High School Drama Teacher-Theater Director – 1.0 FTE

Durango High School in Southwest Colorado is seeking an experienced, creative Drama Teacher and Theater Director to continue the outstanding level of excellence in our theater program. This is a unique opportunity to lead a high school theater troupe that is respected interscholastically as well as within our local community. DHS theater is Durango theater. We invite you to join us. Please see https://durango.schoolrecruiter.net/ for more information and application details. You can also contact Diane Lashinsky, Principal Durango High School, 970-259-1630 ext 2300.

Minimum qualifications:
o Professional Colorado teaching license in drama. Multiple certifications in fine arts preferred
o Successful experience in teaching and leading acting, stage, and technical aspects of theater productions, including musicals, drama, comedy, and children’s theater.
o Willingness to work with students after school, evenings, weekends, and/or school vacations
o Desire to travel to theater competitions and special events
o Highly organized with ability to plan for and meet deadlines; attention to detail; self-directed
o Excellent communication and collaborative skills to work with staff, community and post-secondary partners, parents, and theater organizations
o Experience with community patronage and donor outreach

Additional information:
DHS is an excellent high school that provides small learning communities to serve our students. This position is part of our School of Creative, Innovative, and Artistic Learning (SOCIAL), where teachers work collaboratively to provide interdisciplinary experiences for students based on attributes of artistic thinking. Please address all minimum qualifications in your letter of interest with your application.

(Denver, CO) Saturday, May 14th, Curious Theatre Company opens the “fiendishly clever”* play A NUMBER by Caryl Churchill. *Washington Post

In Churchill’s taut one-hour drama, Bernard (Timothy McCracken), who believes himself to be the only child of Salter (John Hutton), discovers he is but one of “a number” of his father’s many sons- his cloned counterparts.

John Hutton and Timothy McCracken - Photo by Michael Ensminger

Churchill, “the greatest living English language playwright” according to Pulitzer-winner Tony Kushner, pushes the frontiers of the enduring human question of nature vs. nurture. “We’ve got ninety-nine percent the same genes as any other person,” one of Salter’s sons proclaims. “We’ve got ninety percent the same genes as a chimpanzee. We’ve got thirty percent the same as a lettuce.”

The play premiered at The Royal Court Theatre in London in September, 2002, six years after Dolly (the sheep) leaped to fame as the first cloned mammal. In 2004, A NUMBER made its American debut at the New York Theatre Workshop in a production starring Sam Shepard and Dallas Roberts. Curious’ production is the first in the Rocky Mountain region.

John Hutton, an 18-year audience favorite at the Denver Center Theatre Company, has appeared previously at Curious in AN ALMOST HOLY PICTURE and FICTION (for which he won a Best of Westword award). Fans of Another World will remember Hutton as Peter Love.

John Hutton and Tim McCracken threat by Michael Ensminger

Timothy McCracken, recently returned to Denver where he earned his MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory, has appeared in numerous theatre productions in New York, including the acclaimed revival of The Dining Room (Drama Desk award), as well as the New York Shakespeare Festival, New York Theatre Workshop and many others.

Tim McCracken by Michael Ensminger

Curious Company Member Christy Montour-Larson (RABBIT HOLE, I AM MY OWN WIFE) directs.

The show previews May 12 and 13, and runs May 14 to June 17, 2011; Thursday – Saturday at 8:00pm; Sundays at 2pm (no show May 15). All performances except previews, opening and closing are followed by a talkback (discussion with the cast). ADDED PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 AT 8PM.

Tickets are $18-42 and available at curioustheatre.org; 303-623-0524; or at the Curious Theatre Company box office at 1080 Acoma in Denver.

BACKSTAGE PASS EVENTS
Thursday, May 19th, 7-7:45 FREE
PERNAMBUCO
Colorado Chamber Players’ premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s new work for viola, cello, flute and harp. Featuring Peruvian, Brazilian and Jewish literature read by Candy Brown and Curious Company Member Ed Cord. Hosted by John Jurcheck. BACKSTAGE AT CURIOUS

Friday, May 27, 7-7:45 FREE
FOREWORD
A discussion with director Christy Montour-Larson. Hosted by Mare Trevathan.
BACKSTAGE AT CURIOUS

AT-A-GLANCE
WHAT: Curious Theatre Company continues its 2010-2011 season with Caryl Churchill’s A NUMBER

WHEN: May 14-June 17, 2011; Previews May 12 and 13, 2011
Thursday – Saturday at 8:00pm; Sundays at 2pm (no show May 15)
ADDED PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 AT 8PM.

Opening Night/Media Review Night – Saturday, May 14 at 8:00pm
RSVP to mare@curioustheatre.org or 720-629-0598

WHERE: Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma in Denver

TICKETS: $18-42. Single tickets and subscriptions are now on sale at curioustheatre.org

Paragon‘s THE TRENCH is designed to give Colorado playwrights the opportunity to develop and improve their writing while gaining vital exposure to a larger audience.

All Trench readings are free and open to the public and are followed by a brief mediated talk back and refreshments

THIS MONDAY!
MAY 16, 2011
7:00 PM
(Doors open at 6:30)
KIM ROBARDS DANCE
1387 S. SANTA FE

Salon Femmes
by Leslie C. Lewis

Directed by Warren Sherrill

Featuring an all-star female cast!
Paige L. Larson
Martha Harmon Pardee
Emily Paton Davies
Haley Johnson
Crystal Verdon Eisele
Suzanne Favette
Lisa Rosenhagen

From the wildly talented and fabulous Amanda Farnsworth:

Random Acts of Theatre Company is bringing a show to DU! “Into the Light: the Story of Selma’s Youth” is in town for one night only: Sat, May 28th, 6:30 pm, Sturm Concert Hall, DU. This is a small benefit concert directed by myself (Amanda Farnsworth) featuring incredibly talented young singers and dancers from Selma, Alabama, many of whom have overcome overwhelming odds to step from the darkness of poverty and racial division into the light of their future through the performing arts.

Watch the show trailer at the link above, purchase tickets at https://buy.ticketstothecity.com/purchase.php?event_id=1209. All proceeds go to fund RatCo’s youth programs. Check out randomactsoftheatreco.com or email me at theatre.ratz@gmail.com. You know I’d love to see you all:) Please come out and support these kids! You will be inspired, as I have been.

Fine Arts Center Theatre Company 2011/2012 Season

• Assassins
Sept. 29 – Oct. 23, 2011
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by John Weidman
• A Year with Frog and Toad
Dec. 1 – 23, 2011
Music by Robert Reale; Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale; Based on the books by Arnold Lobel
• In the Next Room, or the vibrator play
Feb. 2 – 19, 2012
By Sarah Ruhl
• Of Mice and Men
March 15 – April 1, 2012
By John Steinbeck
• Hairspray
May 10 – June 3, 2012
Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan; Based on the film by John Waters
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman

Read the full press release here

http://www.paragontheatre.com/thepride.php

May 7 — June 4, 2011 Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30pm

And join them for a FREE PANEL DISCUSSION!
Panel discussion on GLBT issues raised in The Pride at 6:30pm on Monday, May 9, 2011 at Kim Robards Dance. Led by Associate Professor Bud Coleman from CU’s Dept. of Theatre & Dance, the panel will include Jim Hunt, John Moore, Taylor Gonda and Jake Walker.