Utah Shakespeare Festival
Mission
The Utah Shakespeare Festival is a destination theatre that presents life-affirming classical and contemporary plays and musicals, in rotating repertory, and interactive experiences. All of our work is intended to entertain, educate, and enrich regional and national audiences.
“True, there are many people who wouldn’t think twice about buying a ticket to a sporting event but might skip Shakespeare. Such people simply don’t know what they’re missing. Shakespeare has endured because of his universal appeal, and the Utah Shakespeare Festival has endured because they’ve found ways to make these plays relevant and entertaining to modern audiences. They’ve also extended their repertoire to include modern classics outside the Shakespeare canon. (Full disclosure: this paper is a proud sponsor of [the 2016] summer production of “Mary Poppins.”) This is a festival with something to offer to anyone of any age.”