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MORE Introducing our incredibly talented cast, crew & production team!
Dinner is served at 6:30 pm and is available for those attending any performance time as well as those not attending a show.
Alec is jazzed to be back at the playhouse! He is a junior at U of U pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre and a B.S. in Strategic Communications. Alec is Idaho-raised and loving his time in Utah. When not onstage you can find Alec playing guitar, listening to Lorde, being outside in the sun, with his family, friends, dogs, or obsessing over reality TV.
Beau Cochran is an actor and singer originally from College Station, Texas, and is thrilled to be appearing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Management from Texas A&M University. Beau loves learning—especially about music—and spends most of his free time goofing off with his brothers, chugging sparkling water, or eating sushi and buffalo wings (usually not at the same time). He is glad as Gad to be at Bear Lake this summer, doing what he loves at Pickleville!
What's up everybody! Chase Nylander is so excited to be a part of the Pickleville team again this year! Chase has loved performing ever since he and his sister McKenna would put on talent shows for their parents when they were kids. He grew up in the dance studio, started theatre in high school, and is now earning a BFA in Theatre and Dance from the University of Wyoming. Chase loves to hike, play ultimate frisbee, hang with friends, cook, and way too many other things!
Isaiah will be starting his senior year at Boise State University in the fall. He is excited to graduate in the spring with his BM in Vocal Performance! He has been singing for as long as he can remember and has always had a passion for performing. He grew up doing theatre in his home town with the Troy Community Theatre, which is the place that started it all. Along with performing, he has a passion for teaching. He teaches private voice and piano lessons and has worked as the Asst. Director and Music Director for Idaho Arts Charter School.
Jaycee is thrilled, overjoyed, exhilarated, and delighted to be back at the Playhouse! You may recognize her from the recent summer & fall seasons at the Playhouse (Bonnie in Dangerville, Detective Brisket in Thick As Thieves & Sandra in The Play That Goes Wrong). Jaycee graduated from Weber State University with a BA in Musical Theatre, and has also enjoyed both stage managing and performing in recent Pickleville On Tour productions. She is so grateful to work with the most amazing company/family in the world - and hopes you enjoy the show! 🥳
Kaito is excited to be making his debut with Pickleville in Bear Lake! He has had the wonderful chance to work with Pickleville on Tour and is happy to keep working with them. Kaito is earning a BFA in Acting and just finished his 3rd year at USU.
Luke Elison can’t wait to be making his debut at Pickleville Playhouse this summer! After completing his second year at Southern Utah University, where he’s pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, Luke is more passionate than ever about performing. Whether he’s on stage or even in the shower, you can bet he’s always ready to put on a show. He’s thrilled to have the chance to share these incredible stories with you and can’t wait for you to experience the magic!
Mary is currently studying musical theatre at Arizona State University. Aside from singing and dancing, she loves to camp, be outdoors, take on adventures, and play her guitar! Some of her favorite roles have been, Beth in Little Women, JellyLorum in Cats, and Celisse in Godspell. Mary is so excited to be performing at Pickleville Playhouse alongside her new talented friends!!
Natalie is so excited to be joining the Pickleville cast this summer! She graduated from the U about a year ago and got her BFA in Musical Theatre! She has been working as a barista lately and getting really great at latte art. Natalie also loves to bullet journal/scrapbook and practice hot yoga!!!!
You might be saying to yourself “this guy, again?”, and I don’t blame you. But much like the boys from backstreet, I’m back. If you don’t get that joke, perhaps a knock-knock joke? You fill in the blanks and let comedy magic happen— “Knock-knock.” _____ “Hike.” _____ “Great execution. You fell right into my trap. Comedy genius.”
Now that you’ve been thoroughly warmed up, time for some live theater! Nathan is obviously excited to be back for yet another summer. He’s studying at Utah State and intends to attend law school after he graduates. He is loving life with his wife and little girl and isn’t sure how it could get any better, but is hoping it does! Thanks for coming and enjoy the shenanigans.
Tariq Woods is a Musical Theater Performer born in Tyler, Texas. He just recently received his BFA in Musical Theater at Texas Tech University. He is very humbled and excited to be able to perform with you today.
Mackenzie is currently a student at the University of Nebraska Lincoln with a focus in Lighting Design. A current project that she's working on as a lighting designer is Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. It's a repertory piece for her university and she is really excited to be a part of it.
Peyton is back for year five creating theater magic in Bear Lake! He was most recently seen on stage as Crutchie in Newsies, but is excited to be organizing chaos behind the scenes again! Peyton recently started working as the Technical Theater Director at the award winning Clear Springs High School in Houston, Texas. (Go Chargers!) He can almost always be found fixing something, listening to true-crime podcasts, and drinking way too much Dr Pepper.
Andrea has been involved with Pickleville since its beginning. She recently returned to the stage after a 30 year hiatus, performing alongside her kids and grandson as Grandma, in our last two renditions of The Addams Family. Andrea remembers peeling bark off of the logs that were used to build the theater and later nailing on the tin roof of the cookout while 9 months pregnant with Sharli, her 3rd child. When not working on things at Pickleville, she is busy loving kids and grandkids.
It’s been some of the best times to be a part of the visual department of Pickleville Playhouse for over 22 years. Bodie currently works full time at his own graphic/web/video/etc. design studio (Bodwa Productions) he started 26 years ago. He graduated at Utah State University with a Batchelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and a Master's Degree in Instructional Design. Every day is an exciting day! Bodie is happily married to his sweet, bubbly wife Kathryn and currently lives in Cedar City, UT. He is the father of 3 fantastic and energetic kids, and has the privilege of being a bonus dad to two more! He enjoys going to Disneyland or Cruise with his family or a solving any fun, creative escape rooms they can find! If someone forces him, he will eat an occasional maple bar or 3. He loves all things Zelda related, esp the epic music soundtracks from the last 7 years.
Is it summer already? Time flies when you're having fun! Since closing The Play That Goes Wrong last fall, Derek has spent most of his free time writing and directing Pickleville's 2025 melodrama hit, Trouble in Hunky Dory. He also enjoys traveling the world with his now family of four (25 countries and counting). Derek and Whitley are also the crazy couple behind "Pickleville Camps" (Pickleville's insanely fun summer camps). Check out PicklevilleCamps.com for more information. Hope you enjoy the show!
Gavin is a a composer, producer, and orchestrator living in Vineyard, UT. He was born and raised in San Diego by a mom who's an award-winning musical director in musical theater and a dad who plays viola in a symphony. Growing up attending countless rehearsals and performances made music inescapable for him, but from a young age he wanted music to be HIS thing—he wanted to find his own corner of music that wasn't his mom or dad's. Although he thrived in seven years of classical piano lessons, his personal journey began when he added self-taught guitar to the mix and started forming pop-punk bands as a singer and guitarist. He later joined drumline in high school and became entirely focused on drumming, playing guitar, writing songs, and learning how to record and produce them with a humble recording setup. All the while, he was informally teaching himself how to arrange music by using various softwares to record his songs.
He graduated from Brigham Young University studying Commercial Music where he gradually shifted from a focus on songwriting and production to jazz, film scoring, and orchestration with voice as his formally trained instrument. Now he's come full circle and is being everything he's ever been as a film composer, record producer, and composer and orchestrator for musical theater. Hip-Hop, Theater, RnB, Jazz, Country, Punk, Folk, Singer/Songwriter—all of it is constantly happening in his world! Lately he's been orchestrating and composing a handful of musicals, producing for artists local and abroad, scoring indie films and ads, and reading every orchestration, counterpoint, and harmony book he can find!
Kenzie is stoked for another amazing season at Pickleville! She has been loving her new role as director, and cannot wait to share the colorful story of Joseph with all of you. Kenzie has spent the last year hanging out with her sweet daughter and husband, being in a couple of shows with Pickleville On Tour, and finding new ways to organize each room in her house. "Thank you so much for making memories with us. Enjoy the show!"
Go, Go, Go JOE! This is Sharli's ump-teenth time choreographing Joseph and she really hopes she gets it right this time. Sharli lives in Cache Valley with her husband, Andy, and their four girls. She enjoys High Fitness, running, and her Peloton bike, as well as reading, laying by the pool, and eating ice cream cones.
We're at it again! So excited to create some awesomeness alongside some of my favorite people in the world. Whitley graduated from BYU with a degree in Music Dance Theatre in 2014. Hobbies include: bugging her husband, kissing her babies, baking treats, wrestling her puppy, traveling, and dancing awkwardly in public. For the last few years, Whitley and her family have been making fools of themselves while documenting it all on Instagram. Follow along on their crazy adventure: @theglobetrotterfamily.
