Bio/Resume

Mr. Calkins is a singer, stage director, and producer.  Past credits include Director, Facing East (UNIPAC): Conductor, Pirates of Penzance (UNIPAC); Aeneas, Dido and Aeneas (UNIPAC); Lighting Designer, Dog Sees God (Silver Summit Theatre), Director & Rev. Parris, The Crucible (UNIPAC); Melchior, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Draper Arts Council); Lighting Designer, Steel Magnolias (DHT); Don Alfonso, Cosi fan tutte in Concert (UMWSF-AFAC); Music Director/Stage Manager, Li’l Abner (DHT); Smudge, Forever Plaid (Empress); Director, Trial by Jury | Suor Angelica (UNIPAC); Director/Set Designer, An Ideal Husband (DHT); Madama Butterfly (Utah Lyric Opera); Herr Zeller, The Sound of Music (Lehi City Arts); and Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, Anything Goes (Music Theatre of Idaho).  Calkins is the Founder/General Artistic Director of the Utah/Idaho Performing Arts Company.  ​