For Grady Soapes, choreography isn’t just eight counts and clever footwork — it’s a lifelong language. A language that only comes fully alive when it integrates with the designers, directors, musicians, and storytellers shaping a production. Long before he became the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ (DCPA) Director of Casting and Associate Producer, he […]
Denver Center Theatre Company Announces Full Cast and Creative Teams for World Premieres, Cowboys and East Indians and Godspeed
/in Press, Theatre Company, General, New Play Summit/by DCPA PressThe Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative teams for the world premiere productions of Cowboys and East Indians by Nina McConigley and Matthew Spangler, and Godspeed by Terence Anthony. Both world premiere productions were first introduced to audiences as readings at the 2024 Colorado New Play Summit. “Each […]
Breaking Into the Biz
/in Education, General/by Madison StoutAre you a budding performer waiting for your breakout role? Do you feel a bit like Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, fiercely determined but constantly turned down? Don’t let that rain on your parade! Take these tips from Grady Soapes, Director of Casting with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), to help you […]
The Heart of Denver’s Black Culture: Five Points
/in Community Engagement, General/by Suzanne YoeFrom the archives: this article was originally published on January 12, 2023 If Denver’s Black culture has a heart, it is beating loud and strong in Five Points. Located at the intersection of 26th Avenue, 27th Street, Washington Street and Welton Street — four roads that create five vertices — is what was once known […]
Beyond the Script: Denver Public Library’s Guide to The Notebook
/in Broadway, General/by Denver Public LibraryDenver Public Library resources to enhance your experience at The Notebook READ The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali In 1953, an unlikely romance sparks between teenagers Roya and Bahran, two regular customers at a Teheran stationery shop. Sadly, the young lovers lose each other in the chaos following the overthrow of Iran’s prime minister. […]
Preserving a Classic: Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
/in Broadway, Uncategorized/by Lisa BornsteinWhat makes something obsolete – and conversely, what makes it a classic? The very premise of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – the abduction of young women to care for the brothers, who were inspired by the rape of the Sabine women – keeps it off most stages these days. The King and I requires […]
“King of the Road” Richard Thomas Takes on Mark Twain
/in Broadway, Uncategorized/by DCPA Press“King of the Road” calls to mind the pop hit by singer-songwriter Roger Miller. For fans of great touring Broadway theater, though, that crown belongs to star of stage and screen Richard Thomas, who arrives in Denver on Saturday, January 31 to channel the homespun humor of the bard of Hannibal, Missouri in Mark […]
Vampires at Christmas, Vampires at Easter: A conversation with Alicia Bruce
/in Cabaret/by Collin Van SonIn Dracula, the 19th-century novel by Bram Stoker, the eponymous count travels from Transylvania to the English town of Whitby. It’s a long trip (more than 1,200 miles as the bat flies), but not quite as long as the journey that’s taken Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors from New York City to its six-month run […]
Familiar Faces Populate 25th Season of Stories on Stage
/in Events, Other Theatres/by Suzanne YoeRemember when you were a child and your parents read to you each night? With the simple power of inflection, you could be transported to a magical forest to see wild things or journey to the moon and back. Now, imagine if that story was read by a professional actor. When done well, storytelling can […]
Storytelling through movement: Grady Soapes on the art of choreography
/in Theatre Company, Events/by Madison StoutFor Grady Soapes, choreography isn’t just eight counts and clever footwork — it’s a lifelong language. A language that only comes fully alive when it integrates with the designers, directors, musicians, and storytellers shaping a production. Long before he became the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ (DCPA) Director of Casting and Associate Producer, he […]
Activate the Magic of a Storybook, Morning, Noon and Night
/in Education, Events/by Linnea CovingtonThere’s reading classic kids’ books and looking at the pictures; and then there’s interacting with them to create something new. One of the best things about reading to kids comes from revisiting and sharing the wonder of beloved stories. Do you take your children flying through the night in a dough suit a la Maurice […]