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February 21, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Isaac Gomez on writing his ‘Walmart Chekhov’

Playwright pays comic tribute to immigrant mother who rose from cashier to manager of a huge retail store on El Paso border

QUOTE Rattlesnake Kate Neyla Pekarek Karen Hartman. Photo by John Moore.

February 21, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Neyla Pekarek and Karen Hartman on ‘Rattlesnake Kate’

Bonnie Metzgar Quote 2019 Colorado New Play Summit. You Lost Me. Photo by John Moore

February 19, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Bonnie Metzgar on the timeless search for safe harbor

Beaufield Berry Quote 2019 Colorado New Play Summit In the Upper Room. Photo by John Moore

February 18, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Beaufield Berry on how every family is every family

DCPA Teaching Artists Gareth Saxe and Diana Dresser in 'Anna Karenina.' Photo by AdamsVisCom.

February 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Seven ‘Anna Karenina’ actors are also DCPA Teaching Artists

Ned Noyes and Jamie Ann Romero in the comedy 'The Play That Goes Wrong,' coming to Denver March 5-17.. Photo by Jeremy Daniel

February 5, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

For Jamie Ann Romero, everything is right with ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

The popular returning Denver actor calls the madcap Broadway comedy 'a two-hour laugh-a-thon'

Bryson Bruce and the 'Hamilton' national touring production. 'Hamilton' first visited Denver in February 2018. It returns to The Buell Theatre in August 2020. Photo by Joan Marcus.

January 28, 2019/by DCPA Press

Breaking: ‘Hamilton’ will return to Denver in August 2020

January 15, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Video: Remembering Carol Channing’s 2010 visit to Fort Collins

January 14, 2019/by Genevieve Miller Holt

‘Rock of Ages’ at 10: Still nothin’ but a good time

The cast of Cirque Eloize 'Hotel.' Photo by Pierre Manning.

December 15, 2018/by DCPA Press

Meet the characters who are checking into Cirque Éloize – ‘Hotel’

2019 Scenesters

January 22, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

DCPA Education names three student plays to be featured at Summit

The three winning scripts will be presented at next month's Colorado New Play Summit

Emily Hahn and Mya Schaffer 2019 Scenesters

January 20, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Scenesters: DCPA announces 2019 class of student playwriting finalists

December 28, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Art and Artist, Jessica Austgen: Cult Following, Academy Instructor … Total Nerd

December 10, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Video: A conversation with the cast of DCPA Education’s ‘Corduroy’

Angels in America Master Class. Andrew Covin and Lilia Vassileva-Eheart. Photo by John Moore

November 29, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

DCPA Master Classes give students chance to reach the unreachable story

Powered by Off-Center playwrights

November 30, 2018/by DCPA Press

DCPA selects first two projects for new artist residency program

The Denver Center's new development initiative, called Powered By Off-Center, drew 56 submissions from local artists

SantaLand BETC Michael Bouchard

November 13, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Stephen Weitz on 10 years of seasonal ‘SantaLand’ sarcasm

Rakeem Lawrence in 'Toxoplasmosis (or) High Strangeness,' by Sean Michael Cummings. Photos by Adams VisCom.

October 26, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Video, photos: Your first look at Bite-Size: An Evening of Micro Theatre

October 24, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Jeffrey Neuman on finding life after death in the margins of a book

HOLY COUCH BITE-SIZE PHOTO BY JOHN MOORE

October 22, 2018/by Edith Weiss

Edith Weiss on the wise words of Jesus and Mr. Rogers

February 21, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Isaac Gomez on writing his ‘Walmart Chekhov’

Playwright pays comic tribute to immigrant mother who rose from cashier to manager of a huge retail store on El Paso border

QUOTE Rattlesnake Kate Neyla Pekarek Karen Hartman. Photo by John Moore.

February 21, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Neyla Pekarek and Karen Hartman on ‘Rattlesnake Kate’

Bonnie Metzgar Quote 2019 Colorado New Play Summit. You Lost Me. Photo by John Moore

February 19, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Bonnie Metzgar on the timeless search for safe harbor

Beaufield Berry Quote 2019 Colorado New Play Summit In the Upper Room. Photo by John Moore

February 18, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Beaufield Berry on how every family is every family

DCPA Teaching Artists Gareth Saxe and Diana Dresser in 'Anna Karenina.' Photo by AdamsVisCom.

February 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Seven ‘Anna Karenina’ actors are also DCPA Teaching Artists

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January 31, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

February theatregoing is all about Anne, Annas … and Rembrandts

Start of Arvada Center's new rep season and 14th Colorado New Play Summit are among this month's biggest theatre events

Robert Michael Sanders Quote

January 30, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

For Robert Michael Sanders, time has stood still long enough

Metamorphoses. Avenue Theater.

January 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Breaking news: The Avenue Theater, as we know it, is no more

January 15, 2019/by DCPA Press

DCPA reports $193.4 million economic impact in 2017-18 ticket sales

Read more about 'Come From Away. Photo by John Moore

January 3, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Our 10 favorite NewsCenter stories of 2018

May 24, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

2018 Bobby G Awards: DSA reaches the heights with ‘In the Heights’

Awards celebrating achievements in Colorado high-school musical theatre are spread over a record 13 schools

May 24, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Photos: The buildup to tonight's Bobby G Awards

May 23, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Bobby G Awards Outstanding Chorus nominee: Regis Jesuit High School

May 22, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Bobby G Awards Outstanding Chorus nominee: Chaparral High School

May 20, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Bobby G Awards Outstanding Chorus nominee: ThunderRidge High School

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. ARVADA CENTER

January 31, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

February theatregoing is all about Anne, Annas … and Rembrandts

Start of Arvada Center's new rep season and 14th Colorado New Play Summit are among this month's biggest theatre events

Robert Michael Sanders Quote

January 30, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

For Robert Michael Sanders, time has stood still long enough

Metamorphoses. Avenue Theater.

January 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Breaking news: The Avenue Theater, as we know it, is no more

January 15, 2019/by DCPA Press

DCPA reports $193.4 million economic impact in 2017-18 ticket sales

Read more about 'Come From Away. Photo by John Moore

January 3, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Our 10 favorite NewsCenter stories of 2018

Harmony Livingston, who plays Katherine Plumber in Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s regional premiere of Disney’s Newsies through Aug. 26, will next play Mary Poppins. Garland Photography

July 16, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Meet Harmony Livingston

Harmony Livingston, who plays Katherine Plumber in Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s regional premiere of Disney’s Newsies in Johnstown through Aug. 26, has performed regionally including Off-Broadway and in the San Francisco area.

July 10, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

‘Corduroy’ cast will include multiple Henry Award nominees

May 25, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

To bee or to beetle? For Tristan C. Regini, that is the question

May 23, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Corbin Payne of 'The Who's Tommy' on the future state of your eardrums

May 16, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Owen Zitek on standing up for those who are thought of as lesser

Robert Michael Sanders Quote

January 30, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

For Robert Michael Sanders, time has stood still long enough

The actor and singer will perform his music publicly for the first time since botched shoulder surgery left his fingers partially paralyzed

January 3, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

January: When local theatre digs deeper

September 14, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

New Colorado Springs artistic leader on closing the empathy gap

September 6, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

September in Colorado theatre: The fall season begins

September 5, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

‘Mamma Mia’ marks Devine’s hair-raising return to the stage

National and breaking stories

Bryson Bruce and the 'Hamilton' national touring production. 'Hamilton' first visited Denver in February 2018. It returns to The Buell Theatre in August 2020. Photo by Joan Marcus.

January 28, 2019/by DCPA Press

Breaking: ‘Hamilton’ will return to Denver in August 2020

Metamorphoses. Avenue Theater.

January 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Breaking news: The Avenue Theater, as we know it, is no more

Kate MacCluggage in Noises Off.

December 14, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Casting announced: ‘Anna Karenina’ brings Kate MacCluggage back to Denver Center

Bill Christ in 'Cyrano,' left starring in Cyrano, and Leslie O'Carroll, right in 'A Christmas Carol,' will be reunited in 'The Whistleblower.' Photos by Terry Shapiro and Adams VisCom.

December 11, 2018/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Casts announced for ‘The Whistleblower’ and ‘Last Night and the Night Before’

Betty Buckley with the Denver-bound national touring company of 'Hello, Dolly!' Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes.

December 10, 2018/by DCPA Press

Tickets to see ‘Hello Dolly!’ starring Betty Buckley now on sale

Latest Posts

February 21, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Isaac Gomez on writing his ‘Walmart Chekhov’

QUOTE Rattlesnake Kate Neyla Pekarek Karen Hartman. Photo by John Moore.

February 21, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Neyla Pekarek and Karen Hartman on ‘Rattlesnake Kate’

Bonnie Metzgar Quote 2019 Colorado New Play Summit. You Lost Me. Photo by John Moore

February 19, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Bonnie Metzgar on the timeless search for safe harbor

Beaufield Berry Quote 2019 Colorado New Play Summit In the Upper Room. Photo by John Moore

February 18, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Summit Spotlight: Beaufield Berry on how every family is every family

DCPA Teaching Artists Gareth Saxe and Diana Dresser in 'Anna Karenina.' Photo by AdamsVisCom.

February 17, 2019/by John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist

Seven ‘Anna Karenina’ actors are also DCPA Teaching Artists

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