Coal Creek Community Theater presents
The 4th Annual Front Range Playwrights Showcase
Original Works by Linda Berry, William C. Kovacsik, Jeffrey Neuman & Carrie Printz
Directed by Lynn Fleming, Russell Orr, Dan Schock & Rachel Cohen-Birzer
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.
Power Play
by Linda Berry
Directed by Lynn Fleming
with Bernie Cardell, Alice Hinman, Kurt Keilbach, Joni Kiesecker, Cathy Ode, Rob Spangler & Kenlin Wilder
A modern couple attends a staging of the ancient Greek story of Philomela's rape and mutilation by her brother-in-law, Tereus, and the subsequent sacrifice by Procne (Philomela's sister and Tereus' wife) of her son by Tereus. Parallels are drawn between the ancient story and modern situations in which men and women look for ways to exert power over others.
Bringer of Light
by William C. Kovacsik
Directed by Russell Orr
with Bernie Cardell, Steve Rausch & Ash VanScoyoc
Some sources say that an incident like this occurred between the noted French chef Auguste Escoffier and a young Vietnamese man who worked in his kitchen - who later went on to become someone of note. The play assumes that the incident happened as reported, and imagines what the two men might have had ot say to one another
Assisted Living
by Jeffrey Neuman
Directed by Dan Schock
with Lisa Lowrey, Steve Rausch & Jim Whiteman
A tense visitation occurs in an assisted living facility as an old man, imprisoned by aphasia, lies confined to a hospital bed.
Strange Bedfellows
by Carrie Printz
Directed by Rachel Cohen-Birzer
with Matthew Clark, Rachel Cohen-Birzer, Lisa Lowrey, Chelsea Rossetto, Dan Schock & Ash VanScoyoc
Staffers in a U.S. Senator's office are forced into spin control mode when a major public relations crisis strikes in the midst of her re-election campaign.
The Playwrights
The Adjudicators
Showcase Photos
