Theatre and Theology 2007-2008
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THIRD
September 14, 2007 -- October 20, 2007
by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg
The Space Theatre

Laurie Jameson, a feminist Literature professor, has settled into her life at a small, New England college when Woodson Bull III, known simply as “Third,” challenges her long-held beliefs. Against the political backdrop of the impending Iraq War, Laurie and Third engage in a blue state versus red state confrontation that leaves both shaken and changed forever. The final play by Wendy Wasserstein, critically-acclaimed author of The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters Rosensweig, was described by the New York Times as “a gentle breath of autumn.”

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
September 21, 2007 -- October 20, 2007
by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Directed by Penny Metropulos
The Stage Theatre

Guess who’s coming to dinner? When it’s the Sycamore home, the guests could be just about anyone. The eccentric, free-spirited Sycamores take in everyone from tipsy Broadway showgirls to displaced members of the Russian aristocracy. When daughter Alice introduces her uptight fiancé to her unconventional relatives, side-splitting chaos ensues. From literary luminaries Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman comes a comic classic of the American stage, a winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award, and a fun-loving favorite for generations of American audiences.

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
November 9, 2007 -- December 15, 2007
by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Paul Mason Barnes
November 9 – December 15, 2007
(Opening: November 15)
The Space Theatre

The heart of a planned series for families – this is the poignant chronicle of a Jewish family’s claustrophobic years in hiding in an Amsterdam attic from the occupying German army. Brilliant, witty, and wise beyond her years, Anne Frank wrote unsparingly of the shortcomings and bravery of her fellow captives, and of her own heroism and fragile coming of age. Her diary is an enduring testament of hope amid unthinkable cruelty and despair – “in spite of everything, I believe people are truly good at heart.”

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
November 16, 2007 -- December 15, 2007
by Jon Jory

Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Love, laughter, passion, and adventure – Jane Austen’s classic romance sweeps onto the stage in a gorgeous Regency-era comedy of manners. City airs clash with rural realities as country girl Elizabeth Bennet and the proud Mr. Darcy fall reluctantly in and out of love, amid meddling family members and local gentry. A cast of unforgettable characters brings this tale to vivid, enchanting life!


 
OUR HOUSE
January 11, 2008 -- February 16, 2008
A Denver Center World Premiere
Conceived by Theresa Rebeck and Daniel Fish
Written by Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Daniel Fish
The Space Theatre

A rising TV news anchor is tripped up by her own ambition when she covers a hostage crisis – perpetuated, she learns too late, by a man who despises her. Theresa Rebeck skewers the trend toward TV news as entertainment and TV anchors as ambitious media stars. Morphing swiftly from comic to catastrophic, Rebeck’s biting wit and gift for social satire raises Our House to the lofty theatrical territory shared by her earlier plays The Scene, Bad Dates and Spike Heels. A DCTC Commission.



LYDIA
January 18, 2008 -- March 1, 2008
A Denver Center World Premiere
by Octavio Solis
Directed by Juliette Carrillo
The Ricketson Theatre
A Denver Center World Premiere

A Mexican immigrant family is mired in grief, rage and guilt over a daughter tragically disabled on the eve of her quinceanera (15th birthday). When the undocumented Lydia arrives in El Paso from Mexico to work as a maid for the Flores family, her nearly miraculous bond with the brain-damaged girl elates, then angers and finally destroys the troubled family – and Lydia herself. Lyrical, dark, shocking and magical – this meditation on family and cultural identity in the 1970s is a brilliant new play from an award-winning writer.
A DCTC Commission.



PLAINSONG
January 25, 2008 -- February 23, 2008
A Denver Center World Premiere
by Eric Schmiedl
Based upon the novel written by Kent Haruf
Directed by Kent Thompson
The Stage Theatre
A Denver Center World Premiere
Set on the high plains of eastern Colorado, this adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel unflinchingly portrays love and loss in a small ranching community. A school teacher is left alone to care for his vulnerable sons, while two gruff bachelor brothers – knowing little about life beyond the ranch – awkwardly offer a home to a pregnant teenage girl. As their lives intertwine, they survive harshness and cruelty to recreate family and community. Warm, stark, unsentimental, yet poetic – this story taps a deep well of human emotion.
A DCTC Commission.



GEE’S BEND
March 14, 2008 -- April 19, 2008
by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Directed by Kent Gash
The Space Theatre

The women of Gee’s Bend – an impoverished and isolated community on the Alabama River – created unique, bold and sophisticated quilts out of necessity and materials at hand. Now world-renowned, their brilliantly innovative quilts are featured in leading museums across the country, including the forthcoming Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. One critic dubs Wilder’s new play “a glorious piece of theatrical handiwork that uses the Civil Rights Movement as a thread for stitching together the rich emotional material of a close-knit family of quilters. With echoes of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple and Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, Gee’s Bend is both a work of art and a bona fide crowd-pleaser.”



THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
March 21, 2008 -- April 19, 2008
by William Shakespeare
Directed by David Ivers
The Stage Theatre
Sir John Falstaff is larger than life and twice as hilarious in Shakespeare’s rambunctious comedy of rascals, secret identities, marital mayhem and romance in an English village. The vain, bumbling Falstaff, short on funds and ale, plots to seduce and rob two respectable Windsor wives. In a style worthy of TV’s Lucy and Ethel, the women thwart his plot, while the villagers join in a boisterous moonlit revel, to drum the hapless knight out of town for good and all. Timeless and timely comedy.




DOUBT
April 4, 2008 -- May 17, 2008
Doubt A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy
The Ricketson Theatre

In this brilliant tale of suspicion and moral uncertainty, a Catholic priest is accused by an old-school nun of abusing a student. The nun demands the priest’s confession and resignation, while the boy’s mother defends the friendship. This remarkable drama won the Pulitzer Prize along with Obie and Tony awards, intriguing audiences long after the final curtain.

3 MO' DIVAS

May 9, 2008 -- June 29, 2008
Marion J. Caffey’s
3 Mo’ Divas
A Musical Celebration of Class, Sass and Style
Musical supervision and arrangements by Joseph Joubert
Directed and choreographed by Marion J. Caffey

The Stage Theatre

Celebrate the amazing versatility of the female voice! Spanning 400 years of musical styles, three astounding women take on classic hits from the worlds of opera, Broadway, jazz, blues, soul, R&B, spirituals and gospel — all in one spectacular and theatrical evening. From the smoldering passion of Bizet’s Carmen and the haunting beauty of “His Eye is on the Sparrow” to high-energy hits such as “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “Proud Mary,” 3 Mo’ Divas is guaranteed to leave you cheering for more.

 

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