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Lisa Kennedy
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Theater review: “Skeleton Crew” a loving requiem for the auto industry
The time is circa 2008. The industry's ailing and someone is picking at the flesh of the plant, stealing parts and metal. The title gives a bone-rattling nod to the...

Five takeaways from the Colorado New Play Summit
The 14th Colorado New Play Summit ended Sunday. Here are the lingering takeaways.

Theater review: “The Moors” gets topsy-turvy treatment at Arvada Center
With "The Moors," playwright Jen Silverman does nothing so straightforward.

Theater review: “The Whistleblower” world premiere at the Denver Center
Writer Eli and his agent, Dan, are taking a meeting with TV exec Richard to pitch ideas -- in particular, "The Whistleblower." The banter between the three is amusing for...

Theater review: Something is missing from “Anna Karenina” at the Denver Center
Set in the 1870s, "Anna Karenina" is the story of two romances, entwined and vexed.

Theater review: Something is missing from “Anna Karenina” at the Denver Center
Set in the 1870s, "Anna Karenina" is the story of two romances, entwined and vexed.

Theater review: Lovely, complicated, bloodied truth of DCPA’s “Last Night and the Night Before” unfolds subtly
Ten-year-old Sam and her parents are the fractured family at the heart of Donnetta Lavinia Grays' loving, richly performed drama, receiving its world premiere at the Denver Center's Ricketson Theatre

Theater review: Lovely, complicated, bloodied truth of DCPA’s “Last Night and the Night Before” unfolds subtly
Ten-year-old Sam and her parents are the fractured family at the heart of Donnetta Lavinia Grays' loving, richly performed drama, receiving its world premiere at the Denver Center's Ricketson Theatre

Theater review: Rattling insights, dialogue whetted for cruelty in Curious’ “Gloria”
Directed by Curious' artistic instigator, Chip Walton, the verbal brutality of Act I gives way to more nuance in the second act.

Theater Review: Diorama drama and laughs in Buntportap latest “Coyote. Badger. Rattlesnake.”
Created in collaboration with local playwright Ellen K. Graham, Buntport's latest "Coyote. Badger. Rattlesnake" brings drama and laughs.