Sugar Factory Playhouse
West Jordan, Utah
After the city bowery was demolished to make way for a new fire station, West Jordan Theater Arts opened the 230-seat Sugar Factory Playhouse in the city's old sugar factory. Inspired by Trolley Square, the West Jordan City Council planned to renovate the sugar factory and turn it into a cultural arts center with a larger auditorium, amphitheater, art gallery, conference center, reception hall, and retail center. Expensive seismic upgrades eventually doomed the project and the sugar factory was demolished by the end of 2010.
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Utah Statesman, 23 April 2008
Article Summary:
LeGrande and Betty Larsen opened the 300-seat Pickleville Playhouse in the summer of 1977, naming the theater after a town near Bear Lake that was later annexed into Garden City. The family-owned business is currently run by Andrea Davis and her son T. J. Davis. Adjacent to the theater is the Pickleville Pavilion, which offers an optional western-style cookout. Performers include students and graduates from Utah State University, as well as some high school students.