ELIJAH IN TIMON OF ATHENS AT THE UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESITIVAL

Elijah Alexander as Timon of Athens.

Elijah returns with glowing reviews in the lead role for Utah Shakespeare Festival’s production of Timon of Athens, running through Oct. 7, 2023. A play for our times, Timon of Athens is clever, satiric, and deeply moving as it explores friendship, wealth, and the foibles of a materialistic society.

Here are snippets from a review by Lisa Larson at Iron County Reviews. Read more here for the full review.

“The story opens on a picture of wealth and luxury as Timon of Athens (played by Elijah Alexander) is surrounded by a party of flatterers who are anxious to receive all the money, jewels, and prizes which Timon readily bestows upon his presumed friends. Timon’s generosity seems to know no bounds, and soon he has spent himself into debt; only then does he learn his friends were of the fair-weather variety. When none will come to his aid in his time of financial need, he tricks them all into coming to another feast, and then drives them out of his house amid shouts and curses before fleeing to a voluntary exile in a cave where he meets his ultimate demise.”

“Filling the title role of this production, Alexander commanded the stage with his charm and jovial spirit in the first act, and even more so with his devastation and reviling hatred in the second. His remarkable presence was matched by a cast of incredible talent, each taking their turn in the spotlight, while also moving in harmony to support the rest of the cast.”

“Thankfully, Utah Shakespeare Festival is bringing Timon of Athens out of obscurity in the best way possible — and making it one of the season’s “don’t miss” plays.”

The Utah Shakespeare Festival production of Timon of Athens plays various dates at 2 PM or 8 PM through October 7 at the Anes Studio Theatre on the campus of Southern Utah University. Tickets are $60. For more information, visit bard.org.

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