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  Audience Advisory: Please read our updated attendance guidelines.

Feb 11 – Mar 13, 2022 Kilstrom Theatre MAP

IN THE UPPER ROOM

  • Ages 16+
  • 2 hours and 10 minutes

The cast of In The Upper Room — some dancing, some gathered around a table — appear on stage at the Denver Center

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A new play about family, secrets and the power of the stories we grow up hearing

Meet the Berrys, a multi-generational Black family living under one roof in the 1970s. Their lives orbit around Rose, a strong-willed matriarch whose superstitions and secrets drive her relatives nuts. Through pointed wit and playful sarcasm, the family elders share fantastical stories about their collective past that call into question the family hierarchy and inspire the youngest generation to take pride in their heritage (and physical appearance). Tender, comedic conversations between tight-knit relatives are interspersed with moments of intense drama that mirror the internal conflicts every family must face at some point.
Loyalty, spirituality and colorism are all at play in this dramatic dark comedy, based on the real family history of playwright and novelist Beaufield Berry.

About the Artists
Beaufield Berry is an Omaha-based playwright, novelist and arts educator who was inspired by her own family for this piece. Gregg T. Daniel is an accomplished actor (True Blood) and was nominated for a NAACP Theatre Award for Best Director.


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“A witty and wise exploration of the idiosyncrasies and contradictions of colorism in the Black community.” – The Denver Post

“The DCPA is helping redefine and reimagine the way Black Americans are portrayed in the performing arts.” – CBS Denver

In the Upper Room

By Beaufield Berry

Directed by Gregg T. Daniel

Presented by The Joan and Phill Berger Charitable Fund 

Premiere Sponsor: June Travis 

In the Upper Room is the recipient of an Edgerton New Play Award 

Supported in part by the DCPA’s Women’s Voices Fund

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Type: Drama, Comedy, World Premiere

Advisory: Contains adult language, violence and supernatural themes. Recommended for ages 16+.

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Chavez Ravine sits at a vanity as Levy Lee Simon stands, in military dress, on stage during a performance of In The Upper Room Chavez Ravine stands at the head of a table and prays with the cast of In the Upper Room, all dressed in their Sunday best Chavez Ravine, Kayla King, and Courtney A. Vinson appear on a set designed to look like a girl’s bedroom in the 1970s Levy Lee Simon stands at the top of a staircase and looks down at Sydney Cole Alexander, Yvette Monique Clark, and Monnae Michaell, who are standing in a circle, holding hands, and praying Matthew Hancock and Sydney Cole Alexander embrace on stage during a performance of In the Upper Room at the Denver Center Courtney A. Vinson appears, seated and smiling, on the edge of a twin bed with a pencil and textbook in her hands. Kayla King hops, arms extended, doing a dance routine. Levy Lee Simon and Matthew Hancock stand, facing each other, on a set designed to look like a front porch. They both look upward. Monnae Michaell and the cast of In the Upper Room, dressed in their Sunday best, dance in a circle in a 70s-themed living room setting, complete with pink shag carpet Levy Lee Simon, portraying Eddie, gives Courtney A. Vinson a hug and a kiss on the forehead during a performance of In The Upper Room Courtney A. Vinson, as Josephine, and Kayla King, as Yvette, kneel side-by-side on a carpeted floor and guide the planchette of a Ouija Board together

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