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All productions are FREE ADMISSION. There’s no need to secure tickets in advance. We want everyone to be able to come see our students’ work! By attending one of our productions, you are actively participating in the growth and training of UT students.
Doors to the theatre open at 7pm for you to take a seat, with the show beginning at 7:30pm. Please look for more information on signs and in the programs pertaining to intermission breaks and safety.
See you at the show!
Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus.
September 22 – 24, September 27 – October 1
All performances at 7:30pm on the Eccles Mainstage
THE STORY: Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon.
In 1869, ten explorers set off to chart the Green and Colorado Rivers, under the guidance of John Wesley Powell, a one-armed Civil War Veteran and personal friend of President Grant, a government-sanctioned journey following in the footsteps of the deserters, lone adventurers, and countless indigenous people who have previously braved the wild rapids leading through Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico, and through the most dangerous waterway of all: the Grand Canyon. Along the way they make friends, they get on each other’s nerves, they suffer loss of boat and supplies, they doubt, struggle, and name mountains after themselves, they posture and pretend, they quit while they’re ahead, and they repeatedly brave dangerous rapids to reach the other side. As boats capsize and supplies are lost, as belts tighten and nerves fray. In Men On Boats, Jacklyn Backhaus’ original, hilarious, and delightful adventure dramedy, the conquering men out to chronicle the land in service of America, God, and Manifest destiny, are given voice and movement by actors who are anything and everything but caucasian and male, and the bravery, determination, foolishness, humanity, and true grit of the historical explorers is memorialized, while the historical moment of their journey is viewed with a critical lens.
Comedy
Content Advisory: PG-13. Adult themes and language.
Count Dracula by Ted Tiller
November 10 – 12, 15 – 19
All performances at 7:30pm in the Eccles Blackbox Theatre
THE STORY: The classic tale of Count Dracula meets wit and suaveness in this adaptation. Prepare for thrills, frights, laughs and everything in between as you descend into lair of of one of the most notorious literary villains of all time.
Drama with Comedy
Content Advisory: PG. Dark tones & horror.
The Drowsy Chaperone
Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lamber & Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin & Don McKellar
February 23 – 25, February 28 – March 4
All performances at 7:30pm on the Eccles Mainstage
THE STORY:
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.
With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
Musical! Comedy!
Content Advisory: PG. Some adult themes.
Student Directors’ Festival
April 6 – 8, 11 – 15
All performances at 7:30pm in the Eccles Blackbox Theatre
This production will feature work directed by UT Theatre students. Specific details on these pieces will be added as they are developed.
Content Advisory: (Likely) Adult Themes and Language.
SHOWTIMES & TICKETING
- All performances begin promptly at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted
- All productions are free admission – no need to secure tickets
- There will be no reserved seating
- Questions? Please contact Chelsea Richards at 435-879-4385 or crichards@utahtech.edu
POLICIES
Latecomers
In the interest of safety, the doors will close at 7:30pm when the performance begins, and no one will be admitted after that time.
Ratings
Some shows may be rated PG-13, or have another posted recommended age. For these shows, children under the posted age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian in order to be allowed into the production.
Thank you very much and we’ll see you at the Theatre!