Last winter, playwright Tony Meneses asked our community to consider identity. More specifically, he asked our Latino community to consider its identity, its place in society and — most importantly — its responsibility in shaping the future of community.
We asked the playwright, director and cast of the world-premiere play ‘twenty50’ to imagine what American society will be like in the year 2050. Video by DCPA Video Producer David Lenk. DCPA community boards reveal both hope and fear for the future During the 2019 Colorado New Play Summit, Patrick Berger, the DCPA’s Audience Development […]
It’s a question of identity, and the answers are in the numbers
Near-future world-premiere play considers the consequences of assimilation Playwright Tony Meneses was intrigued when he came across a Pew Research Center study that predicted 2050 will be the year the U.S. population will no longer have a white majority. That, in itself, could make for a compelling “near-future” pot-boiler. Imagine: What will white people do […]
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“Maybe on the ride home, you’ll be like, ‘Wow, I just fell in love with a Latino family for a night.’ “
One of the nation’s largest new-play festivals will employ more than 70 actors, directors, playwrights, musicians and crew