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Our 2014 Arts Festival will take place March 14-30 at the Aurora Fox Theater. Here's what our 2013 Festival looked like.
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Clinnesha D. Sibley is a published poet and award-winning playwright from McComb, Mississippi. Her plays have been presented for the Arkansas Repertory Theatre's Voices at the River Playwriting Residency, NYCPlaywrights Play of the Month Series, D.C. Black Theatre Festival, TheatreSquared's Arkansas New Play Festival, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and Penumbra Theatre's highly acclaimed Word(s)PLAY! Program. In 2009, she received the Key Woman Educator in Drama Award from the Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society. In 2011, her play, "Tell Martha Not to Moan", received the Holland New Voices Award at the Great Plains Theatre Conference and was a semifinalist in the 2012 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. Her plays have also been featured in Black Magnolias Literary Journal and Muzzle Magazine. Books include: "It's In My Blood: Thicker than Water" (Dorrance Publishing, 2006) and "King Me: Three One-Act Plays Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr." (University of Arkansas Press, 2013).Clinnesha is an Assistant Professor of Drama at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. |
Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for students/seniors/military
Contemporary female playwrights discuss their profession, their craft as playwrights, their situation as women in theater and in the larger society, their insights into past and current social and political realities, and their dreams and visions for the future.
Workshop productions of four new plays by women, called our Plays in Progress, or PIP, Series. See all the PIP Series details here.
Dates: March 16, 23, 30 @ 2pm
March 17, 21, 24, 28, 31 @7pm
Each play will get 2 workshop readings. Workshop level productions are designed with minimum sets, lights, sound, etc. and they also allow for an audience to give feedback. One play will be selected from this Series to be produced in the Athena Project Festival in March of 2014. Your vote counts!
Tickets are $10 for each play or you can buy a PIP Play Pass for $50 which includes a ticket to the World Premiere, Tell Martha Not to Moan
Evening of Staged Readings by members of Girls’ Write
Dates: March 25 @7pmWe are pleased to showcase 5 short works-in-progress by the girls in our Girls’ Write Program. Girls’ Write is our youth playwriting program run in conjunction with Girls, Inc.This program provides at-risk pre-teens and teens with role models in the arts who teach them how to write a play.
There is a suggested donation of $10 for adults for this event and $5 for students.
ART
Dates: Open one hour before every event of the Festival; also open an hour after performances that are matinees
MUSIC
Date: March 26 @ 8pm
This evening features:
Zoe Zuker Surrounded by the eclectic influence of the San Francisco Bay area, Zoe was raised by her mother to appreciate all walks of life. Beginning at an early age, she was encouraged to express her artistic nature by any means necessary, but music always stood out. She was always singing, always had an original song to share. Inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, Melody Gardot, Fiona Apple, and the Beatles, Zoe strives to capture the emotion hiding behind the story of any great song. She believes the lyrics of a song take a backseat to the experience it brings and the emotions it evokes. After only a year of performing, she played for the Denver People's Fair (2012) and multiple local venues. Dipping into any genre she could, she has been the lead front woman in the psychedelic rock band Dr. Sunshine's X-Ray Machine and collaborated with various local folk artists. Zoe's sound is oddly familiar but uniquely her own. "
Krysty Bosse Krysty Bosse is a Denver-based singer/songwriter from Santa Fe, NM via Nashville, TN. Oftentimes performing under the moniker The Paucity, she has eschewed all preconceived notions of what a solo performance should entail and plays a variety of styles and instruments to entertain listeners with her unique sound. In her 2012 self-released debut solo album, "Good for You", Krysty plays 11 instruments (everything except the drumset). The result is a full sound and a well-rounded record. Whimsical ukulele ballads lead to sultry electric guitar rockers, all with clever lyricism and a pop sensibility that can't be denied. Krysty manages a mesmerizing live solo performance, accompanying herself on drums and harmonica. It's a big sound for a little lady to produce, and it is a show you won't want to miss.
I'm With Her "I'm With Her" is the brainchild of two Midwestern-born artists, Angie Stevens and Haley E Rydell. Both have been performing with multiple projects over the past twelve years, but have found a rare gem in their new partnership. Neither knew just what to expect when they first decided to collaborate in March of 2011- especially considering Haley lived in North Dakota and Angie was already a well-established musician in Colorado. Both musicians bring a wealth of writing, recording and performing experience to the table. Angie has released a live DVD and five CDs throughout her solo career and with her band "The Beautiful Wreck." Haley has two recordings with "Haley E. & the Rydells" and another two with "The Johnson Family Band." Since Haley's relocation to Denver in November of 2011, the two have been busy writing, recording and performing all over the Midwest. "I'm With Her" just released their second EP 'songs we said goodbye to' which was completely fan-financed through the fundraising website, Kickstarter.com. Their first self-titled EP was released in June of 2011.
In addition, we will have musicians at The Collection gallery every hour that the gallery is open. Performances at The Collection are free.
Tickets are $10 for 3/26 performance. Performances at The Collection are free.
DANCE
Date: March 20 @ 8pm
Mind & Body Dance Theatre's main focus is to entertain diverse audiences. With a wide variety of techniques and performers, our audience member’s passion for dance will be awakened. We strive to educate our patrons in the various forms and aspects of artistic movement. Mind & Body is dedicated to working with local artists to create one of a kind performance’s. Through our dancing, we work to stimulate emotional connections and responses through performance art. Led by Abbi Phillips, who was born and raised in Colorado, Abbi has danced with Kim Robards Modern Dance Company for two seasons, and APEX Contemporary Dance Theatre for two seasons. Abbi is proficient in Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Hip hop, and Contemporary. She has trained under the instruction of David Reuille, Kim Robards, Melonie Buchanan, Rozanne David, Keith Cliffton, Tony Coppolla, Holly Lampe, Viki Psihoyos, Raymond Lukens, Charles Kelly, Chung-Fu Chang, Juan Sanchez and many others. Currently, Abbi teaches a variety of different classes at Gayton Dance Studio in Thornton, Revolution Dance Academy in Colorado Springs, and X-treme Dance Force in Littleton. She founded Mind & Body Dance Theatre in 2012 in Denver. 
In an effort to keep dance and art at the cutting edge in Denver, The Denver Dance Project was born to give youth a voice and opportunity to shine with their personal expression. The DDP is an outlet for youth to engage in thematic dance and performance art through attending a 6-week program that culminates with the staging of a performance art instillation and multimedia project. The Denver Dance Project is an extension of Sol Vida Dance and is under the direction of April “Axé” Charmaine. She has been a guest artist for Colorado Ballet, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Rocky Mountain Children's Choir, Catchpenny Kids Theater, and many public schools all over Colorado. Her studio Sol Vida Dance! is devoted to creating local and worldly dance, performing arts, cultural arts and educational experiences for youth and adults. Sol Vida Dance! is committed to preserving ancient dance traditions, enhancing progressive dance communities, in addition to youth empowerment and advocacy. 
The Avant-Garde Performing Arts Troupe was recently created as a group of talented emerging choreographers was naturally forming. The non-profit troupe supports the creative process for teens ready to explore as choreographers. Led by Marie Arts, whose most recent position was Artistic Director with Ballet Nouveau Colorado, she brings with her an extensive background in choreography, dance education and directing. In addition to Ballet Nouveau, some of Marie’s choreographic achievements include world premieres with Nashville Dance Project, Arts Academy of Dance, Missoula Dance Academy, Louisville Ballet Civic Company, Afterimages Dance Company, University of Montana, Twin City Ballet, and the Southeast Regional Ballet Festivals where she was awarded a choreography full scholarship to the National Choreography Conference. Marie has also produced and directed several Nutcracker Ballets across the country. Currently, Marie is on the Board of Directors for Colorado Dance Alliance and teaches throughout the Colorado area including Boulder Ballet, Classic Dance Academy and Kim Robards Dance Company. Marie is in her second year with Actors Academy of the Performing Arts where she most recently co-directed and choreographed for the full length productions of Peter Pan, Narnia, Aladdin, Rose Red and Thoroughly Modern Millie.Tickets are $10.
FASHION
Date: March 27 doors open @ 7pm, show starts @ 8pm
Tickets are $20 or $15 if you come dressed as a god or goddess.
Sponsors include:
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