by Donald Margulies
Directed by Shane M. Grant

Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent, try to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone crazy. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories, and together, making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life.

Book by Austin Winsberg
Music & Lyrics by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner
Directed by Heather Frost

When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds in real time, the couple quickly finds that they are not alone on this unpredictable evening. In a delightful and unexpected twist, Casey and Aaron’s inner critics take on a life of their own when other restaurant patrons transform into supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents, who sing and dance them through ice-breakers, appetizers and potential conversational land mines. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives?

Written by: Steven Dietz
Directed by: Rob Mess

Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage - with no prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night a socially inept and grief-struck millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where Becky works. Becky is offered nothing short of a new life… and the audience is offered the chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn’t dare.

Written by: Diana Son
Directed by: M. Shane Grant

“A poignant and funny play about the ways, both sudden and slow, that lives can change irrevocably,” says Variety. After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall in love. Their first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives in a way they could never anticipate.

Original Works by Brad Rutledge & Scott Gibson
Directed by Brett Nickerson & Ian Gerber

These stories are Colorado theater—homegrown, bold, and built by the people who live here. Original work by local playwrights, performed and directed by local artists. New voices discovering their craft. Established writers trying bold ideas. Stories you won't see anywhere else.

This production is presented by the Front Range Playwrights Showcase.

by William Nicholson
Directed by Dan Schock

The renowned English author C.S. Lewis strikes up a correspondence with the divorced American poet Joy Davidman, which leads to an unexpected romance and marriage and a love that must surmount a tragic obstacle.

by Brandon Thomas
Directed by Staci York

Charley and Jack love Amy and Kitty. Amy is about to go away, and Charley thinks he may miss his opportunity to ask for her hand. Then he discovers that his aunt, a Brazilian woman he hardly knows, is coming for lunch. How fortuitous! Now the aunt can chaperone while the boys ask the girls to marry them. Naturally, things don't go as planned.

World Premiere
by Brian Dowling
Directed by Dan Schock

Setting, London in the 1930's.  As the Industrial Revolution fades into the Great Depression, two sisters embark on an adventure worthy of their father and his late friend, a legendary consulting detective of the Victorian Gaslight Era.  The great city is plunged into a new reign of terror by a new master criminal, and Felicity and Charlotte Watson must use their wits and the scientific methods of deduction that have been passed onto them by their predecessors in order to save the millions inhabiting the city and carry on The Legacy of Baker Street.

by Patrick Hamilton
Directed by Dan Schock

For the mere sake of adventure, danger, and the “fun of the thing,” Wyndham Brandon persuades his weak-minded friend, Charles Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate, a perfectly harmless man named Ronald Raglan. They place the body in a wooden chest, and to add spice to their handiwork, invite a few acquaintances, including the dead youth’s father, to a party, the chest with its gruesome contents serving as a supper table. The horror and tension are worked up gradually; thunder grows outside, the guests leave, and we see the reactions of the two murderers, watched closely by the suspecting lame poet Rupert Cadell.

Written by: Ira Levin
Directed by: Rob Mess

Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness, and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the very last moment.

by John Steinbeck
Directed by Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions of living off the “fat of the land,” have just arrived at a ranch to work for enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a man-child, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It’s Lennie’s obsessions with things soft and cuddly that have made George cautious about who the gentle giant, with his brute strength, associates with. His promise to allow Lennie to “tend to the rabbits” on their future land keeps Lennie calm, amidst distractions, as the overgrown child needs constant reassurance. But when a ranch boss’ promiscuous wife is found dead in the barn with a broken neck, it’s obvious that Lennie, albeit accidentally, killed her. George, now worried about his own safety, knows exactly where Lennie has gone to hide, and he meets him there. Realizing they can’t run away anymore, George is faced with a moral question: How should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find him and take matters into their own hands?

Original Works by Merriman Wilde, Louis Irwin & Scott Gibson
Directed by Kirsten Jorgensen Smith, Brett Nickerson & Rob Mess

These stories are Colorado theater—homegrown, bold, and built by the people who live here. Original work by local playwrights, performed and directed by local artists. New voices discovering their craft. Established writers trying bold ideas. Stories you won't see anywhere else.

by David Crane & Larry Coen
Directed by M. Shane Grant

Set in the 1930s, Epic Proportions tells the story of two brothers, Benny and Phil, who go to the Arizona desert to be extras in the huge Biblical epic Exeunt Omnes. Things move very quickly in this riotous comedy and before you know it, Phil is directing the movie, and Benny is starring in it. To complicate matters further they both fall in love with Louise, the assistant director in charge of the extras. Along the way there are gladiator battles, the Ten Plagues and a cast of thousands portrayed by four other actors.

by Steven Dietz
Directed by Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, This Random World asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny, intimate, and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.

by Lee Blessing
Directed by Veronica Straight-Lingo

Staged with utmost simplicity, using platforms and a few props, the play probes into the delicate relationship of three singular women: the grandmother, Dorothea, who has sought to assert her independence through strong-willed eccentricity; her brilliant daughter, Artie (Artemis), who has fled the stifling domination of her mother; and Artie’s daughter, Echo, a child of exceptional intellect—and sensitivity—whom Artie has abandoned to an upbringing by Dorothea.

by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten
Directed by Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fate - and an impromptu happy hour - and decide it’s high time to reclaim the enthusiasm for life they’ve lost through the years. Over the course of six months, filled with laughter, hilarious misadventures, and the occasional liquid refreshment, these middle-aged women successfully bond and find the confidence to jumpstart their new lives. Together, they discover lasting friendships and a renewed determination to live in the moment - and most importantly, realize it’s never too late to make new old friends.

by Milan Stitt
Directed by Dan Schock

A young nun has died under mysterious circumstances in a remote parish in northern Michigan, and her superior, Father Rivard, has been charged with her murder. The action alternates between interrogations, testimony and scenes from the past which reveal that Father Rivard, who had been banished to the small, up-country parish, fell in love with Sister Rita; and when circumstances forced her to move into the rectory with him, his anguish became unbearable. Their relationship, inevitably, spelt tragedy, but not until the explosive and surprising climax of the play is the full extent of their sacrifice made clear and the identity of the murderer revealed.

by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Janine Ann Kehlenbach

This classic play tells the tale of one Mr. Jack Worthing, a man who leads a double life in England, circa 1929*. He lives in the country, but spends much of his time in the city with his brother Ernest. Little do his country friends know, Jack himself poses as Ernest Worthing while in the city and in fact has no brother at all. This double life works quite well for Jack, that is until his city-dwelling friend Algernon decides to take a new name of his own and come to the country, posing as the previously nonexistent brother Ernest Worthing.

Add to the mix these colorful characters: Lady Bracknell, a huge London personality and mother of Gwendoline Fairfax - Jack’s beloved city girl. Cecily Cardew, Jack’s ward and the object of Algernon’s fascination. A bumbling but sincere Reverend Canon Chasuble, who is also in love with Cecily’s tutor, Miss Prism. Hilarity ensues when Jack and Algernon’s respective love interests cross paths, old secrets are uncovered and they must both discover the importance of being earnest.

by Outside Mullingar
Directed by Dan Schock

Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits straddling 40. Anthony has spent his entire life on a cattle farm in rural Ireland, a state of affairs that—due to his painful shyness—suits him well. Rosemary lives right next door, determined to have him, watching the years slip away. With Anthony’s father threatening to disinherit him and a land feud simmering between their families, Rosemary has every reason to fear romantic catastrophe. But then, in this very Irish story with a surprising depth of poetic passion, these yearning, eccentric souls fight their way towards solid ground and some kind of happiness. Their journey is heartbreaking, funny as hell, and ultimately deeply moving. Outside Mullingar is a compassionate, delightful work about how it’s never too late to take a chance on love.

by Laddy Sartin
Directed by Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

It is the turbulent Freedom Summer of 1964. Olivia, the cook for the Whitehouse café, has shocked her small southern town by marching up the courthouse steps demanding to register to vote. Harlan, the owner of the café, who is like a son to Olivia, accuses her of listening to outside agitators and following along “like cows being led to slaughter.” And Olivia, challenging Harlan’s personal beliefs and his allegiance to her, sits at the counter of the café where she has worked most of her life and requesting to be served. When Harlan asks her what she thinks she’s doing, she says “I think they call it a sit-in!” Blessed Assurance shows Olivia, and the people close to her, how her choice to stand up for her rights forces them all to confront the hatred, ignorance, and injustice of the town.

by Joe DiPietro
Directed by Jim Carver

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn’t mean his family isn’t still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until he has to tell them that he’s been offered a dream job. The job he’s been waiting for—marketing executive—would take him away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents. He tells them. The news doesn’t sit so well. Thus begins a series of schemes to keep Nick around. How could he betray his family’s love to move to Seattle, for a job, wonder his grandparents? Well, Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma do their level best, and that includes bringing to dinner the lovely—and single—Caitlin O’Hare as bait…we won’t give the ending away here.

Original Works by Nabih Saliba, Colette Mazunik & Oliver Gerland
Directed by Kirsten Jorgensen Smith, Charlie Lowery & Dan Schock

These stories are Colorado theater—homegrown, bold, and built by the people who live here. Original work by local playwrights, performed and directed by local artists. New voices discovering their craft. Established writers trying bold ideas. Stories you won't see anywhere else.

This production is presented by the Front Range Playwrights Showcase.

by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

Welcome to Priseaux, France, c. 1250 A.D.: The river flooded again last week. The chandler’s shop just burned to the ground. Nobody’s heard of the wheelbarrow yet. And Saint Foy, the patron of the local monastery, hasn’t worked a miracle in thirteen years. In other words, the Dark Ages still look pretty dark. All eyes turn to the Pope, whose promised visit will surely encourage other pilgrims to make the trek and restore the abbey to its former glory. That is, until a rival church claims to possess the relics of Saint Foy—and “their” bones are working miracles.Content Advisory: If applicable.

by Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Dan Schock

A newlywed couple fixes up two romantically challenged friends: wife’s best friend, meet husband’s sexy and strange new co-worker. When an evening calculated to bring happiness takes a dark turn, crisis and comedy ensue in this wickedly funny play that asks what we owe the people we love and the strangers who land on our doorstep.

by Conor McPherson
Directed by Paul Wells

Dublin, Ireland. A guilt-ridden man reaches out to a therapist after seeing the ghost of his recently deceased wife. Wrestling with his own demons, the therapist can only do so much to help. Routine visits between the two men quickly become a gripping struggle to survive, changing both of them for the rest of their lives.

Original Works by Scott Gibson & Grant Swenson
Directed by Veronica Straight-Lingo & Paul Wells

These stories are Colorado theater—homegrown, bold, and built by the people who live here. Original work by local playwrights, performed and directed by local artists. New voices discovering their craft. Established writers trying bold ideas. Stories you won't see anywhere else.

This production is presented by the Front Range Playwrights Showcase.