Debora Threedy on her play BALTHAZAR, our final (free!) Script-In-Hand Series reading of the season on April 3
I am – or was, I’m retired now – a law professor and the genesis of this play came when I was doing research for an academic article about Portia. In the midst of this research, one day this thought popped into my head: When Portia goes to court [in Shakespeare’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE], I don’t think it’s the first time she cross-dressed.
read moreWaitlist info for …OF COLOR
The run is sold out…but you can still see the show!
read moreBoard president Rebecca Chavez-Houck on …OF COLOR
Former Utah State Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck is Plan-B’s current board president. One of the things I love most about Plan-B Theatre is our willingness to tackle difficult subjects head on. And the uniquely Utah experience we intentionally incorporate...
read moreWhy …OF COLOR?
Don’t blind yourself to color onstage. Consciously look and listen.
read moreWaitlist info for AN EVENING OF TWO AWFUL MEN
Yes, the run of AN EVENING WITH TWO AWFUL MEN is sold out. But…you can still see the show! A pre-paid waitlist will form in the box office one hour before show time. You must be there, in person, to get on the wait list. Then check back five minutes before show time....
read moreJoin us for the free Script-In-Hand Series reading of “GUISE” & “DoLs” at the Edward Lewis Theatre Festival
Our Script-In-Hand Series is hitting the road (well, one block south and three blocks east to the Main Branch of the City Library)! Short plays-in-progress from our Theatre Artists of Color Writing Workshop – “Guise” by Chris Curlett &...
read moreHappy Trollidays!
“Troll the ancient yuletide carol…”
read morePlaywright Matthew Ivan Bennett on RADIO HOUR EPISODE 13: TROLL
… with TROLL I’ve latched onto sexism in particular and written a story about an internet troll who – presto chango – becomes a real troll. To free himself, he has to convince a feminist to fall in love with him. At the holidays.
read moreMexican playwright Iris Salazar on creating “American Pride” for …OF COLOR
… on a personal level, it was a way for me to work through my emotions surrounding our current political state.
read morePersian/Japanese playwright Bijan Hosseini on creating “The Frailest Thing” for …OF COLOR
I have no idea what I’m doing. Several people much smarter than me who do have all told me that this is okay.
read moreLatina playwright Olivia Custodio on creating “Drivers License, Please” for …OF COLOR
Writing a play is weird. Seriously weird.
read morePlaywright Elaine Jarvik on AN EVENING WITH TWO AWFUL MEN
“How would you like to write a play about our first gay president?”
read moreAfrican American playwright Darryl Stamp on creating “Roar” for …OF COLOR
The stand-up comedy writing process, the stress associated with entertaining audiences despite what’s going on in your personal life, and the exhilarating feeling you get when you hear audiences laugh is the inspiration for “Roar.”
read more#LoveUTGiveUT + #GivingTuesday = Love Utah Give Tuesday
Please join us online Tuesday, November 27 for a 24-hour day of giving to support the only professional theatre company in the entire country producing full seasons of new plays by local playwrights (hey – that’s us)!
read moreFrom the Artistic Director
We feel a responsibilty as a company to reflect the community in which we live. And yet I’ve been asking myself: with all that is happening, does attending the theatre even matter?
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