• Artist Detail

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    Joan Speakman Peterson

    Actor - Director - Filmmaker - Producer - Singer

    About the artist:

    Founder and executive producer of Showtime Utah, a new live interactive theater in Pleasant Grove, Joan Peterson has been a player in the Utah entertainment world for years and that was part of her motivation for taking on the massive job of starting a major live theater project. She knew she could find the talent which would put the theater on the entertainment map. She was for years the talent agent for Utah's most distinguished talent and modeling agency. With her sights set on bigger horizons, she moved on to found Starlight Creative Media, a full-service casting agency. That led to continuous work in movie casting. She working on the official LDS Church film, “Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration. She has also cast such movies as “The Book of Mormon Movie,” “The Return,” “Yankles,” “The Outlaw Trail,” “Moola,” and “Shooting People.” Joan can be heard every Sunday as the host of KOSY 106.5's award winning show Sounds of the Sabbath. She was also part of a two-person fund-raising team which held a gala at The Venetian in Las Vegas for the Rose Education Foundation involving such diverse talent as Pamela Anderson and J.C. Chasez of ‘N Sync. Traveling to Spain, Joan spent all of last summer organizing an international philanthropic summit called “Playing for Good,” on the island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean. It was hosted by Eva Longoria, honored the Goldie Hawn Foundation, and was the first stop Paris Hilton made after her highly publicized stint in jail. That event had a four-million-dollar budget and received worldwide media attention because of the high-powered guest list. With the experience of being on stage in her earlier years playing roles such as Golde’ in Fiddler On The Roof, her extensive work in film, and experience in event coordination, it wasn’t much of a stretch to open her own theater in Pleasant Grove. Showtime Utah has no plays. Each Friday and Saturday has a live Old West Show complete with a chuck wagon dinner. Late night shows which begin at 10 PM is where the entertainers of Utah, whether a professional or just beginner in singing, dancing, magic, comedian, juggling or any other talent can have the opportunity to do what they love, entertain, and the audience is the lucky recipient of those talents. More information can be found on Showtime Utah at showtimeutah.com


    • Contact Info

      Joan Speakman Peterson

      South Jordan, UT 84095

      Phone: 801-636-9669

      Website