Two months into the pandemic, in May of 2020, I began reading Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. The book traces 70,000 years of human development, beginning with the dawn of modern cognition, to the development of nomadic societies, the advent of agriculture, to the building of ancient empires, and finally, inevitably, the creation […]
Q&A with Original Wicked Novel Author, Gregory Maguire
/in Uncategorized/by DCPA PressGregory Maguire, Author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Reprinted by permission of Wicked What inspired you to write “Wicked”? Gregory Maguire: I was living in London in the early 1990’s during the start of the Gulf War. I was interested to see how my own blood temperature […]
80-Year-Old Rose Reblooms as Camp Amache is Reborn
/in Community Engagement, General/by Cynthia BarnesThere are hundreds of rosebushes blooming in the Denver Botanic Gardens, but rarely has one bloomed in a more timely manner. On Friday, May 17, a ceremony was held to designate the Amache National Historic Site in southeastern Colorado as part of the National Park System. Over the following weekend, a pink rose bloomed for […]
A Night to Remember for Colorado High School Theatre
/in Bobby G Awards Legacy, Education, General/by Emma HolstOn May 17, the Buell Theatre was packed to the gills with students and educators, plus their family and friends from across the state of Colorado. The lobby doors opened and flooded the space with activity for a special red carpet, welcoming high school theatre programs to the annual Bobby G High School Musical Theatre […]
Nature and Norway: Costume Designer Christopher Oram On Disney’s Frozen
/in Broadway, General/by DCPA PressWhen Disney Theatrical Group decided to adapt the animated film Frozen for the Broadway stage, they enlisted a team with more than just stellar theatrical bona fides. Not only do they have a collective 16 Tony Awards®, but they also have art and design in their bones. When it came time to design the sets […]
Winners Announced for 2024 Bobby G Awards
/in Bobby G Awards Legacy, Press/by Emma HolstAn Incredible Team Envisions Impossible Things
/in Community Engagement, General/by Suzanne YoeFinally, after years of school, school and, yep, more school, Alex is graduating. There’s just one little problem…Alex doesn’t have a clue what’s next. But not knowing what your future holds is no reason not to celebrate. Instead, audiences are invited to join Alex for a graduation party when The Catamounts, in collaboration with Hanzon […]
Prepping for Shakespeare: A First-Hand Account of the DPS Shakespeare Festival
/in Community Engagement, General/by Lisa BornsteinFormer Rocky Mountain News Theatre Critic Lisa Bornstein and current fourth grade math teacher at Polaris Elementary School gives her first-hand account of her school’s participation in the 40th annual DPS Shakespeare Festival. It was 10am on Friday, April 26 when downtown Denver’s Skyline Park came alive with Roman senators, harlequins, a living brick wall […]
Director Margot Bordelon on The Lehman Trilogy
/in Theatre Company, General/by DCPA PressTwo months into the pandemic, in May of 2020, I began reading Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. The book traces 70,000 years of human development, beginning with the dawn of modern cognition, to the development of nomadic societies, the advent of agriculture, to the building of ancient empires, and finally, inevitably, the creation […]
Meet the 2024 Lead Performer Nominees
/in Bobby G Awards Legacy/by Emma HolstAhead of this year’s Bobby G Awards, the DCPA’s annual celebration of high school musical theatre, taking place on May 17 in the Buell Theatre, meet the ten Lead Performer nominees. During the awards ceremony these students will sing an original medley kicked off by last year’s Lead Performer winners, Camille Nugent and Connor O’Brian. […]
First Look: The Lehman Trilogy
/in Photo Gallery, Theatre Company, General/by DCPA PressHailed as “a genuinely epic production” by The New York Times (original New York run), The Lehman Trilogy follows three German-Jewish immigrant brothers, and their descendants, as they navigate fire, flood, war, and panic to build a financial behemoth that changed America. Take a look at some of the production photos below.