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A A A Comments By Mark Dragotta Thursday, Dec 9 2010

Offering rotating special guests each night, the edgy variety show BALLS! A Holiday Spectacular is an opportunity to catch a cross-section of Denver’s creative class while giving back to the community at a relatively modest cost. Proceeds from each performance benefit a different charity. “It’s a chance for people to have fun and be philanthropists without drawing too much on their pocketbook,” says BALLS! co-creator Mare Trevathan. “We also wanted to do something different. Denver just didn’t have anything for the holidays that filled our desire for something other than The Nutcracker.”

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BALLS! opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma Street, and continues through December 18. Special guests include jazz musician and standup comic Johnny Hayz with Jim Wood; singer-songwriter Sean Maloney; the cast of Buntport Theater Company’s tRUNKS; salsa dance champion Eulanda Shead;writer Megan Quicke; comedienne Meridith Crosley Grundei; DJ Savior Breath; and Cheech & Chong Holidays with Jaime Lujan and Peter Trinh. Beneficiaries include Fresh City Life, Dani’s Foundation, Curious Theatre Company, Slow Food Denver, PlatteForum and Grow Local/The GrowHaus.

Admission is a suggested donation of $15 to $35. For more information, go to http://ballsaholidayspectacular.wordpress.com or call 303-927-0087.
Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:31 p.m. Starts: Dec. 9. Continues through Dec. 18, 2010

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