"... it is important to listen closely to the innate use of words, the tone, and the things that are being said, or not being said." The post Playwrights Courtney Dilmore & Tatiana Christian on creating FULL FOLOR appeared first on Plan-B Theatre ..read more

Capture your Plan-B moment at every performance this season The post Your Plan-B Moment appeared first on Plan-B Theatre ..read more

CAPTURE YOUR PLAN-B MOMENT New this season: take advantage of our new photo opportunity at every performance this season, courtesy of Showtime Photo Booth. The go-to company for photo booth rental in the city. The post New This Season: Capture Your Plan-B Moment appeared first on Plan-B Theatre ..read more

I wanted to give voice to children with "behavior issues" who often aren’t asked what they think or feel about the world around them. The post Playwright Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin on creating ‘EllaMental’ appeared first on Plan-B Theatre ..read more

I have never loved Macbeth. Can I say that aloud, as a theatre person? Is it allowed? Too late, Mel. Too late. [But] I have always wondered — what would happen if Lady Macduff had her say? The post ReFraming A Classic appeared first on Plan-B Theatre ..read more

  BY MELISSA LEILANI LARSON Please click here to help us match our anonymous $10,000 gift by December 31! Mel is a mixed-race Filipino writer based in Salt Lake City  whose award-winning work has been seen on five continents. Her previous work at Plan-B includes MESTIZA, or MIXED, THE POST OFFICE, THE EDIBLE COMPLEX, PILOT PROGRAM, the monologues "Gluten" and "Erasers" as part of (IN)DIVISIBLE and "Little Karl" as part of RADIO SLAM, and the Script-in-Hand Series reading of MOUNTAIN LAW. She is proud to be a part of Plan-B’s THE LAB. Mel’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE has been seen recently ..read more

BY DEBORA THREEDY Please click here to help us match our anonymous $10,000 gift by December 31! Debora has premiered six plays at Plan-B: ALLI AND #3 (statewide Free Elementary School Tour, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts), ONE BIG UNION and THE END OF THE HORIZON (both developed at Utah Shakespeare Festival), THE THIRD CROSSING (winner, Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest, Castillo Theatre, New York), "Where I Come From" as part of WALLACE (developed at the Wallace Stegner Symposium), and the monologues “The Wall, Parts 1 & 2” as part of (IN)DIVISIBLE. Other plays include ..read more

BY LAURA MUNTS Laura Munts is a Utah-based writer. Her first-ever play, "Whose To-Do's to Do," is a family love story highlighting the challenges and humor of aging. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Laura also practices conflict resolution and mediation. Up until sitting down to write this post, I did not like the name of Plan-B’s Creative Aging Playwriting Workshop. Although “Creative Aging” is a term of art encompassing important policy ideas for older adults, it seemed to me like jargon for “Playwriting for Old Folks.”  Another version of a senior discount twofer ..read more

BY TITO LIVAS Tito is an actor, educator, playwright, and member of Plan-B's Theatre Artists of Color Writing Workshop, where he has created his plays "Organic" (which was produced as part of LOCAL COLOR, Plan-B’s series of audio plays during the pandemic), "American Dream," "Shine A Light" (commissioned for the Play at Home initiative and part of the COVID-19 Response Collection housed in the Library of Congress), and SQUEAK. Regional acting credits include Plan-B, National Theatre for Children, TheatreWorks USA, Walt Disney World, Princess Cruises, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Salt Lake Act ..read more

BY JACQUELINE MORASCO Jacqueline Morasco created her short play "The C Word" as part of Plan-B's Creative Aging Playwriting Workshop. An artist, author, healer, retreat leader, science nerd, and teacher, she is the author of the bestselling book "Wake Up" and creator of Mantra Oracle Cards, SOUL Sound, and Spirited Practice. Visit her blog. I have been writing in one form or another most of my life. While going through treatment for breast cancer this last year, I was intrigued when I saw the opportunity to take a playwriting class withPlan-B Theatre. I applied to the Creative Aging Playwrit ..read more