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 […]
“I always loved westerns as a kid — the showdowns, the gunfights, all that,” playwright Terence Anthony said during a video conversation. His own contribution to the genre, Godspeed — a rousing saga about a formerly enslaved woman on a mission in post-Civil War Texas — is having its world premiere at the Denver Center […]
When her play, Cowboys and East Indians, has its world premiere, playwright Nina McConigley thinks it’s going to be mind-blowing for her mother, who was born in India and lives in Wyoming, to see actors wearing saris onstage at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Growing up in Casper, as “the other kind of […]
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 […]
The Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative teams for the world premiere productions of Cowboys and East Indians by Nina McConigley and Matthew Spangler, and Godspeed by Terence Anthony. Both world premiere productions were first introduced to audiences as readings at the 2024 Colorado New Play Summit. “Each […]
For Grady Soapes, choreography isn’t just eight counts and clever footwork — it’s a lifelong language. A language that only comes fully alive when it integrates with the designers, directors, musicians, and storytellers shaping a production. Long before he became the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ (DCPA) Director of Casting and Associate Producer, he […]
DENVER – The Denver Center Theatre Company is proud to announce playwrights, dates, and details for the 2026 Colorado New Play Summit (CNPS). The 20th annual festival will take place over one weekend on February 14-15, and feature readings of new plays by Bonnie Antosh, DCPA commissioned playwright Isaac Gómez, Alyssa Haddad-Chin, and Tony Meneses. […]
Essential to the holiday season in Denver, A Christmas Carol is a joyous and opulent musical adaptation for the whole family that traces money-hoarding curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption. To complement our annual tradition, enjoy these activites — perfect for the whole family. COLORING SHEET MAKE YOUR OWN FINGER PUPPETS […]
The Denver Public Library recommends these library resources to enhance your theatre experience of A Christmas Carol. READ A Christmas Bestiary by John Kenn Mortensen (2023) This graphic novel is an essential guidebook to all the horrors that await us during the darkest time of the year, from common creatures such as Baba Yaga […]
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative team of Denver’s favorite holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol. “Every year, we return to this timeless story not just for its festive spirit, but for its enduring message of hope,” said Artistic Director Chris Coleman. […]