An experience unlike any other at Salt Lake Acting Company, SLAC’s Summer Show: The Gaslight Zone is an annual musical satire, written brand new each summer by Utahns and for Utahns. This year’s show is penned by Olivia Custodio, Austin Archer, and Penelope Caywood, and is directed and choreographed by Broadway veteran and SLAC’s Executive Artistic Director, Cynthia Fleming. Fresh off last year’s hit, SLAC’s Summer Show: The Secret Lives of the Real Wives in the Salt Lake Hive, the trio of playwrights brings their hilariously specific Utah-touch to the parody, nodding to classic stories from The Twilight Zone.
Adding to a nearly 50-year tradition of summertime hysterics, this revered annual satire closes out SLAC’s 54th season, which was loved by critics and audiences alike. The production invites audiences to bring their favorite food and beverages and gather for an evening of irreverent fun, complete with Broadway-style song-and-dance numbers, made even more ridiculous by cameos from well-loved (and not-so-well-loved) characters from across the spectrum of newsworthy notoriety. You never know who might pop up to croon or croak across the stage.
(Salt Lake Acting, sponsored) | The cast of SLAC’s Summer Show
From the moment you enter the fully accessible and historic building (an LDS ward house originally built in 1896), SLAC’s friendly staff welcomes you to the evening of fun and frivolity. Before making your way to the Upstairs Theatre, you can stop at concessions for any favorites you may have forgotten to bring from home, or take a stroll through the Green Room Gallery, which features art for sale from local artisans. When it’s nearly showtime, your tickets will be scanned, a playbill offered, and you take your seat at one of the floor, hightop, or Sky Box tables (all special features of SLAC’s Summer Show), or one of the comfortable house seats. Regardless of which you prefer, there isn’t a bad seat in the theatre. A member of SLAC’s team welcomes the audience to the show; the house lights go down, the stage lights go up, and the laughs come hard and fast and don’t stop all night long.
Tickets and additional information about Salt Lake Acting Company and SLAC’s Summer Show: The Gaslight Zone are available online at SaltLakeActingCompany.org, or by contacting SLAC’s Box Office at (801) 363-7522 during business hours, 11 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday.
(Trey Bird, sponsored) | SLAC’s Summer Show: The Gaslight Zone poster art by Trey Bird.
Tickets for SLAC’s Summer Show start at $45 for general seating, $50 for floor tables, $55 for Sky Box seating, and $20 for students and patrons 30 and under, with reservable event spaces and additional discounts available to groups of 10 or more.
SLAC’s annual fundraiser THE PARTY will be held on Saturday, August 8th, at 6 PM. Featuring a performance of SLAC’s Summer Show, food, drinks, silent and live auctions, as well as other surprises throughout the show.
Subscribe to SLAC’s 55th season to experience unforgettable World and Regional premieres, rarely produced plays and musicals, as well asSLAC’s Summer Show 2027, starting at only $127. Subscribers receive the lowest ticket prices, discounts on additional tickets, limited edition SLAC swag, and early access to special events. Discounted rates for students and patrons 30 and under are available.
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