Brielle Szendre is ecstatic to be in her first production at UVU. Brielle has also been in several shows in her home state, Washington. She has been in West Wide Story twice and it has a special place in her heart. Her fondest play memory is doing a one act in high school titled, Meet the Roommates. She has also been in shows such as Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Sound of Music.

Caleb is excited to be doing this project of In Good Faith, directed by Kim Abunawara. Caleb is a senior here at UVU and has been in productions such as Biscus in Is There An Actor In The House and Dad in Mockingbird. When Caleb is not in rehearsal, he loves practicing Spanish on Duolingo and spending time with family, and their pet dog, Toby.

Chris Vlamakis is a senior Stage Manager in the BFA Theatrical Design and Production at UVU and this is his final mainstage production with the department. He has spent most of his life surrounded by the performing arts, sparked by his mother’s singing and work in local community theatre in his hometown of Helper, Utah. Without the support of both of his parents, he would not have been able to go to school. Chris spends his non- existent free-time playing games with his friends and trying his best to support his friends, who have become his family, in the arts.
Although he doesn’t say it out loud enough, he dedicates each and every project he has been a part of to his brother Stephen “Bub” Vlamakis. This project has been a hilarious blessing to be a part of and he asks you also join him this April for his directorial debut of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead.

Leah Carr is a junior in the BFA Acting program here at UVU. She loves acting in weird, new projects such as Relative Space, a musical where the actors don’t sing (cRazy) which she performed over the summer alongside her professors, Liz Golden and Chase Grant. Previously at UVU, she has performed in student-written plays “Two Mice” and “Love, Dad,” as Charlotte in a TYA version of Charlotte’s Web that toured at elementary schools around Utah county, and in student-written and produced films for the DGM department. She is now on to her latest uNUsuAL show, In Good Faith! She has loved learning Brechtian Ethnographic performance-style theatre and she is so excited for you to see the show!

Marissa is so excited to be performing in her second show here at UVU! Some of her recent credits include Madeleine in The Divine (UVU), Edna in A Krampus Carol (GHT), and touring with Disney Cruise Line. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Mckenzie Blair is a Junior in the UVU BFA Theatre Program. Growing up as a military child, and living in different places around the US, including Hawaii and Virginia, she gained diverse knowledge through her varied acting experiences. Mckenzie has performed at Carnegie Hall in NYC, appeared in an AppleTV drama series, and most recently was in Lady M at UVU. She’s thrilled to be a part of the cast and is excited to be included in this important piece of theatre. Mckenzie would like to thank her Mom for helping her write this bio and making her sound cooler than she actually is.

Michaella is a senior in UVU's acting BFA. Her favorite recent roles were Modesto and Commandante Boots in Two Donuts. She recently finished a directing and commissioned scriptwriting internship and is looking forward to directing in UVU's 2024 spring S.A.S.T. show.

Mya is a senior in the BFA acting program here at UVU. Recently, She has had the opportunity to be apart of a TYE show called “Mockingbird”, and “Is There An Actor In the House“ as an understudy. She has loved being apart of this project and she loves it so much that she is using it as her honors capstone project through the UVU Honors program.

Preston Ochsenhirt is a Junior in the BFA Musical Theater program for his second bachelor’s degree here at Utah Valley University, where his is also minoring in History and Psychology. His first bachelor’s degree was in Commercial Music and minoring in Theater and Digital Media. In Good Faith will be his 3rd theatrical production in the program, and his 6th since January of 2022. Some of these include: The Last Five Years with What The Blank Entertainment, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Renaissance Now, and with UVU, Lucky Stiff and The Diary of Anne Frank. The performing arts have been an incredible part of his life, including his tenure with the Utah Valley Institute Singers. He is pleased to be here for this show, which will be his last before he gets married to his sweetheart this April. He hopes you enjoy the fruits of this show’s labors.

Savannah is a Junior in the Acting BFA at UVU. Her most recent shows have been Lady M and Gideon vs the Gods of Cool! She loves to hang out with her family and spends the majority of her time at school with her wonderful friends and teachers. She loves to crochet, play the violin, act, and pet her cat Jack! She hopes you enjoy the experience of this show, and wants to say thank you to her family and friends for their unwavering support in all of her artistic endeavors!

Kim Abunuwara is an Associate Professor of Integrated Studies at Utah Valley University. She just finished editing a special Performance edition of the Interdisciplinary Humanities journal published by the Humanities Education and Research Association (Spring 2024). Her recent scholarship addresses the challenge of faith difference in LDS family relationships (presented at the Utah Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, 2022) and in the UVU classroom (Journal of Beliefs and Values, 2018). Recent acting roles include To Hell and Back (V/H/S Series, 2022), Silent Sky (Hale, 2022) The Fossil Record, Doubt and Angels in America (AOTC, 2022, 2020, 2018), In Her Own Hand (Kayenta Performing Arts Center, 2018), The Wizard of Oz (Sundance, 2016), and voicing of the standard works (LDS.org, 2016).

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Maisie is a senior in the Theater Arts BA program with a focus on Stage Management. She has Stage Managed 25 shows at her time here at UVU. Her favorites being “Is There an Actor in the House? A Farcical, Improv, Commedia… Mish Mash”, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”, and “Twelfth Night”. She is excited to work on this different side of theater and she looks forward to working with Plan-B Theatre early 2025 after graduation. She is excited to continue to stage manage and work more on film

Lizzy is excited to be a part of another show at UVU. She started her studies here in the Musical Theatre BFA program and has been seen as an actor in Pirates of Penzance (Isabel), Cinderella (Ella), and Romeo and Juliet (Lady Montague). She has since changed her major to Integrated Studies with emphases in Theatre Arts and Religious Studies and is a Co-president of UVU's Interfaith Student Council for the 2023-2024 school year. Lizzy passionately promotes the transformative power of interfaith relationships and hopes to continue her studies in this field after graduating next spring. She is grateful to UVU for believing and investing in the value of interfaith engagement; her family, friends, and professors, all of whom have been incredibly supportive of her pursuits; and Kim, for believing in something as important as this show.

David is thrilled to be working on In Good Faith. The lighting design presented an interesting challenge - and one that David was exciting to take on. This is David's eighth lighting design for UVU, and he hopes to continue to design for UVU until he graduates next year.

Andrew Domyan has been sound designing for UVU theater for several years. Most recently, you may have heard his work in Machinal, Lady M, and Is There An Actor In The House? Between his love of new and unusual projects, like Creekside’s Relative Space and TAG’s Ghost Quartet, and his philosophy major, with emphases in the philosophy of art and philosophy of religion, this project is fascinating to him on many levels.