Top five reasons that draw people to the theatre year after year
We asked our social media followers what traditions they especially treasure at the theatre. Here are the top five (or six) reasons that draw people to the theatre year after year.
5 Tips to Spice Up Your Holiday – Toasts, Games and More!
Want to enliven the holidays? Look no further than these tips from DCPA Director of Education Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski who has mastered the art of celebration, collaboration, and creativity! If it works for a three-year-old, it can work for your family!
DPS Shakespeare Festival – To Be or Not to Be?
Denver Public Schools, DPS Foundation and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts declare “let there be a 37th annual Shakespeare Festival.” Not plague, nor pestilence, nor pandemic will interrupt the pleasure that more than 5,000 schoolchildren of all ages take in the country’s oldest and largest Shakespearean festival for youth.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Academy Award®-Winning Virtual Reality Exhibition CARNE y ARENA Debuts in Aurora, Colorado, as First Stop on Multi-Year Tour
Earlier this week, PHI Studio, Legendary Entertainment, and Emerson Collective announced an ongoing partnership to take acclaimed director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s virtual reality exhibition CARNE y ARENA (Virtually present, Physically invisible) on a multi-year, international tour, set to debut in Aurora, Colorado.
TANTALUS 20th anniversary
Twenty years ago, the Denver Center Theatre Company made history. In a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company, TANTALUS— the largest play ever to have been attempted… maybe to this day—received its world premiere. 2,500 years in the making. 17 years to write. Six months of rehearsal. Ten plays to recount the story of the Trojan War. A lifetime in theatrical history.
Tantalizing Tidbits About TANTALUS
Twenty years ago, the Denver Center Theatre Company made history. In a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company, TANTALUS— the largest play ever to have been attempted… maybe to this day—received its world premiere. 2,500 hundred years in the making. 15 years to writing. Six month of rehearsal. Ten plays to recount the story of the Trojan War. A lifetime in theatrical history.
5 Marvelous Makeup Tips for Halloween
Make this a freakishly fantastic Halloween with expert makeup tips from DCPA Teaching Artist Rachel Taylor.
Get to know Hassan Salem – DCPA Trustee, Capital Campaign Chair and new head of Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank
Hassan Salem is a mile-high banker who loves the great outdoors, enjoys golf, is an accomplished skier (not to mention one of the top bankers in the skiing industry), and an avid football fan who never misses a Broncos game if he can help it. He’s also engaged in the theater, predominantly behind the stage, where he is intent on keeping the arts alive and healthy – even in the middle of a global pandemic.
Giving voice to Colorado’s growing Latino community
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.
Creativity: A Super Power
Remember when you were a kid and maybe ditched class a few too many times that it raised suspicion? So does Allison Watrous, Executive Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. When her mom came to observe her in class at the teacher’s request, she “quickly found out that I was visiting the bathroom to sing in the acoustics at a full belt!”