Adams Shakespearean Theatre
Cedar City, Utah
In the early 1960s, business owners worried that the proposed Interstate 15 would divert tourists from Cedar City as they travelled to Zions and Bryce Canyon national parks. Fred C. Adams, a professor at Southern Utah State College, thought a theater festival might encourage passing tourists to exit the new freeway. For its first season in 1962, the Utah Shakespeare Festival used a makeshift outdoor platform as a stage, with the audience seated in folding chairs on the lawn. In 1977, the festival built the Adams Shakespearean Theatre, a replica of the original Globe Theatre.
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Shut-in Groups To See Movie
Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 1967, page 24
Monday and Tuesday at 1 p.m. will be "show time" for 1,200 area shut-ins and handicapped children and adults.
The group will be guests of The Salt Lake Tribune and Villa Theatre, 3092 Highland Dr., at two special shows of the Cinerama production "Grand Prix."
Youngsters and oldsters from hospitals, day care centers and rest homes from Salt Lake, American Fork and other nearby communities will participate in the fun outing.
