Community Spotlight
The DCPA is always excited to collaborate with organizations to uplift the incredible work they do in our community. The community spotlight showcases their work in the Denver metro area.
Shining the light On Community –
Phamaly Theatre Company
This month, we’re honored to highlight and share our long-standing partnership with Phamaly Theatre Company, a creative home for theatre artists with disabilities.
Phamaly Theatre Company
What They Do
Founded in 1989, the Phamaly Theatre Company was created when five students from the Boettcher School in Denver, all living with disabilities, who grew frustrated with the lack of theatrical opportunities for people living with disabilities. Phamaly was ahead of its time in building an inclusive organization that directly serves disenfranchised individuals with disabilities from all racial, ethnic, gender, and class identities.
Throughout its 30-year history, Phamaly has maintained its dedication to this principle of inclusion while developing artistic craft, enhancing professional opportunities and employing new methods of access through science and technology. Through its innovative productions, Phamaly advances the social narrative of disability to effect greater inclusion, participation, and respect for people with disabilities in all facets of society.
At every performance, you will see actors with all nature of disabilities: physical, cognitive, intellectual, and emotional. PTC gives actors a supportive space to explore and develop their craft, empowers artists within their disability identity, educates the community about access and inclusion, and entertains audiences with high-quality, award-winning theatre.
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How We Partner
Denver Center for the Performing Arts is proud to partner with Phamaly in two substantial ways:
Each summer, we co-produce the Phamaly Summer production in partnership in the Kilstrom Theatre at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. This summer production partnership has been celebrated over 20 years.
- This summer the world premiere of 504: The Musical, a fictionalized adaptation about a group of disabled activists who fought to enforce legislation for disability rights in 1977.
- The Denver Center for the Performing Arts offers a series of free classes for the Phamaly community. Classes include acting, musical theatre, auditioning, voice- over, improvisation and clowning.
Together, these efforts make the performing arts more inclusive and help create a world in which the differences within the human condition are celebrated, and the theatre experience is accessible and welcoming to all.
Contact Info
Ben Raanan, Artistic Director
ben@phamaly.org
3532 Franklin Street, Suite T
Denver, CO 80205
Social Media:
Facebook: Phamaly Theatre Company
Instagram: @phamalytheatre
YouTube: Phamaly Theatre
Opening Act
Opening Act Theatre was founded in 2016 by Public Relations Consultant Sylvia Cordy, and eight Black professional women in Denver. Their goal is to instill confidence and develop personal and professional leadership qualities in young Black women between the ages of 6 and 17 years old.
Mission
Our mission is to use theatre arts to promote and enhance the creative talents and positive development of young Black women.
Vision
We envision successful, poised, and skilled women empowered to create change in themselves, their community and their world.
Our Values
- Confident self-expression and professional proactive communication
- Integrity and personal ethics
- Excellence
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Mutual respect for diverse values and communities
- Humor and versatility
- Personal and professional resilience
Contact info
Sylvia Cordy
Chief Executive Officer
3131 E. Alameda Avenue, Suite 1606
Denver, Colorado 80209
Website: https://openingacttheatre.org/
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