Salt Lake Tribune | Review: Finding the heart in Sister Dottie’s malapropisms

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Barbara Bannon | February 20, 2012

She's baaack! The irrepressible Dottie Dixon, flamboyantly embodied by the equally irrepressible Charles Lynn Frost, is making a return appearance to Utah stages at Salt Lake Acting Company. Spanish "Fark's" most infamous mother of a gay son and "discommunicated" member of the Mormon Church is back with the latest installment of her life and adventures, "Dottie—The Sister Lives On."

If you're already a Dottie fan, this sequel is bound to please you. And if you're a newcomer to Dottie's charms, she will instantly make you feel at home because this play, cowritten by Frost and Christopher Wixom, has more range and depth than its predecessor. [Read article]

 

(a man enters)

By Elaine Jarvik & Kate Jarvik Birch
Director Alexandra Harbold
Featuring Joyce Cohen, Terence Goodman, Amanda Mahoney, Deena Marie Manzanares, Jesse Peery

*EXTENDED THRU DEC. 11!*

Added performances:
Thursday, Dec. 8 @ 7:30 PM
Friday, Dec. 9 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, Dec. 10 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, Dec. 11 @ 1:00 PM 

Rosie is waiting for Dad to show up for Grandma's birthday party.  He's 20 years late.  A magical comic-drama.