The Guys

By Anne Nelson

Directed by John DiAntonio

The Guys

By Anne Nelson

Directed by John DiAntonio

About the Show

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of September 11, the Utah Shakespeare Festival presents a special one-time staged reading of Anne Nelson’s The Guys, starring longtime Festival artists Melinda Pfundstein and Chris Mixon.

The Guys follows the true story of a journalist who, in the days following the attack on the World Trade Center, helps a New York fire chief write the eulogies for eight of his men who were killed. Presented as a staged reading in the intimate Anes Studio Theatre, akin to the Festival’s Words Cubed new play program, it is a small play about an enormous event whose power lies in its humanity.

Tickets are $11. All proceeds from the performance benefit 9/11 first responders and their families.

“It’s a beautiful and tender script—so simple, so intimate, and perfectly suited to the Anes Theatre. I’m incredibly excited about our cast: Melinda Pfundstein and Chris Mixon are both beloved members of the Utah Shakespeare family, and I know our audiences will be thrilled to see them together,” said Artistic Director John DiAntonio. “I hope you can join us for what will be a very special morning. The Guys is a small play about an enormous event, but its power lies in its humanity—in two people trying to find the words when words seem impossible. Twenty-five years after September 11, that feels like a story still worth telling.”

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  • The Guys
    Friday, September 11, 2026, 9:30 am
    Anes Studio Theatre
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