3rd Annual Rose Exposed hits “Home”
On one intense Saturday in 2012, the six resident companies of The Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center came together to showcase all the opportunities available in their fertile creative home…
9 playwrights on The Lab at Plan-B Theatre Company
If ever there were a wall on which I’d want to be the fly, this is it. The Lab at Plan-B Theatre Company is an incubator for new work by…
Interview with Joshua Stavros, Utah Shakespeare Fest’s Greenshow co-director
CEDAR CITY — Few things capture the feel of the Renaissance as much as a greenshow, and few greenshows can compare to Utah Shakespeare Festival’s. One of my earliest theatrical…
Interview with Kyle Eberlein, Utah Shakespeare Festival actor & cabaret organizer and co-host
CEDAR CITY — UTBA first came to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in 2010, coincidentally the same year that cast member Kyle Eberlein did. That year Eberlein was in the greenshow…
Anne Cullimore Decker on censorship and Plan-B’s AND THE BANNED PLAYED ON
SALT LAKE CITY — Censorship of the arts is not an uncommon event in Utah. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked to remove or change lines…
Writer David Kranes and A LOSS OF APPETITE at SLAC
David Kranes is a seemingly inexhaustible writer with 50 plays and 7 novels to his credit, as well as numerous stories, screenplays, and lectures. Mr. Kranes is also a professor…
Director JC Carter and GRACE at Utah Rep & ATG
Utah Repertory Theatre is relatively new to local audiences, but it is carving out a respectable reputation with high production values and fresh scripts. Utah Rep is presenting a season…
William McAllister and playing Jimmy Stewart at The Covey
The Covey Center for the Arts in Provo has been increasingly impressing local audiences with thoughtful and family friendly productions. Their latest offering is Jimmy Stewart Goes to Hollywood, by…
Christy Summerhays and 3 at Plan-B
SALT LAKE CITY — As Plan-B comes to an end of its very successful season dedicated to playwright Eric Samuelsen, I had the opportunity to talk with Christy Summerhays, an…
Mark Fossen and CLEARING BOMBS at Plan-B
Plan-B Theatre has made its mark on Utah theatre by bringing highly charged and politically relevant new work to local audiences. The 2013/2014 ‘Season of Eric’ (featuring 4 original productions…