Denver Post 2005-06 theater schedules by company
Current theater productions and upcoming openings, listed alphabetically by company, as of June 5, 2005:
A MUSE OF FIRE
124 Washington St., Golden, 303-935-3044, www.minersalley.com
July 29-Aug. 21: TBA
ARCOS AZULES THEATER COMPANY
at Crossroads Theater, 2180 Stout St., 720-394-6198, www.denvercrossroads.com
Through June 21: “21 Days of One”
June 17-July 23: “Shopping and F***ing” (late nights)
September: “Halfway Between Pancho Villa and A Naked Woman”
Winter: “The Shepards Tale”
ARVADA CENTER
6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200, www.arvadacenter.org
June 28-July 31: “The Full Monty”
Sept. 6-Oct. 2: “Intimate Apparel”
Oct. 18-Nov. 13: “A Place at Forest Lawn”
Nov. 29-Dec. 23: “Aida”
Jan. 31-Feb. 26, 2006: “The Heiress”
April 18-May 14, 2006: “Pippin”
June 27-July 23, 2006: “Three Steps to Heaven”
ARVADA FESTIVAL PLAYHOUSE
5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., 303-422-4090
Opening Sept. 9: “Children’s Letters to God”
THE AVENUE THEATER
417 E. 17th Ave., 303-321-5925, www.avenuetheater.com
Through June 26: “Parallel Lives”
AURORA FOX ARTS CENTER
9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, 303-739-1970
June 24-July 31: “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”
Sept.16-Oct. 16: “The Underpants”
Nov. 18-Dec. 18: “The Miracle Worker”
Feb. 24-March 26, 2006: “Guys on Ice”
April 14 -May 14, 2006: “Death of a Salesman”
June 23-July 30, 2006: Summer musical TBA
BACKSTAGE THEATRE
121 S. Ridge St., Breckenridge, 970-453-0199, www.backstagetheatre.org
June 30-Aug. 28: “Kimberly Akimbo”
July 7-Sept. 4: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
BAS BLEU
401 Pine St., Fort Collins, 970-498-8949, www.basbleu.org
June 17-July 23: “The Elephant Man”
Sept. 16-Oct. 22: “Master Harold and the Boys”
Nov. 11-Dec. 17: “Shadowlands”
Jan. 13-Feb. 18, 2006: “Mother Courage and her Children”
March 10-April 15, 2006: “Buried Child”
May 5-June 10, 2006: “The Swan”
June 30-Aug. 5, 2006: “Life x 3”
BOULDER’S DINNER THEATER
5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000, www.theatreinboulder.com
May 6- Sept. 4: “The Wizard of Oz”
Sept. 9-Nov. 6: “Forever Plaid”
Nov. 11- March 26: “The King and I”
BOVINE METROPOLIS THEATRE
1527 Champa Street, 303-758-4722, www.bovinemetropolis.com
Sept. 16-Nov. 12: “Bleep the What?” (working title)
BUNTPORT THEATER COMPANY
717 Lipan St., Denver, 80204; 720-946-1388
June 25-26: “Kafka on Ice” (at Colorado College)
July 22-23: “Best of ‘Magnets on the Fridge’ ”
CABARET DINNER THEATRE
701 Main Street, Grand Junction, 1-877-255-0999, www.thecabaret.net
Through July 10: “The Full Monty”
July 20-Sept. 2: “Seussical the Musical”
Sept. 9-Nov. 6: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”
Nov. 11-Jan. 22, 2006: “Nuncrackers”
CAROUSEL DINNER THEATRE
3509 S. Mason St., Fort Collins, 970-225-2555, www.adinnertheatre.com
Sept. 2-Nov. 5: “Blood Brothers”
Nov. 11-Jan. 22, 2006: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”
Jan. 27-March 18, 2006: “Fiddler on the Roof”
March 24-May 28, 2006: “Grease”
CASTLE ROCK PLAYERS
100 N. Wilcox St. Castle Rock, 303-814-7740, www.crplayers.org
Through June 5: “Bye Bye, Birdie” (at Douglas County High School)
CHASM VIEW
Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, 303-402-0482
June 9-19: “The Persephone Project”
COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre and University Mainstage, CU-Boulder campus
303-492-0554, www.coloradoshakes.org
July 1-Aug. 12: “Twelfth Night”
July 3-Aug. 13: “The Winter’s Tale”
July 8-Aug. 12: “Othello”
July 20-Aug. 13: “Unexpected Shaxpere!”
COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER
30 W. Dale St., 719-634-5583
COUNTRY DINNER PLAYHOUSE
6875 S. Clinton St., Englewood, 303-799-1410, www.countrydinnerplayhouse.com
Through July 3: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”
July 6-Sept. 4: “Oklahoma!”
Sept. 7-Oct. 30: “Ain’t Misbehavin’ ”
Nov. 2-Jan. 22, 2006: “Beauty and the Beast”
Jan. 25-March 5, 2006: “Moon Over Buffalo”
March 8-May 14, 2006: “The Man of La Mancha”
May 17-June 25, 2006: “Pump Boys and Dinettes”
June 28-Sept. 10, 2006: “Swing”
CREEDE REPERTORY THEATRE
124 N. Main St., Creede, 719-658-2540, 1-866-658-2540, crt@creederep.com
Through Aug. 30: “Noises Off”
June 10-Aug. 26: “Lumberjacks in Love”
June 24-Aug. 25: “Light up the Sky”
July 15-Sept. 24: “Broadway Bound”
Aug. 5-Aug. 27: “Harbledown”
Sept. 2-23: “Slabtown”
CRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN THEATRE
403 Second Street, Crested Butte, 970-349-0366, www.cbmountaintheatre.org
June 16-25: “Proof”
July 14-30: “The Complete History of America”
Aug. 18-27: “Much Ado About Nothing”
Dec. 16-Jan. 1, 2006: “Footloose”
CRIPPLE CREEK PLAYERS
Butte Opera House, 719-689-2513 or 1-800-500-2513; www.cripplecreekplayers.com
June 18-Sept. 4: “The Star Crossing”
CURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY
1080 Acoma St., 303-623-0524, www.curiousatacoma.com
Through July 2: “Take Me Out”
Sept. 3-Oct. 15: “The Dead Guy”
Oct. 29-Dec. 17: “Bug”
Jan. 14-Feb. 25, 2006: “Frozen”
March 11-April 29, 2006: “The War Anthology”
May 13- June 24, 2006: “Fiction”
DENVER CENTER ATTRACTIONS
1245 Champa St., 303-893-4100, www.dcpa.org
Open-ended: “My Way, a Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra” (at the Garner Galleria Theatre)
July 19-31: “On the Record”
Sept. 15-Oct. 2: “Wicked”
Nov. 2-Dec. 4: “Phantom of the Opera”
Dec. 20-Jan. 8, 2006: “Little Shop of Horrors”
Jan. 17-29: “Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance!”
DENVER CENTER THEATRE COMPANY
1245 Champa St., 303-893-4100, www.dcpa.org
Oct. 6-Nov. 5: “All My Sons”
Oct. 13-Nov. 5: “A Flea In Her Ear”
Oct. 27-Dec. 17: “September Shoes”
Nov. 25-Dec. 24: “A Christmas Carol”
Jan. 19-March 11, 2006: “Jesus Hates Me”
Jan. 26-Feb. 25, 2006: “Gem Of The Ocean”
Feb. 2-25, 2006: “Measure For Measure”
March 23-April 22, 2006: “The Ladies of the Camellias”
March 30-April 22, 2006: “The Clean House”
April 13-June 3, 2006: “After Ashley”
May 18-June 10, 2006: “Crowns”
EL CENTRO SU TEATRO
4725 High St., 303-296-0219, www.suteatro.org
July 1-23: “Doña Rosita’s Jalapeño Kitchen”
Oct. 1-Nov. 12: “The Sun That You Are”
Dec. 1-17: “Westside Oratorio”
Jan. 26-March 4, 2006: The Day Ricardo Falcón Died”
April 20-May 20, 2006: “Serafín”
THE E PROJECT
Full Moon Event Center, 6th Avenue at Garrison St., 303-883-0204
June 14-July 16: “Wonder of the World”
Aug. 5-27: “The Octette Bridge Club”
EMPIRE LYRIC PLAYERS
Mizel Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., 303-399-2660
Through June 12: “Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri”
THE EVERGREEN PLAYERS
27608 Fireweed Drive, 303-674-4934, www.evergreenplayers.org
July 8-Aug. 7: “Lucky Stiff”
Oct. 21-Nov. 6: “Wait Until Dark”
Jan. 20-Feb. 4, 2006: “Enchanted April”
March 24-April 9, 2006: “Marvin’s Room”
FIREHOUSE THEATER COMPANY
John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st Pl., 303-562-3232
June 10-July 16: “The Humble Boy” (with Everyman)
FRONT RANGE MUSIC THEATRE
Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins, 970-221-6730, www.frontrangemusictheatre.org
July 15-24: “Peter Pan”
GERMINAL STAGE DENVER
2450 W. 44th Ave., 303-455-7108, www.uscid.org
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June 10-July 10: “Independence”
Opening Sept. 9: “Heartbreak House”
Opening Nov. 11: “Indulgences in the Louisville Harlem”
Opening Feb. 3, 2006: “A Delicate Balance”
Opening April 7, 2006: “Quartermaine’s Terms”
Opening June 9, 2006: “Tennessee Williams in Three Keys”
GREENSHOE THEATRE COMPANY
418 Main St., Grand Junction, 970-243-6919, www.greenshoetc.com
June 15-July 2: “Side By Side by Sondhein”
July 13-30: “An Evening With the Incorrigibles”
HERITAGE SQUARE MUSIC HALL
18301 W. Colfax Ave., Golden, 303-279-7800,www.heritagesquare.info
Through Sept. 11: “Summer Lovin'”
Sept. 15-Oct. 30: “Sweeney Todd”
Nov. 3-Dec 31: “White Christmas”
IDENTITY THEATRE
Phoenix Theatre, 1124 Santa Fe Dr., 303-860-9360
Nov. 27-Dec. 11: “The Credeaux Canvas”
IRON SPRINGS CHATEAU
444 Ruxton Ave., Manitou Springs, 719-685-5104, www.pikes-peak.com
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Through Oct. 15: “Farther North to Laughter”
JESTERS DINNER THEATRE
224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980, www.jesterstheatre.com
Through June 5: “Oliver” (Longmont)
June 17-Aug. 14: “Carousel”
LAFAYETTE COMMUNITY PLAYERS
Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson, 303-604-3841, www.lcptheater.org
Oct. 21-Nov. 12: “TZ And Beyond, A Twilight Zone Parody”
Opens December 2005: “The Frankenstein Experiment”
LAKE DILLON THEATRE
176 Lake Dillon Dr. in Dillon, and Park Lane Pavilion in Keystone, 970-513-9386, www.lakedillonfoundation.org
Through June 26: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
July 7-Aug. 18: “The Complete History Of America, Abridged” (Thursdays only at the Park Lane Pavilion in Keystone)
July 8-Aug. 21: “Once On This Island”
July 15-Aug. 19: “A Year With Frog And Toad” (Fridays only at the Park Lane Pavilion in Keystone)
Sept. 9-Oct. 9: “The Oldest Profession”
Nov. 18-Dec. 18: “Reckless”
Dec. 21-30: “Broadway Musical Revue”
Feb. 9-March 12, 2006: “Little Shop Of Horrors”
May 26-June 25, 2006: “Equus”
LEARN BY DOING THEATRE COMPANY
Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood, 303-726-5210
July 8-24: “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
THE LITTLE THEATRE OF THE ROCKIES
Langworthy Theatre, Frasier Hall, 10th Avenue and 18th Street, Greeley, 970-351-2200, www.arts.unco.edu/theatredance/LTR.html
June 9-19: “Smokey Joe’s Café”
June 23-July 16: “Rounding Third”
June 30-July 23: “Bleacher Bums”
July 7-10: “Last of the Red Hot Lovers”
July 21-31: “My Fair Lady”
LIZARD HEAD THEATRE COMPANY
Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, 970-728-3133, www.lizardheadtheatre.com
July 8-16: “Lobby Hero”
July 21-30: “The Syringa Tree”
Aug. 1-4: Bob Dubac’s “Barbarians of Truth”
LONGMONT THEATRE COMPANY
513 Main Street, Longmont, 303-772-5200, www.longmonttheatre.org
June 5-26: “The Tempest” (various locations)
Sept. 11-Oct. 8: “King Lear” (various locations)
METRO PLAYHOUSE
1224 North 25th St. Grand Junction, 970-255-0999
Through June 26: “Always Patsy Cline”
July 22-Sept. 4: “Natalie Needs a Nightie”
Sept. 16-Nov. 6: “My Way”
Nov. 18-Dec. 31: TBA original musical revue
MINERS ALLEY PLAYHOUSE
124 Washington St., Golden, 303-935-3044, www.minersalley.com
Through June 5: “Run for Your Wife”
June 17-July 17: “Compleat Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)”
Sept. 2-Oct. 2: “Dead White Males”
Oct. 14-Nov. 12: “Painting Churches”
Nov. 18-Dec. 18: “A Tuna Christmas”
NEW DENVER CIVIC THEATER
721 Santa Fe Dr., 303-309-3773, www.denvercivic.com
Open-ended: “Menopause, the Musical” (mainstage)
Open-ended: “Newsical” (cabaret)
NEXT STAGE
Phoenix Theatre, 1124 Santa Fe Dr., 720-209-4105, www.nextstagedenver.com
Sept. 2-24: “Assassins”
May 2-20, 2006: “Expecting Isabel”
NONESUCH THEATER
216 Pine St., Fort Collins, 970-224-0444, nonesuchtheater.com
Through Aug. 13: “Ruthless, the Musical”
OPENSTAGE THEATRE
Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins, 970-221-6730, www.openstage.com
Through June 17: “The Women”
Aug. 20-Sept. 17: “An Ideal Husband”
Oct. 22-Nov. 19: “Rasputin”
Jan. 7-Feb. 4, 2006: “A Bright Room Called Day”
Feb. 25-March 25, 2006: “The Solid Gold Cadillac”
April 8-May 6, 2006: “The Exonerated”
May 27-June 24, 2006: TBA
PARAGON THEATRE COMPANY
Phoenix Theatre, 1124 Santa Fe Dr., 303-300-2210, www.paragontheatre.com
June 4-July 2: “The Mercy Seat”
Oct. 1-Oct. 29: “Misery”
PERFORMANCE NOW
Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, 303-987-7845
June 10-19: “Sweet Charity”
Oct. 14-23: “Anything Goes”
Jan. 20-29, 2006: “The Secret Garden”
March 31-April 9, 2006: “Annie Get Your Gun”
June 16-25, 2006: “The Pajama Game”
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AMATEUR MUSICAL ACTORS LEAGUE
Space Theatre, 1245 Champa St., 303-575-0005, www.phamaly-colorado.org
July 15-31: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
PINNACLE DINNER THEATRE
9136 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton, 720-214-5630, www.pinnacledinnertheatre.com
June 8-Sept. 4: “The Sound of Music”
Sept. 7-Nov. 20: “Singin’ In The Rain”
Nov. 25-Dec. 23: “Scrooge the Musical”
Dec. 28-Feb. 19, 2006: “Some Enchanted Evening”
Feb. 22- April 16, 2006: “Smoke On The Mountain”
April 19-June 25, 2006: “Grease”
June 28-Sept. 10, 2006: “42nd Street”
PLAYWRIGHT THEATER
2119 E. 17th Ave., Denver, 303-499-0383
Through June 18: “Shaking the Dew from the Lilies”
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REPERTORY THEATRE
Grand Lake Town Park, 970-627-3421, www.rockymountainrep.com
June 17-Aug. 20: “Beauty and the Beast”
June 24-Aug. 19: “Annie Get Your Gun”
July 8-Aug. 18: “A Grand Night For Singing”
Aug. 26-Sept. 4: “Honky Tonk Angels”
SHADOW THEATRE COMPANY
1420 Ogden St. Denver, 303-837-9355, www.shadowtheatre.com
June 2-July 2: “Top Dog/Underdog”
STAGEDOOR THEATRE
Aspen Park Village, 25797 Conifer Road, 303-886-2819, www.stagedoortheatre.org
Aug. 12-27: “The Good Doctor”
Sept. 30-Oct. 15: “Book of Days”
Dec. 2-17: TBA
STAGE LEFT THEATER
John Held Auditorium, 10th and D Streets, Salida, 719-539-8539, www.stagelefttheatrecompany.blogspot.com
July 1-3: “Deathtrap”
Aug. 19-28: “The Great Denver RR Scam”
Oct. 14-16: One-Act Festival
Dec. 9-11: “A Christmas Carol”
THEATER ASPEN
400 Rio Grande Place, 970-925-9313, www.aspentip.org
June 30-July 30: “Smokey Joe’s Café”
July 14-Aug. 11: “The Colorado Catechism”
Aug. 4-27: “The Underpants”
Opening December: “It’s A Wonderful Life … In Aspen”
THEATRE GROUP
At Theater on Broadway, 13 S. Broadway, 303-860-9360, www.theatregroup.org
Through July 16: “Sordid Lives”
Opening Sept. 22: “Naked Boys Singing”
Opening Oct. 14: “Golden Gurls Live” (late night)
Opening Jan. 13, 2006: “Kiss of the Spiderwoman”
Opening Jan. 20, 2006: “Southern Baptist Sissies” (late night)
Opening March 20, 2006: “Dirty Blonde”
Opening May 19, 2006: “Hair”
Opening Sept. 15, 2006: The Rocky Horror Show”
At Phoenix Theatre, 1124 Santa Fe Dr.
July 6-31: “My Boyfriend the Stripper”
Opening June 30, 2006: “The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife”
THEATREWORKS
Bon Vivant Theater, 3955 Cragwood Drive, 719-262-3232, www.uccstheatreworks.com
Aug. 19-Sept. 4: “Macbeth”
Oct. 7-16: “The Arabian Nights”
Dec. 2-18: “The SantaLand Diaries”
Dec. 15-24: “A Christmas Carol”
Feb. 2-5: “The Vagina Monologues”
Feb. 24-March 12, 2006: “Miss Julie”
April 19-23: The Acting Company’s “The Three Musketeers”
May 25-June 18, 2006: “Guys and Dolls”
THUNDER RIVER THEATRE CO.
1266 Crystal Springs Mountain Road, Carbondale, 970-963-0399, www.thunderrivertheatre.com
June 10-25: “An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf” (at Waldorf School, Carbondale)
TOWN HALL ARTS CENTER
2450 W. Main St., Littleton, 303-794-2787, www.townhallartscenter.com
August 18-21: “The Syringa Tree”
Sept. 8-11: Max Morath’s “Ragtime and Again”
Sept. 23-Oct. 23: “West Side Story”
Nov. 11-Jan. 1: “Little Women, The Musical”
Jan. 20-Feb. 12, 2006: “The Female Odd Couple”
Feb. 24-March 26, 2006: “A Chorus Line”
April 7-May 7, 2006: “Evita”
May 19-June 18: “The King and I”
UNION COLONY DINNER THEATER
802 9th Ave., Greeley, 970-352-2900
July 15-Sept 4: “The Sound of Music”
Sept. 16-Oct 23: “City of Angels”
Nov. 4-Dec. 31: “Forever Plaid”
Jan. 13-March 5, 2006: “Once Upon A Mattress”
March 17-April 16, 2006: “Run For Your Wife”
April 28-June 18, 2006: “West Side Story”
UPSTART CROW
Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-442-1415, www.serve.com/upstart
June 24-July 9: “Saint Joan”
Sept. 16-Oct. 1: “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”
Nov. 25-Dec. 10: “She Stoops to Conquer”
Opening February 2006: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Opening April 2006: “The Lady’s Not for Burning”
VINTAGE THEATRE
Phoenix Theatre, 1124 Santa Fe Drive, 303-839-1361, www.vintagetheatre.com
July 14-July 23: “Equus”
Nov. 10-19: “Dearly Departed”
WESTCLIFFE PLAYERS
119 Main St., 719-783-3004, www.jonestheater.com
June 17-26: “Candy & Shelly Go To The Desert”
July 22-31: “Steel Magnolias”
Sept. 2-3: “New Rocky Mountain Voices”
WESTMINSTER SPOTLIGHT THEATER COMPANY
7325 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, 303-668-7578
June 16-July 10: “A Piece of My Heart” (No performances July 1-3)
