SLAC presents a fascinating mess in HIR
SALT LAKE CITY — This small California home is a mess. There is laundry littering the floor, rubbish piled up so high by the front door that it is impassable,…
STAG’S LEAP brings poetry to life
SALT LAKE CITY – In the wake of her divorce, Sharon Olds wrote poetry to reflect on the dissolution of a 30- year marriage. The resultant book, Stag’s Leap, combs…
SLAC’s 3 LITTLE PIGS is true, depending on your point of view
SALT LAKE CITY — If you have been or had a kid since 1989, you’re probably familiar with Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s children’s book The True Story of the…
‘Planet’ to see SLAC’s MERCURY as swiftly as you can
SALT LAKE CITY — Mercury, by Steve Yockey, is an absolute curiosity in the best of ways. I had no idea what I was about to get into when I…
Experience the balm of Gilead of SLAC’s SATURDAY’S VOYEUR
SALT LAKE CITY — It has been a rough year for Americans. No matter your political leanings, the impossibility of blocking the outcry of impassioned consternation from your universe is…
Give a hand to Salt Lake Acting Company’s HAND TO GOD
SALT LAKE CITY — Book-ended by monologues contemplating the nature, origin, and roles of basic Christian tenets of good, evil, the devil, and salvation, Hand to God tells the stories…
SATURDAY’S VOYEUR is a poignant and raucous delight
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake Acting Company tradition for over 35 years, Allen Nevins and Nancy Borgenicht‘s Saturday’s Voyeur is a Salt Lake staple when it comes to…
STUPID F***KING BIRD is a beautiful, bored, brilliant devil
SALT LAKE CITY — People clap when cake comes out, but sometimes the lighter malfunctions. That is the theme of the superfluously wonderful Stupid F***king Bird, but it certainly does…
Bring your imagination to go CLIMBING WITH TIGERS
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s not a good sign when I start crying during the introduction of a show. Yeah, that happened . . . because the story behind Climbing…
Intense reality in STREETLIGHT WOODPECKER
SALT LAKE CITY — As the streetlight glows above the fence, a chorus of crickets announces the coming of each night on Sam’s driveway. Adding to their rhythmic strains is…