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
The wait list is no longer available.
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
A WEEK WITH A PLAY
JUST ADD WATER will serve high school students in grades 11-12 with free student matinees via our A Week With A Play program, wherein students read a play, see that play, and then discuss it with the playwright. Click the button below for details and registration.
A WORLD PREMIERE BY ELAINE JARVIK
Free (BUT TICKETS REQUIRED)
Public Performances of our
13th Annual FREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOUR
October 4, 11, 18, 2025
February 14, 21, 28, 2026
in the Studio Theatre @ The Rose
SATURDAYS @ 1PM (ASL-INTERPRETED)
40 minutes
No intermission
Flo, a fantastic flamingo who craves adventure meets Eb, a sensible seagull worried about a shrinking lake.
EB & FLO was created specifically for grades K-3 about the importance of Great Salt Lake and how small actions can have big effects.
JUST ADD WATER and EB & FLO 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.
