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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Performing Arts

Red Bike

Pygmalion Theatre Company Presents “Red Bike”

By Sara Wilcox April 17, 2018

Pygmalion Theatre Company is closing their season with the production of “Red Bike.” This play, written by Caridad Svich, is a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere directed by Fran Pruyn.  The...

Cara MacDonald

Events Calendar April 16

By Alina Hansen April 16, 2018

Christal Hazelton Talk “The Things We Tell Our Children: A Look at LGBT+ in Children’s Animation” by Christal Hazelton will be presented on Tuesday, April 17 from 12-1 p.m. at the CTIHB building...

University of Utah Department of Theatre

“Our Country’s Good” Could Be Better

By Jaycen Eggleston April 13, 2018

"Our Country's Good," the tale of an Australian penal colony in 1788, gets lost in translation onstage at the Babcock Theatre. An impressive feat, considering the tale is about English and Irish criminals...

Freshman Mason Duncan (left) and Caroline Hanks (right), theater majors with an emphasis in musical theater, participate in Margo Andrews musical theater training program, voice and text class, working on a poetry reading exercise in the Fine Arts West Building on campus in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Five Lessons I Learned as a Theater Major

By Haley Oliphant, Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2018

It’s no surprise to anyone that arts degrees have a bad reputation. They’re often thrown to the side as useless and trivial — degrees one pursues when there are no other options. This “last resort”...

Richard Scharine as Niels Bohr

The Physics Department Presents “Copenhagen”

By Sara Wilcox April 9, 2018

CORRECTION: A typing error dated the Heisenberg-Bohr meeting in 1931. The sentence has been corrected to the proper year of 1941. Anybody who has taken a chemistry class has most likely heard the name...

Some of the cast of U Theatre Departments Our Countrys Good

U of U Students to Perform “Our Country’s Good”

By Josh Petersen April 4, 2018

For most people, the image of a convict living in prison and the image of a sensitive actor baring his soul onstage could not be more different. It seems as if these are two worlds that would never collide,...

2017-2018 line-up for Pioneer Theater Company

PTC Stumbles with “Twelfth Night”

By Josh Petersen April 2, 2018

Adapting well-known plays can be a hard proposition, and the challenges seem to increase with every subsequent production. Without any radical new direction, a production can feel like a pointless re-hash,...

Cast of Up (The Man in the Flying Chair)

“Up (The Man in the Flying Chair)” is Smart and Engaging

By Josh Petersen March 14, 2018

Loosely based on a true story, Bridget Carpenter’s “Up (The Man in the Flying Chair)” examines the aftermath of an event that on its face feels like a mere tabloid curiosity. In the 1970s, Walter...

School of Dances Second Annual Gala Kicks Off on Thursday

School of Dance’s Second Annual Gala Kicks Off on Thursday

By Madge Slack March 13, 2018

Dancers from both the modern and ballet departments are preparing for their second annual dance gala, which will be held this weekend. The performance will be at Kingsbury Hall, and as a special treat,...

Cast of Up (The Man in the Flying Chair)

The U Department of Theatre presents “Up (The Man in the Flying Chair)”

By Sara Wilcox March 6, 2018

The department of theatre at University of Utah is proud to present the dramatic comedy "Up (The Man in the Flying Chair)." Written by Bridget Carpenter, this story exhibits both the freedoms and dangers...