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How two daughters of Broadway legends came to premiere the new play ‘Ass’ at Utah’s Pioneer Theatre

Playwright Ellen Simon and PTC’s artistic director, Karen Azenberg, have a friendship that started on an opening night.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Playwright Ellen Simon, left, and theater director Karen Azenberg, artistic director of Pioneer Theatre Company, tour Salt Lake City’s Gilgal Gardens on Oct. 5, 2021. The two friends — whose fathers are Broadway legends, the writer Neil Simon and the producer Manny Azenberg — are collaborating on getting Ellen Simon’s new play, “Ass,” ready for its world premiere production at PTC, Oct. 22 to Nov. 6.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Playwright Ellen Simon, left, and theater director Karen Azenberg, artistic director of Pioneer Theatre Company, tour Salt Lake City’s Gilgal Gardens on Oct. 5, 2021. The two friends — whose fathers are Broadway legends, the writer Neil Simon and the producer Manny Azenberg — are collaborating on getting Ellen Simon’s new play, “Ass,” ready for its world premiere production at PTC, Oct. 22 to Nov. 6.

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