A WORLD PREMIERE BY MATTHEW IVAN BENNETT & ELAINE JARVIK
October 2-19, 2025
in the Studio Theatre @ The Rose
THURSDAYS @ 7PM
FRIDAYS @ 7PM
SATURDAYS @ 4PM
(SENSORY-FRIENDLY OCTOBER 4, ASL-INTERPRETED OCTOBER 11)
SUNDAYS @ 2PM
SOLD OUT
90 minutes
No intermission
No late seating
Great Salt Lake and a brine shrimp walk into a bar...
In JUST ADD WATER, Great Salt Lake takes human form and heads into the city on a quest to understand what is happening to her and what she can do about it.
A whimsical, cli-fi dramedy about nature spirits, open mics, mic drops, humans, dust, and hope.
CAST & CREATIVE
Playwrights: Matthew Ivan Bennett & Elaine Jarvik
Actors: Latoya Cameron, Amona Faatau, Alec Kalled, Isabella Reeder
Costume Designer: Victoria Bird
Director: Penelope Caywood
Dramaturg: Heather May + Great Salt Lake Collaborative
Graphic Designer: Alisha Jones
Great Salt Lake Consultant (Biologist): Jaimi Butler
Great Salt Lake Consultant (Elder, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation): Darren Parry
Intimacy Director: Liz Whittaker
Lighting Designer: Emilio Casillas
Line Notes: Kallie Filanda
Props Designer: Arika Schockmel
Assistant Props Designer + Education Coordinator + Photographer: Sharah Meservy
Education Liaison: Aliyah Bacca
Scenic Designer: Janice Chan
Scenic Builder + Electrician: David Knoell
Service Learning Intern: Ren Lasher
Sound Designer: Cheryl Ann Cluff
Stage Manager: Maisie Bunker Nelson
JUST ADD WATER and EB & FLO by Elaine Jarvik are The Great Salt Lake Plays, part of Wake the Great Salt Lake, a temporary art project supported by Salt Lake City Arts Council, Salt Lake City's Mayor's Office, and Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge.
