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| Address | 1100 Tuacahn Drive Ivins, Utah United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°11′29″N 113°39′33″W / 37.1913°N 113.6592°W |
| Owner | Tuacahn Center for the Arts |
| Type | Outdoor Amphitheatre |
| Capacity | 1920 |
| Production | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
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| Opened | April 1995 |
| Architect | Mesa Consulting Group Inc. |
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The Tuacahn Center for the Arts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) arts center located in the mouth of the Padre Canyon, adjacent to Snow Canyon State Park, in Ivins, Utah. The 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) facility was completed in 1995 and includes a 1,920-seat outdoor amphitheater, a 328-seat indoor theater, a black box theater, a dance studio, a costume shop, a scene shop, and Tuacahn High School, an arts specialty high school. Tuacahn's show season includes two or three productions for the amphitheater stage, usually one for the indoor Hafen Theater, a live-action recreation of the nativity called the Festival of Lights, and a spring and fall concert series.
Tuacahn was founded in 1995 by Utah playwright Douglas C. Stewart. Partnering with philanthropist, and creator of the Franklin Planner, Hyrum W. Smith, he planned the creation of a setting where the story of the founding of southern Utah could be told. The two, using a plot of 80 acres owned by Orval Hafen, set to building this dream.
During the construction of the center, two Mojave Desert Tortoises (an endangered species) were found dead along the road which led from the main highway to the construction site. This halted construction while an investigation by the Fish and Wildlife Service commenced. On Aug 18, 1994, an agreement was reached between the Heritage Arts Foundation and the US Fish and Wildlife Service in which the foundation paid a fine of $20,000 and agreed to special measures to ensure tortoises would be protected during construction and after the center opened. This included special "tortoise-proof fences" and passages underneath the road where wildlife could pass under.
Tuacahn opened in April 1995 with a dedication by Gordon B. Hinckley and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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