THE LAST FIVE YEARS, COMES TO KAYENTA
June 15-24, 2023
Center for the Arts at Kayenta announces its upcoming musical, The Last Five Years, written and composed by Jason Robert Brown and directed by the Center’s new Executive Director, Miranda Wright. The play was originally produced by Northlight Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, and produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell.
The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical sprinkled with humor and tells the bittersweet tale of a brief marriage between two young artists. The storytelling is non-linear: Cathy (Mimi Knell), a struggling actor, starts her tale at the end of the marriage, working backward through the timeline. Jamie (Greg Knell), a literary prodigy, begins his at the onset of the relationship. The two narratives intersect on their wedding day before diverging again to arrive at the beginning, and end, of their five years together.
With music and lyrics by Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown, this nearly sung-through musical has captivated audiences and critics, earning a Drama Desk Award (music and lyrics), a film adaptation, and productions around the world.
The Last Five Years is presented through special arrangements with Music Theatre International (MTI). MTI also supplies all authorized performance materials. www.MTISHOWS.COM
Local actors Mimi and Greg Knell will be performing in the lead roles.
Mimi Knell is a favorite local actor and graduate from BYU with a BFA in Music Dance Theater. Several of her favorite past roles include Florence (Chess), Marguerite (The Scarlet Pimpernel), Jo (Little Women), and Christine (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).
Greg Knell: Greg is a favorite local actor and has performed on the Kayenta stage numerous times. Notable prior roles include Anatoly (Chess), Jesus (Jesus Christ Superstar), Percy (The Scarlet Pimpernel), Capt. Phoebus (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Skye Masterson (Guys & Dolls), and Frankie (Forever Plaid). He lives here in Ivins with his wife and five children.
Visit www.kayentaarts.com for tickets and information on other great events happening in Kayenta
About Kayenta Arts Foundation and Center for the Arts at Kayenta:
Kayenta Arts Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit whose mission is to develop and create an environment where diverse artistic endeavors can flourish. The Center for the Arts at Kayenta (CFAK) is our beautiful black box theater that brings our mission to the community. Southern Utahans come to CFAK to learn, express, appreciate, and celebrate art in all forms.
The Kayenta Arts Foundation is supported in part by funding from Washington County and Ivins City RAP funds. KAF is also supported in part by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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