Who would have thought that you could see some great plays in St. George, Utah? Well, you can, and it is a great spot.

Tuacahn

This is located at the mouth of Padre Canyon, right by Snow Canyon Park. See below under Location.

This was founded by playwright Douglas C. Stewart in 1995, with the help of Hyrum W. Smith, a local businessman. They wanted to tell the story of Utah’s ancient inhabitants and pioneer settlers. This is settled on an 80-acre plot.

The set included

A 45,000-gallon water-holding pond

River spillway

Drainage system for a flash-flood sequence

The Amphitheater seats about 2,500 people and is an open-air seating arrangement, so if it rains, it rains.

It also features the following:

• Hafen Teater
  • It is a 328-seat indoor proscenium arch facility that is part of the Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts Facility.
• Black Box and Dance Studio
  • The black box theater and dance studio. Working spaces for school classes.

Located

Productions

The shows that have been performed at Tuachan

• 1995
  • Utah
• 1996
  • Utah!
  • Quilters
  • 1940/s Radio Hour
• 1997
  • Utah!
• 1998
  • Utah!
  • How the West Was Won
• 1999
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• 2000
  • The Music Man
  • Fiddler on the Roof
• 2001
  • Oklahoma!
  • The Sound of Music
• 2002
  • Utah!
  • Annie Get Your Gun
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Once on this Island (Tuacahn High School)
• 2003
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • The King and I
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown
  • Bye Bye Birdie (Tuacahn High School)
• 2004
  • Guys and Dolls
  • West side story
  • Singin’ in the Rain
  • Crazy for You (Tuachn High School
• 2005
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • Les Miserables: School Version (Tuacahn High School)
• 2006
  • Peter Pan
  • South Pacific
  • Cats
• 2007
  • Cinderella
  • My Fair Lady
  • 42nd Street
• 2008
  • Les Miserables
  • The Sound of Music
  • Big River
• 2009
  • Annie
  • Footloose
  • Aida
• 2010
  • Tarzan
  • Cats
  • Crazy for You
• 2011
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Grease
• 2012
  • Aladdin
  • Hairspray
  • Titanic (Tuacahn High School)
• 2013
  • Mary Poppins
  • Starlight Express
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie
  • West Side Story  (Tuacahn High School)
• 2014
  • The Little Mermaid
  • The Wizard of OZ
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • South Pacific (Tuacahn High School)
• 2015
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Disney’s When You Wish (musical)
  • Sister Act
  • Footloose (Tuacahn High School)
• 2016
  • Grease (Tuacahn High School)
  • Peter Pan
  • Disney’s Tarzan
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• 2017
  • Little Shop of Horrors (Tuacahn High School)
  • Shrek The Musical
  • The Prince of Egypt
• 2019
  • The Sound of Music
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Disney’s When You Wish )Musical)
• 2021
  • Anie
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • School of Rock
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
• 2022
  • Mary Poppins
  • Wonderland
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• 2023
  • Disney’s Tarzan
  • Ronald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• 2024
  • Disney’s Frozen
  • Anastasia
  • Jersey Boys
• 2025
  • Disney’s The Little Mermaid
  • The Wizard of OZ
  • Newsies

Dang, that was a lot of productions.

I have seen a few of those shows, and we saw all three in 2024.

I took the production list from

Tuacahn. (2024, November 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuacahn

Photos

My Thoughts

This is a must-go place if you are into plays. It is a nice place to visit. It is a way out there, but it is well worth it.

Go and take a look at it. It will be worth your drive.

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