Westminster University is proud to be the first in the valley to present this underground musical sensation!
In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived!
Mark Fossen (Director)
Mark Fossen has worked as an actor, director, dramaturg, and teacher in theatres nationwide. His directing credits include work with Westminster University, the University of Utah, The Grand Theatre, PYGmalion Productions, Davis Arts Council’s “Shakespeare in the Park” Series, Pinnacle Acting Company, Wasatch Theatre Company, Utah Repertory Theatre Company, and Silver Summit Theatre Company. As an actor, he has been seen in many Plan-B Theatre Company shows, including Clearing Bombs, for which he won the 2014 City Weekly ARTY award for Best Theatre Performance. Other local acting credits include work with PYGmalion, Meat & Potato, Sackerson, Sundance Summer Theater, Salt Lake Shakespeare, and others. Regional credits include work at the California and Idaho Shakespeare Festivals, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, San Francisco’s Thick Description, and Chicago’s award-winning Steppenwolf Theatre. He is a graduate of the University of Utah’s Theatre Studies Program, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and received his MFA from the University of Idaho in Theatre Arts (Directing).
Meghan Wall (Choreographer)
Meghan Durham Wall is a dance artist, educator, advocate, and scholar. She is passionate about the various forms of human expression. Meghan’s creative research focuses on “the unexpected dancing body,” advocating for underrepresented bodies in the field. She also has experience working in non-profit early intervention and mental health sectors. Meghan lives, works, creates, plays, struggles, and learns on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded lands of the Ute, Goshute, and Shoshone peoples. She acknowledges that she unjustly benefits from the unpaid labor of enslaved people from Africa that shaped this country's economy and culture. Meghan’s creative investigations explore the unexpected dancing body and representation of difference in the movement arts. She embeds interdisciplinary inquiry within dance choreography and performance, however the human body and experience remain at the foreground of her work. Meghan’s creative work as an independent choreographer and performer has been supported by the Philadelphia Foundation, the nEW Festival, Dance Advance’s artists’ exchange in Singapore (administered by the Pew Charitable Trust), the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Painted Bride Art Center, and Salty Creative, among others. Her past Double/Take Project, performed with artistic partner Karl Rogers, explored legibility of different bodies through the duet form with commissions by renowned choreographers, including Susan Hadley, Stephen Koester, Bebe Miller, Lisa Race, and Mariko Yamada. Meghan's interdisciplinary perspective informs her pedagogical, scholarly, civic, and administrative perspective. She encourages dancers to make deep connections across artistic and academic pursuits. Whether in the studio, classroom, online, or in public, Meghan continues to focus on community engagement and human connection through dance. Meghan currently serves as the Chair of the Dance Program at Westminster College, having enjoyed dance faculty positions at numerous colleges and festivals, including The Ohio State University, Princeton University, Temple University, the University of Utah, the Bates Dance Festival, the Now + Next Dance Mentoring Project, and BalletMet’s Summer Dance Intensive. She was a pilot faculty member for Virginia Tanner’s LEADD program, providing an immersive arts experience for adults with disabilities.
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