Among the many time-honored traditions to ring in Nowruz is a 13-day celebration known as Haft-Sin or 7 Sin (also known as Haft-Seen and Sofreh Haft-Sin). There are seven distinct elements of this celebration, all of which symbolize hope, renewal and prosperity for the coming year: Sabzeh (wheat, barley or lentil sprouts), Somagh (sumac spice), […]
Get To Know Broadway Park®, Denver
/in Community Engagement, General/by Emma HolstOriginally published in 2024. Updated in 2025. DCPA Off-Center has found a new home base – for now. Broadway Park®, nestled between Denver’s West Washington Park and Athmar Park neighborhoods, is close to many bustling businesses and restaurants. Beyond the handful of restaurants that are just a stone’s throw away, the area is full of […]
Playwright Isaac Gómez: I Am a Reader Before I Am an Adaptor
/in Theatre Company, General/by Emma HolstThe staged production of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter has been seen twice before, making its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, then traveling to Seattle Rep in 2023. Ahead of the Denver Center Theatre Company’s (DCTC) opening on September 27, playwright Isaac Gómez has been in Denver perfecting the script and […]
Hamilton Guess The Emoji Activity
/in Broadway, General/by DCPA PressThis quiz was originally created for Hamilton Week in Cleveland. Click here to download.
The Man Who First Brought Us Hamilton — Ron Chernow On Serving As Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Right Hand Man”
/in Broadway, General/by Janice C. SimpsonFrom the archives: this article was originally published on January 12, 2022 Before Miranda wrote the show, Chernow wrote the best-selling biography on the once-forgotten Founding Father. How involved was Chernow in the making of the musical? What does he think of Hamilton as hip-hop? And what would Hamilton, himself, think? The story has already […]
Recipes to Ring in Nowruz — The Persian New Year
/in Community Engagement, General/by Suzanne YoeIn the Denver Center Theatre Company’s presentation of Avaaz, audiences are invited to celebrate Nowruz, which translates to “New Day.” For 3,000 years, Nowruz has marked the beginning of the Persian new year on the first day of spring. Among the many time-honored traditions used to ring in Nowruz is a 13-day celebration known as […]
ASH RESHTEH
/in Uncategorized/by Emma HolstAmong the many time-honored traditions used to ring in Nowruz is a 13-day celebration known as Haft-Sin or 7 Sin (also known as Haft-Seen and Sofreh Haft-Sin). There are seven distinct elements of this celebration, all of which symbolize hope, renewal and prosperity for the coming year: Sabzeh (wheat, barley or lentil sprouts), Somagh (sumac […]
ZEYTOON PARVARDEH
/in Uncategorized/by Emma HolstAmong the many time-honored traditions to ring in Nowruz is a 13-day celebration known as Haft-Sin or 7 Sin (also known as Haft-Seen and Sofreh Haft-Sin). There are seven distinct elements of this celebration, all of which symbolize hope, renewal and prosperity for the coming year: Sabzeh (wheat, barley or lentil sprouts), Somagh (sumac spice), […]
JOOJEH KABOB
/in Uncategorized/by Emma HolstAmong the many time-honored traditions used to ring in Nowruz is a 13-day celebration known as Haft-Sin or 7 Sin (also known as Haft-Seen and Sofreh Haft-Sin). There are seven distinct elements of this celebration, all of which symbolize hope, renewal and prosperity for the coming year: Sabzeh (wheat, barley or lentil sprouts), Somagh (sumac […]
SABZI POLO
/in Uncategorized/by Emma HolstAmong the many time-honored traditions used to ring in Nowruz is a 13-day celebration known as Haft-Sin or 7 Sin (also known as Haft-Seen and Sofreh Haft-Sin). There are seven distinct elements of this celebration, all of which symbolize hope, renewal and prosperity for the coming year: Sabzeh (wheat, barley or lentil sprouts), Somagh (sumac […]
NAN-E BERENJI
/in Uncategorized/by Emma HolstAmong the many time-honored traditions used to ring in Nowruz is a 13-day celebration known as Haft-Sin or 7 Sin (also known as Haft-Seen and Sofreh Haft-Sin). There are seven distinct elements of this celebration, all of which symbolize hope, renewal and prosperity for the coming year: Sabzeh (wheat, barley or lentil sprouts), Somagh (sumac […]