Photo above: The Phantom of the Opera Original Touring Company performs “Masquerade.” Photo by Alastair Muir. The new musical opens in Denver Aug. 25.

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.

Just because August is the lightest month of the year for Colorado theatre openings doesn’t mean it is the quietest. In fact, even with only 19 new openings, audiences will have a boggling 75 theatregoing choices all over the state this August.

While all of the many summer repertory company companies wind up their seasons, plenty of new shows will bow in August, and the emerging theme is ghoulish fun: Phantoms, Murder ballads, Toxic Avengers and more… and it’s not even October yet.

The DCPA will be busy with three offerings: The highly anticipated new national touring production of The Phantom of the Opera; the return of the popular one-man comedy Defending the Caveman to the Garner Galleria Theatre, and the final (really!) days of the long extended immersive experiment Sweet & Lucky at a RiNo warehouse through Aug. 7.

The Barth Hotel returns with its annual summer theatre offering in its lobby, this time the gentle comedy The Last Romance starring big-shots Billie McBride, Jim Hunt and Anne Oberbroeckling. All proceeds benefit Senior Housing Options, a local non-profit organization that provides quality affordable housing and services for 500 adults in Colorado.

Colorado Springs TheatreWorks’ annual summer Shakespeare offering is Antony and Cleopatra, performed under a tent on the picturesque Rock Ledge Ranch at the base of the Garden of the Gods.

And at the end of the month, weird and unconventional and fun stuff will be popping up all over Boulder at the 9th Annual Boulder International Fringe Festival. For example, The Band of Toughs (still the best-named theatre company in Colorado) promise “intrigue and exile, s’mores, tasty beer and live music” when it offers its take on Shakespeare’s As You Like It.

Here are all your options in one handy list:  

THIS MONTH’S THEATRE OPENINGS IN COLORADO:

(Submit your listings to jmoore@dcpa.org)

July 28-Aug. 20: Senior Housing Options’ The Last Romance
At The Barth Hotel, 1514 17th St., seniorhousingoptions.org

July 28-Aug. 20: TheatreWorks’ Antony and Cleopatra
At the Rock Ledge Ranch Colorado Springs, 719-255-3232 or theatreworkscs.org DIRECTIONS

July 28-31: Little Theatre of the Rockies’ The Addams Family (pictured right)
At the Langworthy Theatre on the University of Northern Colorado campus, Greeley. 970-351-4849 or ticket information

July 28-Aug. 7: CenterStage’s First Date
Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant St., 303-665-0955 or cctlouisville.org

July 29-Oct. 2: Jesters Dinner Theatre’s Oklahoma
224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980 or jesterstheatre.com

July 29-Sept. 4: Vintage Theatre ‘s Frankie and Johnnie in the Claire de Lune
1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-839-1361 or vintagetheatre.com

July 29-Aug. 24: Breckenridge Backstage’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
121 S. Ridge St., Breckenridge, 970-453-0199 or backstagetheatre.org

Aug 26-Sept. 4: Breckenridge Backstage’s Hairspray
At the Riverwalk Center, 150 W. Adams Ave., Breckenridge, 970-453-0199 or backstagetheatre.org

Aug. 3-28: DCPA Cabaret’s Defending the Caveman
At The Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org

Aug. 4-20: 5th Wall Productions’ The Greater Good
At the Three Leaches Theater (Spark Theater) 985 Sante Fe Drive, ticket information

Aug. 6-14: Visionbox’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

At Skylite Station, 910 Santa Fe Drive, ticket information

Aug. 12-Sept. 3: Equinox Theatre Company’s The Toxic Avenger: The Musical
At the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., 720-984-0781 or equinoxtheatredenver.com

Aug. 12-Sept. 4: Germinal Stage-Denvers The Road to Mecca
At the 73rd Avenue Playhouse, 7287 Lowell Blvd., 303-455-7108 or germinalstage.com

Aug. 12-27: The Millibo Art Theatre’s Circus of the Night
1626 S. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, 719-465-6321, themat.org

Aug. 19-Sept. 17: Creede Repertory Theatre’s Private Lives
124 Main St., Creede, 81130, 719-658-2540 or go to creederep.org

Aug. 19-28: Longmont Theatre Company’s I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200 or longmont’s home page

Aug. 25-Sep 11: DCPA Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera
At the Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org

Aug. 26-Sept. 25: The Edge Theatre Company’s Murder Ballad
1560 Teller St., Lakewood, 303-232-0363 or theedgetheater.com

Aug. 26-Sept. 18: Lake Dillon Theatre Company’s First Date
At the Outlets at Silverthorne, 246-X Rainbow Drive, Silverthorne, 970-513-9386 or lakedillontheatre.org

 Aug. 27-Sept. 24: Spotlight Theatre’s Suddenly Last Summer
At the John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. First Place, 720-880-8727 or thisisspotlight.com

The Boulder International Fringe Festival is back for its ninth year. Pictured above: Gemma Wilcox in her one-woman show, ‘The Wallaby Way.’ Photo by Alive Studios. INFO

CONTINUING CURRENT PRODUCTIONS:

Through July 31: DCPA Broadway’s Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Buell Theatre  
At the Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets, 303-893-4100 or denvercenter.org

Through July 31: Evergreen Players’ The Addams Family
At Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, 303-674-4934 or evergreenplayers.org

Through July 31: StageDoor Theatre”s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
25797 Conifer Road, Conifer, 303-838-0809 or  StageDoorTheatre.org  

Through July 31: Edge Theatre’s I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers
1560 Teller St., Lakewood, 303-232-0363 or theedgetheater.com

Through July 31: Longmont Theatre Company’s All’s Well That Ends Well
At various locations, 303-772-5200 or longmont’s home page

Through July 31: Millibo Art Theatre’s Ice Cream Theatre
1626 S. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, 719-465-6321, themat.org

Through July 31: Inspire Creative’s Grease
At the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker, 303-805-6800 or parkerarts.org

Through Aug. 6: Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s Equivocation
On the University of Colorado’s mainstage theatre, CU-Boulder campus, 303-492-0554 or colorado shakes’ home page

Through Aug. 6: Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s Troilus and Cressida
At the Mary Rippon Amphitheatre on the  CU-Boulder campus, 303-492-0554 or colorado shakes’ home page

Through Aug. 7: Off-Center’s Sweet & Lucky
4120 Brighton Boulevard, 303-893-4100 or sweetandluckydenver.com READ OUR STORY

Through Aug. 7: Wild Blindness and Bas Bleu Theatre’s Waiting for Obama (open rehearsals)
At Buntport Theater, 721 Lipan St., 720-231-7547 (July 28-31, Aug. 4-7) INFO
At Bas Bleu Theatre, 401 Pine St., Fort Collins, 720-231-7547 (Aug. 1) INFO

Through Aug. 7: Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s The Comedy of Errors
At the Mary Rippon Amphitheatre on the CU-Boulder campus, 303-492-0554 or colorado shakes’ home page

Through Aug. 7: Central City Opera’s Tosca
124 Eureka St., Central City, centralcityopera.org or 303-292-6700

Through July 29: StageDoor Theatre’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
27357 Conifer Road, Conifer, 303-886-2819, 800-838-3006 or stagedoor’s home page

Through July 31: Millibo Art Theatre’s Ice Cream Theatre
1626 S. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, 719-465-6321, themat.org

Through Aug. 6: Central City Opera’s The Ballad of Baby Doe
124 Eureka St., Central City, centralcityopera.org or 303-292-6700

Through Aug. 7: Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s Cymbeline (indoors)
On the University of Colorado’s mainstage theatre, CU-Boulder campus, 303-492-0554 or colorado shakes’ home page

Through Aug. 7: Phamaly Theatre Company’s Evita
At the University of Denver’s Newman Center,  2344 E. Iliff Ave., 303-871-7720 or
phamaly’s home page

Through Aug. 7: Springs Ensemble Theatre’s Titus Andronicus
1903 E. Cache La Poudre St., Colorado Springs, 719-357-3080 or springsensembletheatre.org

Through Aug. 13: Spotlight Theatre’s Night Watch
At the John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. First Place, 720-880-8727 or thisisspotlight.com

Through Aug. 13: Creede Repertory Theatre’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
124 Main St., Creede, 81130, 719-658-2540 or go to creederep.org

Through Aug. 13: Spotlight Theatre’s No Sex Please, We’re British!
At the John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. First Place, 720-880-8727 or thisisspotlight.com
(Performed in repertory with Night Watch)

Through Aug. 14: Vintage Theatre and Spotlight Theatre’s The Big Bang
At Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-839-1361 or vintagetheatre.com
(Pictured right: Joe von Bokern and Ben Hilzer. Photo by Christine Fisk and DenverMind Media.)

Through Aug. 14: Creede Repertory Theatre’s The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence 
124 Main St., Creede, 81130, 719-658-2540 or go to creederep.org

Through Aug. 14: Lake Dillon Theatre Company’s Cabaret
At the Outlets at Silverthorne, 246-X Rainbow Drive, Silverthorne, 970-513-9386 or lakedillontheatre.org

Through Aug. 15: Theatre Aspen’s Dear Edwina
In the Hurst Theatre, 470 Rio Grande Place, 844-706-7387 or theatreaspen.org

Through Aug. 18: Creede Repertory Theatre’s Kind of Red
124 Main St., Creede, 81130, 719-658-2540 or go to creederep.org

Through Aug. 19: Theatre Aspen’s Buyer and Cellar
In the Hurst Theatre, 470 Rio Grande Place, 844-706-7387 or theatreaspen.org

Through Aug. 20: Theatre Aspen’s Mamma Mia!
In the Hurst Theatre  470 Rio Grande Place, 844-706-7387 or theatreaspen.org

Through Aug. 21: Miners Alley Playhouse’s Little Shop of Horrors
1224 Washington St., Golden, 303-935-3044 or map’s home page
(Pictured right: Carer Edward Smith. Photo by Cody Schuyler.)

Through Aug. 25: Thingamajig Theatre Company’s Cabaret
At the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-731-7469 or pagosacenter.org

Through Aug. 25: Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre’s Rock of Ages
800 Grand Ave, Grand Lake, 970-627-3421 or rockymountainrep.com

Through Aug. 26: Thingamajig Theatre Company’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-731-7469 or pagosacenter.org

Through Aug. 26: Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre’s The Little Mermaid
800 Grand Ave, Grand Lake, 970-627-3421 or rockymountainrep.com

Through Aug 26: Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre’s Death by Design
Famous Performing Arts Center, 131 W Main St., Trinidad, 719-846-4765 or scrtheatre.com

Through Aug. 27: Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre’s Titanic the Musical
800 Grand Ave, Grand Lake, 970-627-3421 or rockymountainrep.com

Through Aug. 27: Thin Air Theatre Company’s Pippin
139 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, 719-689-3247 or thinairtheatre.com

Through Aug. 27: Thin Air Theatre Company’s Darling of the Donkey Derby
139 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, 719-689-3247 or thinairtheatre.com

Through Aug. 28: Thingamajig Theatre Company’s The Little Mermaid
Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-731-7469 or pagosacenter.org

Through Aug. 28: Midtown Arts Center’s Mary Poppins
3750 S. Mason St., Fort Collins, 970-225-2555 or midtownartscenter.com

Through Aug. 28: Thingamajig Theatre Company’s Always … Patsy Cline
At the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive, 970-731-7469 or pagosacenter.org

Through Sept. 2: Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre’s Almost Maine
Famous Performing Arts Center, 131 W Main St., Trinidad, 719-846-4765 or scrtheatre.com

Through Sept 3: Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre’s Little Women
Famous Performing Arts Center, 131 W Main St., Trinidad, 719-846-4765 or scrtheatre.com

Through Sept. 3: BDT Stage’s Footloose
5501 Arapahoe Ave., 303-449-6000 or bdtstage.com

Through Sept. 4: Creede Repertory Theatre’s The History Room
124 Main St., Creede, 81130, 719-658-2540 or go to creederep.org

Through Sept 11: Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s The Wizard Of Oz
4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown, 970-744-3747 or coloradocandlelight.com 
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ONGOING, MONTHLY or ONE-TIME PROGRAMMING:

ADAMS MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE
Ongoing productions
2406 Federal Blvd., Denver, 303-455-1848 or adamsmysteryplayhouse.co

BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
Aug. 18-27: Various locations around Boulder. INFO
(Pictured right: Band of Toughs’ outdoor summer Shakespeare event at the Fringe is As You Like It. Photo by Jeff Goldberg.)

BUNTPORT THEATRE

July 29: Untitled at the Denver Art Museum
717 Lipan St., 720-946-1388 or buntport.com

CENTRAL CITY OPERA
July 28: The Impresario (Nomad Playhouse (Boulder)
July 28: Musto’s Later the Same Evening (Pikes Peak Arts Center, Colorado Springs)
July 30: Musto’s Later the Same Evening (at the Denver Art Museum)
Aug. 3: The Impresario (Central City)
Aug. 5: Musto’s Later the Same Evening (Central City)
Information: centralcityopera.org or 303-292-6700

COAL CREEK THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE
Aug. 21: 9th Annual Front Range Playwrights’ Showcase
At Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant St., 303-665-0955 or cctlouisville.org

COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
July 31 only: Henry VI, Part 2
An “Original Practices” presentation on the University of Colorado’s mainstage theatre, CU-Boulder campus, 303-492-0554 or colorado shakes’ home page

CURIOUS THEATRE
July 29-30: Curious New Voices: Young Playwrights’ readings
1080 Acoma St., 303-623-0524 or curious’ home page

DENVER ACTORS FUND PRESENTS … FILM SERIES
Aug. 22: Screening of The Wizard of Oz
Pre-screening entertainment by cast of Candlelight Dinner Playhouse’s The Wizard of Oz
Hosted by Seth Caikowski
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 7301 S Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. TICKETS

EVERGREEN PLAYERS
Aug. 28-29: Epic Improv Comedy
At Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, 303-674-4934 or evergreen players’ home page

ROUGH DRAUGHT PLAYWRIGHTS
Aug. 23: Quarterly Theatrical Playground
At the Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St. INFO

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

TOWN HALL ARTS CENTER
Youth theatre schedule:
Aug. 5, 7: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (performers are ages 13-18)
2450 W. Main St., Littleton, 303-794-2787 or townhallartscenter.org