Cedar City is home to the Utah Shakespeare Festival. We had tickets for opening night of King Lear and, due to traffic delays, we just made the 8 PM curtain. The photo above was taken outside the open-air Englestad Shakespeare Theatre, which is part of a three-stage complex at Southern Utah University. The setting is beautiful, and I think both of us would gladly return. The rendition of King Lear was very good. But the actors all wore masks, which unfortunately detracted from the performance.
There are plenty of hotels near the university and we stayed at Baymont hotel on South Main Street, a nondescript almost clean place in walking distance of the Shakespeare Festival.
More important, it was also in walking distance of our morning coffee find -- the Bristlecone at 67 West Center Street. Bristlecone is in the middle of an interesting older downtown and it was fun to walk the streets. Kind of a mix of coffee shop, restaurant, cool place and yoga studio, Bristlecone served up uncommonly good coffee, had healthy breakfast options and engaging friendly staff. It was a great way to start the day. We sat outside to plan our day's trip but wound up playing Jenga and cornhole. Bristlecone is highly recommended.
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