An Open Letter to Our Community Dear Friends, In 2010, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) embarked on a great experiment. Charlie Miller and Emily Tarquin co-founded Off-Center — a “test kitchen” for immersive theatre with a simple recipe — put the audience at the center of the story. As one of the […]
A large glass bowl with what could be mistaken for paper confetti sits atop a table where Charlie Miller, John Ekeberg and Chris Coleman have gathered in the Wolf Theatre in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex. Not a stooge among them, the three gents of the Denver Center’s Off-Center, Broadway and Theatre Company divisions respectively […]
Ever wonder how the heads of the Denver Center’s three branches — Broadway, the Theatre Company, and Off-Center — chart their seasons? When does Artistic Director Chris Coleman, start puzzling out the Theatre Company’s intricate season? What goes into the immersive offerings of Off-Center, helmed by Executive Director and Curator Charlie Miller? When […]
Fifteen years zips by in the most confounding ways. Ask any parent buying a dress and hiring a deejay for their daughter’s Quinceañera. Or ask Charlie Miller, the Executive Director and Curator of Off-Center — celebrating its 15th anniversary — who has been doing some marveling about how its early years feel like yesterday and […]
Theater of the Mind began as a concept by multi-hyphenate artist David Byrne. In partnering with Charlie Miller, the Executive Director and Curator for the DCPA’s Off-Center programming, the immersive, theatrical neuroscience experience became a reality. After years in development, Theater of the Mind premiered at York Street Yards in August 2022, sparking conversation in […]
A night out on the town can be a blast, an extravagance even, a chance to put your worries aside and take in a show. When you head to Camp Christmas this season, you can also get the glow of appreciation for the sustainability efforts at the Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park. How Camp Christmas is […]
Denver Center for the Performing Arts elevates Off-Center programming line and promotes Charlie Miller to Executive Director & Curator In 2010, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) announced the creation of Off-Center, a subset of its Tony-winning Theatre Company. Now, after being experienced by nearly 320,500 people, Off-Center will be elevated to a […]
Charlie Miller has always been a young man ahead of his time. After all, he played both Fagin and Captain Von Trapp by the age of 17. Not so many years later, the co-founder and curator of Off-Center at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is regarded as a national thought leader in the […]
Charlie Miller has been working with the DCPA for more than 12 years. Originally hired as a “Multimedia Specialist,” Miller has been involved in numerous projects and is currently working with the Artistic Department as the Off-Center Curator.
DCPA’s inaugural resident artists ready to unveil projects about Colorado’s little-known Jewish history and an immersive crop-circle mystery