UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
March 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
March 21, 2026, 11:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Barbara Barrington Jones Dance Theatre
Trisha
Mr. Falker
Erica/Teacher/Student
Mother/Miss Plessy/Student
Grandma/Student
Grandpa/Brother/Student
CAST
Keller-Lee
CJ Myler
Anna Teichert-Berndt
Abby Rapier
Leah Carr
Oliver Hudson
PRODUCTION TEAM
Producer Director
Production Manager
Stage Manager
Scenic/Props Designer
Costume Designer
Sound Designer
Composer
Assistant Director
Scott Savage
Dr. John Newman
Shannon Hutchins
Kenna Seegmiller
Kaycee Goff
Daisy Wilcox
Kenna Seegmiller
Elsa Saunders
Kenna Seegmiller
PRODUCTION SUPPORT
Stagecraft 1 Lab Students
Katie Robison, Charlotte Hatch, Miley Lewis, Gavin McLelland, Levi Nuttall, Avery Rindlisbach, Gemma Valentine, Kamille Odom, Aleah Ostler, Sky Seivane, Maurs Squires, Dorathy Chambers, EJ Lewis, Ashton Skolmoski, Emma Tyson, Sienna Angerbauer, Landon Dee, Sara Glover, Cade Snarr, Mia Clark, Carisa Kentish, Claire Mallory, Madison Arrington, Ashley Downs, Grant Hocker, Gabriel Shafizadeh,
Katie Wakefield, Natalie Savage, Chloe Ashby, Gracie Griffin, Kennadi Hill, Ethan Nielsen, Lili Torres Ramirez, Evan De Buck, Thais Hilton, Julia Kerr, Moira McLean, Sabrina Salgado
Intro to Design Lab Students
Mariah Cramer, Madison Dowd, Braden Johnston, Gage Maw, Meg Nielsen, MJ North, Sage Godley, Dominic Guzman, Garrett Roblyer, Dallin Southwick, Liam Quarnberg
PRODUCTION CREW
159R Student Crew
Zack Elzey
SPECIAL THANKS
Traci Polacco
DIRECTORS NOTE
When I talked on the phone with author Patricia Polacco about adapting her book as our touring show, she described her struggles with dyslexia as a child. As I listened to this accomplished woman in her eighties, who has written and illustrated more than 70 incredible picture books, I could hear the pain she recalled from her childhood when her learning disability made her feel stupid.
There is always something that makes us feel stupid and something else that makes us feel smart. That is what makes Trisha's experience relatable to each of us, whether young and old. I hope this story will remind you of your own smartness and that, as Mr. Falker did for Trisha, you will help others to recognize the brilliance in themselves.
—Dr. John Newman
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