ONE FOOT is sweet and ephemeral
SALT LAKE CITY — As part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Wasatch Theatre Company is showcasing One Foot, a play by Lojo Simon. One Foot tells the story…
Finding connections in Wasatch Theatre Co’s A BRIGHT NEW BOISE
SALT LAKE CITY — Every job involves some navigation of workplace culture and politics. When Will starts work at the Boise, Idaho, Hobby Lobby, he upsets the store’s daily grind…
Humor abounds in VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
SALT LAKE CITY — The works of Anton Chekhov, one of the most prolific realist playwrights of the late 19th and early 20th century, are the inspiration for Christopher Durang’s…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE in 2015
At the end of every year at UTBA we collect our members’ thoughts on the excellent shows they have seen that year. And for the fifth year in a row,…
Wasatch Theatre Company’s WIT is truly grand
Salt Lake City – My first exposure to Margaret Edson‘s play, Wit, was at a one-act play festival in high school. It contrasted so drastically with everything else there that…
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED explores conflict between sexuality and career
SALT LAKE CITY — The Little Dog Laughed is a contemporary comedy by Douglas Carter Beane. It follows the story of an up-and-coming Hollywood actor and leading man named Mitchell…
UTBA reviewers sound off: EXCELLENCE IN 2014
December is full of annual traditions, and at UTBA our favorite is our yearly blog post about the excellence we saw on the Utah stage during the year. In 2014…
Wasatch’s HAPPY is a pleasure to watch
SALT LAKE CITY — Alfred is happy, in spite of everything, at least that’s according to his best friend Eduardo. Alfred comes by Eduardo’s apartment on a rainy evening to…
THE COLOR PURPLE is a powerful story of identity
SALT LAKE CITY — One theme that all people can relate to is the search for one’s ipseity, or identity. It is a universal struggle, and a journey explored in…
JUDAS ISCARIOT gets his day in court in Wasatch Theatre Company’s latest production
SALT LAKE CITY — Is anyone purely good or purely evil? Are we the product of our circumstances or are we simply pieces in a destined plan for mankind that…