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Lisa Kennedy
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Three Latina sisters take a wild road trip in new dramatic comedy at Denver Center
“Cebollas” --  Spanish for onion — stays true to its meaning.

In this Boulder theater series, the actors feed the audience — literally
But you've got to keep eating during the short and evocative performances in the elegant dinner theater that is “FEED: Dry.”

The 12 lessons in love from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
Like “Porcelain War,” so many of the festival’s award-winners were in many ways love stories.

This “Misery” deserves company at Miners Alley | Theater review
Ensemble has a darkly enjoyable time with Stephen King’s tale of fandom run amok.

Producer of “Get Out,” “The Purge” to collaborate with Stanley Film Center
Mega-producer Jason Blum and his company, Blumhouse, will help build on the Stanley's reputation for horror.

Latinas celebrate sisterhood in new stage comedy, “Cebollas”
Leonard Madrid, playwright of the new comedy “Cebollas,” has one sister, 10 aunts and 36 primas, or female cousins.

Sins of a son confronted, in gripping “Truth Be Told” | Theater review
Two mothers wrestle with the sins of sons in Curious Theatre Company’s mass-shooting drama.

Denver Film award-winner “All of Us Strangers” becoming audience, critic darling
Haigh’s filmography provides evidence of his ascendant place among LGBTQ+ filmmakers, but also, like directors Todd Haynes and Ira Sachs, cinema in general.

It was almost curtains for a Boulder theater company, but new leadership has changed that
“There’s a world of difference between starting a company with no audience, no space, and then coming here with a patron database of 8,000 people, all of whom were so...

“The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical” launches Golden’s new arts center | Theater review
It's part of a slate of Christmas counter-programming this year.