Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre celebrated its opening night in July of 2016. The 89,267 SF performing arts facility is part of the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Center on the Southern Utah University campus, and is the only arts center located in non-metro Cedar City, Utah.
The Tony Award winning Festival is the economic and cultural anchor in Cedar City, a community of just over 30,000 residents. With an annual audience of over 140,000, 35% from out of state, the Festival generates an annual direct economic impact of over $35M. The new theater increased capacity by 25%, adding an estimated additional $8M in economic impact.
