‘black odyssey’: So this is happening …

One of the fun ongoing stories we’ll be telling you about the Denver Center Theatre Company’s upcoming world premiere production of ‘black odyssey’ is how our tech experts (texperts?) transform this blue 1971 Cadillac coup deville into a gold vessel that you will have to see to believe. Stay tuned. We’ll be telling you how it happens in photos, words and video. The play opens for previews on Jan. 17.

'black odyssey’

By Marcus Gardley; directed by Chay Yew

The story: Classic Greek mythology meets modern African-American culture in this twist on Homer’s The Odyssey. Centered on a black soldier returning home from a harrowing tour, this compelling new play fuses modern reality, humor, and song with ancient myth.

Jan. 17-Feb. 16

Space Theatre

303-893-4100 or www.denvercenter.org