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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Thank You, Folks
Garfield County News, 6 January 1972, page 1
The former management of the Gem Theatre wishes to thank you, our many patrons, whose support enabled us to bring the world of motion pictures into Panguitch and the surrounding area.
Our last night of showing was January 1, 1972. We hope that at some future date the show house in Panguitch will be re-opened. Until that time, "so long and thanks."
