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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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Students participate in the Camille Litalien master class, courtesy Salt Lake Acting Company.

A Starving Student Artist’s Ticket to Theater

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer February 28, 2019

  As students with low incomes and high expenses, it can be difficult to afford luxuries like movie or concert tickets. Even with discounts or rush tickets at theaters, going to multiple shows...

(Courtesy of Juliet Demars)

From Utah to Korea: Theater Alumna Thrives in Teaching and Performing

By Madge Slack February 22, 2019

  For many students, graduation is as scary as it is exciting, but Juliet Demars was not intimidated. Demars graduated from the University of Utah in December, 2017 with a B.A. in theater studies....

Courtesy of Salt Lake Acting Company

See ‘The Cake’ and Love It Too at Salt Lake Acting Company

By Madge Slack February 9, 2019

  Salt Lake Acting Company’s production of “The Cake” is both heartwarming and thought-provoking. In a surprising twist for a play about homosexual marriage, this show is not nearly as progressive...

(Courtesy of Mandy McDonell)

U Alumna Heads to the Broadway Stage: Mandy McDonnell’s Journey to ‘Cinderella’

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor February 8, 2019

  If you are looking for actress Mandy McDonell, she is currently waltzing her way across the nation in the national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” As a member of the show’s...

(Courtesy of Pioneer Theatre Company)

‘The Lion in Winter:’ A Historical ‘Game of Thrones’

By Madge Slack December 31, 2018

  What better way to kick off the new year than with a little death, betrayal and inheritance? Pioneer Theatre Company presents “The Lion in Winter” as their first show of 2019. Not only is...

film set of Les Miserables. courtesy Wikimedia Commons

The Movies Are Singing Again

By Abigail Raasch, Arts Writer November 20, 2018

  The movie musical has been making a comeback in the last few years. Movies such as “Les Miserables” and “Into the Woods” have cast big-name stars and brought stage musicals back to life....

Fringe Festival Brings Great Live Theatre to Salt Lake

Fringe Festival Brings Great Live Theatre to Salt Lake

By Marshall Falkner July 28, 2018

Theater: a universal constant through most of human history. From morality plays to kabuki, and William Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams, almost all cultures have some form of theater. We have several...

PTC’s ‘The Crucible’ delivers

February 18, 2015

One of the great joys of theatre is the exploration of the wide range of human emotions. While theatre seems to thrive off catchy uplifting musicals and silly quirky comedies every once in a blue moon...

Pioneer Theatre Company’s “Crucible” brings perfection to the production

February 8, 2015

Right on the heels of the successful world premiere of “Alabama Story” comes yet another powerful production from Pioneer Theatre Company with “The Crucible.” Written in 1953 by Arthur Miller,...

Peter Story takes stereotypes to the next level in one-man comedy show

Peter Story takes stereotypes to the next level in one-man comedy show

November 17, 2014

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Despite the indignant protests of those who refuse to be categorized, the fact of the matter is stereotypes are funny because they are true — well, mostly true. That...