SLAC's Summer Show 2027

Salt Lake Acting Company brings back its annual summer parody, SLAC's Summer Show 2027, running from June 23 through August 15 at the Salt Lake Acting Company in Salt Lake City. Opening night is Friday, June 25, at 7:30 PM. The show is a fresh production created each year by Utahns for Utahns, billed as the company's summer party and a chance to laugh at the peculiar, passionate, and downright perplexing parts of life in the Beehive State. It runs about two hours with an intermission and is recommended for mature audiences.

The production takes place in the Upstairs Theatre, which converts into a 206-seat cabaret space. The venue itself is the historic 19th Ward House of Worship, built in 1896 by early LDS settlers and home to SLAC since 1978. The company got its start in a Unitarian Church in 1969, and since 1970 it has staged Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwrights while commissioning many world-premiere plays. Founder Ed Gryska said the aim was to present new plays audiences had never heard of, balancing the traditional with the new.

Performances run Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 PM, with Sunday matinees at 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM. There are two additional dates: Tuesday, July 20, at 7:30 PM and Saturday, July 31, at 2:00 PM. Single tickets are $35 for adults, $15 for students, and $20 for those 30 and under on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday matinees, and Sunday evenings. On Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees, adult tickets go up to $45, while student and 30-and-under pricing stays at $15 and $20. Seating options range from $45 for the theater and $50 for floor or high-top tables to $55 for a sky box table, with student and 30-and-under theater seating at $20. The venue is at 168 West 500 North, Salt Lake City, UT 84103.