Creekside Theatre Fest

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…

PLEASANT GROVE — I recently had the pleasure of attending Creekside Theatre Fest’s preview of Persuasion at The Liahona Theater for the Community. Jane Austen fans will be familiar with…

CEDAR HILLS — There is something special about seeing a beloved childhood book transformed into a live theatrical experience. The challenge, of course, is capturing the charm and simplicity that…

CEDAR HILLS — As someone who studied Shakespeare from a literature perspective while living in London, I always approach productions of his work with a certain degree of caution. Shakespeare…

PLEASANT GROVE — Is there a right way to do an impossible thing? How do you grieve separation, death and loss? David Lindsey-Abaire’s 5-time tony winning play Rabbit Hole centers…

CEDAR HILLS — William Shakespeare’s Henry V is currently playing in the picturesque Heritage Park in Cedar Hills through Creekside Theatre Fest. Summer theatre in the park always seems to…

PLEASANT GROVE — Time is a train that never ceases to move down the tracks. With each passing year, more works are created and more from the past enter the…

If I had my guess, I’d bet that if you asked someone outside of Utah about what artists from Utah they could name, you’d be most likely to hear the…

PLEASANT GROVE — Many recent Broadway musicals are either of the jukebox variety or based on a movie. As a film and theatre critic I am of course fascinated by…

PLEASANT GROVE — Brigham Young once said, “Upon the stage of a theater can be represented in character, evil and its consequences, good and its happy rewards; the weakness and…