Sing along with SONGS OF UN-CREATION
SALT LAKE CITY — American mythologist, lecturer, and writer, Joseph Campbell writes in his seminal work The Power of Myth, “We need myths that will identify the individual not with…
A Fresh Take on a Horror Class: Interview with Johnny Hebda about the Utah premier of Carrie.
Johnny Hebda is a familiar name in the Utah theatre community. He is an actor, director, producer and one of the founders of Utah Repertory Theater Company. In the last…
BURIED CHILD is worth finding
SALT LAKE CITY — Referring to the work of Franz Kafka, author David Foster Wallace once said, “For me, a signal frustration in trying to read Kafka with college students…
Cynthia Fleming, SLAC Executive Producer and Director of SATURDAY’S VOYEUR
SATURDAY’S VOYEUR is back at SLAC for it’s 37th year. Director, choreographer and Executive Producer, Cynthia Fleming is no stranger to the intimidating task of staging an original musical, every…
EPIC doesn’t live up to its name
SALT LAKE CITY — Epic, produced by Next Stage productions and directed by Marinda Maxfield, is set up as a choose-your-own-adventure-style, audience participation event. It feels like a live action…
Interview with Matthew Ivan Bennett
SALT LAKE CITY — Matthew Ivan Bennett is the resident playwright at Plan-B Theatre Company. He’s adapted stories for Plan B’s Radio Hour, as well as writing several original plays…
This MAMA is Complex and Real
SALT LAKE CITY — Plan-B Theatre Company’s production of MAMA directed by Jerry Rapier asks the question “How do you define a mother?” Of course there is no one correct…
BARE lays it all out there
SALT LAKE CITY — Many musicals feel the same. It’s not musical’s fault they are designed to be big broad crowd pleasers. But the more musicals I see the more…
Playwright Kenneth Jones on ALABAMA STORY at Pioneer
SALT LAKE CITY — It is not very often that a new play that takes place over 50 years ago is timely. Yet, that is just the situation that Ken…
Interview with Penny Caywood, Director of SLAC’s production of “A Year With Frog and Toad”
On December 5th Salt Lake Acting Company’s production of A Year With Frog and Toad opens. We talked to the director Penny Caywood, who has directed several children’s plays for…