Jason Bruffy

We had the good fortune to meet this incredibly charming, capable, and intelligent gentleman when he was hired to head the Salt Lake Acting Company in the fall of 2009. Unfortunately, Salt Lake Acting Company fired him less than 4 months later, which was a real loss for the entire Salt Lake theatre scene as Jason's vibrant theatrical vision was clearly going to make us all work a lot harder in order to avoid looking like amateurs.

We miss Jason, wish him the best of luck in his adventures, and will be watching his career with interest--stealing his inspiring ideas whenever possible (wink).

Jason Bruffy website

Pictures: Jason Bruffy, Euridice, Hamlet, Pillowman

Admiration for WAR HORSE

The mission of Meat & Potato is to tell compelling stories in the most powerful ways possible and we are constantly looking for inspiration from other sources. One particular production that has recently captured our attention is the London hit WAR HORSE. It is a clear and powerful story told through the use of some amazing puppetry. While we don't have the resources to produce productions of the magnitude or majesty of WAR HORSE, it is productions like this that encourage us to raise our work from mere "plays" to theatrical adventures.









Link to WAR HORSE at the National, with video.

1st Script-n-Hand Series

Meat & Potato is a very proud partner with Plan B Theatre Company in managing the Playwrights' and Directors' Laboratories. Jerry Rapier of Plan B produced the Labs' first ever Script-in-Hand series where Mark Fossen and Andra Harbolt direct two new plays by Debora Threedy and Elaine Jarvik. They were performed by actors I've all directed before and greatly respect: Josh Thoemke, Deena Marie Manzanares, Colleen Lewis and Stephanie Howell.

It was wonderful to have experienced these plays in their infancy as a scene or a writing exercise, and now to see them as completed pieces. It was also a very wonderful feeling to see actors going full out, and an audience hanging on their every word, all without ever really seeing the director's hand in the process--which is a great credit to Andra and Mark, who have obviously taken the to heart the opening line of William Ball's book A SENSE OF DIRECTION: "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain".

Here is the review.

SAMPLER Tickets Still Available

5 theatre companies, 5 different production, one low price! Meat & Potato, Plan B, Wasatch, Pygmalion, & Utah Contemporary theatre companies on a single bill? How cool is that?

Check it out!

Sampler Link