Friday Night at the Fort
with guest artist, Dallyn Bayles, August 12, 2016
Originally from Green River, Utah, DALLYN VAIL
BAYLES is a professional actor, singer and recording
artist. Bayles understudied and performed the roles
of the Phantom and Raoul in the Broadway touring
company of The Phantom of the Opera. He performed
internationally and throughout the United States
with the Broadway tour of Les Misérables. Bayles
has also performed leading roles in numerous regional
theater productions across the country, including
several here in Utah, most recently performing the role
of Rochester in the musical Jane Eyre at Hale Center
Theater Orem. He portrays Hyrum Smith in the films
Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration and Emma
Smith: My Story. Bayles was honored to perform as a
soloist with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at LDS
Church President Thomas S. Monson’s 85th birthday
celebration, and has also performed with the choir on
several Music and the Spoken Word broadcasts and with
the Utah Symphony in the Deer Valley Concert Series.
Other LDS credits include portraying Joseph Smith in
the Nauvoo Pageant, Joseph in Savior of the World, and
Alma Richards in Light of the World performed during
the 2002 Winter Olympics. Bayles has recorded three
solo albums, and has songs featured in the movies 17
Miracles and Ephraim’s Rescue. He completed his MFA
in Musical Theatre at The Boston Conservatory, and
received his BFA in Music Dance Theatre from Brigham
Young University. Bayles was honored to receive the
2012 BYU Young Alumni Distinguished Service Award.
He works as adjunct faculty at BYU in the School of
Music and the Theatre Department. Bayles is a member
of Actors’ Equity Association. He and his wife, Rachel,
are the proud parents of 5 children.
Visit Dallyn Balyes' website for more information about our guest artist.