Center for the Arts at Kayenta presents Stay Cool Summer Season
By Jan Broberg
Cool savings start here.
Three terrific events make up the Stay Cool Summer Season at Center for the Arts at Kayenta! Stay cool this summer enjoying intimate, enriching, creative performances at the indoor Lorraine Boccardo Theatre. Use promocode “pink” for a savings of $5 per ticket. Cool Summer Season tickets (for all three shows) are $60 — an even deeper savings! Call to purchase at (435) 674-2787.
“Steel Magnolias” performance dates are July 12–14, 18, 19, and 21 and Aug. 1, 2, and 4 at 7:30 p.m. July 14 and Aug. 4 matinee performances will begin at 2 p.m.
Step inside the cool, intimate indoor theater and enter Truvy’s beauty salon, where all the ladies who are anybody in Chinquapin, Louisiana come to have their hair done and swap gossip.
Helped by her eager new assistant Annelle (who isn’t sure whether or not she’s still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for 40 years”); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter Shelby (the prettiest girl in town) is about to marry a “good ol’ boy.”
Every endearing character makes “Steel Magnolias” a hilarious, heartwarming audience favorite. The underlying strength and love give the play its enduring appeal. Don’t miss the all-star cast and crew including Jan Broberg, Rachel Cox, Chrys Hyatt, Anne Schwab, Desiree Whitehead, Jane Williams, and Katie Woods.
3hattrio plays Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Keep your super-cool on with this fantastic desert-folk concert. 3hattrio will perform “Lord of the Desert.” This trio has captured a unique sound that is haunting and otherworldly! “Gloriously beautiful and savagely strange,” is how Marc Higgins of Northern Sky Magazine describes them. For 3hattrio, the Southwest desert has an almost spiritual significance. Rooted in the natural world of their sacred homeland near Zion National Park, they call their genre American desert music.
“It’s a compelling, hypnotizing, uncompromising sound that naturally pushes boundaries to create an idiosyncratic genre this band can rightly call its own,” wrote American Songwriter Magazine.
“Much Ado About Nothing” wraps up the summer season at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9–11. As if you couldn’t stay any “cooler” this summer, you can beat the heat and laugh at the same time with some of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters, Beatrice and Benedick. Watch them match wits in this Wild West adaptation of the hit romantic comedy “Much Ado about Nothing.” Kayenta’s production combines the talents of professional artists, local favorites, and student actors to create a vibrant fusion of storytelling that is guaranteed to please. Conceived and directed by Rich Hill and Zac Trotter, the play combines the best of all worlds where Shakespeare lovers, children, and families can enjoy a rip-roaring, gun-slinging night of unforgettable entertainment.
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