Twenty years ago, the Denver Center Theatre Company made history. In a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company, TANTALUS— the largest play ever to have been attempted… maybe to this day—received its world premiere. 2,500 hundred years in the making. 15 years to writing. Six month of rehearsal. Ten plays to recount the story of the Trojan War. A lifetime in theatrical history.
Celebrate Father’s Day with a small sampling of some larger-than-life theatre dads.
Note: In this daily series, we are taking a deeper dive into the nine titles recently announced on the DCPA Theatre Company’s 2020-21 season. In the video above, DCPA Theatre Company Artistic Director Chris Coleman talks about Edward Albee’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ ‘It is like a brilliant, dazzling, funny train wreck’ Written by: […]
‘Kate Slaughterback is a woman the world wasn’t quite ready for’
‘To be a woman in theatre is an act of revolution’
Philanthropist believed ‘giving has to be part of all of our lives’
‘When I was growing up, I had no idea there are so many specialized jobs in the theatre’
Satirical love letter to the hysteric and hysterical life in the theatre
An all-female tribute to aging gracefully and … gorgeously
DCPA Theatre Company’s Director of New Play Development was known for his sharp mind and gentle spirit Douglas Langworthy liked to call himself “a card-carrying Libra, ever seeking harmony in the world.” Never comfortable in the spotlight, he would rather rate any public experience by its “squirm factor.” Which may explain why the DCPA Theatre […]