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Salt Lake City Weekly's A&E essentials for July 30 to August 5.
Good Company Theatre's "Waiting for Godot"; The Wish Exchange Place; Springville World Folkfest / Pacific Island Heritage Month
Courtesy Photo Good Company Theatre: Waiting for Godot Like many people who encounter Samuel Beckett’s 1953 absurdist masterpiece Waiting for Godot, Mark Fossen—who directs Good Company Theatre’s current production—has found his perception of it shifting over time.
“At first, I was really struck by the quote-unquote absurdity of it, that nothing quite makes sense, … that it was this strange, abstract philosophical piece.” But as for his current sense of Godot, Fossen says, “It’s just funny. Beckett loved the silent film comedians.
When we read it, it feels so dry and philosophical.
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