IKEA is massively recognizable, not just by name or furniture style, but by the enormous (usually blue, gray, and yellow) warehouses located in the middle of shopping districts and cities. Even in the Denver Center Theatre Company’s production of Cebollas, the three road-tripping sisters comment on the store, wondering if they can squeeze a visit […]
Shrek Coloring Pages
/in Broadway, General/by DCPA PressWhether you grew up watching Shrek or are introducing your kids to the hilarious Shrek The Musical, these coloring pages are for you. All the iconic characters, including Fiona, Donkey, Puss in Boots, and Shrek (of course) are all here. Does your version of Shrek have green ogres or…maybe purple? Click the icons below to […]
Make IKEA a Destination, Like the Cebollas Sisters
/in Community Engagement, General/by Emma HolstIKEA is massively recognizable, not just by name or furniture style, but by the enormous (usually blue, gray, and yellow) warehouses located in the middle of shopping districts and cities. Even in the Denver Center Theatre Company’s production of Cebollas, the three road-tripping sisters comment on the store, wondering if they can squeeze a visit […]
First Look: Cebollas
/in Photo Gallery, Theatre Company, General/by DCPA PressThree Latinas are forced to take an unexpected road trip from Albuquerque to Denver. Making their way north on I-25, they don’t travel for business or for pleasure. They just need to transport a dead body across state lines. But, then again, what are sisters for? Take a look at some of the production photos […]
Follow the Phrases in Cebollas
/in Theatre Company, General/by DCPA PressWhen three sisters on a road trip from Albuquerque to Denver interject a bit of Spanglish into the conversation, it reflects the language style of many bi-lingual households in America today. While English-only audiences watching Cebollas do not lose any of the intention by not knowing these Spanish words or phrases, we asked the play’s […]
How New Plays Get Made
/in Theatre Company, General, New Play Summit/by Linnea CovingtonWhen the world premiere of Rattlesnake Kate debuted at the Wolf Theatre in 2022, it garnered a lot of positive attention. The play featured not only a spirited story about Kate Slaughterback, a Colorado woman who famously killed 140 rattlesnakes one day in 1925, but showcased how a play or musical might get commissioned by […]
Colorado Companies Foster New Voices in Theatre
/in Community Engagement, General/by Lisa BornsteinTheater, by its very nature, is a collaborative enterprise. But creating the raw material – the scripts themselves – can be a lonely one. Without hearing the words spoken by actors, the playwrights are left with the voices in their heads. That access to a full company of theater specialists makes the DCPA’s Colorado New […]
Q&A with Student Playwriting Competition Winners, Finalists
/in Press, Breaking News, Education, General/by Emma HolstSix winners have been selected for the Middle School & High School Playwriting Competition, three in each age group. This year, the DCPA received 142 middle school and 107 high school submissions – nearly 100 more than last year. The top three plays by each age group will be included in the 2024 Playwriting Anthology […]
Female Astronauts Shoot for the Moon in THE INFINITE
/in Off-Center, General/by Lisa BornsteinIn 2019, two individuals made history. Jessica Meir and Christina Koch took the first all-female spacewalk. One small step for women, one monumental achievement for womenkind. When Space Explorers: THE INFINITE arrives in Denver, guests in this interactive, virtual-reality experience will step outside the International Space Station on a walk of their own and then […]
DCPA Community Engagement Uplifts Cebollas and Local Organizations
/in Community Engagement, General/by Emma HolstDenver Center Theatre Company’s upcoming world premiere production, Cebollas, tells the story of three Latina sisters taking an unexpected road trip (with no ulterior motives at all). New Mexican culture is at the forefront of this new play as the sisters bicker and reminisce, driving past familiar locales between Albuquerque and Denver. Theatre Company management […]
Cracking the Enigma Code
/in Theatre Company, General/by Lisa BornsteinThey called her Elizabeth Thorpe. And Betty Pack. And Cynthia. She was an American, working for the British, and sometimes the Spanish, although the French and Polish thought she was theirs for a while. She came from an upstanding family, a proper girl who was thoroughly improper. The biggest enigma, though, was the Nazi coding […]