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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 & 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 Partner Specialist
- Adam Dietlein
Strategic Relationship Manager
- Brandon Erickson
Development Office
- Dona Staples
- Shelli Willey
Special Events Manager
- Sharon Kenison
Head of Automation/Rigging/Electrical Systems
- Brian Loth
Lead Automation Programmer
- Tom Hohl
Automation & Video Programmer
- Alena Rodriguez
Automation Technicians
- Jonah Garlick
- Siamani Moananu
- Tyson Thatcher
Content Creation and Marketing Manager
- Bobby Gibson
Facilities Manager
- Eric Halter
Associate Facilities Manager
- Andrew McReynolds
Facilities Technician
- Gage Peterson
Warehouse Manager
- Colton Catmull
Scenic Designer
- Jennifer Stapley Taylor
Production Artist
- Madeline Ashton
Set Shop Managers
- Jason Baldwin
- Adam Flitton
Set Construction
- Russell Baker
- Bowie Decker
- Scott Flitton
- Zachary Hardman
Lead Scenic Painter
- Morgan Dawn Golightly
Head of Lighting
- Danna Barney
Resident Lighting Designer
- Michael Gray
Lighting Maintenance Technician
- Michael McGarry
Resident Sound Designer
- Dan Morgan
Sound Engineers
- Michelle Ohumukini
- Griffin McMullin
Properties Designer & Set 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
Associate Technical Director
- Andrew Ellis
Carpenters
- Nathan Gallegos
- Joshua Sheen
Costume Shop Manager
- Alaina Laukka
Costume Construction
- Kimberly Fitt
- Peggy Willis
- Joy Zhu
Wardrobe Supervisor
- Crystal Poloa
Wig Shop Manager/Hair & Makeup Designer
- Trisha Ison
Hair & Makeup Designer/Cosmetologist
- Krissa Lent
Patron Service Supervisors
- Ashley Dean
- Whitney Louder
- Teresa Neumann
Part-Time Staff
Costume Construction:
- Julie Porter
- Brittany Lovegrove
- Jessica Stier
- Louise Vanderhooft
- Connie Warner
- Jan White
Wig Shop Assistant/Cosmetologist:
- Candice Cronin
Properties & Set Dressing:
- Melanie Jensen
Patron Service Agents:
- Sean Carter
- Dixie Casasola
- Kathryn Dean
- Tracy Evans
- Mechel Hasleton
- Nancy Mawhinney
- Carly McDermott
- Lisa Oveson
- Brianna Packard
- Jan Peterson
- Haven Pratt
- Sarah Royall
- Suzanne Severe
- Cypress Stevens
- Nicky Thompson
- Kim Tolman
- Emily Wright
Volunteer Coordinator:
- Judy Cameron
Usher Staff:
- Cheyanne Adams
- McKenna Ashby
- Terry Butt
- LaRene Carlson
- Jocelyn Casasola
- Haven Christensen
- Shaneen Cloward
- Chris Curtis
- Mary Fogel
- Shauna Gee
- Hailey Hatch
- Paige Kuntz
- Collin Larsen
- Kathi Leaf
- Steve Levesque
- Sophia Micheel
- Mollie Moon
- Alida Nesbitt
- Lizzy Nuttall
- Kelly Oveson
- Devon Parikh
- Abby Philpott
- Caroline Rawlings
- Debora Searcy
- Jessica Smith
- Beth Sutherland
- Cameron Ward
- Naomi White
- Gaye Young
- Jennica Young
Production Assistant:
- Richelle Ohumukini
Parking Attendants:
- Dean Carver
- Eric Scott
- Kimberly Radack
Production Photography:
- Gage Peterson
Video Production
- Cardinal Red Productions
- Sam Porter
Graphic Design:
- The Design Farm
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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
Kevin Bauer
Jeff Bickel
Earlene Blaser
Conlon Bonner
Lee Bowen
Russ Bradshaw*
Derek Brown
Ron Burt
Brooke Christensen*
Roger Christensen
Dan Clark
Andrea Clarke
Larry Cox
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*
Randy Garn
Larry Gibson*
Matt Gnau
Ron Gunnell
Keri Hale
Christy Alter Haymond*
Todd Heiner
Roger Henriksen*
John Huizingh
David Jensen
Sterling Jenson
Jonathan Johnson
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
Tyler Ploeger
Michael Poulter
Gene Pranger
Sean Reyes
Ross Romero
Jane Stickel
Rick Tolman
Jon VanderStek
Sharlene Wells
Athelia Woolley
Mary Young
*Executive Committee
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Craig Ainge
Lyle Beecher
Aaron Call
William Child
Dave Cole
Kent Collins
K. Newell Dayley
Amanda Dickson
Allan Dietlein
Sandra Dietlein
Robert Graham
Terry Grant
Don Gull
Nathan Hale
Fred Healey
Jason Hewlett
Mark H. Huntsman
Paul Hutchinson
Elaine Jack
Missy Larsen
David Layton
Rozanne Marsh
Kelly Matthews
Roger (RP )Monsen
Ellen North
Larry Olson
Marshall Paepke
Scott Parson
Marc Pinnock
Joanne L. Rigby
Randy Rigby
Raymond Short
Brent Sloan
Ron Smart
Jack Solomon
Jeff Swinton
Warren Tate
Thomas Taylor
Matthew Tenney
Greg Wood
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Volunteer Hosts
Linda Bench
Colleen Bliss
Necia Burrup
Kent Burton
Ron Cameron
Stefanie Campbell
Kathy Casterline
Aimee Chester
Lisa Christianson
Jenny Cottam
Madi Davies
Brian Dunn
Sharon Dunn
Marietta Evans
Jan Garrett
Esther Giezendanner
Carolyn Gilbert
Lesley Goeckeritz
Jan Harrison
Jennifer Hedman
Lithia Heumann
Cathy Hill
Jim Hollingshaus
Rita Hollingshaus
Deborah Hunter
Kim Johnson
Kimberly Johnson
Madeline Keith
Heather Kuntz
Paige Kuntz
Jo Labrum
Kimberly Larsen
Sandy Leonard
Kristie Matthews
Terri Nakashima
Debbie Olson
Beverly Peek
Jolene Peoples
Lisa Peterson
Robin Provost
Kathleen Riley
Luisa Rogers
Sandra Staker
Bruce Talbot
Evelyn Talbot
Marlene Tillman
DonnaLee Tolley
Grant Tolley
Sally VanDyke
Kaylee Walker
Carol Zarbock
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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.
2020 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
Scott & Karen Hale Keller
Julie M. & David S. Layton Foundation
Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation
Minky Couture
Mountain America Credit Union
OptumCare
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
Sorenson Legacy Foundation
Young Living Essential Oils
Gold Level ···
Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation
Beecher Walker & Associates
CentraCom
Child Family Foundation
Clyde Companies, Inc.
The Design Farm
Dell Loy Hansen Family Foundation
InterWest Moving & Storage
Layton Construction Company
Lifetime Products
Listen Technologies
POPio
Gene & Laura Pranger
Robert D. Kent, Jr. Trust
Ron & Jodie Smart
Soleil Lofts Apartments
Swire Coca-Cola
Truss
Wasatch Acquisitions & Capital, Inc.
The Won-Door Corporation
Zerorez
Zions Bank
Silver Level ···
4Life
97th Floor
Craig & Kathy Ainge
Aspire Surgical
BCJ Financial Group
Beacon Commercial Door & Lock
Bertin Family Foundation
Richard & Patricia T. Clyde Family
Collins Roofing, Inc.
James & Lynette Dashner
Dominion Energy
Executech
G&A Partners
Larry & Shirley Gibson
Andrea Golding
Heiner Foundation
Hullinger Family Foundation
Iron Gate Catering
Craig Johns Family
Joseph & Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foundation
Les Olson Company
Löwen Watch Group
Jen & Steve Miller
Scot & Tiffany Olson
Marshall & Heather Paepke
Robert & Kim Pedersen
Reed & Charity Quinn Family
RevelTV
Jeff & Sandee Smith
thomasARTS
WCF Insurance
Ken & Athelia Woolley
Bronze Level ···
Alsco Linen & Uniform Rental Services
Rollin & Amy Rees Anderson
Brent & Cheri Andrus
Atlas Disposal
Bear River Mutual
Beddy’s
Jeff & April Bickel
Bruce & Jean Bingham
BiomatUSA
Stephen & Earlene Blaser
Lee & Tricia Bowen
Dr. Gregory S. & Sally P. Brinton
The Buckner Company
Ron & Leslie Burt
Wendel & Kerry Burt
Ron & Judy Cameron
City Creek Center
Roy A. Cleland
Wilford & Natalie Clyde
Columbus Travel
Jeff & Michelle Davis
Ted & Marge Davis
Lani & Joel Dehlin
Mark & Sally Dietlein
Charles E. Erb Foundation
Fang Family Foundation
Flamm Family Foundation
Lane & Tara Franks
GBS Benefits
Scott & Tiffany Gordon
Todd & Meredith Grierson
Grifols
Robert & Wendy Hanks Family
Henriksen Butler
Jason & Tami Hewlett
Paul & Heather Holbrook
Industrial Supply Company
J. P. Morgan
Bruce & Diane Jardine
Sterling & Joleen Jenson
Kenco Drywall
Phil & Claire Kenny
KeyBank
Jim & Peggy Larsen
Scott & Jessica Law
Scott & Laurie Lundberg
Paul & Ruth Lyon Family Foundation
Al & Lauri Manbeian
Mark Miller Subaru
Market Street Grill
Mark & DeAnn McBride
John, Elzar, Zella & Jeanie McKendrick
Richard & Brenda Miles
Matt & Debbie Miller
Moreton & Company
Larry & Pat Olson
Charles & Kathryn Parry
Catherine Pedersen
Poll Sound
Steve & Michelle Racker
V. Kelly & Debra E. Randall
RSD Container Yard Services
Regional Supply
Rocky Mountain Power
Roto Aire Filter Sales & Service
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
Sue Scoresby
Siegfried & Jensen
Brent & Shauna Sloan
Sneddon Family
South Valley Chamber of Commerce
Staker Parson Materials & Construction
Tim Dahle Auto Group
Warren & Suzanne Tate
Robert & Marcene Taylor
Towne Storage
UBIC
Utah Woolen Mills
Jon & Sherrill VanderStek
Steve & Jenny Waldrip
Wasatch I.T.
Charles & Shauna Wheatley
Cohan & Amber White
WSRP
Pamela Allen
AVI Systems
Andi & Andrea Bai
Russell and Terri Baker Family
Beesley Family Foundation
Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation
Russ & Karen Bradshaw
Thomas & Madison Bready
Wallace & Patricia Brown
Franz & Margaret Busse
Larry & Lynda Cox
D.A.A.S.G.E.
Charles & Zella Dahlquist
Douglas & Susan Davis
Lindsey and Erin Davis Family
Rob & Ann Dinsdale
E. Dean & Teri Flanders
Michael & Barbara Fox
Matt & Karen Gnau
David & Paulina Gudgell
The Harrison Sisters
Brett and Christy Haymond
John & Sarah Huizingh & Sons
Jeff Isaacson
David & Jennifer Jensen
Ron & Lori Jensen
Paul & Danelle Jensen
Kaelin Family Foundation
Jeff & Corrine Kendall
Virgil & Lela Kovalenko
Jayne Luke
Celeste Lund
Rozanne Marsh
Chris & Susan McCandless
Todd and Michelle McKinley
Melba McKenzie Charitable Trust
Tammy Morgan
Rachelle Morris
David Pack
Richard & Deborah Pariseau
Matthew & Alissa Paxman
Sean & Saysha Reyes
Clint Rice
Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
Nathan & Shannon Savage
Matthew & Jamie Shaw
Jeremy Smith
Karen Spencer
Nicholas & Kim Spencer
Richard & Ronda Stayner
Jane Stickel & James MacInnes
The Swanson Family
Jeff & Heidi Swinton
Robert & Marcene Taylor
Tom & Pam Taylor
Douglas & Susan Terry
Mike Thaller
Union Pacific Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Greg & Angie White
Will Ascend Foundation
Robert & Laura Wilson
In Memory of Bill Worner
Dean & Jane ZoBell
Nathanael Abbott
Jennifer Aguirre
Alice Alcorn
Alliance Data
Chris & Jane Allison
Amazon Smile
American Express Gift Matching
Cabrielle Andersen
Daniel Anderson
Spencer Anopol
Patrice Arent
Rosemary Armstrong
Kirt Ashton
Anson Bagley
William & Linda Bailey
Jason Baldwin
Clayton Barney
Ali Bennett
In Honor of Michael Bennett
Eden Benson
Theresa Bermingham
Lynn Berrett
Michelle Blake
Dustin Bolt
Mark Bonham
Joseph Paul Branca
Agnes Brandt
Lisa Buck
Brittany Bullen
Clark Bullen
Jason Buonforte
Blake Burnham
Parker Burnham
Rebecca Burroughs
Connor Butler
Ben Butters
Kaden Caldwell
Michael Caldwell
Carrie Call
Ken Calney
Joshua Carr
Sean Carter
Seren Carter
Ann Clark
Lawrence & Carole Clarke
Kelly Coombs
Jeffrey & Katina Coon
Sam Cooper
Jana Lynne Cox
Tom & Kathy Crismon
Candice Cronin
Kristi Curtis
Janice Dabb
Carson Davies
Oran de Baritault
Derrick Dean
Ashley Dean
Kathryn Dean
Jacob Despain
Cierra DeWaal
Adam Dietlein
Cameron Dietlein
Olivia Dietlein
Quinn & Dawn Dietlein
Charles & Tina Dover
Eve Drown
DRU
Tamari Dunbar
Jaren Dunn
Terry & Dorrie Emmons
Brandon & Deanna Erickson
Keith & Adrianne Evans
Susan Evans
Tracy Ann Evans
Summer Farnsworth
Darren Farr
Charlie Flint
Adam Flitton
In Memory of Evelyn Foster
Drew Francom
Katie Frandsen
Aileen Freckleton
Daniel Frederickson
Gene & RaKell Gardner
Philip Garner
Ronald & Diana Gee
In Memory of Elizabeth B. Gillard
Goldman Sachs
Robert Graham
Patti Greaves
Judy Grover
Brandon Gull
Don & Dana Gull
Michael Hadley
Debra Hahn
Elizabeth Hale
Nathan & Kathleen Hale
Eric & Sharon Halter
Gordon & Beth Ann Hammer
Paul & Lynette Hancock
Mindi Hansen
Sean Hansen
Preston Harmon
Siamani Harris
Jake Hart
Mechel Hasleton
Colton Hattabaugh
Emily Hawkes
Patrick Hawkins
Megan Lynn Heaps
Jennifer Hedman
Jimmy Henderson
Wyatt Hendricks
Danny & Twyla Hendrix
Doug and Celestia Himstreet
Jerome Hirschi
Brooke Holladay
Dave Hollerbach
Mitchell Holyoak
Billy Horman
Josie Hulme
Trisha Ison
Elaine Jensen
Joe & Glo Jensen
Michael Jensen
Ron Jensen
Val & Shirley Jensen
Aimee Johnson
Bailee Johnson
Ron & Jolene Jones
Chad Kearl
Jack & Sharon Kenison
Stephen & Kristin Kerr
Warren & Patricia Ketcham
Joseph Kinmont
Matthew Klozik
Matt & Brooklynn Kohler
Rebecca Kremin
Sammie Krohn
Bruce & Pat Lake
Connie Larsen
Lloyd and Peggy Layton
David & Kathi Leaf
Josh Lee
Krissa Lent
Chad Little
Allen & Janice Litster
Katie Labrot
Whitney Louder
Anthony Lovato
Diane Low
Bonnie Macfarlane
John & Diane Madsen
Skyler Mann
David Marsden
David & Sarah Martin
Douglas Marx
Ryder Mason
Bridget Maxwell
Joanne Mayne
Chris McCandless
Ali Mccashland
David McMullin
Andrew A. McReynolds
Janet Medsker
Brianna Meikle
Reid Melville
Lauren Merrill
MeriLynn Michaelis
Penny Moosman
Rachelle Morris
Edward Moulder
Bradley Moss
Louise Mudd
Jennifer Neff
Orva Nelson
Network for Good
Reid & Teresa Neumann
John Nielsen
Lydia Oakeson
Benjamin Oldroyd
Janet Olevsky
Ron & Kaye Ostler
Kirk Pace
Fred Paulson
Larissa Pearson
Daniel & Shari Peterson
Gage Peterson
Natalie Peterson
Julianna Pierson
Lauren Pope
Darren Poulsen
Alec Powell
Gay & Tom Price
Pamela Price
Hal Price Family
Nate Priday
Farley Quist
Nolan Reinbold
Greyson Richards
Josh Richardson
Will Riches
Brody Ripple
Mike Romney
Brandon & Kate Rufener
David & Janice Schwartz
Kande Shackelford
McKelle Shaw
Elisse Shell
Heather Shelley
Ray Short
Martin & Tani Smihula
Abigail Smith
Austin Smith
Denis & Denise Smith
Derek & Keolani Smith
Jeremy Smith
Taylor Smith
Linda Lou Snyder
LeRoy & LaPriel Soderquist
Peggy Soeldner
David and Tamera Sollis
Brian & Nicole Sonnleitner
Jackie Spendlove
Ric Starnes
Brooke Storheim
Tanner Sumens
Nick & Melissa Summers
Michelle Sundwall
Andrew Sutton
Bret Swalberg
John & Ally Sweeney
Adrien Swenson
Rick & Lisa Taggart
Bruce & Gae Tams
Gaylia Tanner
Stacia Hardy Tanner
Joanna Tarantola
Ben Tate
Emily Taylor
David & Anna Thackeray
Aathaven Tharmarajah
Jeff Thompson
Cheryl Thornell
Dave & LaRene Tinney
United Way of Salt Lake
Matt Varelia
Richard Vincent
Christine Warren
Barbara & Ron Watt
Wayne & Lesley Webster
David Weekes
Amanda Weeks-Geveden
Betsy West
Michael West
Sherman & Pamela White
William & Verlene Wiley
Bryan & Shelli Willey
Peggy Willis
Carol Wilson
Crissy Winn
Ryan Withers
David & Connie Worthen
Abram Yarbro
Zac Zumbrunnen
HCT Applauds
HCT Applauds
RECOGNIZING NON-PROFITS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
National Ability Center
Mission: The National Ability Center empowers individuals of all abilities by building self-esteem, confidence and lifetime skills through sport, recreation and educational programs. Vision: Inspire individual achievement and create a global impact for people of all abilities.
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