Beauty and the Beast

Utah's Christmas Theatre Season

People outside of Utah do not seem to understand the Utah Theatre. Honestly, I am not sure those of us inside of Utah really understand it. But it is a truth understood that we love theatre. We really love our theatre. So you can find yourself any number of tellings of the Christmas Carol, from the classic tale at the Hale, to the Scrooge version at the Terrace, to the Harry Potter version at the Zig. The Old Barn in Garland has The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Or if you prefer It's a Wonderful Life, that is at the Hopebox and the Radio version is at Centerpointe and The Covey Center and we haven't even ventured down south! We have got Elf at Tuachan and A Christmas Story is coming to the Eccles and my favorite comedy that I have ever seen, The Play That Goes Wrong, is coming to Pioneer, and Pete the Cat the Musical is coming to Salt Lake Acting Company and this is just December! No, I did not mention all the shows, plus there are concerts and more community theatre and th

When you're broken on the ground

You will be found Today I found out a friend of mine that I care about a great deal was in a car accident. Life has been a challenge for this friend. She is divorced, in school, dealing with children and life and loneliness several states away from her family. I am the type that wants to run to the side of those in need and help in any way that I can, which is very frustrating when I am far away and cannot do anything. This time, it hurts even more, because, I was her. Alone and scared and frustrated and far from those who I love. As I drove home, the words from Dear Evan Hansen struck me "Have you ever felt like nobody was there? Have you felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere? Have you ever felt like you could disappear? Like you could fall and no one would hear?" Yes, I have felt that. I have felt the darkness come in around me. I have read that JK Rowling based the idea of the dementors on her experience with depression, and I have to admit it is a precise defin

Dr. Maren

I took time off from blogging. I am certain there were many people crying silently into their pillows because of the definite loss that they felt when they no longer read my writing on a semi-frequent basis. I am offering my deepest apologies to all five of you. I had to focus instead on the little matter of getting married, and also finishing my PhD. One of those things was infinitely more difficult than the other. All of my life, well, at least since junior high school, I have harbored a dream of getting a doctorate degree. I love school. I love learning. I love writing papers. I know what an absolute nerd this makes me. I don't really care. Life and difficulties all got in the way, and now, a few weeks before my 40th birthday, which happens to be tomorrow, I finally finished this goal that I told myself about when I was 12. Part of the reason I wanted to do this was because I learned that for many generations, women could not go to higher education. That we were cons

Maren's Many Moments

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