Regional Premiere of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON has Cast in Place

As excitement builds around one of the most talked of premieres in recent memory, the Creative Team of BBAJ is at last ready to announce a cast list for the production. Utlizing initial auditions at the famed local rock club Hi-Dive and making talent searches and inquiries all over the front range, the ensemble for this intense show is top-notch.

For interview requests, please contact Ben Dicke directly.

Drums-Dusty Arndt

Henry Clay/Black Fox-Chris Arneson

Andrew Jackson-Ben Dicke

Bass Player/Bandleader-Andrew Diessner

Storyteller-Traci Kern

Female Vocalist/Ensemble-Kenzie Kilroy

Female Vocalist/Elizabeth Jackson-Cora Marsh

Rachel Jackson-Norell Moore

Martin Van Buren-Josh Nelson

John Quincy Adams-Scott Rathbun

James Monroe-Alejandro Roldan

John C. Calhoun-Steffan Scrogan

Guitar/Music Director-Jason Tyler Vaughn

For More Information Contact:

Ben Dicke @ 773-203-7287

benjamindicke@gmail.com

Breckenridge’s Backstage Theatre, winner of the 2010 Outstanding Regional Theatre  award by the Colorado Theatre Guild, is proud to present a zany look at the great movie factory in Completely Hollywood Abridged, opening June 21.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the theatre…the guys from our past hit,  The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, boldly go where few would dare:

Tinseltown!  These bad boys of abridgment take on America’s largest cultural and economic export (well, except for weapons) in this seriously silly showbiz satire.  Giving Hollywood more than just a nip and tuck, the Shakespeare boys cut through the clutter of celluloid to condense  186 of the greatest films of all time into 97 minutes, along the way highlighting the 11 cardinal  rules of filmmaking.  Enjoy film spoofs, wickedly horrendous star impersonations, movie mash-ups, and a complete compilation of classic cinematic cliches – plus a few brand new cliches they just made up.

Completely Hollywood (Abridged) is written by Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor with additional material by Dominic Conti.  The show stars Seth Maisel (Backstage’s Cannibal The Musical), Christopher Willard (The Wedding Eve), and Chris Boeckx (The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).  All three actor are veterans of the Completely franchise and eat, breathe, and sleep the power of “The Movies” – at least the movies people choose to see when they are done watching The Avengers for the 50^th time.

Completely Hollywood (Abridged) opens June 21 and plays through July 22 at the Breckenridge Theatre, located at 121 S. Ridge Street in Breckenridge.  Complete performance schedule is: June 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, July 6, 7, 12, 14, 19, 20, 21 at 7:30 PM and June 24, July 8, 15, 22 at 6:30 PM.  Tickets are $23 for Adults (all fees included) if you order online and $25 (all fees included) at the door or by phone.  Tickets for Youth under 18 are $18 online and $20 at the door or by phone.  For online tickets, visit backstagetheatre.org.  To order via phone, call 970.453.0199.  Tickets are available at the door, one hour before showtimes.  A special Champagne Opening will be held on June 21 with desserts and complimentary champagne.  Food and drink served at 6:30 PM.  Add $10 to the regular ticket price for this exclusive Champagne Opening event.  Mixed drinks, soft drinks, popcorn, and snacks are available for purchase at the box office.

For more information on this and other shows in the Backstage Theatre’s 38^th Season in Hollywood, please visit our website at www.backstagetheatre.org.   Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or read behind-the-scenes goings on on our Backstage Blog.  Be part of the Backstage’s social media life at one of these exciting sites.

Christopher Willard
Artistic Director
Backstage Theatre
P.O. Box 297
Breckenridge, CO
www.backstagetheatre.org
WINNER!  2010 Outstanding Regional Theatre  awarded by the Colorado Theatre Guild 

Next Up:

Backstage Summer Season 38

Beginning June 21!  Tickets Now On Sale! 

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Prairie Playhouse presents James Lapine’s “Into the Woods”

Prairie Playhouse, a local family theater, kicks off its summer musical performance of a timeless and yet relevant piece and a rare classic of James Lapine’s “Into the Woods” on Friday, June 15^th at The Armory at Brighton Cultural Center.

When a Baker and his Wife learn they have been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone’s wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of The Princess Bride becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children. The fractured fairy tale includes many cockeyed characters and is well-loved by all ages.

Exciting music, great comic relief, killer cast, and great messages along the way, everyone in the audience will find a way to relate to this classic musical.

The show is directed by Jon Kroff, with musical direction by Jen Kroff and accompanied by Don Dupree. For more details, see http://www.prairieplayhouse.com/productions/intothewoods .

Tickets are only $7.50 online, $10 at the door. The show will run June 15^th through the 23rd at The Armory, Brighton, CO. For tickets and actual show dates and times, visit http://www.prairieplayhouse.com/productions/intothewoods .

Performance Dates and Times

Friday, June 15, 2012 7PM

Saturday, June 16, 2012 7PM

Friday June 22, 2012 7PM

Saturday, June 23, 2012 7PM

Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company presents Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moises Kaufman

Directed by Stephen Weitz

In three short months, Oscar Wilde, the most celebrated playwright and wit of Victorian England, was toppled from the apex of British society into humiliation and ruin. Drawing from trial documents, newspaper accounts, and writings of the key players, Moises Kaufman ignites an incendiary mix of sex and censorship, with a cast of characters ranging from George Bernard Shaw to Queen Victoria herself.

“A triumph…truth, purity, and simplicity suffuse [this] thoroughly engrossing new play.” —Washington Post

“Stunning…taut, shattering, yet delightfully exuberant…altogether fascinating.” —NY Newsday.

Gross Indecency is produced in partnership with the CU Boulder Department of Theatre and Dance

Featuring:

Chip Persons, Cole Cribari, Michael Bouchard, Daniel Leonard, Bob Buckley, Brendon Milove, Jim Hunt, Haydn Winston, and Sam Sandoe

Gross Indecency runs April 19 – May 5

Opening Night Celebration, Friday, April 20

Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 7:30pm, Sunday@ 4:00pm

The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder

Tickets at 303.444.7328 or www.TheDairy.org

Thrifty Thursdays – All tickets $15 on Thursday nights!

Visit www.BETC.org for more information!

Due to sell-out shows, Performance Now Theatre Company adds an additional performance of Camelot on Thursday, April 26.  Get your tickets now before they’re gone!

The popular musical Forever Plaid starring Adam Shelton as Jinx, Paul Jaquith as Sparky, Tim Kennedy as Francis and Ken Paul as Smudge opened April 13th and runs through May 13th at the John Hand Theater.  Shows are already selling out, so get your tickets soon!
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 6:30 p.m. and two Special Matinees April 22nd and May 6th at 2:30 p.m.!

The California Actors Theater announces a change in their upcoming season!

Due to several mitigating factors, the next show in their 2012 Season will be ‘Sylvia’ by A.R. Gurney.

‘Sylvia’ is a delightful story about a couple, Greg and Kate, living and working in New York City and
their new family member, a dog named Sylvia, that one of them found in a nearby park.
Sylvia provides humor, insight and threatens to break them apart in the end when Kate gets a job offer
in the U.K.

Both Greg and Kate are at a breaking point in their lives, their careers and their marriage and will
Sylvia bring them together, or allow them to go their separate ways?

“..a truly welcome change with it’s laughs and message that the stage can really use.” (SF Examiner)

Show Dates:
March 23, 24, 30, 31, April 1*, 6, 7, 13, 14
*Please note, due to Easter Sunday, there will be only one matinee performance for this show’s run.
Friday/Saturday nights at 7:30PM, Sunday Matinee (April 1) at 2PM.
The California Actors Theater
Twin Peaks Mall
Longmont, CO. 80501

More Info:
William Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ will be performed in May, 2012, and the Season will conclude
with Tennessee William’s ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ in July, 2012.

Firehouse Theater Company presents:

Coronado
The Denver Premiere
By Dennis Lehane
Directed by Luke Allen Terry

February 24th – March 24th
Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 3/4 and 3/18, 6:30 p.m.

Purchase Tickets

From the author of “Mystic River,” “Gone Baby Gone” and “Shutter Island,” this modern day Greek tragedy with a sense of humor follows three intertwining tales: A father and son searching for a missing girl and a stolen diamond, a psychiatrist and a patient having an illicit affair, and two lovers plotting a murder. Set in the Southwest, Coronado is a taut thriller that explores the dark side of America and the things we’re willing to do for love, for money, and finally for redemption.

WARNING: Contains Adult Language, Adult Themes and Situations. Not recommended for audiences under 18.

The Aurora Fox will be adding an additional weekend to the run of Lynn Nottage’s CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (directed by donnie l. betts). Additional show dates are February 24 and 25 at 7:30pm and February 26 at 2:00pm. All other show dates except February 17 and 18 are sold out. Crumbs from the Table of Joy is being performed in the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre (9900 East Colfax, Aurora, CO 80010).

Told through the eyes of 17-year-old Ernestine, this is a memory play about an African-American family from the Deep South that has moved to bustling Brooklyn in 1950 and is forced to face significant changes in their lifestyle – a very progressive aunt, a new stepmother who happens to be white AND German, a new culture, new friends, new expectations, their religious views, their social views and the changes that come simply with growing up.

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage (author of Ruined and Intimate Apparel), CRUMBS is a lyrical, funny and compassionate gem that charms the heart with its delightful, unforgettable characters and its message of tolerance, love and the quest for self-discovery.

REMAINING AVAILABLE PERFORMANCE DATES/TIMES –
February 17, 18, 24, 25 at 7:30 pm;
February 26 at 2:00pm.
TICKETS –
Adults – $24/Students and Seniors – $20 ($18 for groups of 10+)
Call: 303-739-1970 or visit: www.AuroraFox.org

The Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC) presents The SantaLand Diaries

The SantaLand Diaries
By Davis Sedaris, adapted by Joe Mantello
Back by popular demand!
November 30th – December 24th, 2011

*Due to adult content, SantaLand is not recommended for children under 13.

BETC returns once more to this hilarious and irreverent tale detailing Sedaris’ real-life experience of working as an Elf in Macy’s SantaLand. For those searching for the cure for the common Christmas show, look no further. This uproarious show has played to packed houses the last two years, so be sure to get your tickets early!

“[BETC’s SantaLand is] quite possibly the best Christmas-themed show.” – Boulder Weekly

“BETC’s version of SantaLand reaches out and tickles the Bad Santa that lives in many of us.” – Boulder Daily Camera

Producing Ensemble Director’s Comments: SantaLand is fast becoming a tradition in Boulder. We’ve literally been turning people away the last two years, so we felt it was only right to give them another shot at it. With Geoffrey Kent returning as our velvet-clad hero, it’s sure to be anything but a “Silent Night.”

Remaining Performance Dates and Times:

Wed, Dec 21st — 7:30pm
Thurs, Dec 22nd — 7:30pm
Fri, Dec 23rd — 7:30pm
Sat, Dec 24th — 1pm and 4pm