Jennifer A. Kokai discusses her new book, SWIM PRETTY
Jennifer A. Kokai is a name that pops up regularly in the UTBA archives as a director. A faculty member at Weber State University, Dr. Kokai is also the author…
Meet the cast and director of Pygmalion’s ELEEMOSYNARY
SALT LAKE CITY — Three women sit before me: Barb Gandy, Tracie Merrill, and Sydney Shoell. Each are different in age, for they are set to portray three generations of…
Director Penelope Caywood on fresh perspectives from SLAC’s DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER, AND A FLY
Since 2009, Salt Lake Acting Company has given it’s holiday schedule slot to a production for young audiences. Beginning with Go, Dog, Go! based on the book of the same…
Perfectly Portioned: Playwright Melissa Leilani Larson on mixing food and body image in Plan-B’s THE EDIBLE COMPLEX
Plan-B Theatre Company extended its mission to produce socially conscious theatre pieces to include a new and younger generation by launching FEST ( the Free Elementary School Tour) in 2013.…
Playwright Jenifer Nii on the key to creating KINGDOM OF HEAVEN for Plan-B
Plan-B Theatre Company closes their 25th anniversary season with an all new original musical written by Jenifer Nii (Suffrage, The Scarlet Letter, and this year’s touring children’s piece Ruff!) and…
Plan-B playwright Rob Tennant on being BOOKSMART
Plan-B Theatre Company is celebrating 25 years of producing new, relevant, and socially conscious plays for sold-out Utah audiences. Part of Plan B’s involvement in serving its community through art…
A Fresh Take on a Horror Class: Interview with Johnny Hebda about the Utah premier of Carrie.
Johnny Hebda is a familiar name in the Utah theatre community. He is an actor, director, producer and one of the founders of Utah Repertory Theater Company. In the last…
Chills and trills: Plan-B playwright Eric Samuelsen on his influences, process, and THE KREUTZER SONATA
The almost 15-year artistic relationship between Plan-B Theatre Company and Eric Samuelsen has created a truly remarkable canon of work exemplifying Plan-B’s mission to foster unique work from local playwrights.…
Father of the BRIDE: Christopher Clark on breathing life into Sackerson’s BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Named for a bear-baiting champion animal immortalized in Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and paraphrasing visionary director Peter Brook on their website with the statement “theatre: holy, rough, immediate”,…
Interview with Nancy Melich, Utah Shakespeare Festival literary seminar director
CEDAR CITY — Over the years, the Utah Shakespeare Festival has grown in size and scope. In addition to plays, audience members can take backstage tours, have lunch with actors,…