Wasatchveg

 As the producing director of  Plan-B Theatre, one of Utah’s front-line theatre companies, Jerry Rapier (a long-time vegetarian) is a man who is in the know. With this status City Weekly asked him to choose his “hot top 20 of Utah”, and here they are in no particular order.

Jerry Rapier | Plan-B Theater
1. Kirt Bateman – my partner of 13 years, one hell of an actor and the fantastic Executive Director of the Davis Arts Council
2. Melissa Rasmussen – my dearest friend for nearly 15 years
3. Luana Chilelli – a ray of light in my life
4. All the peeps I’ve worked with at Plan-B since 2000, especially Cheryl Ann Cluff
5. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center – I pretty much live there
6. Equality Utah – fighting the good fight for us GLBT folks in Utah
7. Human Rights Campaign – fighting the good fight for us GLBT folks on a national scale
8. Sage’s Cafe/Vertical Diner – um, yeah, everything on the menu rocks
9. Vienna Bistro – try the carrot cake
10. Wasatchveg.com – already invaluable for any veggie
11. Carlucci’s – dear god that dessert case
12. Jade Market/Rosie’s Deli – my day wouldn’t be complete without my daily visit
13. Walkability of my life – I love that I can go days without driving a car
14. NowPlayingUtah.com – simply the best place to get arts & culture info
15. SLUG/City Weekly/In Utah This Week/Catalyst/Q Salt Lake/Salt Lake Magazine/ – thank God you’re here
16. KUER/KRCL/UtahFM/KCPW – ditto
17. Wii Tennis – okay, so it’s not really Utah but I live here and I have a Wii so it’s a Utah Wii
18. Bruce Bastian – I’ve never known anyone with a bigger heart
19. Tony Larimer – you gave me something to shoot for as an artist
20. And finally, my dear friends sending good energy to me and my mother over the past year

     Wasatch Veg would like to thank Jerry for his support, as well as, thanking him for all he does with his stance on equality in creating a friendly, just, and a more accepting Utah. Thanks again Jerry!

 Jerry and the staff of Plan-B are producing a new play entitled ‘Di Esperienza’. A theatrical work which celebrates the life of one of the best known Vegans of all time, the one and only Leonardo DaVinci. 

  After having the opportunity of seeing the high caliber performance of ‘Block 8′, a vivid tale about an unlikely friendship during times of war, I am truly looking forward to experiencing ‘Di Esperienza’ and am sure that it will be no less than an adventure through time! Get your tickets while you can!  

WORLD PREMIERE
by Matthew Ivan Bennett
April 3-19, 2009
Studio Theatre | Rose Wagner
138 West 300 South, SLC

Leonardo da Vinci comes face-to-face with three of his works of art—Judas Iscariot (from The Last Supper); La Gioconda (better known as the Mona Lisa) and Isabella d’Este (whose portrait he sketched but refused to complete the painting) to answer the question scribbled hundreds of times throughout the 20,000 pages of his notebooks:  “Tell me if anything has ever been achieved.”

DI ESPERIENZA is only the third play in the English language to be written about Leonardo da Vinci, coinciding with his 557th birthday (April 15).