Author: Beki Pineda

MOUNTAIN OCTOPUS

MOUNTAIN OCTOPUS – Written by Beth Kander; Directed by Betty Hart.  Produced by Creede Repertory Theatre (Ruth Brown Theatre, 120 South Main, Creede) through August 26.  Tickets available at 719-658-2540 or creederep.org.  Beth Kander seems to have channeled Thornton Wilder in her new play currently being performed at Creede.  MOUNTAIN OCTOPUS chronicles a few days […]

CLUE

CLUE – Written by Sandy Rustin; Directed by John DiAntonio. Produced by Creede Repertory Theatre (Main Stage Theatre, 124 North Main, Creede) through August 26. Tickets available at 719-658-2540 or creederep.org. “Madcap” as defined by Webster is “used to describe silly and funny behavior; zany as with a clown.” Madcap as defined by Creede is […]

THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE

THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE – Written by Lauren Gunderson; Directed by Sarah Sheppard Shaver.  Produced by Theatre Silco (460 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne) through August 20.  Tickets available at 970-513-9386 or thesilco.org.  Early in the production, Hertha explains her contribution to creating a quiet, flicker-free light bulb.  At the end, as she calls attention […]

ALL TRAINS LEAD TO HOME or TRAINING SPACES

ALL TRAINS LEAD TO HOME or TRAINING SPACES – Written by Richard Sebastian-Coleman; Directed by Lori Adams-Miller.  Produced by the Iron Springs Chateau Historic Melodrama Theatre (444 South Ruxton, Manitou Springs) through September 23.  Tickets available at 719-685-5104 or info@ironspringschateau.com.   Ever since I’ve started monitoring Colorado theatre, I’ve been intrigued by this place in […]

SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE CASE OF ALICE FAULKNER

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE CASE OF ALICE FAULKNER – Written by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle; Directed by Maru Garcia. Produced by the Wheat Ridge Theatre Company (5455 West 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge) through August 13. Tickets available at 720-244-5204 or wheatridgetheatre@gmail.com.  I would call the Wheat Ridge Theatre Company a start-up theatre. They have […]

EDMONDS STORIES

EDMONDS STORIES – Written by Nora Douglass; directed by Madge Montgomery.  Produced by The Theater Company of Lafayette (300 East Simpson, Lafayette) through August 5.  Tickets available at TCLStage.org.  Nora Douglass must count herself very lucky that she has found a theatrical home at TCL.  They have previously birthed another of her full length plays […]

HEAD OVER HEELS

HEAD OVER HEELS – Music and Lyrics by the Gogo’s and others; Book by Jeff Whitty; Adapted by James Magruder; Directed and Choreographed by Josh Walden; Musical Direction by Tim Fletchey. Produced by Theatre Silco (460 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne) through July 23. Tickets available at 970-513-9386 or thesilco.org.  HEAD OVER HEELS is definitely a […]