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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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Up Next

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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

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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.

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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
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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

 

 

WORSHIP
By Morag Shepherd
Immigrant's Daughter Theatre, 2023

Directed by Stephanie Stroud
Design - Mitchell Shepherd

Photos - Mickelle Weber

Video - Shawn Saunders

Performed by Ariana Farber, Nick Matthews, Renny Grames, Ainslie Shepherd, and Brynn Duncan
 

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​​

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