Saturday's Voyeur

A scene from the 2007 season satirizes the then-recent renaming of the Utah Jazz's Basketball Arena after a nuclear waste disposal company.

Saturday's Voyeur is an annual musical satire produced by Salt Lake Acting Company. Each year a new show is written to parody contemporary life, politics, and religion in Utah. Saturday’s Voyeur was created in 1978 by Nancy Borgenicht and Allen Nevins, who continue to co-write the show each year.

The name Saturday’s Voyeur is itself a parody of the Mormon production Saturday’s Warrior, by Lex de Azevedo. With Mormonism being prevalent in Utah culture it often becomes a dominant topic in the annual production. Poking fun at the doctrine, customs, and church figures of the Mormon religion through musical satire is used as comic relief for non-Mormons and Mormons alike.

Saturday's Voyeur is considered SLAC's annual fundraiser and the theater is converted to cabaret style, where patrons are permitted to bring their own food and beverages.

Productions

Elliot Hall

Glass Factory Theatre

Marmalade Hill Center

Salt Lake Acting Company

Green Street at Trolley Square

Salt Lake Acting Company

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