‘The Book of Will’ wins national critics’ Steinberg New Play Award
Lauren Gunderson scores the nation’s largest prize for new plays, which comes with a $25,000 cash award
Deeper dive: Your first look at a new ‘Oklahoma!’
‘Experiencing that sense of possibility expressed by a community we haven’t seen telling this story opens up new windows on what it means to be…
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.
Summit Spotlight, Sigrid Gilmer: What makes you laugh will make you cry
‘Mama Metallica’ is the playwright’s love letter to her mother, Metallica and the theater, all in one heavy-metal smash-up.
Tony Garcia: ‘American Mariachi’ is an American beauty
From his new play’s very title, José Cruz González challenges us to examine what we consider to be ‘American.’
Summit prep begins at the intersection of Eugene O’Neill and Metallica
The Denver Center’s 13th annual Colorado New Play Summit is underway as dozens of artists begin work on four new plays.
When Leonor Perez found mariachi, she found her voice
Pioneering female mariachi musician was taught to keep her voice down, until she found the music that invited her to scream