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Bios
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Lori Sanders
Director and teacher Lori Sanders has a B.A. and teaching certificate
in Theater Education from Brigham Young University. Lori has been performing
her entire life: acting, singing, dancing, cheerleading, and more. She
has directed and/or choreographed 20+ shows in Utah Valley in the last
ten years. Some of her credits include: Wizard of Oz, Seussical, Music Man, Honk, School
House Rock Live!, Annie, Peter Pan, Great Expectations, Tied to the Tracks,
and Wagon Wheels West. Lori is one of the original founders of
Center Stage, and has directed CSYP productions for the past 6 years.
Previously, Lori was on staff with Pleasant Grove Youth Theater for six
years and directed a variety of productions. She also served as assistant
director, workshop teacher, costume designer, stage manager, and lighting
designer. In addition, Lori has taught in several local schools teaching
musical theater skills to students after school. She also loves to perform
and has most recently been seen on stage as Rose in Bye Bye Birdie.
She is currently CSYP’s Performance Company director and acting teacher. She will also be teaching the Broadway Bound Jr. workshop. |
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Jeremy Showgren
Jeremy D. Showgren has been music directing since the age of 15. In addition
to working with CSYP and various youth productions, he has music directed
the Utah Premiers of Footloose and Seussical, as well as
local productions of Kiss Me Kate, Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, West Side Story,
and Forever Plaid to name a few. Jeremy is also a director and has directed The Importance of Being Earnest, Bye Bye Birdie, and Bunnicula. An avid performer, Jeremy has recently been in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Cash on Delivery, and A
Christmas Carol. In addition to working in theatre, he has also been
teaching piano lessons for several years and works as a studio musician
recording music for various productions and private projects. He is currently the Performance Company's music director and voice teacher. He is also the director and musical director for Broadway Bound. |
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Kristen Rae Bradley
Kristen Bradley is returning for her third year at Center Stage Youth Performers. She has been performing since she was in the 3rd grade and has been teaching for several years at the Scera Youth Theater in Orem. Her most recent performing roles include Tiger Lily in Peter Pan (Scera), Glinda in the Wizard of Oz (Scera) and dance captain in Bye Bye Birdie (Lehi City Arts). A couple of her favorite choreography projects have included Seussical, Jr. (Center Stage), The Jungle Book (Scera Youth Theater) and Honk (Dixon Middle School). Kirsten is currently the Performance Company's choreographer and dance teacher. She is also the choreographer of Broadway Bound.
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Corinne Mayberry
Corinne Mayberry has being doing youth theater for 6 years and loves it!
She just can’t seem to get away from it. As she loves working with youth
and doing theater, this has been a perfect adventure for her! Corinne
graduated April 2004 from Brigham Young University in Recreation Management
and Youth Leadership. She currently works as the Youth Education Coordinator
for USU Extension 4-H and Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. She has had many
opportunities to be on the stage all over the community as well as back
stage and behind the scenes. Either place, she’s having a ball! Corinne
loves working (and playing) with the youth theater kids and hopes they
enjoy it as much as she does. “I’ve learned a lot from those kids. They
are truly amazing and just plain fun! Theater rocks! I love my life! The
end!” She is currently the Performance Company's assistant choreographer and stage manager. She is also the producer of Broadway Bound. |
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Kirsten Ivins
Kirsten Ivins is a Theater Education student at Brigham Young University. She has been involved in youth theater since she was 8 and was a participant in CSYP for several years. She is extremely excited to be crossing over to the other side of the production. She has recently been seen on stage as Gertrude in Seussical, Footloose, Aunt Abby in Arsenic and Old Lace, Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, and Eulalie Shin in Music Man. Kirsten loves kids and hopes to help them understand the joy of theater. "I hope theater can help them as much as it has helped me."
Kirsten will be serving as the Performance Company's assistant stage manager, assistant to the director, and workshop teacher.
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Lauren Varney
Lauren Alaina Varney was born singing and dancing in Las Vegas, Nevada and continued until she made it all the way to Pleasant Grove, Utah. She is currently studying American Sign Language and Dance Education at UVSC and loves it! Lauren has recently been seen in Center Stage Youth Performers as as the Cat in the Hat in Seussical and as Maureen and a featured dancer in Honk. Lauren loves performing and one day hopes to open up a program to teach deaf children how to dance and express themselves. As she says,"The greatest feeling comes from seeing a child progress and master a talent!" She is so so SO thankful that Lori has let her stay and play, and hopes that she never ever has to leave! Lauren is a workshop assistant for the Performance Company and Broadway Bound's assistant dance teacher. |
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Crissa Pollmann
Crissa Pollmann, a recent graduate of Brigham Young University, has been dancing since she was a child. She has participated in tap, modern, hip hop, cheerleading, drill team and ballet. She currently teaches jazz and hip hop at Dance Explosion in Riverton. She has won many awards including: National 1st place in tap
dancing, Hardest Working Dancer and All-Star Cheerleader. She has served as the president of the Cedar City High School's drill team. "Dance like nodody is watching!" Crissa will be teaching CSYP's summer dance workshops. |
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