Enjoy an evening of decadence & laughter!
'That's Valdez' is a hilarious outdoor melodrama-musical exploring the history of Valdez with a four course dinner. The Serendipity Supper Club, The Far North Follies Inc., and Magpies on the Fly have come together to provide you the best dinner theater experience on the Richardson Highway!
"Don't miss out on a unique opportunity to truly feel connected to the heart and soul of Valdez." -Lila O.
A night
to remember...
Take a Sneak Peak with Newstate Nomads
THE CAST
TESSIE...
JASPER...
FLAPJACK...
ZEKE...
CANCAN QUEEN
CANCAN DANCERS...
SOUND...
TRACY GILSON, MAGGIE NYLUND, MARCIA LYNN, ABBEY JOLLEY
The Far North Follies
SADONA KATHRYN
Keriann Gilson
a poet, actor, and teacher at Valdez High School. She has been a part of the Follies team doing the sound since its second year and is excited to be on the stage again after many years of behind-the-scenes work. Most recently, Keriann was on the Magpies stage as a Drag King in the first-ever Valdez dragshow Summer 2021. Some of her favorite past acting roles include Grandmama Addams in The Addams Family, Candy Matson in Cable Car
Murder, Burt in Cacophony Amore, and Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland.
Directors credits include the Valdez High School’s productions of The Bear and Speed Date.
This year has been an exciting one for Keriann as she published a poetry
book, places I never want to see again in January of 2022. If interested, it can be bought at Magpies On the Fly Bakery, on Gnashing Teeth Publishings website, and on Amazon. She currently teaches 10th & 12th grade English, Theatre, and Creative Writing at Valdez High School.
Alex Dishaw
grew up in the small village of Chitina and never thought he would be acting. He thought the only thing he would be doing artistically would be something with music since he had been in choir from sixth to eleventh grade. In 2011 a friend suggested that he take PWSC’s acting class and fell in love with it.
Over the past eight years, he has been in many of the community’s productions including A Little Hotel on the Side, If…, La Bete, and Consciously Coupled (But Not With Each Other), The Pillowman, and in every iteration of That’s Valdez! as Zeke, Flapjack, and now Jasper. He hopes to be in many more productions to come.
Brynoch Rammell
is thrilled to perform in his first show in Alaska! As a native to Idaho, he grew up by the potatoes and had a wonderful time performing in theaters there, Utah, and Montana. He has worked for the Utah Shakespeare Festival and was just hired by another professional theater in Utah, Pioneer theater. His favorite roles include Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast and Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid.
He is currently earning his BFA in Musical Theater at the University of Utah with a minor in Entrepreneurship. When Brynoch isn’t taking a nap, you’ll find him playing tennis, working out, being outside hiking, camping, or doing something that is stupid and dangerous.
Make sure to say hi and give him snacks!
Alexis Lumba
is a hilarious bad ass working mother and hooker (crochet hooker that is). Fortunately after a 10 year break, she’s ready to rejoin the entertainment community. She participated in numerous college and community productions, including Tara Meddaugh’s Free Space, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, P. Shane Mitchell’s Jolly Roger King of Pirates, The Death of Edgar Allen Poe, Robin Hood, the Lady of Sherwood, Aesop’s Runaway Fables, and A Tuna Christmas.
Alexis grew up in Valdez, and is itching to soon see the outside world with her family. If you have a place you think they need to see, tell her all about it!
Jay Stevens
has appeared in Prince William Sound College Drama Department productions of Aoise Stratford’s Love and a Wide Moon, The Master Builder, Greater Tuna, P. Shane Mitchell’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Jonathon Brady’s Heroes, Tara Meddaugh’s Free Space, Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, and Andrea Staats’ Consciously Coupled (But Not With Each Other), as well as several productions of the Alaska Overnighters with TBA Theatre in Anchorage. He also shared the role of Jasper in the first year production of That’s Valdez! He has directed The Pillowman for PWSC, as well as several developmental works for the Valdez Theatre Conference Play Lab.
Serendipity Super Club
The Serendipity Supper Club is a local farm to table gourmet catering company that brings delicious gourmet food and local flavor to the table while you watch.
Fresh,
gourmet,
local flavors
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