A dramatic scene
By Ivan M. Lincoln, theater editor
Deseret News, 15 August 1997, page W1
Deseret News, 15 August 1997, page W1
Article Summary:
There are an unusually high number of theater companies this season that are homeless or struggling with financial problems.
The StageStop Theatre, working out of the historic Main Theatre in Smithfield, closed last weekend.
The Wooden Dog has closed to make room for two new retail stores, forcing TheatreWorks West to revert to its formerly nomadic ways.
Plan-B Theater Company is looking for a vacant stage after the closure of Aardvark's Cabaret near Pioneer Park.
Park City Performances is using the Park City Elks Lodge for its Production of "Nunsense" while the Egyptian Theatre is in the middle of a massive renovation project.
The Rodgers Memorial Theatre in Centerville is raising funds to keep Davis County's only year-round theater open.
The Wasatch Theatre Company opened its first production Thursday night in Westminster College's Jewett Center for the Performing Arts.
The new Rose Wagner Hall was designed specifically for dance, not theater. And the steep rental fees are probably way beyond most small companies' budgets.
The Hale Centre Theatre recently broke ground in West Valley City for an $8.2 million, state-of-the-art theater-in-the-round.
The StageStop Theatre, working out of the historic Main Theatre in Smithfield, closed last weekend.
The Wooden Dog has closed to make room for two new retail stores, forcing TheatreWorks West to revert to its formerly nomadic ways.
Plan-B Theater Company is looking for a vacant stage after the closure of Aardvark's Cabaret near Pioneer Park.
Park City Performances is using the Park City Elks Lodge for its Production of "Nunsense" while the Egyptian Theatre is in the middle of a massive renovation project.
The Rodgers Memorial Theatre in Centerville is raising funds to keep Davis County's only year-round theater open.
The Wasatch Theatre Company opened its first production Thursday night in Westminster College's Jewett Center for the Performing Arts.
The new Rose Wagner Hall was designed specifically for dance, not theater. And the steep rental fees are probably way beyond most small companies' budgets.
The Hale Centre Theatre recently broke ground in West Valley City for an $8.2 million, state-of-the-art theater-in-the-round.