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Theater Companies, Theater Productions & Show in Boulder County, Colorado
Visis the website for schedule of performances. 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. 303-321-5925. BOULDER ENSEMBLE THEATER COMPANY BETC’s 5th Season opens in September with "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley. Visit the website for the complete season information and to purchase your season subscription in advance. 303-665-1841 Through Sept. 4: Rediscover the charm of J. M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” with Tinker Bell, the children, pirates and Indians, and unforgettable songs like “I Won’t Grow Up” and “I’m Flying.” At Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave. 303-449-6000 ext. 4.
Buntport’s six-person ensemble does it all—they’re the directors, the performers, the technicians, even the playwrights for every production. Visit the website for a shedule of upcoming performances. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St. in Denver. 720-946-1388. CenterStage delivers productions by and for Boulder County youth at various locations around Boulder and Louisville. Check online for details about 2010 summer camps (“Beauty and the Beast,” “High School Musical” and Summer Repertory (“Aida, “Carousel”). 303-673-0744. Colorado Homegrown Tales presents programs of selected short stories, organized around a theme or an author, read aloud by professional actors. Visit the website for schedule of upcoming performances. Season 13 begins Sept. 11; visit the website for a complete schedule. Curious Theatre Company is at 1080 Acoma St. in Denver. 303-623-0524. The Dairy’s two theater spaces are home to several local independent and resident groups, including Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, The Upstart Crow, Imagination Makers Theater Company, 3rd Law Dance/Theater, CenterStage Theatre Company, Stories on Stage and Helander Dance Theater. For information about specific shows, call theater groups, visit the Dairy website or see their individual listings. DENVER CENTER ATTRACTIONS & DENVER CENTER THEATRE COMPANY DCPA’s new season begins Sept. 10 with Alfred Hitchcock’s “39 Steps”; check the website for complete schedule. The center is at Speer and Arapahoe avenues in Denver. For tickets, call 303-893-4100, or go to TicketsWest outlets at all King Soopers. The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Since the actors are hidden in the crowd, every seat is a good one at this murder-mystery dinner. The Boulder run ended in June, but weekly shows continue in Denver; see website for details. Ticket price includes a four-course dinner, and the show begins at 6:30pm. 888-575-3884. Visit the website for schedule of performances. 5665 Old Wadsworth Blvd., in Old Town Arvada. 303-422-4090. Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies Since 1958, the nonprofit Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies has offered musical and dramatic productions and art classes in the Estes Park area. Visit the website for schedule of performances.
Saturdays: The Music Hall’s performers treat children to kid-friendly plays weekly at 1:30pm. The original plays, based on favorite fairy tales, are written to include as many children as possible from the audience, who are called onstage to participate. Heritage Square Music Hall is at 18301 W. Colfax Ave., D-103, in Golden. 303-279-7800. Want to see or be part of mini-plays that are written, cast, directed and rehearsed in 10-and-a-half hours? Hitching Post Theater started producing these monthly events in October, 2009. Starting in May, Hitching Post performances will be held at the Nomad Theater on Quince Ave. Each performance includes five short works, each with two actors. Performaces are the second Sunday of every month at 7 and 8:30pm. IMAGINATION MAKERS THEATER COMPANY Imagination Makers tours extensively, mainly throughout Colorado, presenting innovative theater to young people in schools—and sometimes in a non-school venue. 720-565-1055. Jesters is Longmont’s dinner theater, serving up musicals and dinner all year long. See the summer lineup below, and check online for information about youth summer camps. 224 Main St., Longmont. 303-682-9980.
Since 1992, this nonprofit women’s history and theater group has been sharing its love of Western history at venues along the Front Range. Visit the website for upcoming shows and booking information.
Madcap’s goal is to provide a unique, interactive improv experience with every single show, and the shows are suitable for all audiences. Madcap hosts improvisational comedy three nights at week, Thursdays at 7pm and Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm and 9:30pm. The theater (which has a bar) is at 10679 Westminster Blvd. 303-460-3854. Miners Alley, in downtown Golden (1224 Washington Ave.), is home to several theater companies and host to classes and workshops, music nights, a wine bar and art gallery showings. See schedule below, and check online for more details. 303-935-3044.
MMTC is a nonprofit theater company that stages a variety of productions at Denver venues; see website for details about upcoming performances. 303-780-7836. Founded in 1973, OpenStage mounts at least six productions in Fort Collins each season. The new season opens in September; check online for updates. Performances are at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins. 970-484-5237. After audience members share experiences from their lives, this improvisational troupe re-enacts them on stage. The result is sometimes dramatic, sometimes funny. Visit the website for information about upcoming performances.
This theater group stages mainstream and alternative shows each season, plus a series of performances with children in mind. Summer schedule is listed below. The theater is at 7287 Lowell Blvd. in Westminster. 720-276-6936.
Shadow Theatre Youth Ensemble, aka Crunk, is a unique summer program that closes with an original performance written by the young performing artists in collaboration with a professional playwright. This year’s performance, with the Aurora Symphony Orchestra, will be a piece celebrating women, mothers and daughters. Shadow Theatre is at 1468 Dayton St. in Aurora. 303-321-3858. Call or visit the website for schedule of upcoming performances. 720-880-8727. Snuggle into your seat while some of the country’s best actors tell you a story. This “theater of the imagination” presents themed programs of outstanding short literature. The 2010-2011 season opens August 29. Visit the website for details and to purchase your subscription in advance. 303-494-0523. Saturdays and Sundays: Theatre Hikes is a unique fusion of the arts and the outdoors, with audience members and the actors hiking from scene to scene through the Chautauqua grounds. The summer season ended in June, but look for "Dracula" in October at Chautauqua Park, 900 Baseline Road. Visit the website for details (click on "Theater-Hikes Colorado 2010).
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE Spring productions are listed below; all performances are held in the University Theatre Building. 303-492-8181. (Check the Dance section for CU dance events.)
THE UPSTART CROW THEATRE COMPANY Upstart Crow’s season runs from early fall to late spring; check online for details about the 2010-2011 season, which opens with Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband” in September. Upstart Crow performs at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St. 303-442-1415=. The Vagina Monologues dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences. Check back for upcoming performances in the Boulder/Denver area. Vox Feminista, “Boulder’s own radical activist theater troupe,” celebrates 20 years this season. Vox Feminista's fall 2010 dates are November and December in Denver and Boulder. Check the website for details, to read the Vox blog, to join the e-mail list or to vote on your all-time favorite Vox show.
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