Disney's Finding Nemo Jr.

Book, Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; Book Adapted by Lindsay Anderson; Music and Orchestrations Adapted and Arranged by Myrna Conn; Based on the 2003 Disney / Pixar film Finding Nemo written by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and directed by Andrew Stanton

Show Information

The Ruth Academy

PROUDLY PRESENTS
 

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Music and Lyrics by

Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez

Book Adapted by

Lindsay Anderson

Music and Orchestrations Adapted and Arranged by

Myrna Conn

Based on the 2003 Disney / Pixar film Finding Nemo written by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and directed by Andrew Stanton

Starring

Laurence Eraso, Jane Fong, Eli Gooch, Ruby Hoffman, Symon Livingston, Juniper Martin, Zoe Morris, Bennett Pinkston, Ty Poulson, Aaron Salazar, Job Simon, Edith Sorenson, Adaline Strong, James Strong, Maxwell Tolman, and Caleb Wright

with

Noelle Hepworth, Samantha Holladay, Ruby Lancaster, Katie Morrill, Tilly Morris, Penny Murphy, Adelyn Nevers, Devrey Oden, Jojo Reynolds, Noelle Reynolds, Blythe Rollins

DIRECTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR

Amelia Rose Moore

CHOREOGRAPHER

Matthew Thatcher

SET DESIGNER

Jason Baldwin

COSTUME DESIGNER

Olivia Kline

CO-COSTUME DESIGNER

Alyssa Baumgarten

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Caleb Wallengren

AUDIO DESIGNER

Devon Parikh

PROP DESIGNER

Lucinda Lai

HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGNER

Mattie Victor

AUTOMATION

Ryder Spotts

STAGE MANAGER

Makelle Young

 

Disney's Finding Nemo Jr. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

Cast List

Nemo

Ruby Hoffman

Marlin

Job Simon

Dory

Adaline Strong

Coral

Marly Bingham

Pearl

Juniper Martin

Sheldon

Maxwell Tolman

Tad

Laurence Eraso

Professor Ray

Aaron Salazar

Bruce

Caleb Wright

Chum

Kade Celaya

Anchor

Ty Poulson

Bubbles

Edith Sorenson

Bloat

James Strong

Gurgle

Bennett Pinkston

Peach

Zoe Morris

Gill

Eli Gooch

Nigel

Symon Livingston

Crush

Paityn Bass

Squirt

Jane Fong

Adult Ensemble

Noelle Hepworth, Samantha Holladay, Ruby Lancaster, Penny Murphy, Adelyn Nevers, and Blythe Rollins

Child Ensemble

Katie Morrill, Jojo Reynolds, Noelle Reynolds, Tilly Morris, and Devrey Oden

Production Team

DIRECTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR

Amelia Rose Moore

CHOREOGRAPHER

Matthew Thatcher

SET DESIGNER

Jason Baldwin

COSTUME DESIGNER

Olivia Kline

CO-COSTUME DESIGNER

Alyssa Baumgarten

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Caleb Wallengren

AUDIO DESIGNER

Devon Parikh

PROP DESIGNER

Lucinda Lai

HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGNER

Mattie Victor

AUTOMATION

Ryder Spotts

STAGE MANAGER

Makelle Young

 

Scenes and Musical Numbers


•  Prologue  •

 

Company


•  Scene 1  •
First Day of School

 

Big Blue World (Part 1)

Marlin and Nemo

Big Blue World (Part 2)

Nemo, Reef Kids, and Company


•  Scene 2  •
Abduction to Sharks

 

Dory's Ditty

Dory and Marlin

Fish are Friends (Not Food)

Marlin, Dory, Bruce, Chum, Anchor, ad Sharks


•  Scene 3  •
The Boardwalk

 

Seagulls (Part 1)

Vacationer and Seagulls


•  Scene 4  •
Meet the Tank Gang

 

Where's My Dad

Nemo

We Swim Together

Nemo, Gill, Peach, Bloat, Gurgle, and Bubbles


•  Scene 5  •
Journey Through the Sea

 

Just Keep Swimming (Part 1)

Dory, Marlin, and Ensemble

Just Keep Swimming (Part 2)

Dory, Marlin, and Ensemble


•  Scene 6  •
The Boardwalk

 

Seagulls (Part 2)

Vacationer and Seagulls


•  Scene 7  •
The Pump is Off

 

Not My Dad

Nemo


•  Scene 8  •
Go With the Flow

 

Go With the Flow

Crush, Squirt, Dory, Marlin, and Sea Turtles


•  Scene 9 •
The Game, The Gossip, The Escape

 

One Dedicated Father

Ensemble

That's My Dad

Nemo

We Swim Together

Nemo, Gill, Peach, Bloat, Gurgle, and Bubbles


•  Scene 10 •

The Boardwalk

 

Seagulls (Part 3)

Vacationer and Seagulls


•  Scene 11 •
Sydney Harbour Fishing Grounds

 

Just Keep Swimming Together

Nemo, Marlin, Dory, and Moonfish

Finale (Part 1)

Nemo, Marlin, and Dory


•  Scene 12 •
Finale

 

Finale (Part 2)

Company

Director's Note

By Amelia Rose Moore

 

Welcome to the wonderful undersea world of Finding Nemo Jr.! At its heart, this story is about much more than a fish lost in the ocean. It is about friendship, inclusion, courage, and the delicate balance between holding on and letting go.

 

Marlin begins this journey gripped by fear — fear of loss, fear of change, fear of a world that feels too big and too unpredictable. As parents, mentors, teachers, and leaders, we understand that instinct to protect. But one of the greatest acts of love is learning when to loosen our grip. Growing up requires risk. It requires space. It requires trust.

 

Nemo longs for independence. She wants to prove she is capable — not defined by size, age, or perceived limitations. Her journey reminds us that our differences are not weaknesses. They are strengths. In a world that often highlights what makes us “other,” Finding Nemo Jr. celebrates inclusion and belonging. From Dory’s boundless optimism to the Tank Gang’s resilience, each character brings something unique to the reef — and it is only together that they thrive.

 

Friendship anchors this story. Dory teaches Marlin to “just keep swimming,” but more importantly, she teaches him to open his heart. True friendship invites growth. It challenges fear. It offers grace. It reminds us we are never meant to navigate the ocean alone.

 

For our young performers, this show has mirrored many of these same themes. Theatre is a place where we learn to collaborate, to listen, to support one another, and to step bravely into the spotlight — sometimes before we feel entirely ready. We have watched these students grow in confidence, empathy, and resilience. They have learned to trust themselves and each other.

 

As you watch today’s performance, I invite you to see beyond the colorful coral and playful sea creatures. See the courage it takes to let someone you love grow. See the beauty in differences. See the power of community. I am endlessly proud of this cast and crew for going on this adventure with me. Thank you, thank you!

 

And if life ever feels overwhelming, remember Dory’s simple but profound advice:

Just keep swimming.

Meet the Cast

Nemo

Ruby Hoffman

Marlin

Job Simon

Dory

Adaline Strong

Coral

Marly Bingham

Pearl

Juniper Martin

Sheldon

Maxwell Tolman

Tad

Laurence Eraso

Professor Ray

Aaron Salazar

Bruce

Caleb Wright

Chum

Kade Celaya

Anchor

Ty Poulson

Bubbles

Edith Sorenson

Bloat

James Strong

Peach

Zoe Morris

Gurgle

Bennett Pinkston

Gill

Eli Gooch

Nigel

Symon Livingston

Crush

Paityn Bass

Squirt

Jane Fong

Adult Ensemble

Penny Murphy

Adult Ensemble

Adelyn Nevers

Adult Ensemble

Blythe Rollins

Adult Ensemble

Ruby Lancaster

Adult Ensemble

Samantha Holladay

Adult Ensemble

Noelle Hepworth

Child Ensemble 1

Katie Morrill

Child Ensemble 2

Jojo Reynolds

Child Ensemble 3

Noelle Reynolds

Child Ensemble 4

Tilly Morris

Child Ensemble 5

Devrey Hilina'i Oden

Meet the Production Team

Hair & Makeup Designer

Mattie Victor

Automation Designer

Ryder Spotts

Audio Designer

Devon Parikh

Lighting Designer

Caleb Wallengren

Props Designer

Lucinda Lai

Co-Costume Designer

Alyssa Baumgarten

Costume Designer

Olivia Kline

Set Designer

Jason Baldwin

Stage Manager

Makelle Young

Choreographer

Matthew Thatcher

Director and Music Director

Amelia Rose Moore

Theater Staff

Executive Leadership

 

Artistic Director

Jenny Barlow

Executive Director

Bill Woahn

Executive Creative Producer

Kacey Udy

Production

 

Director of Production

Meagan M. Downey

Technical Director

Scott Freeland

Assistant Technical Director

Jordan Edkins

Audio Supervisor

Timothy Riggs

Associate Audio Supervisor

Richie Trimble

Audio Engineer Technician

Devon Parikh

Audio Engineer

Lydia Cox, James Ewell, Andy Keele, and Amelia Sheldon

Head of Lighting and Media 

Michael Gray

Associate Lighting Designer

Ryan Fallis

Lighting Technician

Ray Woichik

Master Electrician

Kaimana Sadowski

Lead Automation Programmer/Rigger

Ryder Spotts

Automation Programmer/Operator

Andrew Oliverson, Zach Olsen, Alena Rodriguez, Noah Sheen, and Kaden Wells

Costume Director

Kimberly Fitt

Lead Draper

Jessica Barksdale

Draper/Cutter

Danielle Dulchinos and Molly Hartvigsen

First Hand

Kristal Berger and Monica McNeill

Costume Shop Coordinator 

Alyssa Baumgarten

Costume Shop Assistant

Rowan Forsyth and Megan Conde

Craft Artisan, Costume Construction, and Wardrobe Maintenance

Sarah Baldwin, Christa Didier, Naomi Hall, Amy Handy, Katie Harper, Mckayla Howlett, Keri Johnson, Sarina Johnson, Sara McCorristin, Brienna Michaelis, Becky Ribeira, Velma Rippstein, and McKayla Taylor

Resident Assistant Costume Designers

Lexi Goldsberry, Ryver Mecham, and Lili Riberia

Hair & Makeup Supervisor

Melinda Wilks

Hair & Makeup Lead

Emilie Ronhaar

Hair & Makeup Assistant

Laura Bikman, Emilie Ronhaar, Krista Sommer, Brooklyn Tolley, Mattie Victor, and Bekah Wilbur 

Wig Crew

Astrid Melendez, Brooklyn Tolley, Mattie Victor, and Bekah Wilbur

Wardrobe Supervisor

Danielle Tanner 

Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor

Carli Bringhurst

Lead Dressers

Danielle Hendrickson, Alexis Sanders, and Seneca White

Wardrobe Crew

Madison Greer, Addysn Kidd, Carlie McCleary, Deanne Moses, Zach Raddatz, Ri Mosswood Spencer, Alyssa Steck, Annika Stenquist, and Kate Watkins

Child Guardian

Rachael Goates

Master Carpenter/Shop Foreman

David Knowles 

Carpenters

Boston Anglesey, Zippy Hellewell, Steven Ingram, Garion Jorgensen, and Jaren Raymond

Metal Fabricator/Carpenter

Steven Fordham and Ian Scott

Purchasing Coordinator / Draftsperson

Elisabeth Goulding

Props Supervisor

Megan Heaps

Props Artisan

Allen Lafferty and Lucinda Lai

Scenic Charge Artist

Morgan Dawn Golightly

Scenic Artist

Malorie Hansen and Amanda Ruth Wilson

Director of Stage Management 

Shae Candelaria

Resident Stage Manager 

Jordan Liau

Production Stage Manager

Anna Birch, Tannah O'banion, Christopher Vlamakis, and Ashtyn Waters

Sub Stage Manager

Courtney Byrom, Bailee Godfrey, and Makelle Young

Deck Operations Manager

Kati Morgan Torrie

Deck Lead

Sydnie Evans, Lex Fabbian, and Kara McCarthy

Deck Hand

Katelyn Hales, Hudson Heath, Mya Odom, Collin Ohran, Gabi Pack, Anina Peacock, Thomas Petrucka, and Cheyenne Proctor

Development

 

VP of Advancement

Jeremiah Christenot

Director of Public Relations & Strategic Partnerships

Sydney Dameron

Senior Manager of Corporate Partnerships

Sean Firmage

Marketing

 

Director of Marketing

Brighton Sloan

Creative Marketing Director

Curt R. Jensen

Jr. Designer

Kyra Bayles

Video Content Creator

Josh Beck

Database and Recording Analyst

Ryan Ward

Finance & Administration

 

Director of Administration

Joe Cook

Director of Human Resources

Juli Adams

Director of Operations

Troy Anderson

Director of Finance

Gary Hill

Patron Services

 

Director of Customer Experience- CXO

Kristine Widtfeldt

Facility Rentals & Events Manager

Don Alden

Executive Administrator

Merrilee Moody

Box Office Manager

Brooke Wilkins

Assistant Box Office Manager

Britney Wood

Ticketing Specialist

Amanda Anderson, Gwenyth Carlson, Eli Estrada, Marcie Jacobsen, Jordan Kartchner, Kaitlin Lebeau, Chloe Jayne Loveridge, Laurel Lowe, Emma Macfarlane, Melanie Muranaka, Isabelle Purdie, Elizabeth Rotz, and Erin Smith

Front-of-House Manager and Manager of Volunteer Ushers

Tia Trimble

Assistant Front-of-House Manager

Andrew Mallory

Front-of-House Lead

Georgi Ana Brown, Gwenyth Carlson, Zoe Fawcett, Brielle Giles, Logan Kneeland, Rylie Rhees, Laney Sharp, and Jodi Wilson

Usher

Zoe Ayala, Maddi Benson, Brian Bigler, Alice Byrom, Lori Call, Allison Cloward, Charlie Cotton, Naomi Day, Tamara Frehner, Emma Gibb, Abby Henry, Vincent Jolley, Emalyn Kaufman, Miley Ledyard, Oliver Liddiard, Eli May, Kelsey McClain, Kelsey Plewe, Charles Ross, Justin Ruchti, Kami Seamons, Parker Smith, Liberty Sondrup, and Lilly Wright

Volunteer Usher

Joan Adams, Maryna Akhtyrska, Sheri Barker, Barbara Brown, Chip Browne, Mark Buchanan, Julie Castro, Claire D'Ecsery, Ben Driggs, Paige Erickson, Marietta Evans, Kim Fillmore, Mark Fillmore, Barb Fox, Kaye Fugal, Roberta Galatsatos, Carrie Hansen, Debra Hawker, Janice Heilner, Sandi Henderson, Sonya Hilton, Cheryl James, Fran Keller, Barbara Langford, Megan Maughan, Katie Maxwell, Tawnya Mayo, Judd Messenger, Kevin Mitchell, Terrie Mitchell, Jeannette Moreira, Kristi Nelson, Lynne Nielsen, Amy Palethorpe, Jacob Perazzo, Glen Pincock, Kendra Porter, Willow Purles, Colleen Richardson, Kathie Richmond, Doug Richardson, Daniel Richmond, Sherilyn Robertson, Destiny Schroeter, Shellie Shelley, Pam Shepherd, Aubrey Sorenson, Laura St. Onge, Dave Stallings, Kalenn Stallings, Sean Taggart, Shauna Taggart, Yvette Telford, Nicole Turner, Terry Turner, Chelsea Welch, Kathie Walker, Ginny Watts, Julie Widtfeldt, Kim Wright, Lori Wright, Christine Worthen, and Paul Worthen

Education & Outreach

 

Director of The Ruth Academy

Jon Liddiard

Youth Artistic Director

Amelia Rose Moore

Office Manager

Ethan Smith

Acting Instructors

Kelly Coombs, Morgan Gunter, Jon Liddiard, James Wakeland, Clara Wright, and Dylan Wright

Vocal Instructors

Bronwyn Andreoli, Amanda Baugh, Amanda Crabb, Kristian Huff, Marcie Jacobsen, Rex Kocherhans, Chelsea Lindsay, Amelia Rose Moore, Brandalee Bluth Streeter, Brad Summers, and Marcie Yacktman

Instrument Instructors

Rachel Kirschman and Christian Wawro

Group Class Instructors

Bronwyn Andreoli, Will Baird, Rachel Bigler, DeLayne Dayton, Charlie Flint, Morgan Gunter, Carolyn Hartvigsen, Emily Hawkes, Cole Hixson, Emma Wadsworth Hurley, Audrey King, Rachel Carter Kirschman, Merrilee Liddiard, Mak Milord, Amelia Rose Moore, Kelsey Phillips, Kelsea Smellie, Channing Spotts, Opal Tolman, Madison Valgardson, Charlotte Westover, Clara Wright, and Dylan Wright

Hale Center Foundation for the Arts & Education

 

Founders

Cody & Linda Hale
Cody & Anne Swenson

Board Chair

Greg Cook

Board of Trustees

Anne Brown, David Doxey, Linda Hale, Carl Hernandez, Derrin Hill, William Jeffs, Jani Radebaugh, Cody Swenson, Lincoln Westcott, and Jeff Wills

Advocacy Council

Heidi Woahn (Volunteer Chair)

Advisory Council

Craig Simons, Ella Simons, Jerry Simons, Adele Swenson, Maren Mouritsen, Robert Lee Swenson, and Melany Wilkins

Donors

Thank You!

We deeply appreciate all those who have contributed to The Ruth Theater through donations to our building, our programs and our people. If your name has been misspelled or inadvertently omitted, please contact our development team at donate@theruth.org
 

Lifetime Contributions

Founding Benefactors $3,000,000+

  • Pleasant Grove City
  • Gregory & Juile Cook
  • Utah County
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  • Dean & Joan Lindsay Family
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  • Utah Community Credit Union
  • State of Utah

Building Donors $500,000+

  • Anonymous
  • Columbia Bank
  • John Pestana Family
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  • WCF Foundation
  • dōTERRA Wellness Advocate Founders
  • Guy & Paula Fugal
  • Utah Division of Arts and Museums
  • David & Rachel Weidman

Theater Donors $100,000+

  • Soltis Investment Advisors
  • Barbara Barrington Jones
  • Jeanne Quinton
  • The Cook Children's Trust

Annual Contributions

 

Donations from January 1, 2025 - January 16, 2026
 

$50,000+

  • Brian & Anne Bernecker

$25,000+

  • Dragonsteel Entertainment
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  • The Truss

$5,000+

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$1,000+

  • Breeze Airlines
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  • Marianne Anderson
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  • Clyde Companies
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  • Emily Ellis
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  • Patricia Greaves
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  • RaDene & Harlan Hatfield
  • Intermountain Health
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$100+

  • Tricia Andersen
  • Utah Metropolitan Ballet
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