Interview with Utah Story Center Founder Chris Hults
PLEASANT GROVE — Children’s theatre is often discussed in terms of its audience: young people, families, school groups, first-time theatergoers. But for Chris Hults, director of A Year with Frog…
New TVY Company Makes a FRIENDLY UNIVERSE for Littles
SALT LAKE CITY — People are strange. New people are so odd that we call them strangers. For young children, the universe is full of things that are new, strange,…
Learning Self-Reliance to Confront ‘The Hairy Man’
OREM — What should you do when a fear keeps you from being who you want to be or going where you want to go? Do you run away? Pretend…
Slumber Not at This Shakespeare!
PROVO — Who hasn’t been elbow-jabbed in the ribs by a companion after dozing off during a Shakespeare play? But in the enchanting adaptation of the Bard of Avon’s “Taming…
‘The Secret Garden’ at The Children’s Theatre
SALT LAKE CITY — The Secret Garden is one of the most beloved stories in children’s literature, and though many have tried to capture its essence in film and theatre,…
Pleasantly surprised by the story of Jack
SALT LAKE CITY — Jack and the Beanstalk, at The Children’s Theater in SLC, was a visual delight with natural comedy; it left me feeling joyful and excited. What this…