Email Author Juliet Wittman

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published October 27, 2011

  "Redemption"

• 2012 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals, published January 20, 2011

  "Czech, Please"

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2008 Stories by Juliet Wittman

• Now Playing

  published October 2, 2008

  Curse of the Starving Class. The moment you walk into the theater, you know you're in Sam Shepard country — a place... More >>

• Braided Sorrow weaves fantasy with grim reality at El Centro Su Teatro

  published October 2, 2008

  No one knows exactly how many young women have been murdered in the Mexican border town of Juárez over the last decade, perhaps three or... More >>

• The Arvada Center's Les Miz is still a dizzying ride

  published October 2, 2008

  Les Misérables is a huge, sprawling musical filled with emotional songs that tell the story of Victor Hugo's novel. The... More >>

• Now Playing

  published September 25, 2008

  Curse of the Starving Class. The moment you walk into the theater, you know you're in Sam Shepard country — a place suffused with... More >>

• Tiny Alice is big and brilliant at Germinal Stage

  published September 25, 2008

  Some parts of Tiny Alice are laughably literal. At the beginning, for instance, a Catholic cardinal in full black-and-red regalia... More >>

• We know what women want, and it's not Girls Only

  published September 25, 2008

  The trouble with Girls Only, a two-woman evening of conversation, skits, singing, improvisation and audience participation, is... More >>

• In the Dairy Center's My Name Is Rachel Corrie, a peace activist's words live on

  published September 18, 2008

  There's a period in women's lives — roughly the years between 18 and 24 — that strikes me as profoundly touching. During this time,... More >>

• Avenue Q brings puppetry of the people to Denver

  published September 18, 2008

  Most of the characters in Avenue Q are college graduates in that in-between stage — bright and literate, finished with... More >>

• Capsule reviews of current shows

  published September 18, 2008

  Bubs. This is a play accompanied by songs, a concert yoked to a narrative, with the elements held together by the talent and energy of... More >>

• Avenue Theater's Bubs should stick to music, because the plot is off-key

  published September 11, 2008

  Bubs is a crossover production, a play accompanied by songs, a concert yoked to a narrative, and that's not a bad thing:... More >>

• At Curious Theatre, Curse of the Starving Class leaves you hungry for more Shepard

  published September 11, 2008

  The moment you walk into the theater for Curse of the Starving Class, you know you're in Sam Shepard country — a place... More >>

• Capsule reviews of current shows

  published September 11, 2008

  The Eyes of Babylon. Jeff Key is an ex-Marine — a man devoted to the idea of patriotism and service to his country — whose... More >>

• Now Playing

  published September 4, 2008

  The Eyes of Babylon. Jeff Key is an ex-Marine — a man devoted to the idea of patriotism and service to his country — whose... More >>

• Spotlight Theatre does justice to Twelve Angry Men

  published September 4, 2008

  The characters in Twelve Angry Men are straight-up '50s stereotypes: the wishy-washy adman; the mindless sports fanatic; the... More >>

• Now Playing

  published August 28, 2008

  Iraq War, the Musical. Unlike so many political satires, Iraq War, the Musical has teeth. It's a sustained and ultimately serious... More >>

• Retro Loud offers nostalgia both cheesy and sweet

  published August 28, 2008

  In many years of faithful attendance at Heritage Square Music Hall, I have never seen T.J. Mullin lose control of an audience. Sure, he always... More >>

• The Eyes of Babylon reveal the thoughts of a gay marine in Iraq.

  published August 28, 2008

  At the very beginning of his one-man piece, Jeff Key appears in his underwear, so the first thing you find yourself focusing on is his... More >>

• Now Playing

  published August 21, 2008

  The Hot L Baltimore. Director Terry Dodd has arranged one of the sweetest, smartest, loveliest evenings of theater you'll ever have, by... More >>

• Bug Theatre's Iraq War, the Musical takes a bite out of George W. Bush

  published August 21, 2008

  Iraq War, the Musical! has what so many political satires lack: teeth. It's a sustained and ultimately serious attack on the Bush... More >>

• At the Boulder International Fringe Festival, Pedro and the Captain explores the futility of evil

  published August 21, 2008

  Two men in a room together: the torturer and the tortured. This is Uruguay in the early 1970s, and the victim is Pedro, a member of the... More >>

• Now Playing

  published August 14, 2008

  The Hot L Baltimore. Director Terry Dodd has arranged one of the sweetest, smartest, loveliest evenings of theater you'll ever have, by... More >>

• Buntport Theater Company skewers other swashbucklers with Musketeer

  published August 14, 2008

  One of the things I love about Buntport is how the company comes at a subject from a genuinely original, sideways angle. Dramas based on... More >>

• Now Playing

  published August 7, 2008

  Henry VIII. Shakespeare's Henry VIII is not the licentious, swollen-bellied, wife-dispatching monster we know from Hollywood. When we... More >>

• In Paragon Theatre's This Is How It Goes, there's less than meets the eye

  published August 7, 2008

  The man onstage (the character is actually called Man) begins by telling us he's an unreliable narrator, and goes on to prove it in scene after... More >>

• Colorado Shakespeare Festival gets patriotic in Woody Guthrie's American Song

  published August 7, 2008

  I wanted to sing along to the pulse-quickening rendition of "This Land Is Your Land" that closes Woody Guthrie's American Song... More >>