Coming Soon to the Main Stage
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
by Lanie Robertson
September 3 – 26, 2026
Musical
Backstage | Thursday – Saturday | 
The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty, often humorous reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music.
The play opened on Broadway on April 13, 2014. Directed by Lonny Price, the production starred Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday and featured Shelton Becton as pianist Jimmy Powers. The show was originally scheduled for a limited 10-week engagement, but was extended several times until it finally closed on October 5, 2014. Audra McDonald won her record-breaking sixth Tony Award for the production, and she became the only person to win in all four acting categories, this time winning for Best Actress.
Preview: September 2
Special Events
SLCC Theatre Department
Flash 24: 24-Hour Theatre and Arts Festivals
Saturday, September 12th, 2026 8:00 PM
$10 General Admission
A night of short plays, music, and fashion designs conceived, and created entirely in 24 hours. Don’t miss this culmination of an exciting 24-hours of artistic creation.
Excellence in the Community
Take 5 – Swingin’ with Sinatra and Friends
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 7:30 PM
Free
Take 5 brings the swinging sound and unique style of Jazz standards as they bring timeless American classics to life. Classics sung by the likes of Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Harry Connick Jr and many more that make people smile, sway and dance.
Odyssey Dance Theatre
Thriller
October 9- 24, 2026
If Odyssey Dance Theatre’s Thriller isn’t part of your yearly Halloween tradition, it should be. The spooky spectacular combines technical aspects of dance while paying homage to the stars of all Hallow’s Eve. Throughout the two-hour program, Thriller highlights all the heroes of the season, including Frankenstien’s monster and his bride, skeletons and mummies.
“This show has become a phenomenon!” says Odyssey Founder and Artistic Director Derryl Yeager. “Now in its 29th year, it has grown tremendously in popularity.”
Get your tickets early, because most of the performances sell out each year! This show has it all – frights, amazement, scares and lots of laughs. Come and join this spectacular Halloween tradition and see what everyone is talking about – Odyssey Dance Theatre’s Thriller!
Excellence in the Community
Pompe N’ Honey
Friday, October 30th, 2026 7:30 PM
Free
Pompe n’ Honey is a tightly knit SL acoustic swing band that has a love of early 20th century siwng and folk music. Breaking down the wall between high-brow sophistication and raw artistic expression, they are comfort food for you ears. Drawing inspiration from artists like Django Reinhardt, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Madeleine Peyroux and Hot Club of Cowtown, Pompe n’ Honey play a healthy dose of original tunes, American Songbook standards and quirky pop covers for a dynamic and positively toe-tapping good time!
SLCC Theatre Department
R.U.R. – Rossum’s Unified Robots
November 5th, 6th, 7th, 12th, 13th, & 14th, 2026 7:00 PM
$15 General Admission
In 1921, Czech playwright Karel Capek invented the word Robot and imagined a future shaped by artificial workers. This immersive adaptation places audiences inside Rossum’s Unified Robots, where they are free to explore the world and uncover its secrets.
SLCC Theatre Department
The Adding Machine – A Staged Reading
Thursday, November 19th, 2026 7:00 PM
$10 General Admission
Replaced by a machine after decades of service, Mr. Zero spirals into murder and a haunting afterlife in this darkly comic American classic.
Excellence in the Community
Kendrick Zane – Elton John, Billie Joel and Piano Greats
Saturday, November 7th, 2026 7:30 PM
Free
Kendrick Zane and his band play an eclectic mix of jazz harmonies and pop/rock along with his original compositions in a style which is a cross betwwn Billy Joel, Steely Dan, Bruce Hornsby and Bruce Springsteen. He draws on the classic singer-songwriter tradition for a night of music not to be missed.
Excellence in the Community
Josh Wright – Classical Christmas
Monday, December 7th, 2026 7:30 PM
Free
Celebrate the season with the timeless beauty of classical music alongside beautifully reimagined traditional carols. A blending of rigorous classical tradition with the warmth of seasonal melodies. Josh Wright is a Billboard #1 classical concert pianist from SLC who has delighted audiences across the US and Europe. The Washington Post described him as a pianist possessing “rare gifts – touch, intelligence and the ability to surprise.”
SLCC Theatre Department
Sense and Sensibility
April 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2027 7:00 PM
$15 General Admission
Kate Hamill’s playful adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters after their father’s death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable.
SLCC Theatre Department
Hideous Progeny-A Staged Reading
Thursday, April 15th, 2027 7:00 PM
$10 General Admission
It was a dark and stormy night when Lord Byron challenges Mary Godwin (not yet Shelley) to write a ghost story that will make her immortal. Witty, salacious, and often melodramatic–we are talking about the Romantics, after all–Hideous Progeny takes these larger than life figures and depicts them as the teenagers they were; overeducated, egotistical and convinced they will change the world despite how little they know about it.
