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Performing Arts

Estephani Cerros in Aftershock at Plan-B Theatre. (Courtesy Sharah Meservy)

Plan-B Theatre’s ‘Aftershock’ Highlights Womanhood and Relationships

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor April 11, 2022

  Plan-B Theatre continues their 2022 season “In Person. In Color” with “Aftershock,” written by Iris Salazar and performed in the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. With direction from...

Poster for Utah Poetry Festival (Courtesy Utah Poetry Festival)

April Showers Bring Utah’s Annual Poetry Festival for National Poetry Month

By Avery Greig, Arts Editor April 10, 2022

  Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, but April is National Poetry Month and brings with it the annual Utah Poetry Festival in its vast, creative glory. A Hybrid Celebration Funded...

Joy Franz in Fireflies at Pioneer Theatre Company. (Courtesy pioneertheatre.org)

‘Fireflies’ at PTC: An Approachable and Cozy Night of Theatre

By Luke Jackson April 3, 2022

  On the Pioneer Memorial Theatre stage, the quaint home of retired schoolteacher Eleanor Bannister sits in front of us. It’s everything you’d expect from a 60-something woman living in 1995...

Penelope Caywood (Photo by Langley Hayman | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Penelope Caywood on Bringing the Transformative Power of Drama to the Classroom 

By Tervela Georgieva, Arts Writer April 2, 2022

  It’s hard to find someone who knows as much about youth theatre-arts programs as Penelope Caywood. Caywood is a teacher, actor, choreographer and the artistic director of University of Utah...

Aathaven Tharmarajah, Niki Rahimi and Carson Peasley in Illyria. (Courtesy Todd Collins Photography)

Sail To Far Away Lands in Department of Theatre Production ‘Illyria’

By Evan K. Beesley, Arts Writer April 2, 2022

  Get swept away in the University of Utah Department of Theatre's production of "Illyria." Based on the legendary comedy, "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, this production will have you...

Lungs (Courtesy Pinnacle Acting Company)

Should You Have Kids? ‘Lungs’ Asks the Age-Old Question in the Present Day

By Tervela Georgieva, Arts Writer March 29, 2022

  On March 17, Pinnacle Acting Company premiered “Lungs” — an intimate, unflinchingly raw, two-person show — at Riot HQ. Written by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Shianne Gray, “Lungs”...

The cast of Matilda Jr. singing The Smell of Rebellion at Kingsbury Hall. (Courtesy Todd Collins Photography)

‘Matilda Jr.’ Displays the Importance of Theatre by Young Performers

By Evan K. Beesley, Arts Writer March 27, 2022

  Based on the classic story by Roald Dahl, the University of Utah’s Youth Theatre production of "Matilda Jr." at Kingsbury Hall, follows a young, special girl named Matilda who uses her miraculous...

Something Rotten (Courtesy pioneertheatre.org)

PTC’s ‘Something Rotten’ Presents Something Hilarious and Fresh

By Luke Jackson March 16, 2022

  When I review in-person events, I always bring a pen and notepad. Having something physical in front of me to record thoughts and feelings as they come always helps with my writing process. I’ve...

Lexi Rabadi and Daniel Plimpton as Portia and Nigel in Something Rotten (Courtesy Pioneer Theatre Company)

Actors Lexi Rabadi and Daniel Plimpton on ‘Something Rotten’ at Pioneer Theatre Company

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor February 25, 2022

  As a major regional theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company brings in actors from across the nation to perform in their seasons of productions. With opening night for “Something Rotten” coming up,...

Dorian Electra (Courtesy of their Instagram @DorianElectra)

Dorian Electra Forms the Best Bits of Internet Culture Into a Stunning Concert

By Lucas Welk, Arts Writer February 24, 2022

  Dorian Electra makes music for people that grew up spending way too much time on the internet. They are a mouthful to describe, but Electra is a terminally-online, androgynous pop star that lives...

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