Caring for the Caregivers

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 91,000 individuals ages 65+ in Colorado are living with Alzheimer’s. On the national front, individuals diagnosed with dementia are projected to double from approximately 514,000 in 2020 to nearly 1 million by 2060 as the Baby Boomer generation (1946-1964) ages. At some point in life, it is more […]

Getting Their Due: Women in Colorado History

In the Denver Center Theatre Company’s world premiere play, The Suffragette’s Murder by Sandy Rustin, it’s 1857, and a group of tenants is secretly working to support the bourgeoning suffrage movement. While the play is set in Manhattan, New Yorkers in the 1800s would have found plenty of kindred spirits in Colorado working to advance […]

DCPA Supports New Work; Success of Most Produced Plays

Sandy Rustin, the playwright behind the world premiere production of The Suffragette’s Murder, has another trick up her sleeve. Her adaptation of the cult-classic Clue was one of the most produced plays of the 2022/23 season in the United States, according to American Theatre’s annual roundup. You never know where the next great American play […]

Tony Award-Winning Annaleigh Ashford Announced as Saturday Night Alive Gala Entertainment

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce a one-night-only performance will take place during the eminent annual gala, Saturday Night Alive. Tony Award-winning and Emmy- and Grammy-nominated actor Annaleigh Ashford returns to Colorado to take the Wolf Theatre stage for an evening of music on Saturday, June 14. Denver-born Ashford […]

(Arguably) Denver’s Best Green Chile French Fries

Canadians have their poutine, Denverites have their green chile fries. When it comes to a spicy, greasy, comfort food on the Front Range, a popular go-to is an order of French fries smothered in green chile—maybe tater tots are substituted for the fries, or maybe you add cheese on top too. To say which ones […]

Directing the Present-Day Past: An Interview with Margot Bordelon

Less than a year after her Henry Award-winning production of The Lehman Trilogy, Margot Bordelon is returning to the Denver Center Theatre Company (DCTC) to direct the world premiere of Sandy Rustin’s The Suffragette’s Murder. Set in 1857, The Suffragette’s Murder follows the eclectic residents of a New York City boarding house as they try […]

Keep ’em Laughing

Comedy and tragedy were our first dramatic arts, expressing two sides of humanity’s condition. But at Denver’s legendary Comedy Works, the focus is solely on laughs. And such is the quality of the club that performers accustomed to larger venues in bigger cities carve space in their schedules to keep audiences in stitches both at […]

The Power of Generational Recipes

In the Denver Center Theatre Company’s production of The Reservoir, 20-something Josh remembers the Christmas cookies he would make with his grandmother, Irene, while growing up – no matter the season. When returning home as an adult, he’s eager to bake with her, only to discover her Alzheimer’s has quickly progressed. They won’t make any […]

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Q&A with 2025 Student Playwriting Competition Winners, Finalists

Six winners have been selected for the Middle School & High School Playwriting Competition, three in each age group. This year, the DCPA received 175 middle school and 119 high school submissions from 13 counties across the state. The top three plays by each age group will be included in the 2025 Playwriting Anthology and […]

Meet the Cast of Gutenberg! The Musical!

Meet the cast of DCPA Cabaret’s Gutenberg! The Musical!. And yes, there are supposed to be that many exclamation points in the title, because the cast is so delighted to share this show with Denver audiences. In this musical spoof, a pair of aspiring playwrights perform a backers’ audition for their new, ill-advised project – […]