Season announcements: Henrys and hooch in Boulder; new plays in Creede; Denver Center goes to Dillon
Kim Staunton, who opens in “Sylvia” on Thursday at the Lone Tree Arts Center, and in the Denver Center’s “black odyssey” on Jan. 10, will perform “The Mountaintop” with longtime fellow Denver Center actor Harvy Blanks next fall in Lake Dillon. The two are shown here in “A Selfish Sacrifice” for the Denver Center in 2005.
By John Moore
Three venerable local theater companies made their season announcements this week: the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Creede Repertory Theatre and Lake Dillon Theatre Company – which will feature three Denver Center Theatre Company veterans in “The Mountaintop.”
In Boulder, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival fest announced that it will offer regular beer and wine sales next summer on the University of Colorado campus. And some play titles, too.
In Creede, the 2014 summer slate includes new or newish plays by Michael Hollinger, David Ives and Joe DiPietro, along with the warhorse musical “Annie Get Your Gun.”
The Lake Dillon Theatre has announced eight titles for its 20th anniversary season ranging from the “Other Desert Cities” to “Ring of Fire” to “Orphans.” Me? I can’t wait to see how they pull off “Big River” in a 60-seat theatre. The regional premiere of “The Mountaintop,” Katori Hall’s imagining of a hotel-room encounter between Dr. Martin Luther King and a feisty maid, will bring the Denver Center’s Harvy Blanks and Kim Staunton to Dillon, along with director Charles Weldon.
Lake Dillon is also joining the ranks of Colorado theaters to have partial Equity status, which means it will be hiring at least a percentage of union actors and stage managers for every show.
Here are the seasons at a glance. Click the links for more info on Colorado Shakes and Creede seasons.
COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
• “The Tempest”
• “Henry IV, Part 1”
• “Henry IV, Part 2”
• “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
• “I Hate Hamlet,” by Paul Rudnick
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CREEDE REPERTORY THEATRE
• “Annie Get Your Gun”
• “The Liar,” by David Ives
• “The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild,” by Paul Zindel
• “The Last Romance,” by Joe DiPietro
• “Hope and Gravity,” by Michael Hollinger
• “Pants on Fire” (for children)
• “Boomtown” (improv comedy)
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LAKE DILLON THEATRE COMPANY
• Jan. 17, 2013-Feb. 9, 2014: “Grace,” by Craig Wright
• Feb. 28-March 23, 2014: “Other Desert Cites,” by Jon Rabin Bates
• May 16-31, 2014: “Orphans,” by Lyle Kessler
• June 25-Aug. 8, 2014: “Big River,” by Roger Miller
• July 11-Aug. 17, 2014: “Sweet Charity,” by Nail Simon
• Aug. 29-Sept. 21, 2014: “Ring of Fire,” by Richard Maltby, Jr.
• Oct. 10-26, 2014: “The Mountaintop,” by Katori Hall
• Nov. 21-Dec. 23, 2014: “The 1940s Radio Hour,” by Walton Jones
Info: www.lakedillonfoundation.org
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