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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'Jungle Book' among shows opening
Deseret News, 23 May 2004, page E13
Article Summary:
“The Jungle Book” begins the TOA Theatre Company season at The Mark Studio at 3188 S. 400 East. The production, which opens Thursday and continues through June 20, is a collaborative project involving TOA, The Mark Studio, and the Academy of Performing Arts.
