Last Lists of My Mad Mother
"Last Lists of My Mad Mother is a hilarious, often touching look at the toll Alzheimer's disease takes on a parent-child relationship.
“NEAR MINT” written by Lane Richins
“Cracker” Jack Patterson has given his life to baseball. He played for a decade as the third-string catcher on half the teams in the majors. He hosts a baseball call-in radio program. He owns a baseball card shop. Baseball has been good to him. But something is missing. With the help of his baseball scout
Read Les Roka’s Review of Mountain Meadows in “The Utah Review”
In Mountain Meadows, an immensely satisfying play receiving an excellent premiere in a Pygmalion Theatre Company production, playwright Debora Threedy frames Juanita Brooks, the Utah historian who wrote the first comprehensive book about the darkest event in the state’s Mormon pioneer history, as a moral superhero. But even Nita (as the character is known in the play) is
“Mountain Meadows” a new play by Deborah Threedy opens 2/17/23. There will be a talk back with the playwright after the 2/18/23 performance.
Pygmalion Theatre Company continues its 2022/23 season with the world premiere of “Mountain Meadows” by Utah playwright Debora Threedy, directed by Morag Shepherd, from Feb. 17 to March 4 at the Rose Wagner Center for Performing Arts located at 138 West Broadway in downtown Salt Lake City. The play braids together two stories, connected by and to the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Nita, granddaughter of a perpetrator, struggles to unearth the truth of the massacre in history. Miranda discovers she is a survivor and attempts to discover the truth of her family’s involvement. Together, their stories tally the cost of refusing to face the truth. The show features Stephanie Howell as Nita, David Hanson, Matthew Ivan Bennett, Carlie Young, Tiffani DiGregorio and Daisy Blake. Plays Feb. 17 to March 4, Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Masks required for the following performances: Feb. 23 and March 2, 2023. Otherwise, masks recommended, but not required.