Plays like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? or Angels in America don’t go from obscurity to Pulitzer Prize winner overnight. Instead, new plays and musicals take time, effort, investment, and dedication. Sure, there are some stories that practically “write themselves,” but that is generally more fiction than fact. Instead, a playwright goes through drafts and […]
If you were a teenager in 1987, you remember Dirty Dancing. The trailer depicted it as a typical romance — naïve girl falls for the “bad” boy. Parents disapprove. Love prevails. The end. So why is it that a movie about a dance instructor who refuses to “put Baby in the corner” was a runaway […]
Olivia Wilson just made her professional stage debut as an understudy in the Denver Center Theatre Company’s (DCTC) annual production of A Christmas Carol. Saying she comes by her acting talent naturally is an understatement. Her father, Steve Wilson, has worked throughout the Colorado community as a director, arts administrator, teacher, and performer for more […]
If genetics are any indication (fingers crossed), I will live a long, healthy life and have a better memory than my children. After all, my mom is 95 (96 next month. Happy birthday, Mom!) and knocks the socks off most people with her mental acuity. When we visit a doctor’s office, the good ol’ doc […]
This article was originally posted in 2022 and updated in December 2025. Their resumes look like a “Best Plays” list: The Book of Will, The Glass Menagerie, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Lord of the Flies, One Night in Miami, Smokey Joe’s Café, Titus Andronicus, Tantalus, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Whale, Who’s Afraid […]
From the archives: this article was originally published on January 12, 2023 If Denver’s Black culture has a heart, it is beating loud and strong in Five Points. Located at the intersection of 26th Avenue, 27th Street, Washington Street and Welton Street — four roads that create five vertices — is what was once known […]
Remember when you were a child and your parents read to you each night? With the simple power of inflection, you could be transported to a magical forest to see wild things or journey to the moon and back. Now, imagine if that story was read by a professional actor. When done well, storytelling can […]
In 2019, DCPA Off-Center partnered with Lonnie Hanzon of Hanzon Studios to create an all-new holiday lighting destination for the Denver metro area. This fanciful (some might say quirky) experience immersed audiences in an extravagant assemblage of holiday decorations that Hanzon amassed over his 40+ year career as an installation artist. Camp Christmas originally opened […]
DCTC’s 2025/26 Season Artwork Kyle Malone started with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts as a graphic designer in 1999 and became Design Director in 2018. As part of his role, he has been creating the artwork for the Denver Center Theatre Company for 12 seasons. He recently revealed the 2025/26 season artwork and […]
Longtime Denver Center Theatre Company patrons are used to being close to the action for shows in the Kilstrom Theatre — from food fights and space orbits to taking a shower and cooking in a kitchen. This 380-seat theatre-in-the-round has only seven rows, creating an intimate connection between actor and audience. In Tennessee Williams’ Cat […]