'Angels in America' to lead off Salt Lake Acting Company's 40th season

Salt Lake Acting Company has announced its 2010-11 season.

After a year of many ups and downs, the company, now under the joint leadership of Cynthia Fleming and Keven Myhre, is announcing a season filled with old favorites and exciting new works as the company celebrates its 40th season. Here's the lineup:

"Angels in America," by Tony Kushner, Oct. 6-31, 2010.

In looking back over the past 40 years, SLAC picked the benchmark play that epitomizes SLAC. The play, about American life in New York City and Salt Lake City in the mid-'80s, won the Pulitzer Price and the Tony Award.

In addition to "Angels," SLAC will offer a reading of "Angels in America: Part 2 Perestroika," also a Tony Award winner.

"Boom," by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Nov. 3-Dec. 5.

This is a quirky, not-so-romantic doomsday comedy about a relationship that promises to change the course of the universe.

"If You Give A Mouse A Cookie," Dec 1-26.

After the success of SLAC's first children's production ("Go, Dog. Go!) the company continues a new tradition with this Jody Davidson adaptation of the popular book by Laura Joffe Numeroff.

"The Persian Quarter," by Kathleen Cahill, Feb. 2-27, 2011, world premiere.

Cahill, who also wrote "Charm," now running at SLAC, writes a new work about two women, two countries and two generations.

"Circle Mirror Transformation," by Annie Baker, April 13-May 8.

A witty, sharp, inventive comedy about discovery and self-actualization.

SLAC will end its season with the perennial favorite, "Saturday's Voyeur 2011."

Season ticket packages are available at 801-363-7522 or www.saltlakeactingcomapny.org.

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