August 13, 2026 – September 6, 2026
Runtime: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.
From the very first note, “Once” draws you in and never lets go. This emotionally captivating musical is the only show to have music that won an Academy Award®, a Grammy Award®, an Olivier Award and a Tony Award®. Featuring all the magical songs from the critically acclaimed film, including the Oscar-winning “Falling Slowly” this beautiful, joyously uplifting show strikes an unforgettable chord in audiences and speaks to the power of music to connect us all.
Calendar for ONCE
Getting Here
Doris Harper-White Playhouse
11 West Cherry Street
Historic Downtown Flagstaff, AZ
11 West Cherry Avenue
11 West Cherry Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
CREATIVE TEAM
Director
Jan has been a volunteer with Theatrikos since 2000, when she and her family moved to Flagstaff. She most recently directed The Play That Goes Wrong. You may have seen some of Jans’ other MainStage directorial achievements: Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Ruthless!, Rumors, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, A Christmas Carol (2007, 2015), Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors (2008, 2019), and Viola Award winner -God of Carnage. Jan was the Founding Director of TheatriKids theatre educational program and has loved watching it grow & evolve every year. Jan literally grew up in the theatre world and has been very honored to share her love of live performance with Flagstaff audiences for the past 25 years.
Leslie Ptak Baker, a native Arizonan, began RAD ballet studies at age 4. However, eventually, musical theater and jazz dance lured her away. Outstanding ASU BFA Graduate in Modern Dance Performance and Choreography, she performed professionally in New York, Los Angeles , Montreal, and Japan, then sailed eight years, worldwide, as an entertainer and cruise director with Princess Cruises. She has studied with Luigi, Jaime Rogers, Joe Tremaine, Bill Evans, Martha Graham dancers, Cynthia Gregory, David Howard and others.
Leslie has performed in and choreographed countless shows for Theatrikos, Theatrikids, Flagstaff Music Theater (FLOC), Stargazer Collaborative Theater, and Fountain Hills Community Theater.
Leslie taught dance (Tap, Jazz, Modern, Dance History) for 16 years at FALA. Prior to moving to Flagstaff, she lived 9 years at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and created fitness, creative movement, and children’s theater programs for the community. Leslie is most proud of her two grown children, Kieran and Kinzer, and is ecstatic to be a grandmother of two future dancers, Carson and Beau! And, she hopes that EVERYONE dances fearlessly everyday!
Music Direction
Matthew Herman (Scenic Designer) Select credits include: CCAE Theatricals: The Curious Incident of the Dog…, Witnesses (World Premier), Every Brilliant Thing, Once, Joseph and the…Dreamcoat. Sierra Rep: Hair, Wizard of Oz. Rubicon Theatre Company: Crazy Mama (World Premier), Bonnie & Clyde, A Cowboy Lullaby, . Diversionary: The Mystery of Irma Vep. San Diego Musical Theater: Matilda, Legally Blonde. Arizona Broadway Theater: Cinderella, Newsies (Media Design), Little Mermaid (Media Design), On the Town (Media Design). Barn Stage Company: James and the Giant Peach, Songs for a New World, Chess in Concert, Peter and the Starcatcher, Spring Awakening, Urinetown. UC San Diego: Othello, What of the Night?, and How to Use a Knife (WNPF 2016). Cypress College: The Curious Incident of the Dog…and Carrie: The Musical. Off-Broadway and Regional Assistant credits include: Escape to Margaritaville (La Jolla Playhouse – Walt Spangler), Summer (La Jolla Playhouse – Robert Brill), Ain’t Too Proud (Berkeley Rep. – Robert Brill), and Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (The Atlantic Theater Company – Narrell Sisson). MFA in Scenic Design from UC San Diego.
IG: @MHermanDesign www.MatthewHermanDesign.com
Lighting Design
Shane Waltz (Lighting Designer) is so thrilled to be designing his first show with Theatrikos. Shane is a Phoenix-based lighting designer and electrician currently attending Arizona State University as a Theatre Design & Production major with an emphasis on lighting design. Recent credits include Eva Luna (Arizona State University, Lighting Designer), Curtains (Arizona State University, Assistant Lighting Designer), Cats (TheaterWorks, Head Electrician), Grease (TheaterWorks, Lighting Designer & Head Electrician), and Sondheim Tribute Revue (TheaterWorks, Lighting Designer & Head Electrician).
Sound Design
Dialect Coach
ESSIE WINDHAM is a multimedia artist focusing on visual storytelling through interconnected mediums. Windham has been a puppeteer on Saturday Night Live, the lead puppet artist for the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors (NYC), an Emmy nominated puppet artist for Helpsters currently airing on Apple+, and a puppet artist for NBC, Disney, HBO, SONY, and 20th Century Studios. They are honored to contribute to Theatrikos. Love you, Moonbeam.
Shari has been running around backstage with various theatre companies in Washington and Arizona for 30 plus years. Some of her favorite previous productions include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Two Noble Kinsman, King Lear (Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival) Avenue Q (Theatrikos Theatre Company), Sweeney Todd (Theatrikids) Rent (Flagstaff Musical Theatre), Into the Woods, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (LST), Phantom of the Opera (Wenatchee District Musical), Chicago (Music Theater of Wenatchee). Many thanks to a great Cast and Crew and much love to my family, Jenny, Victor, Dylan, and Elaina; Thanks for sharing Auntie and letting her out to play.