A new year and new (familiar) faces. The DCPA is ushering in 2025 with plenty of fan-favorites, sure to bring some beloved characters to the stage. Check this list below to see who will be walking in from stage right in the coming months. Doc Brown & Marty McFly These two characters are synonymous with […]
In the opening of The Reservoir, the narrator, Josh, wakes up to a gorgeous sunrise over the waters of Cherry Creek Reservoir, 14 miles southeast of Denver. It’s a fitting place to begin a play that takes place in Denver because Cherry Creek is also where Denver’s story begins. The pretty creek that flows into […]
The Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative team for the world premiere production of The Suffragette’s Murder by Sandy Rustin (Clue, Broadway’s The Cottage). The Suffragette’s Murder will begin performances in the Kilstrom Theatre on February 7, 2025. One of the most produced playwrights in American theatre, Sandy […]
The presentation of The Reservoir by the Denver Center Theatre Company marks a full-circle return for a Colorado playwright who grew up at this theatre. Jake Brasch is coming home in multiple ways for the world premiere of The Reservoir, his deeply personal play about addiction, Alzheimer’s, and inter-generational connections, soon to be in production […]
From the archives: this article was originally published on November 9, 2022 Charles Dickens called his little Christmas book a “carol” after the songs and ballads celebrating the holiday for the birth of Christ. He carried the pretense further by calling the chapters “staves.” “Stave” is an archaic from of the word “staff,” a stanza […]
The Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative team for the world premiere production of The Reservoir by Jake Brasch (our tempest, How to Draw a Triangle). The Reservoir will launch a co-production in Denver on January 17, 2025, and then transfer to Atlanta where it will start performances […]
The year is 1857. The locale is a boardinghouse on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It’s a homey dwelling, run by an upstanding middle-aged couple. But behind its unremarkable façade lies a den of activists engaged in the fight for women’s suffrage — in an America where only men of property have the right […]
From the archives: this article was originally published on December 12, 2022 Mulled wine, apple cider, hot chocolate, and eggnog are all heralded as holiday beverage favorites. But have you ever tried wassail? This centuries-old drink is a traditional part of caroling and the holiday season in Britain. Made with fruit juices and lots of […]
This year, the Denver Center Theatre Company celebrates its 30th anniversary production of the beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. We asked the DCTC Production Team to share some fun facts about Dicken’s little ghost story for your reading pleasure. DIRECTORS There have been four directors over the Theatre Company’s 30 productions of A Christmas […]
Tartans, pine needles and bows have filled three decades in the memories of families who make A Christmas Carol part of their annual holiday tradition. Prominent in those memories is the sight and sound of the young children who have stepped onstage as Tiny Tim in the Denver Center Theatre Company production. As the company […]