Double Delights at Meanwhile Park with VACATION and RED DEVIL
SUGARHOUSE — Meanwhile Park is a theatre venue unlike any other. The brain child of Jeff Paris, the 3-year-old company is hosted in the backyard of Artistic Director Jeff Paris…
SYMPATHIZER is unafraid to get messy
SALT LAKE CITY — “Human rights are black and white, but human beings aren’t” is the thesis at the heart of playwright Serena Collins’s new play, Sympathizer. Set in a…
SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT is something important to think about
PROVO — An Other Theater Company’s latest streaming production is Something to Cry About, an original devised work by Shelby Noelle Gist and Dorsey Williams. Directed by Gist, the short…
DESPERATE CROSSING & LETTERS FROM CUBA exposes immigrants’ plight
PROVO — Brigham Young University’s staging of Manual for a Desperate Crossing and Letters from Cuba is the most innovative production I have ever seen. With a striking, timely message…
Stream AOTC’s ODD SHAPED BALLS while staying in
PROVO – While theatre companies around the nation have shuttered their doors, An Other Theater Company has joined the trend of streaming shows online. Although the COVID-19 global pandemic forced…
A JANUARY THAW makes for a hot and cold night of theater
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s always fun to find a new theater and see a new kind of show, but it can also be like a box of chocolates (you…
Double Christmas pleasure with AMAHL and A CHRISTMAS CAROL
SALT LAKE CITY — How many crippled boys can be miraculously healed through the magic of Christmas? On the stage of the Grand Theatre, the answer is two per night.…
AFTERGLOW fails to shine at Utah Rep
SALT LAKE CITY – Fresh from Off-Broadway, Utah Repertory Theater Company presents Afterglow, a raw and intimate one-act play. Directed by Josh Patterson and written by S. Asher Gelman, Afterglow…
NIGHTHAWKS: Get the picture?
PROVO — As soon as one enters St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, scene of the workshop production of Spicer W. Carr’s Nighthawks, the title clicks. The play is going to give…
WAITING features a peek at the hereafter
OREM — Ethan Coen is best known, along with his brother Joel, as part of the film making team the Coen Brothers. Recognized for their absurd situations, quirky humor, and…