Salt Lake Ditty

I'm heading to Salt Lake City this week to see the first ever production of GUTENBERG! that Scott and I had nothing to do with (other than, you know, writing it). I've often said that the show play best with at least a few Mormons in the audience, so it should be awesome.

The theatre company producing it, Plan B Theatre, is apparently known for mostly very serious plays about death and rape and death. Their last show was called EXPOSED, and is described on their website this way:

The state of Utah was downwind of many of the 928 nuclear bombs the U.S. government exploded in the Nevada desert between 1951 and 1992. EXPOSED explores the human consequence of the nuclear history of our state and our nation.

Zing!

So it's a big departure for them. And apparently one that's causing them to have to deal with the whole idea of "FAMILY FARE" for the first time. Plan B's Artistic Director (and the director of this production) wrote this for Catalyst Magazine:

It's been a little surreal fielding phone calls asking if the show is appropriate for kids. It's not a question we usually get at Plan-B. This is what I've been telling people:

• There is one F word.

• There is one gay joke.

• There are many boob jokes.

I got one call from a mother asking me if it was appropriate for her 12-year-old son. I gave her the list above. She laughed.

"I say the F word more than I should. And my son is gay, so the boob jokes won't really be an issue."

The show sounds extra funny in list form, doesn't it? Especially since the "gay joke" in the show is a character simply saying that he is gay (Wham!). Also - I only remember writing one boob joke - so this should be extra good (who wants only one boob anyway?).

I do expect good things though based on this preview they put on their website. The delivery is the exact right mix of sincerity and ridicuality, which is a word I just invented.