If the food wasn’t so worth savoring, the cocktails so intriguing, it might feel even more like sacrilege to continue eating during the short and evocative performances in the elegant dinner theater that is “FEED: Dry.” But then, the eats and libations are integral to the ritual that the Boulder-based Catamounts creates during its signature gatherings of culinary and theatrical sustenance.
Live theater is finally back and in full swing. From musicals to murder mysteries, here are 10 theater companies in the Denver metro area with upcoming performances you won’t want to miss.
Theater 29 returns to live shows with an immersive event featuring new plays, collaborative art installations, and performance art on the theme of Emergence. Created by Josh Berkowitz, Lisa Wagner Erickson, Ellen K. Graham, Elizabeth Faraci, and Joe Marci, directed by Hart DeRose, Emergence debuts June 26 at Theater 29.
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In a highly influential essay called “Two Cultures” published in 1959, author C.P. Snow deplored what he saw as the division between two of the most important areas of knowledge science and the humanities which he believed hindered human progress. The parameters of the debate have changed since then, with a slew of books and essays by scientists and science writers attempting to communicate scientific concepts to the general public. But there’s also widespread skepticism about climate science, vaccinations and a fact-based approach to the coronavirus pandemic indicating that the gap remains.
Heather Beasley, associate producer for the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, is creating an ambitious new program that brings local scientists and playwrights together and is intended to increase artists’ understanding of science and perhaps also scientists’ appreciation of the arts. Science Shorts four plays focusing on such diverse topics as the need to understand climate his