Annaleigh Ashford

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce a one-night-only performance will take place during the eminent annual gala, Saturday Night Alive. Tony Award-winning and Emmy- and Grammy-nominated actor Annaleigh Ashford returns to Colorado to take the Wolf Theatre stage for an evening of music on Saturday, June 14.

Denver-born Ashford won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics’ Circle Award for her portrayal of Essie Carmichael in the 2014 Broadway revival of You Can’t Take It With You. She recently starred opposite Josh Groban in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, earning a Tony nomination for her role as Mrs. Lovett, and opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in Sunday in the Park with George. Ashford will star opposite Dennis Quaid in “Happy Face” which premieres March 20 on Paramount+ and will next star in the horror thriller Dust with Sarah Paulson. Ashford is a graduate of Wheat Ridge High School in Denver, and Marymount Manhattan College in NYC.

Denver audiences may remember Ashford from roles at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center, the former Country Dinner Playhouse and Theatre Group in Denver, the Boulder Theater, and Lost In the Stars, a one-night-only concert at DCPA’s Garner Galleria Theatre.

Saturday Night Alive serves as the signature black-tie gala for DCPA theatre and education programs. Since its inception, Saturday Night Alive has raised more than $23 million to support locally produced plays, onsite acting classes, and educational programs. Saturday Night Alive will take place on June 14 in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex. Attendees will enjoy a robust cocktail hour, a special performance by Annaleigh Ashford in the Wolf Theatre, followed by an elegant dinner and entertainment in the Seawell Ballroom. The evening will conclude with a Silent Disco After Party.

Tickets and tables for Saturday Night Alive are on sale now. For information and tickets, visit denvercenter.org.