Center For The Arts at Kayenta Hosts
Best of SimonFest This August
The indoor, air-conditioned, Lorraine Boccardo Theater and its staff in the Kayenta Art Village, will be hosting two productions from Cedar City’s regular SimonFest season and a new comedy! August will feature the famous murder mystery Deathtrap by Ira Levin, the beautiful Jane-Austen style musical Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster, and a new hilarious comedy, Holy Stromboli! by John D. Smitherman, one of the three original American Tenors.
SimonFest works to preserve the works of legendary playwright Neil Simon and his contemporaries. It seeks to foster the development of new American plays that follow the Simon tradition of character-driven plots and comic introspection of the American experience.
Deathtrap
By Ira Levin, is a suspenseful comedy and one of the great popular successes in Broadway history. It is a diabolically clever, wildly popular comedy-thriller! It received four Tony Awards, including Best Play. It was first shown on Broadway in 1979 and ran for four years. In 1982 the play was adapted into a film under the same name.
Sidney Bruhl, the main character, is a successful writer of Broadway thrillers and is struggling to overcome a dry spell that has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. One day he receives a script from a student author, a thriller that he recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for credit. Or is it?
Deathtrap will be presented August 4-7 at 7:30 PM and August 8 at 6:00 PM.
Daddy Long Legs – the Musical
This musical is based on the classic novel written in 1912 by Jean Webster, which inspired the 1955 movie starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron. It is a beloved tale in the spirit of Jane Austen, the Bronte Sisters, and “Downton Abbey”.
The plot centers around Judy Abbott, who at seventeen, receives an astonishingly large scholarship from an unknown man. She catches a glimpse of her secret benefactor from the back and knows he is a long-legged man. Because of this, she calls him Daddy-Long-Legs.
Daddy Long Legs – the Musical will be presented August 11-14 at 7:30 PM with a Saturday Matinee Aug 14 at 2:00 PM.
Holy Stromboli
Written by John D. Smitherman, this show is set in a New York City apartment and centers around a newlywed couple, John and Maria, happily celebrating their first wedding anniversary. Maria’s parents show up unexpectedly to meet their fictitious new baby, bringing drama, witty banter, and door slamming hilarity. Then John’s father shows up unexpectedly with a surprise guest! This production stars many local favorites: Abe Hegewald, Brad & Barbie Christensen, Kailey Simmons, Ginger Nelson, Andy Young, and John D. Smitherman himself.
Holy Stromboli will be presented August 18-21 at 7:30 PM with a Saturday Matinee on Aug. 21 at 2:00 PM.
Visit www.KayentaArts.com for special show pricing and packages starting at $35 per show, $55 for two shows, or $65 for all three!
