Every year, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts hosts the Colorado New Play Summit, featuring new play readings and attracting theatre industry leaders and artists. Launch Weekend showcases stripped-down readings of plays in development, so the playwright, director, and audience can focus entirely on the story. After receiving audience feedback, the productions spend the […]
Dates announced for immersive experience by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar presented by DCPA Off-Center opening August 2022
/in Press, Off-Center/by DCPA PressThe Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Off-Center is excited to announce the rescheduled dates for the world premiere immersive production, Theater of the Mind, co-created by creator of the Broadway hit American Utopia, David Byrne, and writer Mala Gaonkar, and premiering in Denver August 31 through December 18, 2022.
Theater of the Mind Producer Charlie Miller: A man ahead of his time
/in Off-Center, General/by John MooreCharlie Miller has always been a young man ahead of his time. After all, he played both Fagin and Captain Von Trapp by the age of 17. Not so many years later, the co-founder and curator of Off-Center at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is regarded as a national thought leader in the […]
Two New Individuals Join the Board of Trustees
/in Community Engagement/by DCPA PressDenver Center for the Performing Arts’ Chairman Martin Semple and President & CEO Janice Sinden are pleased to announce that two new individuals will join the Board of Trustees: David Farahi and Susan Fox Pinkowitz. David Farahi served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Monarch Casino & Resort in Reno, Nevada from 2012 to 2021. […]
New Play Festivals Across the U.S.
/in Community Engagement, General, New Play Summit, Other Theatres/by Emma HolstEvery year, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts hosts the Colorado New Play Summit, featuring new play readings and attracting theatre industry leaders and artists. Launch Weekend showcases stripped-down readings of plays in development, so the playwright, director, and audience can focus entirely on the story. After receiving audience feedback, the productions spend the […]
Hamilton’s Gregory Treco, graduate of Aurora’s Eaglecrest High School
/in Broadway, General, Meet the Cast/by DCPA PressWhile actor Gregory Treco is originally from the Bahamas, he spent some time in a colder climate when he attended Eaglecrest High School in Aurora, Colorado. Before Treco appeared on Broadway in Hamilton, he appeared in the DCPA Theatre Company’s 2015 world premiere of The 12. When in town, he sat down with Arts Journalist […]
Pop Culture References in In the Upper Room
/in Theatre Company, General/by DCPA PressAdapted from Inside Out | Lynde Rosario, Editor and Reginald Edmund, Contributing Writer Set in 1974, In the Upper Room tells the story of a multi-generational black family led by the family’s controlling and secretive matriarch, Rose Berry. But to understand the Berry family requires understanding the 1970s as well as the many pop culture […]
2022 Student Playwriting Competition Finalists and Winners
/in Education, Community Engagement, General/by DCPA PressThe Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce the winning plays as part of its annual High School and Middle School Playwriting Competition, which has impacted more than 25,000 students since its inception in 2013. The DCPA’s Education & Community Engagement Department launched the playwriting program to spark interest in the […]
The Other Josh Cohen’s Brian Bohlender Sang the National Anthem at Mile High Stadium
/in Community Engagement, Cabaret, General, Meet the Cast/by Emma HolstIn recent months, understudies and swings have been the backbone of theatre, confidently stepping into the limelight when the need arises. But for this understudy, Brian Bohlender, the limelight consisted of more than 66,000 fans in Mile High Stadium. Brian Bohlender is the understudy for the male roles in The Other Josh Cohen, a rock-n-roll […]
Celebratory Cocktails and Drinks from Our Caterers
/in Community Engagement, General/by Emma HolstThe Denver Center for the Performing Arts has asked our catering partners to share how they rang in 2022 with a celebratory drink. Whether you’re participating in Dry January, want to experience something new, or are preparing something special for Valentine’s Day next month, they have something for you. From Serendipity Catering: Serendipity Shirley Temple […]
Photos from the Broadway National Tour of Hamilton
/in Broadway, Community Engagement, General/by DCPA Press