Coal Creek Theater of Louisville presents
The 8th Annual Front Range Playwrights Showcase
Original Works by Melissa Leach, Karen Goodwin, Peter Nemenhoff & Carmine DePaulo
Directed by Dan Schock, Kyle LaBoria, Linda Button & Nita Froelich
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.
The Therapy Room
by Melissa Leach
Directed by Dan Schock
with Miles Becker, Rachel Cohen-Birzer, Nita Froelich, Chris MArtinez, Brett Nickerson, Mandy Scott & ASh VanScoyoc
A very different group of people find themselves in group therapy together. Can the healing process begin? Or is it easier to trade one neurosis for another?
Dating Disconnect
by Karen Goodwin
Directed by Kyle LaBoria
with Rachel Cohen-Birzer, Lynn Fleming, Mike Martinkus & Ash VanScoyoc
Three couples of all ages learn the pitfalls of trying to make a "love connection" over the Internet. In this technological age, are social networks and dating sites helping or hurting those who want to form a relationship? The couples discover a few rules when it comes to online dating, and things are not always what they seem.
Pellets
by Peter Nemenoff
Directed by Linda Button
with Lynn Fleming, Bill Graham, Kathleen Boyle Rausch & Steve Rausch
Pellets is a short play about a man who takes his cat to the vet for his yearly check-up, only to be scolded by the vet, annoyed by his cat who is flirting with the vet, and criticized for his own lifestyle choices.
Spirits in the Night
by Carmine DePaulo
Directed by Nita Froelich
with Lynn Fleming, Rob Mess, Chris Pash, Dan Schock & Jim Whiteman
During a memorial service for Harry Houdini, his widow Bess and one time best friends Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife Jean reminisce about a séance held in Harry's home. Through flashbacks we witness Houdini's skepticism and a challenge regarding proof of life after death, as wel as the spiritualist Mme. Blatany's apparent contacts with the departed. At the memorial, Madame makes a brief appearance and delivers some startling revelations regarding Houdini and his challenge.
The Playwrights
The Adjudicators
Showcase Photos
Awards and Recognition
Dating Disconnect
2015 CCTC Festival - 2nd Place Show
2015 CCTC Festival - Best Costumes (Kathy Rausch)
2015 CCTC Festival - Best Techtinabulation (Dan Schock)
2015 CCTC Festival - Excellence in Theatre, Acting (Ash VanScoyoc)
2015 CCTC Festival - Excellence in Theatre, Acting (Scott Swaggart)
2015 CCTC Festival - Excellence in Theatre, Acting (Mary Secor)
2015 CCTC Festival - Excellence in Theatre, Acting (Robert Janacek)
2015 CCTC Festival - Excellence in Theatre, New Playwright (Karen Goodwin)
2015 CCTC Festival - Excellence in Theatre, Set Design
