Keith M. Engar

Keith Engar built a professional theatre out of a university drama program. When he took over Pioneer Memorial Theatre in 1964, campus productions were student affairs; he negotiated the first formal contract between a university theatre and the Actors' Equity Association, opening the stage to professionals. That agreement set the model that made the building beside this marker the fully professional Pioneer Theatre Company — still Salt Lake's only Equity house, still staging a full season every year. Engar's insistence that Utah could support serious theatre proved right — seven plays a season, ever since.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Red Butte Garden — 1.3 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 1.5 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 1.7 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 1.8 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• David O. McKay — steps away
• George Thomas Building — steps away
• Alfred C. Emery Building — steps away
• James E. Talmage Building — steps away