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Meet the Playwrights

Season subscribers (last season and the upcoming season) are invited to join us Saturday, June 18th after the 2 p.m. reading, approximately at 4:30 p.m., for the second Play-by-Play Meet the Playwrights reception. This Saturday will include Matthew Libby, author of The Machine, and Keith Josef Adkins, author of The People Before the Park. Joining … Continued

Equity “Scapin” Auditions

Actors Equity Association members who are local to SLC or have SLC housing are invited to submit an audition video online. Equity auditions will be submitted online via video beginning 9:00 AM Thursday May 19 until 5:00 PM Friday May 20. All auditioners must be available to attend in-person call backs. Call backs will be … Continued

Non-Equity “Scapin” Auditions

Non-Equity actors may sign up for an audition online.  How to Sign Up for an Audition Slot: Sign-ups for audition times will begin online Wednesday, May 16, 2022 at 9 a.m. Sign up here: https://form.jotform.com/pioneertheatre/scapin-non-equity-auditions Audition Information: Auditions will be held, by appointment, on Monday, May 23, 2022 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. All auditioners … Continued

Get to know the cast of Hello, Dolly!

The cast of Hello, Dolly! is excited to bring this energetic musical to Utah audiences! In order to get to know them better, we asked some cast members a few fun questions! Dori Waymer (Minnie Fay) Who do you want to play you in a movie about your life? Shamelessly, I think I wanna play … Continued

PTC’S Hello, Dolly! casts local notables in on-stage role

Salt Lake County key health official, Dr. Angela Dunn is joined by four other well-known leaders in the community for brief, but fun, on stage role in the season’s closing musical. Pioneer Theatre Company (PTC), nearing the end of its 2021-2022 season is ready to open one of the most enduring Broadway hits, HELLO, DOLLY!. … Continued

Fireflies’ Tito Livas: Q&A

Tito Livas doesn’t have to travel far to perform at PTC since he is a professional actor who lives here in Salt Lake County. During his professional career, Tito has appeared in multiple PTC productions including In the Heights – Concert Production, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and during the pandemic shutdown, in PTC’s The Show Goes … Continued

Fireflies’ Joy Lynn Jacobs: Q&A

Joy Lynn Jacobs plays Grace Bodell, Eleanor Bannister’s dear friend and sometime town gossip in Matthew Barber’s latest play. Fireflies runs April 1 -16 and Joy is making her PTC debut in this late-in-life love story. Her Broadway credits include the world premiere of Marie Christine, and the 2000 revival of The Music Man, as … Continued

Fireflies’ David Manis: Q&A

Who is Abel Brown? David Manis plays Abel Brown in Matthew Barber’s Fireflies, a warm tale of love late in life running April 1-16. At PTC David has appeared in Clybourne Park, A Few Good Men, and Much Ado About Nothing. On Broadway he has appeared in To Kill A Mockingbird, The Curious Incident of the Dog … Continued

Broadway star and Emmy nominated Paige Davis to star in “Hello, Dolly!”

The former host of TV’s groundbreaking “Trading Spaces” will star in the title role of PTC’s closing musical, Hello, Dolly! PTC has cast Broadway actress, and Emmy-nominated television host, Paige Davis as Dolly Gallagher Levi in the upcoming musical production Hello, Dolly! The record-setting Broadway musical will be the professional regional theatre’s closing musical for … Continued

Interview with scenic designer Yoon Bae

The period think-piece currently on stage, The Messenger, reflects the beautiful work of international designer Yoon Bae who did both the scenic and costume design for the production. Pioneer Theatre Company sat down with Bae to learn more about her and her creative path. Bae is currently an Assistant Professor of Scene Design at the … Continued