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SWALLOW THE SUN is a significant step down from C.S. Lewis

Ken Foody and Jana Lee Stubbs. Photo: Naoma Wilkinson.

PROVO — Swallow the Sun opens with C.S. Lewis and Paddy Moore on army cots discussing their mutual love of literature and Ireland. The audience meets a young C.S. Lewis, an atheist, who has yet to accept Christianity and establish himself as one of its staunchest literary defenders. Ken Foody’s C.S. Lewis is as arrogant and [...]

Utah students shine at KCACTF Regional Festival

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OGDEN — Last week, Weber State University hosted the 44th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region VIII conference. KCACTF is the nation’s foremost theatre festival for college and university productions. Lasting from February 7 through 11, 2012, this year’s conference drew students, faculty, and artists from Utah, Arizona, central and southern California, southern [...]

ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD mesmerizes at UVU

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OREM — There’s something different about UVU’s latest show, Elephant’s Graveyard. Sure, the actors never talk to each other and there are elephants onstage (look closely), but I’m talking about the absolute fire emanating from each person involved as they fight to get their story told. Elephant’s Graveyard, written by George Brandt, is a unique [...]