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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2013 Stories by Juliet Wittman

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  FEATURED STORY

  Curious Theatre Company announces its 2013-2014 season lineup, and it's a stunner

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Reading theater reviews in the New York Times, you often find yourself suffering intense pangs of envy for those friends living there. You'll never see this fiercely confrontational drama or that hila... More >>

• Now Playing

  published February 21, 2013

  Motherhood Out Loud. This play is performed by six actors — five women and a man — and consists of little playlets compiled... More >>

• This time, Romeo and Juliet aren't the figures of Romantic imagination

  published February 21, 2013

  The set for the Denver Center's Romeo and Juliet is austere. The play opens on a stage that is almost bare save for two coffins,... More >>

• The Seafarer makes waves with its tale of lost lives

  published February 21, 2013

  Despite the deceptively fine weather, it isn't spring yet. But somehow, leaving the theater after seeing The Seafarer, I couldn't... More >>

• Lida Project's R.U.R./lol uses robots to examine what it means to be human

  published Feb 15, 2013

  The word "robot" first appeared in the play Rossum's Universal Robotsor R.U.R, written in the 1920s by Czech author Karel Capek. In it, a group of scientists create human-like creatures that ultimatel... More >>

• Play Time

  published February 7, 2013

  As the Denver Center Theatre Company’s literary manager and dramaturg, Douglas Langworthy helps select the offerings for each year’s... More >>

• Ghost-Writer adds a show -- and adds to Boulder's theater scene

  published Feb 14, 2013

  The Boulder theater scene has sprung to life lately, after several years when pretty much the only choice locals had were the -- admittedly excellent but generally traditional -- offerings of Boulder'... More >>

• Blithe Spirit's set is as strong as its spooky plot

  published February 14, 2013

  Blithe Spirit doesn't mean anything. It's not a critique of upper-class society or an evocative exploration of the border between... More >>

• Marcus Gardley debuts Black Odyssey at New Play Summit

  published Feb 08, 2013

  Marcus Gardley, one of the five writers featured in this year's New Play Summit, has received several honors and awards -- including the PEN/Laura Pels award for Mid-Career Playwright -- and has been ... More >>

• New Play Summit should be a whale of a creative weekend

  published Feb 07, 2013

  One of the most important parts of the Denver Center Theatre Company's mission is to introduce local audiences the most interesting, up-and-coming playwrights around -- and to help those playwrights e... More >>

• Now Playing

  published February 7, 2013

  Ed, Downloaded. Michael Mitnick's Ed, Downloaded, which was commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company, had a reading at last... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Blithe Spirit is great entertainment -- and you can talk about it today

  published Feb 06, 2013

  Blithe Spirit, now showing at the Arvada Center, doesn't mean anything. It's not a critique of upper-class society or an evocative exploration of the border between the living and the dead -- despite ... More >>

• The absorbing Ghost-Writer will creep into your consciousness

  published February 7, 2013

  Here's a play that creeps into your consciousness on little cat feet, so quiet and unassuming, so slow-moving at first, so indifferent to the... More >>

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  Laura Norman is back on a Colorado stage in Ghost-Writer

  published Jan 31, 2013

  Laura Norman is one of the more talented actors around, subtle and intelligent, capable of deep emotion but never sentimental or hackneyed. She can rescue a mediocre play and add a very specific kind ... More >>

• Wake's take on The Tempest is suggestive and evocative

  published January 31, 2013

  Early in Shakespeare's The Tempest, there's a longish scene of almost pure exposition as Prospero, a powerful scholar and magician,... More >>

• The thoughtful Motherhood Out Loud is hilariously quotable

  published January 31, 2013

  Sometimes the small, unpretentious shows provide the happiest evenings of theater. Motherhood Out Loud is a compendium of short... More >>

• Now Playing

  published January 31, 2013

  Ed, Downloaded. Michael Mitnick's Ed, Downloaded, which was commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company, had a reading at... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Motherhood Out Loud is a charming evening of theater

  published Jan 25, 2013

  Motherhood Out Loud, which opened at the Avenue Theater last week, is a collection of short plays on motherhood by several well-known playwrights. You meet bored mothers, elderly mothers, stepmothers,... More >>

• Horse Tales

  published January 10, 2013

  War Horse enjoyed long runs in both London and New York, winning several awards along the way, though critics and audience members... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The vote is in: Vintage Theatre's RFK is a smash, and extends its run

  published Jan 24, 2013

  It's safe to say Vintage Theatre's RFK is a smash. A one-man exploration of the life and times of Robert Kennedy by Jack Holmes, it garnered excellent reviews (including mine) and a huge amount of Fac... More >>

• Jacqueline Antaramian returns to Denver via the Met's Les Troyens tonight

  published Jan 23, 2013

  Many Denver theater-goers remember Jacqueline Antaramian from her roles with the Denver Center Theatre Company. During her ten years there, she starred in Mark Harelik's The Immigrant, Noel Coward's B... More >>

• The whimsical plot of Ed, Downloaded doesn't compute with its artful design

  published January 24, 2013

  Michael Mitnick's Ed, Downloaded, which was commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company, had a reading at last year's New... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Colorado Shakespeare Festival starts next act with Philip Sneed's departure for Arvada Center

  published Jan 17, 2013

  Philip Sneed is leaving his position as artistic director for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, a position he's held since 2006, at the end of the month. He will become executive director of the Arva... More >>

• Maple and Vine compares past and present without capturing either

  published January 17, 2013

  Now in a regional premiere at Curious Theatre Company, Maple and Vine contrasts life in modern America with life in 1955 —... More >>

• The bond between humans and animals takes center stage in War Horse

  published January 17, 2013

  Despite all the buzz to the contrary, you never really forget that the horses in War Horse are puppets — at least I never... More >>