Janice Sinden: Historic choice for DCPA’s new CEO
The first woman to run the DCPA oversaw 26 city of Denver departments with more than 11,000 employees and a budget of more than $1.5…
Entries by John Moore
The guns come out in Moore’s ‘Waiting for Obama’
DCPA Senior Arts Journalist John Moore has written a play that will be performed at the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival. Here’s his Q&A…
Former hostage Thomas Sutherland is freed a second time
The former Beirut hostage, who made his first foray into acting at age 75, died this morning in Fort Collins.
Diane Paulus on the rise of ‘adventure theatre’
This fluid new theatregoing genre describes tales that are being told in new spaces where audiences are fully integrated into the storytelling.
In Ashland, turning rage into action
A racial incident has the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the residents of Ashland confronting difficult questions about race.
The Real Von Trapps and the sound of freedom
Audiences worldwide know the von Trapp family’s story is one of faith, courage and love. But what happened after leaving Austria?
Matthew Lopez among Perry-Mansfield featured playwrights
The 19th Annual New Works Festival June 10-11 will develop five new plays from the DCPA, Actors Theatre of Louisville and others.
DCPA President and CEO Scott Shiller steps down
He had been committed to expanding the DCPA’s reach into the community and reflecting the region’s growing diversity on stage.
Judi Wolf: A woman for all costumes
The DCPA Trustee has sponsored the Costume Corner column in Applause magazine for the past five years because she believes the costume arts must be…
A look back at Denver’s Great, Rowdy White Way
Thomas Edison once called it the brightest street in America. Not Broadway: Denver’s Curtis Street.