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Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · 17d

Ya'll - there are only 88 seats available for the run of the world premiere of JUST ADD WATER by Matthew Ivan Bennett & Elaine Jarvik! Book your tickets whilst you can at 801.355.ARTS or planbtheatre.org/justaddwater

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Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · 19d

Two of the plays we developed and premiered as part of Free Elementary School Tour have beenpublished by Vanderbilt Press - congrats to playwrights Jenny Kokai, Oliver Kokai-Means, and Gerard Hernandez!

Zombie Thoughts and Ballet for Aliens – Vanderbilt University Press

Zombie Thoughts addresses the topic of Generalized Anxiety Disorder set in a video game world. Co-written with a then nine‑year‑old Oliver Kokai‑Means,...

www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Jul 26

The Sunday, July 27, 6pm performance of JUAN JOSE AND THE DEATHLY VATOS at Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival (written, directed, and performed by Pedro Flores) features ASL interpretation. Tickets at planbtheatre.org/juanjose

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Jul 11

Happy #WorldFringeDay!

Join us for JUAN JOSE AND THE DEATHLY VATOS written, directed, and performed by Pedro Flores at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival.

Filled with hilarious fuckery, it's the must-see FFF show of the festival!

Click images for details - tickets plmanbtheatre.org/juanjose

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Jul 9

Tix @ planbtheatre.org/ourcarnivaloftheanimals

Saint-Saëns, slam poets, and snakes slither into our all-ages version of the Carnival of the Animals in our annual celebration of the Rose Wagner.

From The Bachauer, RDT, Ririe-Woodbury, Plan-B (special guest Plumas Colectiva!), PYGmalion & SB Dance.

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Jul 1

TICKETS ON SALE NOW at tickets.greatsaltlakefringe.org/shows/juan-j...

JUAN JOSE AND THE DEATHLY VATOS written, directed, and performed by Pedro Flores

Friday, July 25, 7:30pm
Saturday, July 26, 1:30pm
Sunday, July 27, 6pm
Friday, August 1, 9pm
Saturday, August 2, 1:30pm
Sunday, August 3, 6pm

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Jun 18

We gave the very first performance at the very first Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival in 2015. And now...we're returning with JUAN JOSE AND THE DEATHLY VATOS, written, directed, and performed by Pedro Flores. Tickets go on sale in early July!

Playright Pedro Flores counters Cho Chang with Juan Jose

Pedro Flores came up with the idea for JUAN JOSE AND THE DEATHLY VATOS after having bombed an audition for a comedy show. The play is an amalgamation of him as a kid and his critiques of Harry Potter ...

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Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Jun 3

Pride started as a protest.

It’s time to get back to our roots.

We see you.

We celebrate you.

We fight with you.

We fight for you.

Because we are you.

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Apr 12

Two tickets have come available for today's (Saturday, April 12, 4pm) performance of THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY. planbtheatre.org/beatrixpotter or call 801.355.ARTS!

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Apr 8

Down to 2 on 4/11 and 5 on 4/12!

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Apr 1

“Everything about this two-hander is dazzling artistic elegance."
- The Utah Review

Only 42 tickets are available for THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY by Janine Sobeck Knighton!

9 - Fri 4/4
4 - Th 4/10
14 - Fri 4/11
15 - Sat 4/12

Details/tickets planbtheatre.org/beatrixpotter

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Mar 20

THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY by Janine Sobeck Knighton opens March 27, running thru April 13.

First look: Sibley Snowden as Beatrix Potter & Flo Bravo as Edith Rawnsley (photo credit Sharah Meservy).

Meet the Beatrix Potter you didn't know you didn't know.

planbtheatre.org/beatrixpotter

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Mar 4

Read playwright Janine Sobeck Knighton's
musings about the world premiere of her play
THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY
in the current issue of QSaltLake
at the link below.

March 27-April 13
Details & Tickets at planbtheatre.org/beatrixpotter

Meet the Beatrix Potter you didn’t know you didn’t know - QSaltLake Magazine

Utah's magazine for the LGBTQ and ally community

www.qsaltlake.com

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Feb 25

Next up: the world premiere of THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY by Janine Sobeck Knighton Match 27-April 13.

Playwright Janine Sobeck Knighton on creating 'THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY' - Plan-B Theatre

I kept circling around this moment in 1882, the first time that she stayed in the land that would become her eventual home. She was only 16 and I knew in my gut that this moment helped define her as a...

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Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Feb 12

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Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Feb 4

Join us at Kingsbury Hall next week!

’Lightning, legacy and the things we carry’: Plan-B Theatre, Utah Presents set for premiere of Aaron Asano Swenson’s KILO-WAT

In the opening of Aaron Asano Swenson’s new play KILO-WAT, Ken Kushida, a Japanese-American podcaster, sets the stage for telling the story about Wat ‘Kilo-Wat’ Misaka, a Utah native of Japanese desce...

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Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Dec 18

@theutahreview has named our world premiere of FULL COLOR by Tatiana Christian, Chris Curlett, Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, Courtney Dilmore, Bijan J. Hosseini, Tito Livas, Iris Salazar, and Darryl Stamp as one of the Top 10 Moments of 2024. Read more at the link below.

Emotional and spiritual intelligence: The Utah Review’s Top Ten Moments of the Utah Enlightenment in 2024

But I grew up in a landscape large enough to hold what I felt when the world of people pushed me away. There, where badgers roamed, where herons speared small fish in shallow pools, I found my place. ...

www.theutahreview.com

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Dec 4

Goal exceeded!

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Dec 4

Down to $50 to go!

Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Dec 4

Only $340 to go to match our anonymous $10,000 matching gift. Woo hoo! planbtheatre.org/product/donation

Tax-Deductible Donation - Plan-B Theatre

Credit card donations: please enter the amount of your gift in the field below. To give via Venmo, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or snail mail, please see use the links in the Description below.

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Plan-B Theatre @planbtheatreco.bsky.social · Nov 29

It’s our very first post, and it’s Black Friday, and our Deal is a Steal!

9 of 12 performances of FULL COLOR sold out; two performances of THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY are already sold out; and only 90 tickets are available KILO-WAT!

Guarantee your seats ♥️

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