In the 2005 theatre season, The New York Times reported that the city’s five leading Off-Broadway theatre companies produced 27 plays and only five — or 19% — were written by women. In that same season, the Denver Center Theatre Company (DCTC) produced nine plays all of which were written by men. In fact, in […]
In recent years, the DCPA has presented several productions based on books. A common theme among the novels? Seemingly controversial topics that have led to book bans. For example, the Denver Center Theatre Company’s production of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is based on the young adult novel of the same name […]
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 91,000 individuals ages 65+ in Colorado are living with Alzheimer’s. On the national front, individuals diagnosed with dementia are projected to double from approximately 514,000 in 2020 to nearly 1 million by 2060 as the Baby Boomer generation (1946-1964) ages. At some point in life, it is more […]
In the Denver Center Theatre Company’s world premiere play, The Suffragette’s Murder by Sandy Rustin, it’s 1857, and a group of tenants is secretly working to support the bourgeoning suffrage movement. While the play is set in Manhattan, New Yorkers in the 1800s would have found plenty of kindred spirits in Colorado working to advance […]
Imagine being driven to the theatre. Cars move out of your way, clearing a path for your early arrival. You’re dropped off in the heart of Denver’s dining scene for a pre-show dinner before walking over to the Arts Complex…no downtown parking required. You arrive to your show on time and perfectly relaxed. That’s the […]
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 94 (95 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 […]
Later this year, there will be a new cultural facility in Denver when Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CPRD) celebrates the opening of its new facility — The Cleo Parker Robinson Center for the Healing Arts. The 25,000 square foot expansion designed by Fentress Architects will connect to the Historic Shorter AME landmark. Together with its […]
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ current cabaret comedy, Gutenberg! The Musical!, is a play about inventor Johannes Gutenberg within a play about two would-be theatre composers attempting to raise some cash to produce their show. Two actors play a whole cast of characters including the famed inventor who created the first moveable-type press, […]
The evolution of a play has various stages (no pun intended). In an extreme oversimplification, first, you need a script, which for some playwrights can take days and for others can span decades. Then, new scripts often benefit from readings whether in a classroom, playwrights’ group, or a new play festival. Audience feedback helps inform […]
Ask any historian to name the most significant invention in history and many would say the printing press. Created by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, the moveable-type printing press revolutionized the publishing industry. Previously, the limited number of books in Europe were largely written by hand on a type of parchment called vellum. The work was […]