THEATER
Buntport, DCTC are teaming up for Tesla project
The Denver Center Theatre Company has entered into an unprecedented collaboration with the innovative Buntport Theater to develop an original multimedia production that will explore the life and inventions of Nikola Tesla, inventor of the radio.
The DCTC has up to 20 new plays in its new-play development pipeline at any given time, but this is the first time the company has commissioned new work from another Denver theater company.
The Buntport ensemble will collaborate with DCTC multimedia specialist Charlie Miller. The commission is for $6,000.
“The Denver Center’s new-play development program and technological resources will provide Buntport with the support and space to succeed in this ambitious project,” said artistic director Kent Thompson.
Buntport, a unique ensemble of six, has created and produced 27 original productions, often experimenting with form and content. “We’ve been hammering away at this original-work idea for a long time, and this feels like the payoff,” said Buntport’s Brian Colonna.
Buntport will workshop its script this summer, culminating in a public reading at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. John Moore
