Reading Time: 2 minutes Each year, the UVU Theatre department sponsors the Senior Platform Series. In 2016, Scott Twitchell and his crew will present “Baby with the Bathwater,” a play by Christopher Durang. The show will be performed Mar. 24-26 in the ExBox Theater and is free, although donations are gladly accepted at the door. “Baby with the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alanna Cottam Staff Writer Photos by Amanda Shaffer “An Ideal Husband”, the second show of the season for UVU’s Theatre Department, addresses the flaws in seeking out and expecting perfection from those around us. Written by Oscar Wilde in 1893, “An Ideal Husband” is set in high society London during the Victorian Era. Faced with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU Theater department chair and director Chris Clark scores again Lee Thomas Lifestyle Editor Photo by Jaron Hermansen Sackerson Productions’ experimental new version of “Bride of Frankenstein” is now playing in an unassuming industrial warehouse in Salt Lake City. The play is a bizarre, yet bewitching piece of art that is an excellent example […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s season opening play leaves audiences questioning, yet delighted Allana Cottam Staff Writer Photo courtesy UVU School of the Arts UVU Theatre Department’s season opener, “Major Barbara,” is a discussion presented in three acts that tries to answer the questions of right, wrong, and the price of salvation. Originally written in 1905 by Dr. George […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Preparation is underway for Alpine Community Theater’s production of “Annie.” The family-oriented play marks ACT’s ninth production and will be showing July 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 at Timberline Middle School. ACT is a non-profit organization, and the shows’ casts are volunteers from the community. “Annie” features two sets of cast members […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The theater department’s latest production “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” delights audiences with wit, satire and just enough innuendo. The business world can be a rough place for young hopefuls wanting to move up. But the theater department’s latest production shows you can get ahead without really trying. The musical […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every year the theater department sponsors a project called the Senior Platform Series, allowing students to produce original work. Many theater majors use the opportunity for their senior project. For Marc Navez however, who graduated last December with a BA in theater with an emphasis in directing musical theater, there simply wasn’t enough time in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Loss is part of life. Perhaps that’s why the story of the Greek poet Orpheus, descending into the depths of the Underworld to retrieve his bride from the world of the dead, hits home for so many people. The theater department brings the story of Eurydice (pronounced yoo-RID-uh-see) to the Noorda Theater with the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes One magical princess, one young mine laborer and one army of menacing goblins: the scene is set for a work that influenced J.R.R. Tolkien to write about the battle for Middle Earth and for C.S. Lewis to write about the imaginary world of Narnia. In partnership with Resonance Story Theater, the Noorda Theater will be […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is a tale of jealousy, selfishness and the downfall of a once great man. And for the first time, people can see a live performance in Utah Valley. “Othello,” directed by Dr. James Arrington, has never been performed in Utah Valley before. The Shakespeare play tells the story of Othello, a moor whose weakness […]