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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Lexie Thomsen and Allison Billmeyer in rehearsals for The Well Spoken. (Courtesy Bonneville Theatre Company Instagram)

Fringe Fest: Despite Festival Cancelation ‘The Well Spoken’ is Powerful

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor August 9, 2021

  Many theatre companies have experienced transition over the past year and a half, not only in the losses felt during the COVID-19 pandemic, but in addressing concerns of diversity and inclusion...

Jessica Graham and Connor Nelis Johnson in Ronald and Edith. (Courtesy of the Fairy Story Society)

Fringe Fest: ‘Ronald and Edith’ Bares a Whimsical Heart In Its Story of Artistic Inspiration

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer August 3, 2021

  "The Lord of the Rings" and “The Hobbit” were not writer J.R.R. Tolkien’s only journeys into the fictional Middle-earth — he wrote many other stories set in this world that were compiled...

Strangers: a Homos Odyssey (Courtesy of Tom Roche and the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival)

Fringe Fest: ‘Strangers: A Homo’s Odyssey’ is a Beautiful Journey in Self-Love

By Luke Jackson August 1, 2021

  Why do we love? This age-old question has been asked by all who’ve felt the bitter sting of heartbreak or the intense grasp of infatuation. Answers to the query have been attempted by poets,...

(Courtesy of Great Salt Lake Fringe.)

Fringe’s ‘Telephone:’ A Contemporary Parable on Faith Worth Seeing

By Abigail Bowé, Arts Writer August 22, 2019

  Those unfamiliar with independent theater may imagine it as something along the lines of a certain bit from an episode of "Friends" where protagonist Chandler Bing is uncomfortably trapped in...

(Courtesy of Great Salt Lake Fringe.)

Excitingly Fresh and Innovative Theater at Salt Lake’s 2019 Fringe Festival

By Abigail Bowé, Arts Writer August 6, 2019

  It's okay to admit it — most of the Hollywood blockbusters to have come out this summer are lackluster. Notable critics left and right have rebuked the sour trend, but frankly, it's no surprise...