The Play That Goes Wrong: The Zany Crowd Favorite
Director Geoffrey Kent pared down the entirety of the play into this description: “What you are about to witness is essentially a ‘greatest hits’ roller derby of a show that contains all of the worst things to ever befall an actor in front of an audience.”
This hilarious comedy of epically preposterous proportions will have you on the edge of your seat––or falling out of it––with laughter!
“It’s one of the funniest plays written in the past ten years, and it’s completely accessible to audience members [of all ages],” Kent said.
Get your tickets today at bard.org/plays/the-play-that-goes-wrong or by calling 800-PLAYTIX! Showing now through October 7, 2023.
(Karl Hugh | Utah Shakespeare Festival, sponsored) Melinda Parrett as Annie (left to right), Rhett Guter as Chris, Chris Mixon as Dennis, and Blake Henri as Robert in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Play That Goes Wrong.
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to Perform The Comedy of Errors at the Festival
As part of a strategic partnership with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the esteemed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London is bringing The Comedy of Errors to Festival audiences.
For one week only, the 90-minute production will run from August 1-5, at 9:30 a.m. in the Eileen and Allen Anes Studio Theatre.
“Our audiences are in for such a treat,” Interim Artistic Director Derek Charles Livingston said. “[RADA] has put together a whiz-bang version of one of our audience’s favorites of Shakespeare’s.”
Tickets are $20 and are available at bard.org/plays/rada-the-comedy-of-errors or by calling 800-PLAYTIX.
(Karl Hugh | Utah Shakespeare Festival, sponsored) Rhett Guter as Chris (left to right), Chris Mixon as Dennis, and Blake Henri as Robert in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Play That Goes Wrong.
The Greenshow: A Free Family Event
Each evening, Monday-Saturday at 7:10pm, the Utah Shakespeare Festival offers a free Greenshow. This outdoor family-friendly entertainment consists of music, dancing, storytelling, and audience participation and is the perfect way to spend your summer evening––or to prepare for an evening play at the Festival!
This season, enjoy three themes– The Hills of Appalachia and English Regency Garden Party written and directed by Britannia Howe, and Paiute Heritage and Celebration produced by Roger Clark. The three shows will rotate throughout the week.
Howe has written eleven Greenshows in the span of four years, and has come back again this season to again write and direct.
“The Greenshow is a community celebration,” Howe said. There’s something for everyone–– humor, dance, music, and narrative.”
(Karl Hugh | Utah Shakespeare Festival, sponsored) Spencer Watson (left), Avery Peterson, and Taylor Hendricks from the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2023 production of The Greenshow English Regency Garden Party.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2023 season also includes Romeo and Juliet, Jane Austen’s Emma The Musical, A Raisin in the Sun, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coriolanus, and Timon of Athens. Use code SLTrib23 for $10 off regular price tickets––subject to availability. For more information or to purchase tickets for the 2023 season, visit bard.org or call 800-PLAYTIX.