Theater notes: Local playwrights get a chance to shine at Page-to-Stage FestivalCompiled by Roxana Orellana
The work of local playwrights will be showcased at Wasatch Theatre Company and Utah Association of Community Theatres' annual Page-to-Stage Festival.
The festival includes productions of short and full-length plays as well as writing and directing workshops. Productions include John Minigan's play "Breaking the Shakespeare Code," about the relationship between a theater professor (Garrick Dean) and his student (Alicia Washington), directed by Sallie Cooper, which will alternate with performances of six short plays.
A free playwriting workshop, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon, will be led by Karrie Ann Ogilvie and George Plautz, while Mary Lee Anderton and Sallie Cooper will lead a free directing workshop Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. In addition, free staged readings will take place at 5 p.m. each Saturday of the festival.
When: Opens Sept. 11 and continues Thursdays through Saturdays through Sept. 27; performances at 8 p.m., with matinees at 2 p.m. and readings at 5 p.m. Saturdays. "Breaking the Shakespeare Code" will be performed Sept. 11, 13, 19, 25 and 27, with a 2 p.m. matinee Sept. 20; short plays will run Sept. 12, 18, 20 and 26, with 2 p.m. matinees on Sept. 13 and 27.
Where: Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center's Studio Theatre, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City.
Tickets: $12, at www.arttix.org or 801-355-ARTS. For more details about the festival or to reserve a workshop spot, call 801-446-5657. 446-5657.
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