Email Author Shaughnessy Speirs

2012 Stories by Shaughnessy Speirs

• A New Take on an Old Story

  published September 13, 2012

  Rather than telling the story of the Holocaust during or after its events -- a familiar narrative -– a new play by Israeli author and... More >>

• Women’s Work

  published August 16, 2012

  The Emerging Filmmakers Project at the Bug Theatre, one of our first MasterMind winners, has been spotlighting the work of local filmmakers for... More >>

• The Birds and the Bees

  published August 16, 2012

  The plot of Spring Awakening, according to Keith Rabin Jr., artistic director at Ignite Theatre, stems from one big question:... More >>

• Still Frame

  published July 26, 2012

  Clyfford Still had, in the words of Denver Film Society’s Keith Garcia, “a lot of playful notions about movement.” Tonight,... More >>

• Girls’ Night Out

  published July 26, 2012

  If you’re not worried about the hyper-sexualization of young girls, then you’ve probably never seen Toddlers & Tiaras. Instead... More >>

• Women at Play

  published July 19, 2012

  Although the Athena Project Festival, a celebration of the work of female artists, won’t debut until next summer, it’s launching its... More >>

• Batteries Not Included

  published June 14, 2012

  In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, produced by Equinox Theatre and opening tonight at the Bug, is exactly what it sounds like:... More >>

• Politics as Unusual

  published June 7, 2012

  It's an election year, which means most of us are a little irate, and Second City comic duo Frank Caeti and Matt Craig -- known together as... More >>

• Passage to India

  published May 17, 2012

  There are only a few thousand Jewish people left in India; many of them immigrated to Israel decades ago. Siona Benjamin, an artist originally... More >>

• Join the Club

  published May 17, 2012

  Based on Amy Tan's novel of the same name, the on-stage version of The Joy Luck Club tells the story of four Chinese women and their... More >>

• Wicked Cool

  published May 10, 2012

  Wicked opens tonight at the Buell Theatre, making Denver the first market to host the award-winning musical for a fourth time. It's... More >>

• Open-and-Shut Case

  published May 3, 2012

  "When you're only renting a theater for one night and only need one good-sized audience to pay for rent, you can be more creative in your... More >>

• That Way Madness Lies

  published April 12, 2012

  America has long had a tumultuous relationship with its mentally ill, and Ralena Gordon has spent the last five years documenting it in a photo... More >>

• Be Wary of Irish Fairies

  published April 5, 2012

  Some of us are only just getting over the hangovers associated with our abuse of Irish stereotypes on St. Patrick's Day, so it's as good a time as... More >>