The 11th Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) is in the books. Once again, the venue of the Alliance Theater, connected to the Utah Arts Alliance, at Trolley Square, was ideal for this event, along with the MadKing Fellowship Theater at The Gateway. This year’s edition with 23 shows was the strongest in quality and writing … Read more
The first weekend of the 11th Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) is in the books and the numbers look good: as of yesterday, current sales stood at $16,615. Audience numbers reached more than 1,000, with more than 900 tickets sold and complementary tickets included. Shows for the second weekend resume July 31 and run through … Read more
In the updated, slimmer, far more terse version of Morag Shepherd’s two-hander My Brother Was A Vampire, only occasional wisps of the crisp, tart and sardonic banter between Callum and his sister Skye from the earlier version remain. Played by actors Tyler Fox and Ariana Farber who are considerably older than the two actors who … Read more
This year, the devilishly astute and enlightened triumvirate of writers behind the exceptional The Secret Lives of the Real Wives in the Salt Lake Hive, Salt Lake Acting Company’s (SLAC) summer show, reached deep into the spice cabinet, ensuring that the 2025 edition mogged its predecessors. Hands down, SLAC now has the secret formula for … Read more
Starting its second decade, the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival will feature 23 shows, many from outstanding indie theater companies in three venues, during the event which will run from July 24 to Aug. 3, in downtown Salt Lake City. The event will take place at the main hall and the black box at the … Read more
No question: ticket sales are vital for any performing arts organizations. No creative work is complete until the audience is brought into the mix. It is the lifeblood of the artistic experience. But, the arts also constitute the same realities of business and economics that any other sector of society must contend with in order … Read more
Just one weekend remains in Meanwhile Park’s world premiere production run of two one-act plays: Andrea Berting’s Red Devil and Nathan Johnson’s Vacation. Only limited availability remains for tickets. The production runs through July 20. Meanwhile Park, which is near the Herman Franks Dog Park, opens at 8:30 p.m. on performance nights, and the shows … Read more
The splendid Meanwhile Park outdoor theatrical venue will be the site for its first double-bill premiere, featuring one-act plays by Andrea Berting of Chicago (Red Devil) and Nathan Johnson (Vacation). This is the third consecutive summer for a world premiere at Meanwhile Park. Both plays were selected by a jury for the Meanwhile Park Playwright … Read more
No question, the current U.S. presidential administration is trying its damndest to erase and eradicate a pluralist society that long ago successfully synthesized a monumental diaspora of Latin American, Indigenous and Hispanic cultural legacies which have constructed localized identities that have effectively developed, controlled and disseminated their narratives crossing back and forth across political, cultural, … Read more
It is impressive to recognize how some artists become fluent in and even translate and incorporate distinct and faraway languages of the visual arts so quickly and respectfully within a short time into their work. And, they accomplish the utmost sensitivity to embody the original meaning of a particular visual art language in translated forms … Read more