VIDEO: DIRECTOR INVITES ALL TO “SUNDANCE-IFICATION” OF OZ
SUNDANCE — As an editor and reviewer for Utah Theater Bloggers Association, I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Chase Grant, a professor of directing at Utah Valley…
Interview with Utah Valley Players’ NEXT TO NORMAL director Shawnda Moss
PLEASANT GROVE — My opening question to Zack Elzey, producer of the Utah Valley Theatre Festival that is now entering its sixth year, was an echo from a show that…
Interview with Julie Heaton, director of Sundance’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC
SUNDANCE — Fresh off opening weekend and a rave review by UTBA, we interviewed The Sound of Music director Julie Heaton by phone about her process creating the show, and…
An interview with BODY AWARENESS director Morag Shepherd
SALT LAKE CITY — The next show at Pygmalion Productions is Body Awareness, a play by Annie Baker opening on May 6. Body Awareness is a probing play that examines…
Theatre Thursday: The Cat in the Hat at the Parker Theatre
If you find your day is too adult-wordy, And you want your world to be topsy turvy, Then sit down with your kids and have a chat, That you want…
Theatre Thursday: CenterPoint Legacy Theater’s PETER AND THE STARCATCHER.
CENTERVILLE — Since the beginning of November, the cast and crew of CenterPoint Legacy Theater have been working together to rehearse this production of “Peter and the Starcatcher.” They have…
Jennifer A. Kokai discusses her new book, SWIM PRETTY
Jennifer A. Kokai is a name that pops up regularly in the UTBA archives as a director. A faculty member at Weber State University, Dr. Kokai is also the author…
Meet the cast and director of Pygmalion’s ELEEMOSYNARY
SALT LAKE CITY — Three women sit before me: Barb Gandy, Tracie Merrill, and Sydney Shoell. Each are different in age, for they are set to portray three generations of…
Director Penelope Caywood on fresh perspectives from SLAC’s DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER, AND A FLY
Since 2009, Salt Lake Acting Company has given it’s holiday schedule slot to a production for young audiences. Beginning with Go, Dog, Go! based on the book of the same…
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…