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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Panguitch City Council Meets
Garfield County News, 10 May 2001, page 1
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Old Show House / Gem Theater
Mayor Torgerson spoke with the owners of the Show House property. A letter stated that the partition was originally there for protection and security. The owners are currently in process of obtaining a loan to finish the Show House project. If this does not materialize, they will redo the partition and make the front look nice. A motion was made to grant a 60-day time frame to the Gregureks to begin work on the old Gem Theater.
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