Hecate Dominates In Sublime MACBETH at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY – There is a first for everything, and this season’s Macbeth at the Utah Shakespeare Festival is the first time I’ve ever seen the inclusion of Hecate in…
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA At Utah Shakes Is Tragically Beautiful
CEDAR CITY — William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is not often produced. This fact alone should entice Shakespeare lovers and novice’s alike to flock to Cedar City to see Utah…
UTBA Spring High School Preview
January is an exciting time to be a high school theatre student in Utah. The Utah Shakespeare Festival in October was again a highly engaging event for students across the…
2024 Sound Off in Utah Theatre Excellence – INDIVIDUALS
Part II When excellence is done in a show, so often the whole company is elevated by great work. We also want to recognize individual efforts at all levels that…
New Works Meet Old Questions at USF’s WORDS CUBED
CEDAR CITY — The new play development series at the Utah Shakespeare Festival has existed for many years, and I have been lucky enough to participate in it many times…
RADA Brings Mad-Cap MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM to USF
CEDAR CITY – One of the best times to come to the Utah Shakespeare Festival is the week the Royal Dramatic Academy of Arts (RADA) brings their touring production all…
Lightning Crackles Over THE MOUNTAINTOP at USF
CEDAR CITY — Can a hero ever live up to all we expect them to be? I thought this was going to be the major dramatic question of the Utah…
Stellar SILENT SKY at Utah Shakespeare Festival
CEDAR CITY — In her director’s note, Melinda Pfundstein says, “Through Gunderson’s Silent Sky, we explore permission and potential — internal or inspired by others — to experience, to live,…
Utah Shakespeare Festival’s HENRY VIII Deeper than “T’will Do.”
CEDAR CITY — A historical figure who was once little more than a footnote in American civics courses has burst back into the limelight due to the outrageous popularity of…
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING IS SOMETHING TO SEE AT USF
CEDAR CITY — The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Brad Carroll is playing in the Randall L. Jones theatre this season. Although staging Shakespeare in the…