Germinal Stage-Denver’s “The Actor’s Nightmare”
Through June 6: Christopher Durang’s famous comedy is up first in Germinal’s new contemporary classic one-act series, to be performed weeknights Mondays through Wednesdays. Having casually wandered onstage, George is informed that one of the actors, Eddie, has been in an auto accident and he must replace him. 2450 W. 44th Ave., 303-455-7108 or
Devil’s Thumb’s “Bug”
Through June 2: Tracy Letts (“August: Osage County”) pits two lost souls — a crack-addicted divorcée and a troubled young military veteran — against a vast conspiracy of increasingly scary, and possibly imaginary, enemies. A comic psycho-thriller about love, fear and government-inspired paranoia.
At the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-506-5868 or
Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s “Cinderella”
Through Sept. 1: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical retelling of the classic fairy tale about Cinderella, whose attendance at the ball secures a chance to meet the prince. This staging stars Jenna Bainbridge, best known for her work with PHAMALy. 5501 Arapahoe Ave., 303-449-6000 or bouldersdinner
Theater Company of Lafayette’s “Circle Mirror Transformation”
Through June 9: This touching story of a community drama class in New England brings together a misplaced entourage of outsiders. As they experiment with theater games and group exercises, bonds are forged and tiny wars are waged among an unsuspecting group of strangers. By Annie Baker. At the Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., 720-209-2154 or
Thingamajig’s “Doubt”
Through June 3: John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer-winner is set in 1964 at a Catholic school in the Bronx, where an older nun suspects a young priest of sexually abusing a student. The nun, who represents old-school discipline, brings her unproven allegations against the priest, even though they may destroy him. 2313 Eagle Drive, Pagosa Springs, 970-731-7469 or
Town Hall Arts Center’s “The Producers”
Through June 17: Mel Brooks’ Broadway blockbuster is about two theatrical producers who develop a get-rich scheme to produce the world’s worst musical. Hilarity and madness ensue when the meant-to-be flop, ironically, becomes an instant Broadway hit. 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, 303-794-2787 or
Theatre ‘d Art’s “Spanish Tragedy”
Through June 3: Thomas Kyd’s brooding and bloody Elizabethan thriller centers on Hieronimo, Knight Marshal of Spain, who hatches the most devious of plots to avenge the death of his murdered son. At Watch This Space, 128 N. Nevada St., Colorado Springs. 719-357-8321 or
Compiled by John Moore, Special to The Denver Post
