The DCPA Theatre Company, the regional producing theatre arm of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), is thrilled to announce two world premiere productions for the 2023/24 DCPA Theatre Company season. During the 2023 Colorado New Play Summit (CNPS), attendees were the first to learn about two shows that will be on the 2023/24 DCPA Theatre Company season lineup. […]
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative teams for the compelling musical The Color Purple and audience favorite The 39 Steps. “The DCPA Theatre Company season is rounding out with two productions that audiences will love and recognize,” said Artistic Director Chris Coleman. […]
Hailed as an audience favorite at the 2020 Colorado New Play Summit, Hotter Than Egypt is the captivating tale of an American couple’s own personal revolutions. Drawing from the political, cultural, and religious realities of living in the region, this quick-witted dramedy set in the heat of Cairo pits loyalty against attraction as its characters […]
Scenic Artist Lori Worthman was charged with creating a 9-foot replica of Egyptian King Khafra for the DCPA Theatre Company’s production of Hotter Than Egypt. Follow along as Lori talks through the process, her responsibilities, and what it’s like working in the scene shop.
It’s not every day, every year or even every decade that a Denver native is invited to participate in the DCPA Theatre Company’s Colorado New Play Summit. But this year is different. Welcome home, Jake Brasch! Each year, the literary team at the DCPA Theatre Company receives hundreds of new scripts that are seeking development […]
the reservoir by Jake Brasch was selected by DCPA Theatre Company as one of four featured readings in its 2023 Colorado New Play Summit. Get to know this all-new play before it’s read in front of a Denver audience for the first time! HOMETOWN PLAYWRIGHT Playwright Jake Brasch, a Colorado native, had his humble beginnings […]
The Suffragette’s Murder by Sandy Rustin was selected by DCPA Theatre Company as one of four featured readings in its 2023 Colorado New Play Summit. Get to know this all-new play before it’s read in front of a Denver audience for the first time! GET A CLUE! Playwright Sandy Rustin penned an adaptation of the […]
Joan Dark by Christina Pumariega was selected by DCPA Theatre Company as one of four featured readings in its 2023 Colorado New Play Summit. Get to know this all-new play before it’s read in front of a Denver audience for the first time! PLAYWRITING AWARD NOMINATION Before ever receiving a fully staged production, Joan Dark […]
Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids by Vincent Terrell Durham was selected by DCPA Theatre Company as one of four featured readings in its 2023 Colorado New Play Summit. Get to know this all-new play before it’s read in front of a Denver audience for the first time! EVOLUTION OF TROPES Playwright Vincent […]
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts has a long history of cultivating new works. Since its inception in 1979, the DCPA has produced 147 world premieres, presented readings of 210 new works, and commissioned 47 playwrights. Even before the Colorado New Play Summit’s creation in 2006, the DCPA has been involved in the enrichment […]