Theatrical Plays

Calling all (would-be) playwrights: Horse & Cart introduces the PlayOffs

Horse & Cart, a Denver-based theatrical production and publishing venture, is launching its electronic-publishing branch with a reality-style event fit for a king -- a King Lear, to be precise. Now through June 30, the company is accepting submissions for the first edition of the PlayOffs, a competi ... More >>

Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company announces eighth season -- including a world premiere

The Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company has just announced its upcoming season, the eighth for this troupe, and it's an intriguing one that includes three regional premieres and one significant capture: And the Sun Stood Still, a play about Copernicus and his struggle to publish On the Revolutions of t ... More >>

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Four new playwrights featured in Denver Center Theater Company's next season

With its just-announced 2013-'14 season, the Denver Center Theatre Company remains true to its mission of promoting interesting and exciting new playwrights. Four of the playwrights whose work received readings at the New Play Summit last month are included in the next lineup. See also: - Marcus Ga ... More >>

Marcus Gardley debuts Black Odyssey at New Play Summit

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 widely produced. His Black Odyssey, an ambitious, large-cast production that most theaters would hav ... More >>

New Play Summit should be a whale of a creative weekend

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 explore their ideas and carry forward their creative work. To further that mission, every year the Ne ... More >>

Update: And the Henrys go to...

Sitting beside me at the Henrys last night was the woman who makes it all happen: Gloria Shanstrom, general manager of the Colorado Theatre Guild. It is Shanstrom who makes this glittering event -- this huge coming together of elegantly dressed, excitedly-gesticulating actors, directors, tech people ... More >>

Henry Awards will be presented tonight

The Colorado Theatre Guild's seventh annual Henry Awards will be presented tonight at the L2 Arts & Culture Center, 1477 Columbine Street. The festivities start at 6 p.m. with cocktails and a silent auction, followed by the official awards ceremony at 7 p.m.; an after-party will move the fun to the ... More >>

Athena Project Festival's "Plays in Progress" series represents female playwrights

In any given theatrical season, the likelihood of seeing David Mamet, Christopher Durang, or Neil Labute in the lineup is fair. The likelihood of seeing O'Neill, Miller, Beckett, Chekhov, Moliere, or (it goes without saying) Shakespeare is even better. But there is never a guarantee of seeing even o ... More >>

Chip Walton promises Curious's next season will be provoking...and entertaining

Curious Theatre Company just announced its fifteenth season, which includes five regional premieres as well as Yasmina Reza's Tony award-winning God of Carnage. Artistic director Chip Walton says he uses two criteria in making his selections: "I need to be moved intellectually and not just emotional ... More >>

Collaboration and critics: Scenes from the New Play Summit

The American Theatre Critics' Association had chosen the New Play Summit at the Denver Center Theatre Company as the site of its winter meeting, and a group of critics compared notes one morning. We had all seen the same plays; on some we agreed; now and then someone pointed out something that other ... More >>

Colorado New Play Summit Playwrights' Slam serves up raw material in a rare evening

It's ten at night, and the Jones Theatre is thronged with bodies, and smells of beer, wine and popcorn as the Playwrights' Slam -- a regular part of the Denver Center Theatre Company's Colorado New Play Summit -- is about to begin. "My woman wants your head to make a soup." This is from a play abo ... More >>

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Playwright Frank Oteri on jaded Santas, local theater

​There aren't enough opportunities for local playwrights to please Frank Oteri. It's a shortage that drove Oteri create A Very Dark Holiday Playwright Festivus at the Vintage Theatre, a showcase that spotlights work from six local writers. The show includes an original comedy from Oteri titled ... More >>

Vintage Theatre gets edgy for the holidays

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Summit Time

The Curious premiere of 26 Miles goes the distance

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Capsule reviews of current shows

How We May Know Him

This metaphoric comedy knows its depth.

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Brief reviews of current shows

Out of the Shadows

The Write Stuff

The New Play Summit brings in fresh theater.

DCTC Explores All My Sons

Arthur Mller's play still resonates today.

Encore

Encore

Encore

Critical View

Marley's ghost may haunt the Denver Center Theatre Company.

Encore

Encore

Best Eclectic Theater Season

Germinal Stage Denver

Best Commitment to Local Playwrights

Theatre Group, Theatre on Broadway

Best Departing Director

Donovan Marley, Denver Center Theatre Company

Mixed Bag

Miners Alley offers a mismatched batch of one-acts.

Best Revival

Playwrights Unit

Best Costumes

Joan Kuder Bell
The Rivals

Best hard-boiled blarney

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Best actress

Sheila Ivy Traister

Best local theater company season

Aurora Fox Theatre Company

Encore

Muse You Can Use

Therapy Sessions

History Lessons

Return to Gender

French Tickler

Women's Work Is Never Done

Celluloid Heroes

Back to South Africa

Short Circuits

THE JOY OF SIX