A story of love and friendship that follows three friends over two years in SLC in the early 2000s. Best friends Georgia and Christopher struggle to create a life in the arts, Georgia and Dustin fall in love and navigate the messiness of building a life with another person, battling mental health challenges, and supporting one another while staying true to themselves. Themes of self-harm and suicide are explored.
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Tickets: $15.00 each**
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July 29, 2022-August 7, 2022
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Play time: 60 minutes
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Location: The Gateway
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Venue 3~ 77 S Rio Grande, SLC
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Rated: FF- Fairly Fringey (PG 13)
All ticket sales for With You will be donated to the
Utah Pride Center's
Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Services programs
Can't make it in person? We invite you to donate directly in lieu of purchasing a ticket.
Please make sure you designate your donation to go toward either
Mental Health Program or Suicide Prevention
and
In Memory of Eric Price & Ryan Mouritsen
THANK YOU!!!
Meet the Team
JAMIE WILCOX (playwright & director) holds an MA in Applied Theatre from the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London. In addition to her 10+ years as Artistic & Managing Director of Egyptian YouTheatre, she runs her own creative arts company, Play is the Thing. With You is her first full-length play.
Jamie began writing With You as a two-person one-act in 2003 to help make sense of the loss of her boyfriend, Eric, to suicide the year previous. Soon after, With You was expanded to a full-length play and a character was added to include Jamie's best friend, Ryan, a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. Tragically, Ryan died in a flying accident in L.A. in 2009.
Play is the Thing is proud to pay all artists involved and donate all ticket sales in Eric and Ryan's names to the Utah Pride Center, specifically to aid access to mental health services.
Amy, Pedro, Tristian, and Amanda- you brilliant and beautiful souls, there are no words. Special thanks to my Aidan Erica and family, Shelby Rickart, Jake Larrabee, Olivia Henry, the Price & Mouritsen families, Dan Varas, Gabriela Baguley, Jess Vice, and Jake Arky.
Cheers, to Eric & Ryan!
With You Playlist
Scene 1- Moondance / Van Morrison
Scene 2- Don't Be Shy / Yusuf/Cat Stevens
Scene 3- What I Like About You / The Romantics
Scene 4- With You / The Flaming Lips
Scene 5- That's How Strong My Love Is / Otis Redding
Scene 6- The Night / Morphine
Scene 7- How to Disappear Completely / Radiohead
Scene 8- Trouble / Yusuf/Cat Stevens
Scene 9- Between the Bars / Elliott Smith
Scene 10- Feel to Believe / Beth Orton
Scene 11- In Spite of Me / Morphine, covered by Olivia Henry
Scene 12- The Dark is Rising / Mercury Rev
Scene 13- A Little at a Time / Johnny Cash
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/03gPW9xA8ZK74UVVbrF7yX?si=6cabb731b6d3436a