If you visit for the first time, as I recently did, you will almost certainly think you are lost or made a wrong turn. Surely your GPS won't take you through a residential neighborhood to get there. And then you realize it--the amphitheater is IN the neighborhood. I have no idea which came first, but I can just best that these very expensive homes and the owners in them don't love the disruption to their quiet suburban life every night. The parking, the lights, the music.
City planning aside, the amphitheater itself is actually quite lovely. It's a large and looks to be in very good condition, and it sits in the hillside overlooking the entire western sunset. The seating scales all the way up the hillside and is just a flat grass area for each row. We went to see a musical, and our seating was indeed assigned by row and seat, though you provide your own seat. I was told to bring a blanket or chair, but didn't know which chairs are allowed. By the looks of things, it was any chair, as many had standard camping chairs with them and I brought a blanket. You can use the concrete wall behind each row as a back rest, but chairs would be preferable. There's grass on each row, and I just feel like that person that mows that deserves a big shoutout.
The lights and acoustics are pretty good. The real show was the sunset; it lasted nearly an hour and was phenomenal. But the musical we saw was a Draper community production. My guess (?) is that they do concerts and other kinds of shows here, so the facility is probably used for various kinds of arts and performances, and perhaps (?) could even be rented.
There's little parking so just be prepared to park on the road and walk in. Bathrooms are tidy and there's a small snack shop there, too.
I really appreciate that communities invest in the arts. Art is important, and giving people a home like this amphitheater is a great way to help art persist in our cities, and in this case, the heart of our neighborhoods. read more