – A Dessert Café
Tim Dahle Auto Group
Towne Storage
Dr. Robert & Terrie Treft
TribeHouse
UBIC
Utah Broadband
UWM Men’s Shop
Valley Plumbing
Cary & Pamela Vance
Jon & Sherrill VanderStek
Steve & Jenny Waldrip
Wasatch I.T.
Jeremy & Anne Weller
Wells Fargo Advisors
Western Heating & Air
Charles & Shauna Wheatley
Cohan & Amber White
Greg & Angie White
Jon and Kira Wilde
Crissy Winn
Kimball & Betty Ann Wirig
Rick & Becky Woodbury
Worried Bird Window Washing
Gary & Denise Wright
WSRP
Anonymous
Pamela Allen
AVI Systems
Andi & Andrea Bai
Russell and Terri Baker Family
Bruce and Rene Bowen
Russ & Karen Bradshaw
Franz & Margaret Busse
Connor and Sarah Butler
Roger & Teresa Christensen
Larry & Lynda Cox
Lew & Barbara Cramer
D.A.A.S.G.E.
Charles & Zella Dahlquist
Douglas & Susan Davis
Lindsey & Erin Davis
Michael & Barbara Fox
Matt & Karen Gnau
The Harrison Sisters
Fred and Jill Healey
John & Sarah Huizingh & Sons
David & Jennifer Jensen
Paul & Danelle Jensen
Ron & Lori Jensen
Jeff & Corrine Kendall
Virgil & Lela Kovalenko
Chris & Susan McCandless
Todd and Michelle McKinley
Melba McKenzie Charitable Trust
David Pack
Richard & Deborah Pariseau
Matthew Paxman
Sean & Saysha Reyes
Clint Rice
Jeff and Marianne Richardson
Joanne Rigby
Lynn & Jan Robbins
Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
Nathan & Shannon Savage
Matthew & Jamie Shaw
Jeremy Smith Family
Nicholas & Kim Spencer
Joel & Mindy Steadman
Jeff & Heidi Swinton
Michael Thaller
Hugh & Kathleen Voorhees
Will Ascend Foundation
Robert & Laura Wilson
In Memory of Bill Worner
Tyson & Marie Young
Dean & Jane ZoBell
Anonymous
Ben Abbott
Erin Akins
Alice Alcorn
Chris & Jane Allison
Amazon Smile
Cabrielle Andersen
Joshua and Katy Anderson
Madeline Miller Anderson
Spencer Anopol
David & Evelyn Armstrong
Rosemary Armstrong
Becca Ashton
William & Linda Bailey
M. Russell Ballard
George Banner
Dr. Robert Barnett
Dale Barton
Pat Beckstead
Emma Bennett
Eden Benson
Kirk Benson
In Honor of Dr. Brian Bentley
Marlin Berrett
Bradley Bigler
Rachel Bigler
Diana Biles
David Blake
John Bolinder
Dustin Bolt
Joseph Paul Branca
Tiffany Bridge
Carol Brown
Jack Brown
Bryan Buchanan
Jason Buonforte
Rex Burnett
Blake Burnham
Hailey Burnham
Parker Burnham
Kaden Caldwell
Dr. Randy Capener
Sam Cardon
Seren Carter
David and Barbara Caruso
Alan & Nancy Christiansen
Alyse Clark
Lawrence & Carole Clarke
Lisa Clayton
Judy Cook
Kelly Coombs
Jeffrey & Katina Coon
Amy Corless
Ren Cottam
Ken Croft
Jeffery Crosland
Kristi Curtis
Janice Dabb
Jim Dale
Dale Dallon
Carson Davies
Kelton Davis
Val & Karen Davis
Marc & Marcia Daybell
Oran de Baritault
Ashley Dean
Trevor Dean
Melinda DeBirk
Amber Dehn
James Densley
Libby Despain
Adam & Callie Dietlein
Olivia Dietlein
Quinn & Dawn Dietlein
Tami Dietlein
Austin Dorman
Charles & Tina Dover
Marvia Drake
Tamari Dunbar
Jared Dunn
Nancy Earl
Todd & Heidi Eldredge
Brandon & Deanna Erickson
Emily Erickson
Sheila Erickson
Susan Evans
JoAnn Facer
Clotile Farkas
Ellen Farrer
In Memory of Evelyn Foster
Marene Foulger
Kenn Francis & Luis Rabadan
Katie Frandsen
Barbara Fredrick
Ann Fritz
Charlie & Colleen Fulks
Genesis Garcia
Gene & RaKell Gardner
Ronald & Diana Gee
David Glaittli
Goldman Sachs
Terry Grant
Patti Greaves
Jennifer Griffin
Don & Dana Gull
Gordon & Beth Ann Hammer
Madeleine Hanks
Mindi Hansen
Chet & Marilyn Harmer
Mechel Hasleton
Colton Hattabaugh
Emily Hawkes
Jennifer Hedman
Wyatt Hendricks
Doug and Celestia Himstreet
Sharlene Hoffman
Brooke Holladay
Dave Hollerbach
Maria Huff
Randy and Nikki Huizenga
Josie Hulme
JoAnn Hunter
iGiftFund
Gary R. James
McKenna Jensen
Cooper Johnson
Ron & Jolene Jones
Chad Kearl
Amy Shreeve Keeler
Kevin Keller
Jack & Sharon Kenison
Stephen & Kristin Kerr
Warren & Patricia Ketcham
Matt & Brooklynn Kohler
Nathan Kremin
Katie Labrot
Bruce and Pat Lake
Lloyd and Peggy Layton
David & Kathi Leaf
Dr. & Mrs. Brad K. Lewis
Allen & Janice Litster
Terry Lotz
Whitney Louder
Anthony Lovato
Marlisa and Jeff Lund
Daryl Macbeth
TamiLani Mack
David Marsden
Alan Matheson
David & Sarah Martin
Michelle Martin
Joanne Mayne
Jordan Mazzocato
David McMullin
Michael & Angie Melton
Adam Millington
Katelyn Milner
Brenda Moore
Penny Moosman
Rachelle Morris
Taylor & Bailee Morris
Al Mosher
Bradley Moss
Darcy Mott
Louise Mudd
Reid & Teresa Neumann
Jodi Nielsen
Ron Nielsen
Ruth Nielsen
Donald Olsen
Reginald Olsen
Dennis & Pam Opp
Donald & Esther Orr
Ron & Kaye Ostler
Larissa Pearson
Sidney Pedersen
Natalie Peterson
Allene Pike
Nicole Pinnell
Ralph Pittman
Lauren Pope
Michael & Heidi Poulter
Alex Powel
Gay & Tom Price
Nate Priday
Selena Proctor
Josh Richardson
Gary & Joann Rieben
Jennifer Riley
Ross Romero
Mistilyn Rosenbaum
Colleen Roskelley
Gunnar Russell
Amber Saunders
Karrie Schatten
Stephanie Schmid
Dennis Schrenk
David & Janice Schwartz
Gregory & Suzanne Seal
Jenny Shadel
Cynthia Shaw
McKelle Shaw
Avonlea Simons
David Paul Smith
Denis & Denise Smith
Derek & Keolani Smith
Joshua Smith
Shelley Snider
Linda Lou Snyder
LeRoy & LaPriel Soderquist
David and Tamera Sollis
Brian & Nicole Sonnleitner
Dona Staples
Ric Starnes
Linda Steiner
Charlene Stoutsenberger
Michelle Sundwall
John & Ally Sweeney
Adrien Swenson
Bruce & Gae Tams
Ben Tate
Kevin Thacker
TJ Thomas
David & LaRene Tinney
Chandler Townsend
Leilani Walker
Ileah Washington
William Waters
Barbara & Ron Watt
David Weekes
Amanda Weeks-Geveden
Betsy West
Jeffrey Whicker
Elon White
Sherman White
Deborah and Gary Willams
H. James & Janet Williams
Peggy Willis
Ryan Withers
David & Connie Worthen
Abram Yarbro
Suzanne Young
Zac Zumbrunnen
Audience Information
Optimal Audio
If your digital hearing aid is equipped with hearing loop technology – turn it on now to enjoy the best audio fidelity possible. Assistive Listening Devices are available free of charge at each performance on a first-come, first-served basis. Ask at the Box Office for details.
ASL Interpretation & Audio Description
ASL Interpretation for the deaf or hard or hearing and Audio Description for the visually impaired is available at specific performances. Please inquire with a box office agent for specific dates and times.
Wheelchair Seating
Ample ADA accommodations are available. Please inform our Customer Service Representative when making your reservation that you require wheelchair space. Arrive 30 minutes before curtain time to obtain assistance from the House Manager.
Latecomers
In consideration of patrons already seated in the theatre, reserved seating will be held until curtain, after which alternate seating will be used. When traveling to performances, please allow ample time for traffic delays, road construction and parking.
Please Stay Seated
Please stay at your seat until AFTER the curtain call.
Young Children Policy
As a courtesy to other audience members, please ensure that children at performances are not disruptive during the show. Babes- in-arms and children under 5 are not allowed in the theatre during performances.
Quiet Please
As a courtesy to the actors on stage and to other audience members, please turn off cell phones, pagers, beeping watches or any other noisemaking device. Also, please refrain from allowing concessions items such as candy wrappers and soda pop cups to become noisy during the performance.
Cleanliness/Recycling
We are happy to recycle your program – simply give it to an usher on your way out. Thank you for placing all refuse in trash receptacles as you exit the theatre.
Copyright Adherence
In compliance with copyright laws, it is strictly prohibited to take any photographs or any audio or video recordings of the performance.
No Outside Food or Drink
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TAKE A MOMENT to think about all that goes into this performance—stage engineering, crafting of costumes, set designs, sound effects, lighting schemes, and the work of talented actors, directors, and production teams bringing it all together. Donations make this possible.
Ticket sales account for only 75% of operation and production costs. Your support makes up the difference. Please help sustain Hale Centre Theatre’s mission to provide affordable world-class, family theatre and theatre education for and by the community.
Your financial support keeps ticket prices affordable for everyone and helps the theatre’s educational and other outreach programs impact the community. Each year, HCT offers free tickets and educational programs to over 10,000 children and adults who would likely not have the opportunity to attend otherwise.
Support Hale Centre Theatre with donations of:
Cash in the form of: Cash, Check, Credit Cards, Money Orders, etc.
Securities in the form of: Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, etc.
Planned gifts in the form of: Wills, Bequests, Trusts, Annuities, etc.
Gifts in kind: Services and tangible items to offset budgeted items
Matching gifts: Inquire with your Company’s HR department
Marketable land and valuable assets: Inquire with the Theatre’s Development Department
Thank you
FOR CONSIDERING THESE GIFT OPTIONS
Individual Support
Your generous support of Hale Centre Theatre helps ensure the Theatre’s financial stability. In appreciation, you enjoy a wide array of acknowledgement and benefits.
Foundation Support
Foundation gifts provide crucial support for Hale Centre Theatre’s productions, community outreach and education programs.
Corporate Support
A partnership with Hale Centre Theatre, one of Utah’s highest-profile arts organizations, brings you recognition, opportunities for corporate entertaining, and employee benefits.
Public Support
Hale Centre Theatre gratefully receives public support to fulfill its mission.
Our History
About Us
In 1934, Nathan and Ruth Hale were asked by their church leader to put on a play. They found one that had a $25 royalty—but $25 was more money than was in the church activity budget for an entire year. “Write one,” they were told. They did and launched a life-time of entertaining millions and a legacy that lives on.
In the early 30’s the Hales traveled with their ‘acting troupe’ to theatres all around Utah. They wrote more and performed more. In 1944 their adventures took them and their children to Southern California so that Nate could get in the movies. Finally, they decided to start a theatre of their own in Glendale, California in a little house that seated 99. They arranged the seats around the room—and voilà—their signature theater-in-the-round began. The theatre sold-out regularly so they brought on help—their oldest daughter Sandra and her husband Allan Dietlein became business partners. They built a new theatre of 220 seats. Both theatres sold-out. They built a third theatre of 440 seats. Still operating today, The Glendale Centre Theatre is an icon.
In their 70’s and after authoring more than 80 plays and musicals—many published—Nathan and Ruth thought it time to retire. They moved back to Utah, recovered a couch and braided a rug. They found retirement makes you sick. What to do? Start a new theatre in Utah.
So, in 1985 they found an old lingerie factory in South Salt Lake, UT and asked their daughter Sally Hale Rice and their oldest grandson, Mark Dietlein and his wife (also Sally) to join in a partnership. The Hale Centre Theatre began! The original 220 seats began selling-out in just over a year.
A wall was knocked out and new seats were added. 350 seats sold-out in no time and a balcony (of sorts) took HCT to 387. Sell-outs again. Out of seats and out of parking, the theatre began to look for a new home. A change from a for profit business to a 501c3 non profit was necessary to build a bigger theatre and provide more community outreach.
In 1998, West Valley City, UT partnered to build a beautiful new, magical facility with a moving stage. The gorgeous new building boasted 530 seats and state-of-the-art theatrical technology. In 2004 the theatre again began to burst at the seams. A wall was knocked out and seats were added to 613. Patrons filled the house. Up to 16 performances weekly on one stage became the norm. Out of seats and out of parking. What to do?
With the passing of beloved Nathan and Ruth Hale and also beautiful, Sally Hale Rice, Mark and Sally Dietlein and a powerful Board of Trustees moved forward. A new partnership was formed with Sandy City, UT and a theatrical miracle was designed and built.
The Hale Centre Theatre at the Mountain America Performing Arts Centre opened its doors in November, 2017. With two stages and plenty of attached free-parking, the theatre was built for growth. The new, Young Living Centre Stage seats 911 in the most technological theatrical space in the world. The Sorenson Legacy Jewel Box Stage comfortably seats 467 in a proscenium thrust style—also bursting with special effects. Well over 560,000 patrons enjoyed plays and musicals at HCT in its first full year of operation and audiences are growing.
It has been an amazing ride over 35 years! We are grateful to millions of extraordinary patrons, thousands of actors, hundreds of co-workers and dazzling creatives. We are grateful to have shared a legacy with Grandma and Grandpa Hale and dear, Sally Hale Rice, as this marvelous theatrical adventure continues on.
We, the Board of Trustees, along with 72 full-time, 150 part-time employees and almost 500 actors each year want to thank you for your trust in allowing us to entertain you!
Mark & Sally Dietlein
Co-founders/executive producers