An Interview with Composer Aldo Max The Denver Center Theatre Company’s Destiny of Desire: A Telenovela Play with Music features brand-new music by composer and music producer Aldo Max. Aldo uses a rich blend of musical styles throughout his compositions for Destiny, including Cumbia, Rumba Guaguancó, Son Montuno, Huapango, Tango, Bachata, Merengue, Canción ranchera (Ranchera), and […]
Whenever playwright Karen Zacarías and her sister were on the beach as children, they couldn’t help but imitate the opening scene of a favorite telenovela. “My sister and I would do…” Zacarias said and then stopped during a video call to pantomime their slow-motion run in an imaginary surf. Zacarías is not alone in her […]
What better way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month than looking forward to two signature productions coming to downtown Denver’s Arts Complex in the 2026/27 theatre season. First up, Destiny of Desire: A Telenovela Play with Music playing the Wolf Theatre September 11 through October 4. Audiences will remember playwright Karen Zacarías from the Denver Center […]
Each season as the Denver Center Theatre Company is considering its lineup of locally produced plays and musicals, the DCPA’s Community Engagement team develops a schedule of Community Talkback discussions. While there are generally one or two scheduled regular Talkbacks for each show, there are some productions that address thought-provoking topics and themes prompting organizers […]
Meet the Denver and Colorado Latinx creatives transforming arts, culture and community. Everyone knows the soap opera drama of a telenovela. Whether we admit it or not, it’s hard to resist being pulled along by a story that makes us gasp as well as laugh and cry, like Destiny of Desire: A Telenovela Play with […]
Playwright’s Note Reprinted by permission of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Telenovelas, whether watched or not, are a daily part of popular culture and seep into the lives of most Latin Americans. So when my family emigrated from Mexico to the United States, telenovelas seemed destined to become a thing of my past. Until I realized, Americans […]
Bianca Marroquín, Zeus Mendoza, Elijah Reyes, and more join the company of Karen Zacarías beloved comedy The Denver Center Theatre Company is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for Destiny of Desire: A Telenovela Play with Music by Karen Zacarías (Just Like Us, Native Gardens), the first production of the Theatre Company’s […]
Karen Zacarías’ fast-paced comedy blends outrageous melodrama with surprising heart. Bring your appetite for drama If you’ve never watched a telenovela, think soap opera turned up to 11. Secret identities. Switched babies. Love triangles. Family feuds. Sudden reversals. Shocking revelations. Playwright Karen Zacarías doesn’t just tell a telenovela story. She celebrates every convention of the genre while inviting audiences to laugh along with […]
Delivering guilty pleasures smartly If as many as two billion people watch telenovelas, or a regional version of the episodic melodramas, as some reports suggest, then it can’t come as a surprise that so many of us have a story about, well, our “stories.” “My stories” — that’s how the beauticians on the Kearney Street […]
In His Own Words: Artistic Director Chris Coleman The Denver Center Theatre Company is thrilled to bring you another season of shows where stories sweep you away. You’re going to go to a deserted island in the Mediterranean, to the streets of Dublin, to a tiny village in Mexico. It is a really exciting, […]