Utah theatergoers helped shape the story responding to last year’s Play-by-Play staged reading. Jeff Talbott’s script is only the second one in the 4-year-old play development series to receive a full production at Pioneer, after the January 2015 premiere of Kenneth Jones’ “Alabama Story.”
“This is the future of the American theater in writing,” says Artistic Director Karen Azenberg. “This is a great story, and this offers first-class acting performances. It’s about real people that we can really, at various levels, identify with.”
While premieres happen often around town, it’s unusual for the state’s largest theater companies to produce brand-new plays.