Our 55th season continues to burn brightly with the upcoming cast of LIZZIE by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt, a fiery all-female rock musical about the eerie and exciting Borden Murders. The quartet will feature four familiar faces for SLAC’s audience. The cast includes Anne Louise Brings* (The Robertassey, A Year With Frog and Toad, Stupid F**king Bird) as Bridget, Wendy Joseph (The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!, SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Hairy & Sherri) as Alice, Kandyce Marie* (Passing Strange) as Emma, and Emilie Starr (R+J: Star-Cross’d Death Match, Saturday’s Voyeur, Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly) as Lizzie Borden.
The production will be directed by Latoya Cameron, with music direction by Ginger Bess and choreography by Miche’ Smith, and will play in our Upstairs Theatre from April 7 through May 2, 2027.
You know the rhyme. Now hear her side. In the sweltering summer of 1892, Andrew Borden and his wife are found murdered in their house. The main suspect? Lizzie Borden. This electrifying all-woman rock musical rewrites the narrative. LIZZIE cracks open a legend and lets it scream. Tickets are available online or by contacting the Box Office at (801) 363-7522.
MEET THE CAST
ANNE LOUISE BRINGS* (She/Her)
Anne Louise Brings has most recently been seen at Salt Lake Acting Company as Roberta in The Robertassey. Past favorites include Mary in Grasmere (Voodoo Theatre Co.), Maureen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Hart Theater Co.), Mouse in A Year with Frog and Toad (Salt Lake Acting Co.), Poppy in Noises Off! (The Grand), Harper in Angels in America (Utah Rep.), Una in Blackbird (Utah Rep.), Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire (The Grand), Sally Bowles in Cabaret (Utah Rep.), Lavinia in Titus Andronicus (Pinnacle Acting Co.), Nina in Stupid F**king Bird (Salt Lake Acting Co.), Cindy in Booksmart (Plan-B), Mercy Lewis in The Crucible (Pioneer Theatre Co.), Jean in August: Osage County (Utah Rep./Silver Summit Theater Co.), Wiglaf in Beowulf (Meat & Potato Theatre Co.), Gloria in Boeing Boeing (Pinnacle Acting Co.), Rosalind in As You Like It (Davis Arts Council), and Antigone in Antigone (Regional Tour). Anne graduated from Westminster College with a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance and is represented by Talent Management Group for film and television.
WENDY JOSEPH (She/Her)
Wendy is an actor based out of Salt Lake City. She was most recently seen at SLAC in The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza! She’s also been in a few of SLAC Summer Shows, several more of SLAC’s kid productions, Hairy & Sherri, and Four Women Talking About the Man Under the Sheet. Wendy loves to craft, write poetry, dilly dally, and laugh with friends and family.
KANDYCE MARIE* (She/Her)
Kandyce Marie is thrilled to be back on the SLAC stage! It’s been a while since she’s been on stage, and she’s happy to be back. SLAC audiences may remember her from Passing Strange. Kandyce has appeared in numerous productions throughout Utah and has traveled the world as both Aida in the international Broadway China tour of Tim Rice and Elton John’s Aida and as a Production Cast Principal Singer for Norwegian Cruise Line. A few more credits include: Deena Jones (Dreamgirls), Dionne (Hair), Chiffon (Little Shop of Horrors), Sarah (Ragtime), Medda Larkin (Newsies), Moon (Caroline, or Change), Erzulie (Once on This Island), and Mama Nadi (Ruined). When she’s not doing theatre, Kandyce performs with the Motown band SugaTones and co-hosts the Sistas Unscripted podcast with her sisters. Check out Sistas Unscripted on your favorite podcast platform and on social media @SistasUnscripted. “Thanks to God, my family for supporting me, and my kids for sharing their mama with the stage. And to the audience, thank you for being here and supporting the arts. Enjoy the show!”
EMILIE STARR (She/Her)
Emilie Starr is thrilled to be returning to the stage after a four-year hiatus to become a mom. She is especially excited to return to the Salt Lake Acting Company stage and rediscover the joy, creativity, and magic of theatre. Emilie holds a B.A. in Musical Theatre from Weber State University. Some of her favorite theatre credits include Friar Laurence in R+J: Star-Cross’d Death Match, Maria in The Sound of Music, Saturday’s Voyeur, and Diana in Next to Normal. After four years of pouring her heart into motherhood, Emilie is grateful for the opportunity to fill her own cup again through storytelling and the theatre community. She is endlessly thankful to her husband, David, for single-parenting and holding down the fort so she could step back onto the stage and do something that makes her heart sing.
Tickets and Information for LIZZIE.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
**Represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the IATSE.
