Tag: Aurora Fox
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Pay to play: Parents’ many summer options for budding high school thespians
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Our recommendations for programs that provide training and performance opportunities for area teenagers It started with a straightforward question from my boss: Can you recommend an enjoyable summer theater-camp experience for a 15-year-old boy in the Denver metro area? The thing about summer camps is that there are enough of them out there to fill…
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Aurora Fox turns to local veteran for temporary leadership
The last time the Aurora Fox Arts Center needed a new executive director, the process dragged on for 14 months. No telling how long it will take this time, but there will be veteran administrative leadership at the ready to keep the ship steady. On Wednesday, the city of Aurora took the innovative step of…
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Rich Cowden abruptly exits top job at Aurora Fox
Executive producer of city-owned theater organization says ‘it was clear it was in the best interest of the theater.’ Rich Cowden has abruptly left his position as executive producer of the city-owned Aurora Fox Arts Center after just 2½ years. And no one is saying why. Cowden has confirmed to the Denver Gazette that he…
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An ‘Ocean’ of new plays and musicals about to open in Colorado
Live theater in Colorado never has a down season. But every once in a while, a vortex of new shows opens all at the same time. Take this impressive array of titles – all but two opening within a 24-hour span next weekend: • Curious Theatre’s “Cost of Living”: Martyna Majok’s play made history last year as…
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Twelve new stage openings to warm your January chill | John Moore
Much of the local performing arts community takes a collective breath around the holidays, which means they tend to come back each January like a synchronized Arctic blast of drama. And one look at the upcoming calendar makes one thing perfectly plain: They are coming back leaner – yet still loaded for (dramatic) bear. We are…
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Meet the new gatekeeper: Kenny Moten | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kenny Moten is not “The Change.” More like “The Change-Maker.” Moten was the most in-demand director in Colorado theater in 2023, and he not only made the most of it – he brought an awful lot of people along for the ride. Everywhere he went, the…
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Banner year for these local actors | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Actor Lavour Addison toyed with us in 2023 like a heavyweight prize fighter who floats like a butterfly and delivers knockout punches at his pleasure. He ended 2022 with an award-winning performance of a boxing play called “The Royale,” playing a character based on the…
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Damn (Yankees)! Check out these fresh faces of 2023 | John Moore
Ellie Plenk is a preternaturally talented sixth-grader who is currently starring in a fully sold-out run of “Matilda the Musical” at the Littleton Town Hall Arts Center – and it’s only the second theater production of her life. But she’s not some 11-year-old rookie, OK? Her first role was starring in “Matilda Jr.” at the…
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Singing the praises of the unsung heroes | John Moore
Sylvia Gregory has a pretty good life. As a casting director, she gets to spend much of it employing and celebrating local artists in television, film and live theater. Matthew Kepler has a pretty good life. As the Town Hall Arts Center’s director of programming, he has the opportunity to expand audiences’ horizons beyond the…
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