Summit Spotlight: Benjamin Benne, ‘Alma’
A mother, a daughter and the thread of an American Dream
Summit Spotlight: Mary Kathryn Nagle and Suzan Shown Harjo, ‘Reclaiming One Star’
The mission to put an end to racist sports mascots moves into a Denver Center theatre
Summit Spotlight: Jessica Kahkoska, ‘In Her Bones’
Homegrown project sheds light on a hidden heritage in southern Colorado
2020 Colorado New Play Summit casting includes first Native American Oscar winner for acting
The region’s largest new-play festival will gather dozens of actors, directors, playwrights and crew
‘twenty50’: What’s the cultural cost of taking a slice from America’s power pie?
Near-future world-premiere play considers the consequences of assimilation Playwright Tony Meneses was intrigued when he came across a Pew Research Center study that predicted 2050 will be the year the U.S. population will no longer have a white majority. That, in itself, could make for a compelling “near-future” pot-boiler. Imagine: What will white people do […]
2020 Colorado New Play Summit plays and playwrights announced
Playwrights span Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, Colorado Springs native and ‘the definitive voice of Middle Eastern American theatre’
Look back: 2018 Colorado New Play Summit got real
Readings explored contemporary social issues through the lens of real stories taken from the recent and distant past
Summit Spotlight: Barbara Seyda’s collision with voices of the dead
By listening to the voices of history, playwright brings the voice of a hanged slave to Colorado New Play Summit stage
Summit Spotlight: Kemp Powers on a matter that’s black and white
New play explores when the bond between biracial twins, like the Space Shuttle Challenger, goes up in smoke.
Summit Spotlight: David Jacobi on affluenza, the rich man’s plague
Ethan Couch drove drunk and killed four people. Apparently he was too rich to know right from wrong.