Season Two
Season Two Episode three
If You Build It...
Sometimes all it takes to get a project off the ground is one person to lay the groundwork. Learn how the Utah Shakespeare Festival keeps fans coming back year after year, meet the local artists working to revitalize small-town Helper, and see how five architecture grad students work together to build a new home for a Diné mother.
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Utah Shakespeare Festival
Founded in 1961, the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City is one of the oldest and largest in North America. This Tony Award-winning theatrical production draws more than 100,000 people to the grounds of Southern Utah University annually. Go behind the scenes with the actors & stage crew to learn how the magic on the stage unfolds and see how they capture audiences of all ages year after year.
Helper's Artistic Revival
In rural east-central Utah, a beautiful landscape, affordable cost of living, and lack of distractions makes for a great place to create art. See how the town’s mix of university transplants and local creatives are leading an artist’s revitalization of historic Helper, from the restored 1940s Conoco station and vibrant murals along Main Street to the annual Helper Arts, Music & Film Festival.
DesignBuildBLUFF
Building a house isn’t easy — just ask the students of DesignBuildBLUFF. Each fall, this academic design build program through The University of Utah sends grad students on a semester-long cultural exchange to shepherd a new construction in a native community. See how five city women learn from the land, the people, and one another to build a home one Diné mother can be proud to call her own.
