ABOUT
Immigrant's Daughter Theatre sprang onto the theatre scene in 2019, founded by Artistic Director Morag Shepherd and Managing Director Ariana Farber. (Stephanie Stroud joined Immigrant's Daughter Theatre in 2023 as our Resident Artist.)
IDT strives to produce daring theatre in barebones spaces, infusing the Salt Lake theatre scene with both new and classical work.
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MY BROTHER WAS A VAMPIRE - Immigrant's Daughter Theatre and Lil Poppet Productions - August, 2025
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Morag Shepherd is the Artistic Director of Immigrant’s Daughter Theatre. Some recent producing credits include A CATFISH CHRISTMAS with Three Penny Theatre, MISERY with Lil Poppet Productions, THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS with Hart Theatre, and IN YOUR DREAMS with Sackerson. Her play MY BROTHER WAS A VAMPIRE will perform this coming summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. More here

Ariana Broumas Farber is a playwright, producer, actor, and director who has worked on the professional stage locally and regionally for 23 years. Local professional theater collaborations include: Pioneer, Pygmalion, Salt Lake Acting Company, PLAN-B, Wasatch, the Grand, The Classical Greek Theater Festival, The New Works Theater Machine, Sackerson, and Immigrant’s Daughter Theatre. Playwriting credits include: In your Dreams (contributing playwright), Savage Resources (FFF Award at GSL Fringe Festival), Dreamers (Top 10 plays of 2022, Utah Review), Role Play, and Ride Me: A Play with Cruel Intentions (co-writer). She serves as Managing Director for Immigrant's Daughter Theatre alongside the illustrious Morag Shepherd. After only three years in operation, ID has received various awards and accolades. The ID production, Worship, was selected by the Utah Review as the number #1 production of the 2023 Utah Enlightenment. ID will be producing Shepherd's original play "My Brother was a Vampire" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland this August. Ariana graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA (Actor Training Program) and MPA from the University of Utah. She is an L1 candidate at the University of Cleveland School of Law where she is currently pursuing a Juris Doctor degree.

Stephanie Stroud is a director/actor/producer/educator living in Salt Lake City. Immigrant's Daughter credits include Dreamers (director), Worship (director), Misery (actor, co-produced by Lil Poppet Productions), and My Brother was a Vampire (director, Edinburgh Fringe Festival '25). Other Salt Lake City credits include Medea (The Classical Greek Theatre Festival), Small Box with a Revolver (The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival), The Realistic Joneses (Wasatch Theatre Company in association with Lil Poppet Productions), and In Your Dreams (Sackerson). Stephanie is an Artist in Residence with Immigrant's Daughter, a founding member of Lil Poppet Productions, and was a founding member of Mortar Theater Company in Chicago. Stephanie is a member of Actors Equity Association, Stage Directors and Choreographers, and an alum of Lincoln Center Director's Lab.
PAST WORK
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A CATFISH CHRISTMAS
by Ariana Farber
music by Spencer Ford
​A co-production by Immigrant's Daughter Theatre and
Three Penny Theatre, 2024
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Directed by Jonah Kirkhart Ericson
Stage managed by Cody Ray O'hare
​Performed by Brenda Hattingh, Tiffani Digregorio, Miles Broadhead , and Tevita Inukiha'angana


Immigrant’s Daughter Theatre-ThreePenny Theatre Company’s A Catfish Christmas is jolly, delightful but also gutsy, earthy ride (The Utah Review)

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​MISERY
By William Goldman
Based in the novel by Stephen King
​Produced by Immigrant's Daughter and Lil Poppet Productions ​
Westminster University, 2024
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Directed by Morag Shepherd
Paul Sheldon - Tyson Baker
Annie Wilkes - Stephanie Stroud
Buster - Alvaro Cortez
Stage Manager - Nicole Lopez
Lighting Design - Savannah Garlick
Costume and Makeup - Andrea Davenport
Stage Combat - Varlo Davenport
Graphic Design - Mitchell Shepherd
Photography - Ashley Thalman
Videography - Jesse Nepivoda



THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS
By Paul Zindel
Lightree Studios, Hart Theater and Immigrant's Daughter Theater
July 2024
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Directed by Morag shepherd
Stage Managed by Liz Black
Set Design - Allen Smith
Costume Design - Emily Wells
Light Design - Kyle Esposito
Props - Liz Black
Diction and Graphic Design - Paul McGrew
Photos by Brighton Sloan
Sound Design by Morag Shepherd
Performed by Ariana Farber, Heidi Farber, Vicki Pugmire, Ainslie Shepherd, and Jamie Greenburg



IN YOUR DREAMS
By Morag Shepherd, Matthew Ivan Bennett, Ariana Farber, and Jesse Nepivoda​
Westminster University, Sackerson
May, June 2024
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Directed by Stephanie Stroud and Morag shepherd
Stage Managed by Miranda Giles
Design by Mitchell Shepherd
Photos by Laura Chapman
Video by Jesse Nepivoda
Sound Design by Morag Shepherd
Performed by Jordan Briggs, Paul McGrew, Juls Marino, Madizon Can-Can,
Brynn Duncan, and Amona Faatau



SAVAGE RESOURCES
by Ariana Farber
​Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival
Immigrant's Daughter Theatre, 2023
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Directed by Ariana Farber
Stage managed by Heidi Farber
Lights and Sound - Morag Shepherd
​Performed by Tiffani Digregorio, Sam Torres , Claire Stucki, Jennica Anusua, and Jeffrey Owen



DREAMERS
By Ariana Farber
Immigrant's Daughter Theatre and Wasatch Theatre Company, 2022
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Directed by Stephanie Stroud
Lights - David Knoell
Performed by Tyler Kline and Sophia Van Nederveen


ROLE PLAY
By Ariana Farber
Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival
2021, 2022
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Directed by Morag shepherd
Graphic Design by Mitchell Shepherd
Light and Sound Design - Morag Shepherd
Costume and Props - Ariana Farber
Photos by Eric Geels
Video - Brenda Hattingh
Performed by Ariana Farber and Tyson Baker​​

