Theater

Review: #SLACabaret Skewers Utah’s Quirks

Way back in summer 2019—if you can even remember that long ago—Salt Lake Acting Company performed their 41st iteration of Saturday’s Voyeur. The long-running satire lampooned national politics, Utah culture and Mormonism;...

Utah Theater Companies Announce 2021-22 Seasons

After many months of uncertainty and disappointment, live theater is returning to some kind of normal. Broadway is expected to reopen next month, and, here in Utah, theaters are preparing for an...

Utah Shakespeare Festival Returns to the Stage for 60th Anniversary

Add Utah Shakespeare Festival to the list of summer traditions that are coming back after COVID-mandated cancellations in 2020. After altering and ultimately cancelling the Cedar City festival last summer, organizers are...

New Perspectives in Plan-B Theatre’s ‘Local Color’

From a disturbing portrait of late-capitalist dystopia to an emotional debate about Facebook ethics, Plan-B Theatre’s final 2020-21 production covers a lot of ground in its one-hour runtime. The audio production series...

Plan-B Theatre’s ‘Local Color’ Highlights POC Artists

As theaters across the country continue to grapple with racial equity, Plan-B Theatre is closing their season of audio dramas with Local Color, a series of short plays by POC writers.  The four...

Salt Lake Acting Company’s ‘Alabaster’ Elevates Virtual Theater

If months stuck at home inspired you to start rambling conversations with your pets, Alabaster, Salt Lake Acting Company’s newest play, might be uncomfortably relatable. What might be less familiar is that...

Salt Lake Acting Company Announces New Accessibility Campaign

Last week, Salt Lake Acting Company launched The Amberlee Fund: Accessibility Elevated, a $1 million capital campaign to completely redesign their theater to make the space more accessible. Fans of SLAC know...

Drink with Ernest Hemingway in ‘The Lost Generation’ by SonderIMMERSIVE

A word of advice to anyone preparing for post-vaccination, “real-world” social interaction again: practice your dinner party small talk. I learned this the hard way last week at a small, intimate dinner...

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