It’s the dynamic speakers and huge groups of protesters that make the news, but most of the time real change comes from perfectly average men and women who spend most of their lives going about their average days. It’s those people we trust to understand our lives, the ones whose kid is on our son’s soccer team or works in the cubicle next to us, and if they can open ,their minds a little it doesn’t seem so impossible that maybe we can to.
Sister Dottie, a favorite theatrical neighbor for many Salt Lake residents, is back to share some casserole recipes and help change the world a little. She’ll star in Charles Lynn Frost and Christopher R. Wixom’s “Dottie – The Sister Lives On,” coming to Salt Lake Acting Company’s Chapel Theatre Feb. 15 through March 4 (tickets are available online). Sister Dottie, who has several plays under her belt, is the LDS mother of a gay son who talks about love, life, friendship and acceptance with both the audience and her longtime friend, Dartsey.
Like Frost, one of the show’s playwrights, the Sister Dottie character is a longtime LGBT activist who has appeared at local rallies and fundraisers. She’ll be continuing her efforts with the Dottie Circle of Love Fundraiser, set for Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. at Salt Lake Acting Company. Tickets for the event are $100, and include food, drink, admission to the show, and a mingle with Sister Dottie herself.
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