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When Biden dropped out of the race, a Utah theater company did a fast rewrite

Salt Lake Acting Company’s summer revue, “Close Encounters in the Beehive,” is changing a scene to reflect the Democrats’ shift to Kamala Harris.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actors Noelani Brown, Robert Scott Smith and Mark Nielson, from left, portray Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, in a rehearsal Tuesday, July 23, 2024, for Salt Lake Acting Company's production of "Close Encounters in the Beehive." The play's writers wrote a new scene and a new song for the revue in 24 hours, to reflect the change in the presidential campaign when Biden dropped out.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Actors Noelani Brown, Robert Scott Smith and Mark Nielson, from left, portray Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, in a rehearsal Tuesday, July 23, 2024, for Salt Lake Acting Company's production of "Close Encounters in the Beehive." The play's writers wrote a new scene and a new song for the revue in 24 hours, to reflect the change in the presidential campaign when Biden dropped out.

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