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Plan-B Theatre Company

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Founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1995, Plan-B Theatre Company develops and produces unique and socially conscious theatre. 60 of the 81 productions in Plan-B's history have been world premieres. Plan-B Theatre Company is the resident theatre company of Salt Lake County Center for the Arts venues and has won 37 City Weekly Slammy / Arty Awards since 2000, including Best Theatre Production nine of the last ten years: The Laramie Project[2001], My Left Breast [2002], Hedwig and the Angry Inch [2003], Animal Farm [2004], Tragedy: A Tragedy[2005], Amerika [2006], Facing East[2007] and Gutenberg! The Musical! [2008], and Amerigo [2010]. Plan-B is the only Utah-based theatre company to have toured its work outside the United States: A Letter to Harvey Milk [Frankfurt, Germany, 2005], Amerika [Toronto, Canada, 2006]. In 2007, Facing East transferred off-Broadway then toured to San Francisco. In 2008, Exposed toured Utah and Plan-B became the first Utah theatre company in history to publish an anthology of original, full-length plays, Plays from Behind the Zion (Juniper Press/Oxide Books). A second anthology was published in 2008, More Plays from Behind the Zion Curtain. Recipient of the 2007 Allies for Equality Award from Equality Utah and the 2010 Organization of the Year Award from Transgender Education Advocates (TEA) of Utah, Plan-B operates under an agreement with Actors' Equity Association and is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American Theatre.

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    Plan-B Theatre Company

    138 West 300 South
    Salt Lake City, UT 84101

    Phone: (801) 297-4200   |   Fax: 8014663840   |   Official Website

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    03/08/12- 03/18/12	The Third Crossing Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center The Third Crossing Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center March 8-March 18, 2012 In Colonial America, it was believed that the third crossing of black and white bloodlines yielded white children. Playwright Debora Threedy employs the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, whose children were the third crossing but remained slaves, as the springboard to examine interracial relationships in America.
    04/12/12- 04/22/12	The Scarlet Letter Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center The Scarlet Letter Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center April 12-April 22, 2012 Hester Prynne is led from prison in Purtain Boston with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter A on her breast. A man in the crowd tells an elderly onlooker that Hester is being punished for adultery. Hester's scholarly husband sent her ahead to America, but he never arrived in Boston. He is believed to have been lost at sea. While waiting for her husband, Hester has given birth to a child. She will not reveal her lover's identity, however, and the scarlet letter is her...
    04/18/12	Lab Recital Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Lab Recital Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center April 18, 2012 Readings of 10-minute plays by Lab playwrights, Carleton Bluford, Beth Bruner, Guy Lebeda, Jim Martin and Lucy Ridolphi and directed by Lab directors, Christopher Glade and Nathaniel Hinckley.
    05/12/12	9th Annual SLAM Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 9th Annual SLAM Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center May 12, 2012 Featuring new short plays by Matthew Ivan Bennett, Jenifer Nii, Eric Samuelsen, and two others.

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    03/08/12- 03/18/12	The Third Crossing Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center The Third Crossing Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center March 8-March 18, 2012 In Colonial America, it was believed that the third crossing of black and white bloodlines yielded white children. Playwright Debora Threedy employs the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, whose children were the third crossing but remained slaves, as the springboard to examine interracial relationships in America.
    04/12/12- 04/22/12	The Scarlet Letter Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center The Scarlet Letter Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center April 12-April 22, 2012 Hester Prynne is led from prison in Purtain Boston with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter A on her breast. A man in the crowd tells an elderly onlooker that Hester is being punished for adultery. Hester's scholarly husband sent her ahead to America, but he never arrived in Boston. He is believed to have been lost at sea. While waiting for her husband, Hester has given birth to a child. She will not reveal her lover's identity, however, and the scarlet letter is her...
    04/18/12	Lab Recital Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Lab Recital Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center April 18, 2012 Readings of 10-minute plays by Lab playwrights, Carleton Bluford, Beth Bruner, Guy Lebeda, Jim Martin and Lucy Ridolphi and directed by Lab directors, Christopher Glade and Nathaniel Hinckley.
    05/12/12	9th Annual SLAM Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 9th Annual SLAM Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center May 12, 2012 Featuring new short plays by Matthew Ivan Bennett, Jenifer Nii, Eric Samuelsen, and two others.

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  • Past Events

    02/04/12	Block 8 Reading Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
    01/07/12	Student Slam Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    10/27/11- 11/06/11	Lady Macbeth Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    06/03/11- 06/19/11	GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! Egyptian Theatre
    05/07/11	SLAM Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    05/07/11	8th Annual SLAM Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    03/31/11- 04/17/11	Borderlands Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    02/24/11- 03/06/11	Mesa Verde Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    10/28/10- 11/07/10	She Was My Brother Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    08/14/10	The Normal Heart Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    05/01/10	And the Banned Slammed On Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    04/08/10- 04/18/10	Amerigo Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    03/04/10- 03/14/10	Wallace Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    10/22/09- 10/31/09	Radio Hour - Alice Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    09/20/09	Borderlands Post Theatre Fort Douglas
    05/30/09	And the Banned Slammed On: World Premiere Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    04/03/09- 04/19/09	Di Esperienza: World Premiere Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    02/24/09	Topaz Screening Tower Theatre
    02/20/09- 03/08/09	Block 8: World Premiere Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    11/14/08	Exposed: Utah Reading Tour Star Hall
    11/11/08	Exposed: Utah Reading Tour The Leonardo at Library Square
    11/10/08	Exposed: Utah Reading Tour George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Center for the Performing Arts
    11/07/08	Exposed: Utah Reading Tour Studio Theatre - Utah State University
    11/06/08	Exposed: Utah Reading Tour Jefferson Hall
    10/30/08	It's Alive! It's Alive! The Legacy of Frankenstein The Leonardo at Library Square
    10/24/08- 11/02/08	Radio Hour: Frankenstein World Premiere Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    07/21/08	And The Banned Played On Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    05/30/08- 06/15/08	The Tricky Part Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    05/17/08	Fifth Annual Slam Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
    03/14/08- 03/30/08	The End of the Horizon Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

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    • Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
      "‘Gutenberg!’ delivers silly fun, lots of energy"
      Review posted by: Barbara Bannon from Salt Lake City, UT, Jun 08, 2011
      

      "Bateman and Perry are veterans of the earlier production, so it’s interesting to watch them adapt their performances from the compressed confines of the Rose’s Studio Theatre to the much... Expand

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      "Bateman and Perry are veterans of the earlier production, so it’s interesting to watch them adapt their performances from the compressed confines of the Rose’s Studio Theatre to the much roomier Egyptian stage. Basically they’ve just made everything bigger and more outrageous, but what becomes clear in the transition is that both have very acceptable singing voices, and an intimidating energy level. They fling themselves around the stage, executing Colleen Lewis’s funky dance steps that appear to have been lifted from an old Busby Berkeley film run amok. A chief source of humor is, of course, the hats. Merely keeping them in order is a challenge, but Bateman and Perry do much more: They dance with them, throw them, pile them on top of their heads to change characters fast, hold several in each hand to create a group, even string them on a rope to form a chorus line. Just thinking about it is exhausting..." read more at http://bit.ly/j5EMMG Collapse

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    • Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
      "'Gutenberg!' comedy returns to Plan-B"
      Review posted by: Erica Hansen from Salt Lake City, UT, Jun 08, 2011
      

      "Every now and then, a musical comes along that is quirky enough to break through the clutter, charming enough to get you talking and memorable enough that you want to see it — again and... Expand

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      "Every now and then, a musical comes along that is quirky enough to break through the clutter, charming enough to get you talking and memorable enough that you want to see it — again and again. Such is the case with "Gutenberg! The Musical!" The summer series "Musicals on Main," a partnership between Plan-B Theatre Company and The Egyptian Theatre in Park City, will see the return of this wildly popular musical comedy, starring Kirt Bateman and Jay Perry..." read more at http://bit.ly/mKWpZE Collapse

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    • Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
      ""...a supreme romp worthy of the exclamation point.""
      Review posted by: Les from Salt Lake City, UT, Jun 08, 2011
      

      "Gutenberg’s novelty, immensely appreciated by the audience, relies on two characters swapping baseball caps with embroidered and stenciled character names indicating that should a Broadway... Expand

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      "Gutenberg’s novelty, immensely appreciated by the audience, relies on two characters swapping baseball caps with embroidered and stenciled character names indicating that should a Broadway producer pick up the show written by Simon and Davenport, its realization would feature scores of wenches, drunks, and Schlimmer townspeople to pull off the big production numbers. Here, genius of minimalism abounds as the characters manage to pull off set pieces including an heroine with an odd assortment of rats and feces, a vocal quartet, and an 11-character chorus kickline with just two legs..." read more at http://bit.ly/kCicPe Collapse

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    • Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
      "Gutenberg! Darn-tootin-berg!"
      Review posted by: Erin Walton from Salt Lake City, UT, Jun 08, 2011
      

      "The audience is initially greeted by a reasonably bare stage with simply a piano, technical engineer and upwards of 30 hats with various names written across them. As Bud and Doug begin their... Expand

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      "The audience is initially greeted by a reasonably bare stage with simply a piano, technical engineer and upwards of 30 hats with various names written across them. As Bud and Doug begin their presentation, they explain their goals and also walk the audience through the process of writing a musical. They introduce all their characters, and entertain us with phenomenal music and unique lyrics. Watching these 2 men work, is like watching a bizarre circus of talent..." -continued at http://www.backstageutah.com/reviews/? p=150 Collapse

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    • Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
      "Gutenberg! The Musical!"
      Review posted by: Mike Abu from Salt Lake City, UT, Jun 08, 2011
      

      "If I had to sum up the play in a single word, I’d call it delightful. Gutenberg! The Musical! is a play based loosely on the life of Johannes Gutenberg, the enigmatic father of the printing... Expand

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      "If I had to sum up the play in a single word, I’d call it delightful. Gutenberg! The Musical! is a play based loosely on the life of Johannes Gutenberg, the enigmatic father of the printing press, and the little German town of Schlimmer where he originally operated his wine press. I say “loosely” because the storyline involves not just a historically fictitious reenactment of Gutenberg and his invention, but the story of two the fictional playmakers who had written the Gutenberg play and hoped to get the play produced with a strong opening night pitch that very evening. Accordingly, the actors treat the audience as potentially filled with powerful Broadway producers who could make their dream a reality with a simple nod of the head, making the playmakers’ nervous enthusiasm appear completely genuine. Their chipper, almost naïve candor with the audience managed to break the fourth wall in a very natural manner..." - www.slugmag.com/exclusive/2863/Gutenberg -The-Musical.html Collapse

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    • Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
      "Rolling in the aisles with hilarious Gutenberg!"
      Review posted by: Jenniffer Wardell from Salt Lake City, UT, Jun 08, 2011
      

      "You always hear people tell you about laughing at something so hard they started crying or rolling in the aisles, but unless you were there it’s always just a little hard to believe them.... Expand

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      "You always hear people tell you about laughing at something so hard they started crying or rolling in the aisles, but unless you were there it’s always just a little hard to believe them. Humor is such a subjective thing, and anyone who’s had to sit through at least one supposedly hilarious but in reality painfully dull night of anything is always going to be just a little suspicious. Which is why I’ll understand if you don’t believe me when I say that “Gutenberg! The Musical,” currently playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, made me laugh so hard I could barely breathe. The story of two idiots who are madly in love with what may be the worst musical of all time, “Gutenberg!” is so wrong – the opening scene feels like the greatest extended dead baby joke of all time – and yet so innocently enthusiastic that you can’t stop laughing. It’s like “South Park” through the eyes of the two sweetest 12- year-olds you’ll ever meet..." - www.examiner.com Collapse

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    • Event Name: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
      "Gutenberg! is Wow!"
      Review posted by: Tony Porter from Salt Lake City, UT, Jun 08, 2011
      

      "I don’t want to give away any jokes (and this shows is packed with them) so here is as brief a synopsis as I can give without ruining the fun:Two characters named Bud and Doug, the fictional... Expand

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      "I don’t want to give away any jokes (and this shows is packed with them) so here is as brief a synopsis as I can give without ruining the fun:Two characters named Bud and Doug, the fictional authors of a musical about Johannes Gutenberg, pitch their show to producers who might put their show up on Broadway. Because they don’t have a cast or an orchestra, Bud and Doug wear hats with the nearly 30 characters’ names on them and play all of the roles themselves. In the play-within-a-play, Johann Gutenberg is a wine presser who invents the printing press. An evil monk tries to stop him, and a beautiful girl named Helvetica loves him.The storyline is completely fictitious, which of course makes the earnestness of its fictional creators even more amusing. ... I laughed until I cried and even on a couple of bits until I started to see stars from oxygen deprivation. If you like musicals, you’ll love this show. If you don’t like musicals, you’ll still love this show." - utahtheaterbloggers.com Collapse

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    • Event Name: Di Esperienza: World Premiere
      "The Bard lives in Salt Lake City"
      Review posted by: Rod Lundwall from Tooele, Utah, Apr 05, 2009
      

      Di Esperienza was masterfully written and directed. The actors were convincing. When Da Vinci ended his last line, I felt I knew him. He ceased to be a figure in history and became a member of... Expand

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      Di Esperienza was masterfully written and directed. The actors were convincing. When Da Vinci ended his last line, I felt I knew him. He ceased to be a figure in history and became a member of humankind. I can't say enough about the language used in the play. It was literatue worth studying. I enjoyed the play just for the dialogue, even though there was much more. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Radio Hour: Frankenstein World Premiere
      "Fabulous, unique, very well done!"
      Review posted by: SLC Local from SLC, UT, Oct 23, 2008
      

      I got to experience an open rehearsal for Radio Hour: Frankenstein in conjunction with Free Night of Theatre and absolutely loved this show! This is one of the most unique theatre experiences I have... Expand

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      I got to experience an open rehearsal for Radio Hour: Frankenstein in conjunction with Free Night of Theatre and absolutely loved this show! This is one of the most unique theatre experiences I have heard of and lets the audience experience a live production of theatrical radio program adaptation of the classic novel - just in time for Halloween! Tickets are going fast, so get yours now! Collapse

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    • Event Name: Radio Hour: Frankenstein World Premiere
      "What a Great Experience"
      Review posted by: Mark Sullivan from West Valley City, Oct 21, 2008
      

      I was lucky to get free tickets during their rehearsals and let me tell you it was fantastic. I loved every minute of it. The actors were not only amazing, but were very funny during the breaks... Expand

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      I was lucky to get free tickets during their rehearsals and let me tell you it was fantastic. I loved every minute of it. The actors were not only amazing, but were very funny during the breaks (breaks were only done during the rehearsals) I highly recommend seeing this play. You could listen to it on the radio, but you will be missing SO much. Collapse

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