Brian Freeland

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A Critic's View

Denver's theater scene struggles to reach critical mass.

Best Introduction of a Major Contemporary Playwright

Fucking A, LIDA Project

A Critic's View on LIDA

Another stage goes dark in Denver's theater community.

The Curious premiere of 26 Miles goes the distance

Another stage goes dark in Denver's theater community.

Meet the MasterMind Class of 2009

Another stage goes dark in Denver's theater community.

Curious Theatre's Rabbit Hole is a lost opportunity

Another stage goes dark in Denver's theater community.

The Naked Truth

To this critic, The Balcony is a pain in the neck.

How I Learned to Drive

Curious Theater has stayed on course to reach its tenth anniversary season.

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Bertolt Brecht's warning fails to move.

Simply Resistible

Countdown to Zero tells a frightening tale.

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My Name Is Rachel Corrie

A dead reckoning in Gaza.

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The Night Heron

Jez Butterworth has created a rare bird, grounded in place and character.

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How We May Know Him

This metaphoric comedy knows its depth.

tempOdyssey

Playwright Dan Dietz ponders the mysteries of life, death -- and chickens.

Ghost Story

The Turn of the Screw delivers thrills and chills.

A Cursed Life

Existence is a struggle in Fucking A.

F-Bombed

Colorado is ground zero in the war of the word.

Alice in Cyberland

The LIDA Project examines technology's effect on the human conscience.

Click Me

Theater pioneers fall through the computer’s looking-glass to tell Alice’s tale.

Stage Plight

Small theater groups are having a tough time carving out their own space in Denver.

Flesh Wounds

Small theater groups are having a tough time carving out their own space in Denver.

Back to the Futurist

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The Harried Experiment

Small theater groups are having a tough time carving out their own space in Denver.

Renaissance Men

Small theater groups are having a tough time carving out their own space in Denver.

Vacant Lot

Small theater groups are having a tough time carving out their own space in Denver.

SHOCK THERAPY

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Today's featured event: Things get downright Kafkaesque at the LIDA Project tonight

Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

Kafka Captured

Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

The verdict is in: The Trial inspires a worthy play in Joseph K

Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

A Wheel Deal

Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

Roller Skating With My Cousin will have you going in circles

Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

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Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

Now Playing

Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

Now Playing

Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

Despite its cuteness, Dead Man's Cell Phone fascinates throughout

Anyone who's followed the theatrical footprints of Brian Freeland, founder of the LIDA Project and Countdown to Zero troupes (and one of Westword's most recent crop of Masterminds), will immediately know -- and not know -- what to expect of his next production. A grassroots agenda, subversive poli ... More >>

Backstage: New horizons beckon for Brian Freeland and the Lida Project

​For the last year, something's been missing from the Lida Project. Certainly, it hasn't been creativity or an open mind; under the energetic guidance of stand-in artistic director Julie Rada, the local experimental theater group in fact thrived as well as any small group of its kind can in De ... More >>

BINDERY's Last Dance: Patrick Mueller on the future of Control Group

No definitive word on whether there will be mud-wrestling.​For over a decade, BINDERY | space has been home to some of Denver's best and weirdest experimental theater under the direction of the LIDA Project, which has been its driving force for most of that time, in addition to providing a pla ... More >>

The Terror, the Terror!

No definitive word on whether there will be mud-wrestling.​For over a decade, BINDERY | space has been home to some of Denver's best and weirdest experimental theater under the direction of the LIDA Project, which has been its driving force for most of that time, in addition to providing a pla ... More >>

LIDA and Control Group, together again

​It was always kinda, sorta meant to be, but late last week, the official announcement was made: The LIDA Project theater troupe led by Brian Freeland (a member of Westword's Mastermind class of 2009) and the Control Group Productions avant-garde dance ensemble led by Patrick Mueller are formi ... More >>

Party On the Fringe

​It was always kinda, sorta meant to be, but late last week, the official announcement was made: The LIDA Project theater troupe led by Brian Freeland (a member of Westword's Mastermind class of 2009) and the Control Group Productions avant-garde dance ensemble led by Patrick Mueller are formi ... More >>

John Moore's exit from the Denver Post leaves a void in the theater scene

​It hit home for members of the theater community Sunday, when they opened the Denver Post and found a gaping void in the arts pages: There was no column by longtime critic and commentator John Moore. No review. Everyone had known John was taking the Post's buyout. His Facebook fans read his ... More >>

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep tackles health, care, death and dying in the USA

​It hit home for members of the theater community Sunday, when they opened the Denver Post and found a gaping void in the arts pages: There was no column by longtime critic and commentator John Moore. No review. Everyone had known John was taking the Post's buyout. His Facebook fans read his ... More >>

Drama Salon

​It hit home for members of the theater community Sunday, when they opened the Denver Post and found a gaping void in the arts pages: There was no column by longtime critic and commentator John Moore. No review. Everyone had known John was taking the Post's buyout. His Facebook fans read his ... More >>

LIDA's Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep wakes up again for a second run

​I have an adult niece in San Francisco who's into theater on the fringe; she's been a stage manager and a world traveler to various festivals, writes about theater for a Bay area newspaper, and every so often, hosts lives theatrical performances in her living room, sort of like a house concer ... More >>