Publishing a Play: Colorado’s Next Stage Press Elevates Playwrights’ Voices

The evolution of a play has various stages (no pun intended). In an extreme oversimplification, first, you need a script, which for some playwrights can take days and for others can span decades. Then, new scripts often benefit from readings whether in a classroom, playwrights’ group, or a new play festival. Audience feedback helps inform […]

New Year, New Resolution: Support Local Theatre

Each new year brings a wave of new intentions and resolutions. However, many of them start with enthusiasm but often lose momentum. Instead of choosing a resolution to establish or eliminate bad habits, what if your New Year’s resolution for 2025 was rewarding…say to support more local theatre? While the Denver Center for the Performing […]

20 Questions for Your Grandparents

In the world premiere production of The Reservoir, a young adult reconnects with his four grandparents in a time of need, finding surprising allies at his side. Unless you have a close relationship with your grandparents, generational gaps can make carrying on a conversation feel awkward or forced. Either way, there’s a great possibility your […]

Johannes Gutenberg: Inventor of the Printing Press Makes Impression on History

Ask any historian to name the most significant invention in history and many would say the printing press. Created by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, the moveable-type printing press revolutionized the publishing industry. Previously, the limited number of books in Europe were largely written by hand on a type of parchment called vellum. The work was […]

Full Cast and Creative Team Announced for The Suffragette’s Murder

The Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative team for the world premiere production of The Suffragette’s Murder by Sandy Rustin (Clue, Broadway’s The Cottage). The Suffragette’s Murder will begin performances in the Kilstrom Theatre on February 7, 2025. One of the most produced playwrights in American theatre, Sandy […]

It’s About Time: Back to the Future‘s Connection to Boulder, Colorado

One of the key plot twists in Back to the Future involves the Hill Valley Court House clock tower. In the year 1955, time would have been measured in this clock tower by Earth’s position in relation to the sun, moon and the heavens. The time on every clock in the world was based on […]

DCPA Education Preps Students for Careers in Theatre

In Sunset Boulevard, former silent-film star Norma Desmond says: “I’m ready for my close-up.” But exactly what does it take to get ready for your close-up, your audition or your first big role? The Denver Center for the Performing Arts offers a variety of educational programs from classes on acting, voiceover, and movement to in-school […]

A Game About a Game: MONOPOLY Trivia

Widely considered to be one of the world’s favorite board games, MONOPOLY has entertained decades of fans of all ages with the goal to buy all the properties and amass a fortune. Win or lose, the highly engaging game has stood the test of time. In its newest iteration, MONOPOLY LIFESIZED: Travel Edition comes to […]

Iconic Women Who Changed the Face of Comedy

It’s been 25 years since Jerry Lewis, appearing in Aspen at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, made headlines with his statement that women aren’t funny. “I, as a viewer, have trouble with it,” he said at the time. “I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.” Revenge is a […]

Finding Your Way Through The Reservoir

The presentation of The Reservoir by the Denver Center Theatre Company marks a full-circle return for a Colorado playwright who grew up at this theatre. Jake Brasch is coming home in multiple ways for the world premiere of The Reservoir, his deeply personal play about addiction, Alzheimer’s, and inter-generational connections, soon to be in production […]