Our People

Founders

Cody Swenson

Founding Associate Executive Director & Executive Producer

Anne Swenson

Founding Artistic Director & Executive Producer

Linda Hale

Founder and Managing Director

Cody Hale

Founder and Managing Director

Production

Jenny Barlow

Artistic Director

Bio

Meagan Downey

Production Manager

Bio

Jason Baldwin

Technical Director

Bio

Melinda Wilks

Hair and Makeup Manager

Shae Candelaria

Head of Stage Management

Bio

Scott Freeland

Head of Automation and Rigging

Bio

Megan Heaps

Props Supervisor

Bio

Michael Gray

Head of Lighting and Media

Kimberly Fitt

Costume Shop Manager

Bio

Katie Morgan Torrie

Deck Operations Manager

Administration

Kristine Widtfeldt

Director of Customer Experience (CXO)

Bio

Mark Ostler

Director of Finance

Bio

Troy Anderson

Director of Operations

Bio

Brighton Sloan

Director of Marketing

Bio

Curt R. Jensen

Creative Marketing Director

Bio

Sydney Dameron

Director of Public Relations and Strategic Partnerships

Bio

Jeremiah Christenot

VP of Advancement

Bio

Sean Firmage

Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships

Bio

Don Alden

Booking & Events Manager

Bio

Juli Adams

Director of Human Resources

Bio

Fiona Hartvigsen

Front of House Manager

Education

Jon Liddiard

Director of the Ruth Academy

Bio

Amelia Rose Moore

Artistic Director of the Ruth Academy

Board of Trustees

  • Greg Cook (Board Chair)
  • Jeff Wilks 
  • Anne Brown
  • Carl Hernandez
  • Cody Swenson
  • David Doxey
  • Derrin Hill
  • Jani Radebaugh
  • Lincoln Westcott
  • Linda Hale
  • William M. Jeffs