Experience the truth of Utah Rep’s DOUBT
SALT LAKE CITY — The subtitle of John Patrick Shanley’s 2004 play Doubt calls it “a parable.” At one point in the play, Father Flynn, a Catholic priest, is describing…
9 CIRCLES is upsetting and necessary
OGDEN—Through the first three scenes of Weber State’s 9 Circles, I sat dreading the negative review I’d have to write. This script could be a winner, I thought, but the…
MOCKINGBIRD is a beautiful insight into the autistic world
SALT LAKE CITY — The image of the mockingbird lies significantly, but also subtly throughout the text of this play. Caitlin flits about the stage with magnificent energy, repeating and…
Cancer is not awesome, but WIT is.
OGDEN — It’s a show about a University Professor of English dying of ovarian cancer? And the play’s title is Wit. So, of course this play isn’t being billed as…
New MOCKINGBIRD explores Asperger’s Syndrome
OGDEN — Art, in all its forms, provides an opportunity for the audience to step into another’s shoes. Although every artistic medium allows the audience to examine the artist’s point…
SLAC’s VENUS IN FUR dominates the stage
SALT LAKE CITY — Venus in Fur is a play full of mysteries, as the viewer must try to discover the hidden desires of Thomas Novachek, a writer-director of a…
CLOSER examines truth, power, and relationships
SALT LAKE CITY — Wasatch Theatre Company’s production of Closer by Patrick Marber is a fascinating contemporary drama that explores relationships and challenges questions of morality. Specifically, Marber challenges the…
MANNING UP shows men on the cusp of major life changes
SALT LAKE CITY — One of the biggest changes a man will go through in his adult life is the change that occurs when their first child is born. Fears…
Weber State’s CHARM lives up to its name
OGDEN — Margaret Fuller was one of the Concord, Massachusetts, Transcendentalists. She was editor of The Dial, a journal to which Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne…
COURSE 86B IN THE CATALOG is more than just history
SALT LAKE CITY — Kathleen Cahill has been a playwright in residence at Salt Lake Acting Company for the last two years, and from past reviews the relationship between Cahill…