THE CAST
Vivian--Lindsay Spring Browning
Claire--Liz-Anne Wood
Beth--Melody L. Baugh
Brett--Mitch Tyler+
Sarah--Liv Gerber
Annie--Alyssa Aramaki
Matt--Preston Ochsenhirt
Lecturer/Lily/Robert--Valerie Ahanonu
Mr. Summers--Daniel Torrence
+member of the WTC Ensemble
THE CREW
Production Company: Wasatch Theatre Company
Producers: Kim Plautz, Rick Plautz
Playwright: George Plautz with Mary Anne Heider
Composer: Matt Heider
Music Director: Stephanie Sabin
Director: Jim Martin
Lighting Design: Amber Knaras
Marketing: Jesse Plautz
Special Thanks: Salt Lake City Arts Council, Salt Lake County Arts and Culture, the Zoo Arts and Parks Initiative, the Plautz family for use of their home and general support
Matt Heider's is the music composer for the video games The Pandora Directive and Tex Murphy, Overseer. A two-time finalist for Turner Classic Movies' Young Film Composer competion, he was featured in the TCM documentary Settling the Score. He has collaborated with George Plautz numerous times, creating music and scores for George's lyrics and scripts as composer in residence for The Starry-Eyed Puppets, and for WTC's original musical production of Hands Up!, a musical with puppets.
Melody is thrilled to be a part of the development of this new musical. Favorite recent projects include: Svetlana demo (Olgivana), Head over Heels (Queen Gynecia), White Christmas (Martha), and Forbidden Utah (performer, choreographer) @ SLC Fringe Festival. Look for her later this year in Footloose at Hale Center Theatre. BFA graduate of Brigham Young University. www.melodybaugh.com
Livia Gerber is a 16-year-old performer based in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is passionate about theatre and storytelling and is currently immersed in the theatre program at Highland High School, with previous training at Wasatch Waldorf. Her recent roles include Dana in The Layover (Highland High School) and Cillamen in The Misanthrope (Wasatch Waldorf). Known for her versatility, Livia enjoys diving into emotionally rich and complex characters and can shift between many accents with ease. She brings thoughtfulness, imagination, and presence to every role. Offstage, she loves drawing, ceramics, playing the violin, writing short stories, and spending time outdoors hiking and mountain biking. Livia is thrilled to participate in Vivian, Sweet Vivian, and is grateful for the opportunity to be considered for this original production.
Lindsay is excited to be back with Wasatch Theatre Company for this exciting project. Her role as Helen in Fun Home in 2023 reignited her love of musical theatre. It is an honor to be a part of this production as it is particularly thrilling to debut new works! She participated in an Act 1 preview of an opera under production, The Protectress, composed by Jessica Rudman and libretto by Preston Leonard in 2023. Act 2 will be performed in November of this year. She appeared as Madame Lidoine (Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites), Beth (Adamo, Little Women), and Pamina (Mozart, The Magic Flute) with the University of Utah’s Lyric Opera. She is an ensemble performer, having graduated from Westminster Choir College in 2002 where she had the opportunity to sing with world class orchestras (New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra).
Mitch Tyler is honored and thankful to be a part of this moving tribute to George Plautz and his final work. A mainstay of WTC since 2023, he was inducted as an ensemble member with them in the Fall of that same year and made his directorial debut last summer with 'Dog Sees God', in which he also starred as CB. Other recent acting credits include Jim Parrot in 'Freaks of the Cosmic Circus', Corey DePooter in 4/20/99: A Story of Columbine', Polonius/Gravedigger in 'Goth! Hamlet's, and Lycaeus in 'Children of War' at The Hive Collaborative. Mitch hopes you enjoy the show and find yourself inspired to make a difference for the better in this world!
Liz has been doing theatre since she can remember and has always been in love with any form of story telling. Liz grew up in Southern California and hopes to pursue a professional career in acting, whether that be in film, theatre, or music! Some of her favorite roles have been Crutchie (Newsies), Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) and Beth (Little Women). She cannot express enough thanks for Wasatch Theatre Company giving her this opportunity to bring this incredible story to light! She also wishes to express sincere gratitude to her parents, who continue to encourage and support her, and to her sister who has been a guiding blessing these past few months!
Alyssa’s favorite stage credits include An Ideal Husband (Gertrude Chiltern), Dancing at Lughnasa (Chris), and The Crucible (Rebecca Nurse), as well as multiple new works and devised pieces. She has also appeared in several short films and voiceover roles and previously performed with the a cappella group Noteworthy. She works as an audiobook narrator, a voice teacher, and an acting coach.
Hello, there! I'm Preston Ochsenhirt, and I recently completed my 14-year undergraduate experience at Utah Valley University (an endeavor that has taken almost as many years off my life). My, my, what a journey this was. Ideally, it wouldn't take a decade and a half to complete your undergrad, even if you do get multiple degrees, but I never was much of a conventional person. There are some benefits to additional education, though. The number of opportunities UVU gave me has left me truly blessed. The world looks quite a bit different today than when I began my first college course in 2011. I underwent a similar metamorphosis through my extensively diverse array of subject study. From history, I learned that people aren’t all that different from each other. From philosophy, I learned that you could learn something from just about anyone. And from biology, I learned that I hate biology (I bet that’s the most shocking detail yet). The widest net cast in my metaphorical knowledge ocean was, however, the arts (that is, I’m assuming, why you’re here). Beginning in the ballroom department, I found that while I love dancing, that alone would not capture all my interests in this realm. Soon, choral groups caught my eye, and I declared music as my major. After sharing my course load with dance, film, and music for six years, I finally was able to complete my first undergraduate degree. This was not enough, however. I needed more, and UVU was eager to give it to me. I auditioned for the musical theater program, originally thinking I would not get in. To my delighted surprise, I did! And that’s where I was until here in 2025. Again, an extended stay at any university is not advised (also not advised is getting married two weeks before the end of your junior year, but that's another story for another time), but I became a man influenced by more perspectives than I can count. The good and the bad have all laid their bricks into my mind palace, and I will forever be blessed by all the efforts of my colleagues and the faculty of UVU for it. Here's to the next 14 years, and I hope you'll be another person I get to learn from on this wonderful adventure of life.
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Daniel’s past roles include Charlie Aiken in August Osage County, Pistol in Merry Wives of Winter, Touchstone in As You Like It, Jack London in Stories of Hawaii, Leo Herman in A Thousand Clowns, Henry in The Fantasticks, and Larkin in Six Degrees of Separation.
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Hugh Hanson
Jim Martin
Katie Smith
Phillip Vernon
Sharon Daurelle
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