Author: Beki Pineda

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 – 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 – 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 […]

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS – Written by Richard Bean; Directed by Tim Orr.  Produced by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Roe Green Theatre, CU campus, Boulder) through August 13th.  Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or coloradoshakes.org.  Much is made of the fact that TWO GUVS is a modern version of a play written by Goldoni in 1743. […]

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 […]

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW – Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Caitlin Lowans. Produced by Theatreworks (Presented at the Lawn or Dusty Loo Theatre at the Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 North Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs) through July 30. Tickets available at 719-255-8181 or tickets@uccs.edu.  Those folk down at the Ent Center know […]

THINGS WE WILL MISS – Written by the cast; Directed by Emily K. Harrison. Produced by square product theatre (Presented at the Dairy Center, 2590 Walnut, Boulder) through July 22. Tickets available at 303-444-7328 or thediary.org.  THINGS WE WILL MISS is a self-described “Meditation on the Climate Crisis.” Couched in the form of an experimental […]

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 […]

KISS ME, KATE – Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Sam and Bella Spewack; Directed by Ken Cazan; Choreographed by Daniel Pelzig; Orchestra conducted by Adam Turner. Produced by the Central City Opera (124 Eureka Street, Central City) through August 5. Tickets available at 303-292-6700 or centralcityopera.org.  God bless them, the Central City […]

THE LITTLE MERMAID – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater; Book by Doug Wright; Directed by Matthew Dailey, Music Directed by Jerimiah Otto; Choreographed by Kate Vallee. Produced by Candlelight Dinner Playhouse (4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown) through September 10. Tickets available at 970-744-3747 or ColoradoCandlelight.com.  As a high school student […]