DCPA NEWS CENTER
Enjoy the best stories and perspectives from the theatre world today.
Enjoy the best stories and perspectives from the theatre world today.
Sarah Roshan Photography.
NOTE: At the start of each month, the DCPA NewsCenter offers an updated list of all upcoming Colorado theatre openings. Companies are encouraged to submit future listings and production photos at least two weeks in advance to the DCPA NewsCenter at jmoore@dcpa.org.
Photo of Dixie Longate by John Moore for the DCPA’s NewsCenter.
Here is the complete list of more than 60 new and continuing theatregoing options for April, including 30-plus openings:
THIS MONTH’S THEATRE OPENINGS IN COLORADO:
(Submit your listings to jmoore@dcpa.org)
March 30-April 24: Dixie’s Never Wear a Tube Top…
At the Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org
March 31-April 24: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s Peter and the Starcatcher
30 W. Dale St, Colorado Springs, 719-634-5581 or csfineartscenter.org
March 31-April 3: Magic Moments’ It’s All Greek to Me
Anschutz Family Theatre at Kent Denver High School, 4000 E. Quincy Ave., Englewood, 303-575-1005 or magicmomentsinc.org
April 1-17: Phamaly’s Taking Leave
At the Jones Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, 303-575-0005 or phamaly.org
April 1-16, 2016: The Catamounts’ futura
At the Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, ticket info
April 1-May 1: Town Hall Arts Center’s Smokey Joe’s Café
2450 W. Main St., Littleton, 303-794-2787 or townhallartscenter.org
April 1-May 1: Germinal Stage-Denver’s The Glass Menagerie
73rd Avenue Playhouse, 7287 Lowell Blvd., 303-455-7108 or germinalstage.com
April 1-10: Longmont Theatre Company’s Sylvia
513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200 or longmonttheatre.org
April 1-17: Evergreen Players’ Dear Ruth
At Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, 303-674-4934 or evergreenplayers.org
April 1-May 22: Midtown Arts Center’s Lost in Yonkers
3750 S. Mason St., Fort Collins, 970-225-2555 or midtownartscenter.com
April 2-30: OpenStage’s Orphans
Lincoln Center 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins, 970-484-5237 or openstagetheatre.org
April 2-May 1: Bas Bleu Theatre’s Love, Loss and What I Wore
401 Pine St., Fort Collins, 970-498-8949 or basbleu.org
April 2-24: The BiTSY Stage’s The Stonemason’s Wish: A Chinese Tale
1137 S. Huron St., 720-328-5294 www.bitsystage.com
April 7-24: Millibo Art Theatre’s The Six Women Play Festival ‘Best of the Fest’
1626 S. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, 719-465-6321 or themat.org
April 7-9: Convergences Theatre Collective’s The Woman Who Was Me, featuring Liz Stanton
Naropa University, 2130 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, ticket info
April 8-30: Buntport Theater’s The Rembrandt Room
717 Lipan St., 720-946-1388 or buntport.com
April 8-30: Equinox Theatre’s SILENCE! The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of The Silence of the Lambs
At The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., 720-984-0781 or bugtheatre.org
April 8-16: Funky Little Theatre’s MacHamlet
2109 Templeton Gap Road, Colorado Springs, funkylittletheater.org
April 9-May 7: Spotlight Theatre’s Steel Magnolias
At the John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. First Place, 720-880-8727 or thisisspotlight.com
April 9 and 16: The Catamounts’ Tale of a Tiger
At the Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, ticket info
April 15-May 15, 2016: DCPA Theatre Company’s Sweeney Todd, featuring DeVotchKa
Stage Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org
(Photo at right: Members of DeVotchKa with Conductor Erik Daniells. Photo by John Moore for the DCPA NewsCenter.)
April 15-30: Wonderbound and Curious Theatre’s Dust
At the Wonderbound Studio, 1075 Park Avenue West, 303-292-4700 or wonderbound.com
April 16-May 8, 2016: Ignite Theatre’s The Wild Party
At the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., 720-362-2697 or ignitetheatre.com
April 16 and 23: Lannie’s The Jerseys Sing The Four Seasons and More
D&F Clock Tower, 16th and Arapahoe streets, 303-293-0075 or lannies.com
April 21-30: Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s Cyrano
At the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., 720-509-1000 or lonetreeartscenter.org
April 22-May 15: Aurora Fox’s Catch Me If You Can
9900 E. Colfax Ave., 303-739-1970 or aurorafoxartscenter.org
April 22-May 21: Avenue Theater’s November
417 E. 17th Ave., 303-321-5925 or avenuetheater.com
April 22-May 22: Edge Theatre’s Casa Valentina
1560 Teller St., Lakewood, 303-232-0363 or theedgetheater.com
April 22-May 7: Upstart Crow’s Our Town
At the Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, theupstartcrow.org
April 26-May 15: Arvada Center’s Death Takes a Holiday
6901 Wadsworth Blvd., 720-898-7200 or arvadacenter.org
April 28-May 7: square product theatre’s This Aunt is Not a Cockroach
In collaboration with Hoarded Stuff Performance
At the Wesley Chapel, Boulder, squareproducttheatre.org
April 28-May 14: And Toto Too’s The English Bride
Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 720-583-3975 or andtototoo.org
April 28-May 15: TheatreWorks’ Girl of the Golden West
3955 Regent Circle, Colorado Springs, 719-255-3232 or theatreworkscs.org
April 28-May 8: The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s Ivy & Bean: The Musical
30 W. Dale St, Colorado Springs, 719-634-5581 or csfineartscenter.org
April 29-May 29: Vintage Theatre’s Sunset Boulevard
1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-839-1361 or vintagetheatre.com
Photo above right of Marcia Ragonetti and Drew Hirschboeck by DenverMind Media.
Photo by Brookelynn Bliss.
CONTINUING CURRENT PRODUCTIONS:
Through April 2: Avenue Theater’s Tigers Be Still
417 E. 17th Ave., 303-321-5925 or avenuetheater.com
Through April 3: Edge Theatre’s Getting Out
1560 Teller St., Lakewood, 303-232-0363 or theedgetheater.com
Through April 3: Su Teatro’s Bless Me, Ultima
721 Santa Fe Drive, 303-296-0219 or suteatro.org
Through April 3: Lake Dillon Theatre Company’s Dancing Lessons
At the Outlets at Silverthorne, 246-X Rainbow Drive, Silverthorne, 970-513-9386 or lakedillontheatre.org
Through April 3: Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre’s Sarah, Plain and Tall
At the Famous Performing Arts Center, 131 W. Main St., Trinidad, 719-846-4765 or scrtheatre.com
Through April 9: Disney’s Newsies
Buell Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org
Through April 10: Performance Now’s Ragtime
Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, 303-987-7845 or performance now’s home page
Through April 10: Aurora Fox’s Black Elk Speaks
9900 E. Colfax Ave., 303-739-1970 or aurorafoxartscenter.org
Through April 10: Athena Project’s The Ghosts of Us
At the Newman Center, University of Denver, 303-871-7720 (option 1), or athenaprojectfestival.org
Through April 17: Arvada Center’s The Mountaintop
6901 Wadsworth Blvd., 720-898-7200 or arvadacenter.org
Through April 17: Vintage Theatre’s Rabbit Hole
1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-839-1361 or vintagetheatre.com
Through April 23: Curious Theatre’s Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue
1080 Acoma St., 303-623-0524 or curioustheatre.org
Through May 1: Denver Children’s Theatre’s Art Dog (Sundays only)
Elaine Wolf Theatre at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., 303-316-6360 www.maccjcc.org
Through May 1: Miners Alley Playhouse’s You Can’t Take It With You
1224 Washington St., Golden, 303-935-3044 or map’s home page
Through May 8: Jesters Dinner Theatre’s Little Women
224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980 or jesterstheatre.com
Through May 8: Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s South Pacific
4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown, 970-744-3747 or coloradocandlelight.com
Through May 14: BDT Stage’s Peter and the Starcatcher
5501 Arapahoe Ave., 303-449-6000 or bdtstage.com
Through May 29: Midtown Arts Center’s The Fantasticks
3750 S. Mason St, Fort Collins, 970-225-2555 or midtownartscenter.com
ONGOING, MONTHLY or ONE-TIME PROGRAMMING:
ADAMS MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE
Ongoing productions
2406 Federal Blvd., Denver, 303-455-1848 or adamsmysteryplayhouse.com
AURORA FOX
Thursday, March 31: Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance, staged reading
9900 E. Colfax Ave., 303-739-1970 or event information
BOULDER ARTS WEEK
March 25-April 2 at locations throughout Boulder
boulderartsweek.org
BUNTPORT THEATRE
April 11: ScreenPLAY’s staged reading of the Clueless screenplay
April 13: These Things Matter podcast taping
April 19: The Great Debate: Arguing dumb topics
April 20: The Narrators: True stories centered on a monthly theme
April 29: untitled (at the Denver Art Museum)
April 30: Duck Duck … DUPE (all ages family theatre)
717 Lipan St., 720-946-1388 or buntport.org
DENVER ACTORS FUND PRESENTS FILM SERIES
March 18: Screening of Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd (the film)
Pre-screening entertainment by the Denver Center Theatre Company
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 7301 S Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, TICKETS
MILLIBO ART THEATRE
April 4: Life in Motion, a benefit performance with the Cashore Marionettes
1626 S. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, 719-465-6321, www.themat.org
THE SOURCE THEATRE COMPANY
Every third Monday: Monday! Monday! Monday! Cabaret
At Su Teatro Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, 720-238-1323 or thesourcedenver.org
SCREENPLAY
April 11: Staged reading of the Clueless screenplay
717 Lipan St. (no advance ticket sales)
STORIES ON STAGE
April 2: Poetry in Motion
1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. 303-494-0523 or storiesonstage.org
Poets Kate Daniels, Joseph Hutchison and David Rothman
Performed by Candy Brown, Sam Gregory and Mare Trevathan
April 9 and 16: Storybooks on Stage
Saturday, April 9 (10:30 a.m.) at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, storiesonstage.org or 303-494-0523
Saturday, April 16 (10:30 a.m.) at Denver School of the Arts, 7111 Montview Blvd., storiesonstage.org or 303-494-0523
Storytellers: Jessica Austgen, Mehry Eslaminia, Drew Horwitz and Anthony Powell
SU TEATRO
April 7-10: Xican Film Series XVIII, Peril and Promise: The Chicano Movement: Siempre Adelante
April 18-May 1, 2016: WordFest
April 21-24: Dreamscape
April 29-May 1 Lakou Mizik
April 29-May 1: desktop
721 Santa Fe Drive, 303-296-0219 or suteatro.org
THEATRE ASPEN
At the Wheeler Opera House
March 6: Concert featuring Broadway star Susan Egan. Tickets at aspenshowtix.com
THEATRE ESPRIT ASIA
Sunday, April 10, 2016: ACE: Asian-American Cabaret Evening
1400 Dallas St., Aurora, 720-492-9479 or theatre-esprit-asia.org
THEATREWORKS
April 16-17: NT Live screening of Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Centennial Auditorium on the UC-Colorado Springs Campus
TICKETS
Steve Finnestead Photography.
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