Tag Archive for: In the Upper Room
Progression of a Script
Since our inception in 1979, the DCPA Theatre Company has been committed to new works. In fact, our very first season included the world premiere of Passing Game by Steve Tesich. By our 1982/83 season we had held our first public reading of a work in development — A Beautiful World by David Jones. Our […]
Pop Culture References in In the Upper Room
Adapted from Inside Out | Lynde Rosario, Editor and Reginald Edmund, Contributing Writer Set in 1974, In the Upper Room tells the story of a multi-generational black family led by the family’s controlling and secretive matriarch, Rose Berry. But to understand the Berry family requires understanding the 1970s as well as the many pop culture […]
Playwright Beaufield Berry Draws on Her Own Family for In the Upper Room
By: Leo Adam Biga Generations live strong in the memory and imagination of Omaha-based playwright Beaufield Berry. Her original family drama In the Upper Room, a 2019 Colorado New Play Summit selection, gets a world premiere production by the DCPA Theatre Company this winter. Set in 1974 Omaha, this Black American family drama draws closely […]
DCPA Theatre Company Announces Full Cast and Creative Team for World Premiere In the Upper Room
The DCPA Theatre Company is proud to announce the full cast and creative team for the world premiere of In the Upper Room in the Kilstrom Theatre running February 11 through March 13, 2022. Inspired by her own family, playwright Beaufield Berry shows “what it is to love people that drive you crazy,” and how […]
2019 Summit introduced ghosts, snakes and an array of potent new older women
Denver Center’s annual celebration of new works for the American stage tackled tough and topical issues
Summit Spotlight: Beaufield Berry on how every family is every family
Omaha playwright’s departed family members spoke to her. In the Upper Room is her way of making sure their voices are heard.
Colorado New Play Summit will bring mix of new and familiar faces to Denver
One of the nation’s largest new-play festivals will employ more than 70 actors, directors, playwrights, musicians and crew