CEDAR CITY — Brian Vaughn, the longtime artistic director of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, has stepped down from that post, effective immediately.
The announcement came Wednesday in a terse news release from the Utah Shakespeare Festival, which begins its 2022 season on June 20 – less than a month away.
No details were offered about why Vaughn is leaving the Tony-winning regional theater organization based in Cedar City. The release said: “The Festival cannot comment on the specifics of individual personnel matters.”
Vaughn’s involvement with the festival goes back three decades. He has been artistic director since May 2017, and shared the job with David Ivers from 2011 until then. During their time together, Vaughn and Ivers notably extended the festival’s run, adding a fall season to the traditional summer event, and saw the opening of the outdoor Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre in 2016.
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Written by PALAK JAYSWAL, The Salt Lake Tribune.
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