About Us

Plan-B develops and produces unique and socially conscious theatre.
With a particular emphasis on new plays by Utah playwrights.
Since 1991.

Seventy-one of the 96 productions in our history have been world premieres, including Leslea Newman's A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK (also Der Lesbisch-schwules Kulturhaus in Frankfurt, Germany) Aden Ross' LADY MACBETH and AMERIKA (also Toronto's Fringe Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Carol Lynn Pearson's FACING EAST (transferred off-Broadway in New York and toured to San Francisco), Mary Dickson's EXPOSED (toured Utah), Tobin Atkinson's THE ALIENATION EFFEKT and A PLACE IN THE SKY, Spence Porter's HIPPOLYTUS, Debora Threedy's THE END OF THE HORIZON and THE THIRD CROSSING, Jenifer Nii & Debora Threedy's WALLACE, Jenifer Nii's THE SCARLET LETTER and SUFFRAGE, Matthew Greene's ADAM & STEVE AND THE EMPTY SEA, Matthew Ivan Bennett's RADIO HOUR: FRANKENSTEIN, BLOCK 8, DI ESPERIENZA, RADIO HOUR: ALICE, MESA VERDE and ERIC(A) and Eric Samuelsen's MIASMA, AMERIGO and BORDERLANDS.

Plan-B staged the first regional production worldwide of Tectonic Theatre Project's THE LARAMIE PROJECT and the world preview of their THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER (in partnership with Kingsbury Hall), the first regional production worldwide of Scott Brown & Anthony King's GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!, the U.S. premiere of Will Eno's TRAGEDY: A TRAGEDY, the first English-speaking production of Susan Miller's MY LEFT BREAST not performed by the playwright and the Utah premieres of Ray Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451, John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, Martin Moran's THE TRICKY PART, Julie Jensen's SHE WAS MY BROTHER, STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS and Dustin Lance Black's 8.

Plan-B is the only theatre company in Utah history to have toured internationally (AMERIKA), to have transferred a production - fully intact - off-Broadway (FACING EAST) and to have published an anthology - actually 3 - of full-length, original plays: PLAYS FROM BEHIND THE ZION CURTAIN (2008) and MORE PLAYS FROM BEHIND THE ZION CURTAIN (2010), both published by Juniper Press/Oxide Books and EVEN MORE PLAYS FROM BEHIND THE ZION CURTAIN, (2012) published by Smashwords.

Plan-B is the proud recipient of many awards, including:

42 City Weekly Slammy/Arty Awards (2000-present)
18 QSaltLake Fabby Awards (2005-present)
Numerous year-end "Best of..." accolades from The Salt Lake Tribune (2001-present)
Equality Utah's Allies for Equality Award (2007)
SLC's Mayor's Artist Award for Producing Director Jerry Rapier (2008)
Utah Broadcasters Association Gold Award (2009)
Salt Lake Magazine Best of Utah Award (2010)
Transgender Education Advocates (TEA) of Utah's Organization of the Year Award (2010)
Human Rights Campaign's Equality Award for Organization of the Year (2011)

Performances and mailing address at the Rose Wagner
138 W 300 S | SLC, UT 84101
Office 801.297.4200 | Tickets 801.355.ARTS

Staff
Jerry Rapier, Producing Director
Cheryl Ann Cluff, Managing Director
Randy Rasmussen, Technical Director
Jennifer Freed, Stage Manager
Matthew Ivan Bennett, Resident Playwright
Eric Samuelsen, Resident Playwright
Michael Johnson, Intern

Board of Trustees
Brian Johnson, President
Tami Marquardt, Vice President
Kay Shean, Secretary
Brian Doughty, Treasurer
Benjamin Brown | Kevin Emerson | Jesse Nix | Rick Pollock

Advisory Council
Bruce Bastian | Rebecca Chavez-Houck | Denise Winslow

Plan-B Benefit Performances Program
has raised funds for 40 non-profit organizations since its inception in 2000.

Plan-B is the resident theatre company
of Salt Lake County Center for the Arts venues in downtown Salt Lake City.

Plan-B is an Associate Member of the National New Play Network and operates under a Letter of Agreement with Actors' Equity Association and an Independent Producers Agreement with the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.