Plan-B Theatre Company
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Plan-B Theatre Company was founded on a shoestring in 1991 and incorporated in 1995 in Salt Lake City, Utah
and is now one of three fully professional theatre companies in the city (along with Salt Lake Acting Company and Pioneer Theatre Company
). It is the smallest in terms of budget and staff.
Plan-B develops and produces unique and socially conscious theatre, is the only theatre company in Utah fully devoted to developing new plays by Utah playwrights, and is the resident theatre company at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
.
At the close of the 20th anniversary, 2010/11 season, 61 of the 83 productions in Plan-B's history will have been world premieres.
Plan-B is the only theatre company in Utah history to have published anthologies of full-length, original plays: PLAYS FROM BEHIND THE ZION CURTAIN (2008) and MORE PLAYS FROM BEHIND THE ZION CURTAIN (2010), published by Juniper Press/Oxide Books.
Plan-B is also the only theatre company in Utah history to have toured internationally (Leslea Newman's A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK, Frankfurt, Germany; Aden Ross' AMERIKA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and transferred an intact production off-Broadway (Carol Lynn Pearson's FACING EAST).
Plan-B operates under a Letter of Agreement with Actors' Equity Association
and an Independent Producers Agreement with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
and is now one of three fully professional theatre companies in the city (along with Salt Lake Acting Company and Pioneer Theatre Company
Pioneer Theatre Company
The Pioneer Theatre Company is one of four fully professional theatre companies in Utah, formed in 1962 and performing at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City. The non-profit company produces seven plays each season, running from September to May,...
). It is the smallest in terms of budget and staff.
Plan-B develops and produces unique and socially conscious theatre, is the only theatre company in Utah fully devoted to developing new plays by Utah playwrights, and is the resident theatre company at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
The Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center is a three-venue arts complex in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah that is home to modern dance companies, the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, Plan-B Theatre Company, and the Sundance Film Festival. It is part of the Salt Lake County Center for the...
.
At the close of the 20th anniversary, 2010/11 season, 61 of the 83 productions in Plan-B's history will have been world premieres.
Plan-B is the only theatre company in Utah history to have published anthologies of full-length, original plays: PLAYS FROM BEHIND THE ZION CURTAIN (2008) and MORE PLAYS FROM BEHIND THE ZION CURTAIN (2010), published by Juniper Press/Oxide Books.
Plan-B is also the only theatre company in Utah history to have toured internationally (Leslea Newman's A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK, Frankfurt, Germany; Aden Ross' AMERIKA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and transferred an intact production off-Broadway (Carol Lynn Pearson's FACING EAST).
Plan-B operates under a Letter of Agreement with Actors' Equity Association
Actors' Equity Association
The Actors' Equity Association , commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing the world of live theatrical performance, as opposed to film and television performance. However, performers appearing on live stage productions without a book or...
and an Independent Producers Agreement with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.