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Eva Merrill in the musical Nine at the University of Utah on April 24, 2022. (Photo by Langley Hayman | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

How and Why You Should Use Your Arts Pass

By Luke Jackson July 13, 2022

  I hope I’m not the person to break this news to you for the first time, but either way, buckle up. Here it comes — being a university student is bonkers expensive. Here we are, thrown into...

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...

The Book Club Play promo. (Courtesy University of Utah Department of Theatre)

‘The Book Club Play’ Opens at Babcock Theatre

By Tervela Georgieva, Arts Writer February 2, 2022

  On Jan. 28, the University of Utah’s Department of Theatre premiered “The Book Club Play,” written by Karen Zacarías and directed by Penelope Marantz-Caywood, at Babcock Theatre. The play...

Grace Cawley, McKinley Barr and Victoria Wolfe for Storm Still. (Courtesy Todd Collins)

‘Storm Still’ Brings Shakespearean Catharsis and Tragedy to a Family Backyard

By Luke Jackson September 27, 2021

  In the basement beneath the grandeur Pioneer Memorial Theatre sits the cozy Babcock Theatre, a space I've come to love, where the University of Utah's Department of Theatre set up shop for their...

(Photo by Brooklyn Critchley | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

University Resources for Arts Students this Fall

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer September 10, 2021

  As students and faculty prepare to return to the University of Utah’s campus, it’s important to give credit to the Science Technology Engineering and Math — STEM — advancements made by...

(Photo by Adam Fondren | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Fall and Winter Arts at the U Flourish Amid Pandemic

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor November 22, 2020

  Even as the days grow colder and the University of Utah campus barrels into a semester wrap-up featuring online instruction, the arts here at the U continue to flourish. A plethora of events...

University of Utah 2019-2020 Arts Recap

By Gabrielle Klinge, Arts Writer August 10, 2020

  The fine arts at the University of Utah were put on display in a variety of mediums during the 2019-20 school year. Theater productions, ballet concerts and orchestra performances, amongst other...

Professor Profiles: Getting to Know Your Fine Arts Educators

By Parker Dunn, Online Managing Editor May 4, 2020

  The College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah is full of amazing professors. With a new school year approaching — and a fresh batch of new students coming in needing to fulfill fine arts...

Getting Involved in the Arts

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor May 2, 2020

  If there’s one phrase that you’ll hear a lot of during your undergrad, it’s “get involved.” You may hear friends and peers wanting to participate in a certain exciting project or program...

Count Dracula transforms Lucy into a Vampire. (Courtesy of the University of Utah Theatre Department.)

Good Theatre and Good Monsters: The U of U Theatre Department’s ‘Dracula, the Musical’

By Abigail Bowé, Arts Writer September 17, 2019

  From Homer's fearsome beasts to Victorian penny dreadfuls, Grimm's fairy tales to 1980s slasher flicks, monsters appear everywhere throughout the history of storytelling. One can find Stephen...