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PUFFS (Two Act for Young Wizards)

CENTERPOINT ACADEMY

May 12-14, 2026

Playwright: Matt Cox
Director: Hannah Keating

Cast: 7th-12th Grade Students from CPTA

Creative Team: Penelope Caywood (Co-Director), Hannah Keating (Co-Director), Gage Williams** (Set Designer), La Beene (Costume Designer), Jesse Portillo** (Lighting Designer), Cynthia L. Kehr Rees** (Sound Designer), Anna Blaes (Props Designer), Sarah Shippobotham (Dialect Coach), Adriana Lemke (Intimacy Director), Jennie Sant* (Production Manager), Bridgette Lehman* (Stage Manager), and Tahra Veasley* (Rehearsal Asst. Stage Manager), and Marcia Piรฑa (Run of Show Asst. Stage Manager). 


IMAGINARY

YOUTH THEATRE @ THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

March 20-21, 2026

Book & Lyrics: Timothy Knapman
Music & Lyrics: Stuart Matthew Price
Director/Choreographer: Penelope Caywood & Hannah Keating

Cast: 3rd-12th Grade from YTU and University students from the Department of Theatre

Creative Team:

THE SECRET LIVES OF THE REAL WIVES IN THE SALT LAKE HIVE

SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY

June 25th – August 17th, 2025
World Premiere

Playwright: Austin Archer, Olivia Custodio, Penelope Caywood
Director: Cynthia Fleming
Assistant Director: Hannah Keating

Cast: Noelani Brown*, Kaden Conrad, Rachel Johnson, Tori Kenton, Laurel Morgan, Marc Nielson, Mikki Reeve, Bryce Romleski, Robert Scott Smith*, and Harrison Timm

Creative Team Cynthia Fleming (Director/Choreographer), Hannah Keating (Assistant Director/Assistant Choreographer), Zach Hansen (Music Director), Erik Reichert (Set Designer), Jesse Portillo* (Lighting Designer), Joe Killian (Sound Designer), Dennis Hassan (Costume Designer), Leah Brown (Assistant Costume Designer), Erika Ahlin Bird (Props Designer), Lucy Urquhart (Assistant Props Designer), David Smith (Projection Designer), Adriana Lemke (Fight/Intimacy Director), Jennie Sant* (Production Stage Manager), Tahra Veasley* (Stage Manager), and Bridgette Lehman* (Assistant Stage Manager)


THE ROBERTASSEY

SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY

February 5th – March 2nd, 2025
World Premiere

Playwright: Kathleen Cahill
Director: Penelope Caywood & Hannah Keating

Cast: Anne Louise Brings (Roberta), Darryl Stamp* (Hiker/Bartender), Heidi Hackney* (Carol/Fiona/Irish Woman), and Eric Sciotto* (Garth/Aemon).

Creative Team: Penelope Caywood (Co-Director), Hannah Keating (Co-Director), Gage Williams** (Set Designer), La Beene (Costume Designer), Jesse Portillo** (Lighting Designer), Cynthia L. Kehr Rees** (Sound Designer), Anna Blaes (Props Designer), Sarah Shippobotham (Dialect Coach), Adriana Lemke (Intimacy Director), Jennie Sant* (Production Manager), Bridgette Lehman* (Stage Manager), and Tahra Veasley* (Rehearsal Asst. Stage Manager), and Marcia Piรฑa (Run of Show Asst. Stage Manager). 


HADESTOWN:
TEEN EDITION

CENTERPOINT ACADEMY

June 4th-11th, 2025
Youth Theatre

Playwright: Anais Mitchell
Director: Shelby Ferrin
Music Director: Tara Wardle
Choreographer: Hannah Keating

Cast: 10th-12th Students by Audition

Creative Team


SOMETHING ROTTEN! JR.

CENTERPOINT ACADEMY

September 13-19th, 2024
Youth Theatre

Playwright: Karey Fitzgerald
Director: Ashley Weller
Music Director: Sarah Jane Watts
Choreographer: Hannah Keating

Creative Team

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN THE BEEHIVE

SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY


June 26th – August 18th, 2024
World Premiere

Playwright: Olivia Custodio, David Knoell, Penelope Caywood
Director: Cynthia Fleming
Assistant Director: Hannah Keating

Cast: Melody Baugh, Joseph Paul Branca*, Noelani Brown*, Nate Ginsberg, Micki Martinez, Marc Nielson, Alexa Shaheen, Robert Scott Smith*
Understudies: Talia Heiss, Laurel Morgan, Jordan Reynosa, Bryce Romleski

Creative Team: Cynthia Fleming (Director/Choreographer), Zach Hansen (Music Director), Erik Reichert (Set Design), David O. Smith (Projections Design), Jesse Portillo** (Lighting Design), Alicia Kondrick (Costume Design), Joe Killian (Sound Design), Erika Ahlin (Co-Props Design), Anna Blaes (Co-Props Design), Adriana Lemke (Intimacy Director), Taylor Wallace (Dramaturg), Jennie Sant* (Production Stage Manager), and Bridgette Lehman* (Stage Manager), Hannah Keating (PTP Asst. Director/Asst. Choreographer), Kira Bailey (Asst. Stage Manager)



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Additional Projects

Devising for Mental Health

PI: Samantha Briggs
Funded Research Project
Arts in Health Innovation Lab
Department of Theatre
University of Utah
AY 2025-26

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Playwrighting:
Niko Krieger

“A Hero’s Journey”
Staged Reading – Salt Lake Acting Company

“Moon Beach”
Staged Reading