The last among hundreds of plays Daniel L. Ritchie ever saw could not have been more perfectly chosen. On the day before Thanksgiving, the Denver business titan sat among giggling children watching a Theatre for Young Audiences performance of Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” at the Denver Center’s Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre. […]
On Wednesday, October 20, former DCPA President, COO and Trustee Lester Ward passed away. While our lights are dimmed, our appreciation for his 46-years of service will continue to be heard in every round of applause for decades to come.
Longtime Country Dinner Playhouse producer made memories, launched careers
DCPA Theatre Company’s Director of New Play Development was known for his sharp mind and gentle spirit Douglas Langworthy liked to call himself “a card-carrying Libra, ever seeking harmony in the world.” Never comfortable in the spotlight, he would rather rate any public experience by its “squirm factor.” Which may explain why the DCPA Theatre […]
The son of legendary theatre producer Henry Lowenstein designed and painted theatre scenery over four decades
The accidental actor went from a cotton field to the No. 1 song in America to a long life both on the road and national stages including the Denver Center
Colorful Colorado theatre figure defied all odds in bringing venerable Boulder’s Dinner Theatre to life in 1977
From the film Hair to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, beloved actor delivered winning performances with heart right up to his twilight
Longtime philanthropists join $36 million capital campaign that will re-build the DCPA’s Stage and Ricketson theatres
The busy actor, husband and father fought cancer like the errant knight he played in ‘Man of La Mancha.’ He was 42.