Coal Creek Theater of Louisville presents
The 10th Annual Front Range Playwrights Showcase
Original Works by Sue Bachman, Scott Gibson & Grant Swenson
Directed by Rob Mess, Veronica Straight-Lingo & Paul Wells
This is where new Colorado theater begins—raw, unfinished, and full of possibility. Local playwrights bring brand-new work to the stage for the first time. Actors and directors workshop the scripts in real time. Audiences witness theater in progress and help shape what comes next. Stories being born, right here in front of you.
The Front Range Playwrights Showcase
Since 2007, Coal Creek Theater has supported Colorado playwrights through the Front Range Playwrights Showcase. Here, we provide opportunities to workshop, develop, and stage new work.
Having Faith
by Sue Bachman
Directed by Rob Mess
with Lisa Lowrey, Ellie Jane Peake, Kathleen Boyle Rausch, Steve Rausch & Sandy Sandoe
Evelyn Kotlick, an elderly Jewish woman, has been uprooted from her life in Chicago to live near her overbearing daughter Laura Levinson and moody, over-stressed son, Sid (Buddy) Kotlick. Evelyn has been showing signs of forgetfulness after a lifetime of fearfulness and anxiety, causing Laura to take control of her mother's file. A young woman, Faith Spera, helps Evelyn and her daughter set put a joint bank account only to find out she and Evelyn live in the same building. The old woman and the young banker from an unlikely friendship. When Evelyn's health takes a sudden turn, the family is thrown into crisis. Faith dares to intervene, forcing a change in the well-worn dynamic.
The Girl in the Cactus Suit
by Scott Gibson
Directed by Veronica Straight-Lingo
with Evan MArquez, Linda Marquez & Veronica Straight-Lingo
Elliot and Donna are watching their 13-year-old daughter in a school play.
The Earth Experience
by Grant Swenson
Directed by Paul Wells
with Max Cabot, Annah Hershey, Renee Malis, Jefferson Pinson & Steve Rausch
The play takes place in a future where humans have migrated of Earth, but have left ti as a tourist spot. However, the attendance has dropped of for years, leading the Director of The Earth Experience to wonder what the future holds.
The Playwrights
The Adjudicators
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