Blog
Love, puppets, sword fighting
October 02, 2024By Emeri Fetzer “People should come see ‘The Heart of Robin Hood’ because there’s something in it for everyone,” declared Macey Shackleford, a student in the U Department of Theatre’s Actor...
"The Heart of Robin Hood" debuts in the new Meldrum Theatre
September 23, 2024The Anthem of Summer: Reflections on Youth Theatre 2024
August 19, 2024Learning in London
August 09, 2024
U Theatre hosts first annual summer workshop for high school theatre teachers
June 18, 2024The University of Utah Department of Theatre hosted the first annual High School Theatre Teacher Summer Workshop in the Meldrum Theatre on June 14. The day-long event consisted of four workshops...
Theatre’s 2024-2025 Season features rebels, dreamers, lovers, and (re)makers
April 03, 2024The University of Utah Department of Theatre is thrilled to announce our 2024 / 2025 Season, in which two shows will be presented in our new state-of-the-art Meldrum Theatre. “We hope you’ll join...
Everybody dies; getting there is the exciting part in our final production
March 25, 2024It’s not until the play has already started that we find out what role each cast member will be playing for that particular performance. It’s a lottery system. Done live for all to see. And that’s...
Theatre’s “Dancing at Lughnasa” lives where tradition meets modernization
March 08, 2024Widely regarded as playwright Brian Friel’s masterpiece, Dancing at Lughnasa is a luminous, touching portrait of a family trapped by tradition on one side and modernization on the other,...
Remembering Marilyn Holt, the “Matriarch of Utah Theatre”
March 06, 2024Theatre in Utah has been rich with leading ladies, and our community has unfortunately lost one of our greatest: Marilyn Robinson Holt (1928-2024). She earned three degrees at the University of...
Welcoming Our New MTP Head: Erin Farrell Speer
May 15, 2023Please join us in welcoming Erin Farrell Speer to the Department of Theatre as the new head of the Musical Theatre Program! Most recently, Erin was an Assistant Professor at the University of North...