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THE TEMPEST

Near an unnamed island, a storm rages. But this is no ordinary gale — it’s 12 years in the making, the rain and fury of Prospero, an exiled duke who seizes the chance to punish his enemies when their ship draws near his barren isle. And Prospero is no ordinary duke. He’s also a powerful magician who commands the island’s spirits to enact his plans against his shipwrecked foes, as well as a loving yet controlling father to his 15-year-old daughter, Miranda. Written around 1610-11 and considered by many scholars to be Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest offers a potent brew of supernatural spectacle, family dynamics, rich language and music, and contemplation of revenge and forgiveness. And while those qualities might sound typical for Shakespeare, they manifest quite differently on the enchanted water-locked landscape. For instance, two spirits — Caliban and Ariel — are under control of a human. Unlike the mysterious ghost of Hamlet, the witches of Macbeth, or the mischievous sprites of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the mystical inhabitants of The Tempest must follow the agenda of a person whose magical powers come not from divine right or an esoteric source, but from books and learning. Half-human, half-spirit, Caliban is the son of a witch from the island who died before Prospero and Miranda arrived, while Ariel was imprisoned in a tree by this same

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witch and recently set free by the exiled magician. Caliban is an earthy creature, deeply connected to the land and forced into physical labor. Ariel belongs to the air and uses sweet songs and spells to carry out Prospero’s bidding, while also seeking liberation from his master. Of the enemies washed up on the shore, one of them happens to be Antonio, Prospero’s younger brother who usurped him as the duke of Milan, as well as Alonso, King of Naples, who assisted Antonio in the deed. The treachery is not merely political, it’s personal. “In so many of his plays, Shakespeare is obsessed with betrayal and bastards,” notes director Chris Coleman. And while the ruling brothers are legitimate heirs, there is resonance in their struggle for the rightful place in a kingdom or a family. Coleman observes: “Over and over again, there’s a bastard who feels shunned, and pushed aside, and is seeking to be honored in a way that they deserve to be. And in Shakespeare’s plays, there’s usually a profound betrayal that causes disruption of the social order, and there’s revenge, and usually, someone dies.” Indeed, the bard’s other work often features an external crisis that changes everything: physical violence such as the fatal stabbing in Romeo and Juliet, a grab for the throne in Julius Caesar, a deception such as Iago whispering into Othello’s ear. But when time for the crisis

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comes, The Tempest takes a turn toward self-reflection. “In this play, the turning point is a quiet conversation with Prospero and Ariel,” says Coleman. “That moment changes Prospero’s trajectory — it becomes about orchestrating forgiveness.” “At first I found it puzzling because it feels so strikingly different from all his other plays,” continues Coleman. “But in another way, it feels perfect because it’s really the awakening of empathy.” He also notes that this turning point feels apt for Shakespeare’s final play: “I think that is the central wish and gift of this art form. You step into somebody’s shoes that you might not get to spend time with in your working day life, and you get to experience their world through their eyes and feet. How amazing that at the end of his career, empathy is what’s on his mind.” The empathy is enriched by the music and songs within the play, most of it used to signify magic. As music wafts across the stage, characters are guided across the island, lulled into enchanted sleep, and reawakened. Ariel’s famous song, “Full Fathom Five,” consoles Ferdinand, the shipwrecked Prince of Naples, who mourns his supposedly drowned father. “Of his bones are coral made / Those are pearls that were his eyes,” intones Ariel, conjuring images of beauty and transformation in place of a grim death. The song eventually leads the prince to Miranda, sparking attraction between the two youths. Prospero masterminds them into a romantic relationship, but in spite of the elder’s tricks, they would have likely fallen in love anyway. As the new generation of royalty, their shared, genuine love offers the hope of reconciliation for a torn kingdom and kin.

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15-year Denver Center Theatre Company veteran returns as Prospera, in this reimagined twist on the classic tale.

With its jazz influences, this production leans into the theme of music as magic — a dream, even — and its ability to enchant, console, and lead to forgiveness. Even if the island is anonymous, with hints of an ancient Mediterranean civilization, and even if the costumes look like 16th century Italian attire, the jazz standards enhance this production’s tone by harmonizing it with both the contemporary world and the dream world. It’s an experience that raises a question for the audience: What kind of magic do you want to see in the world? For Coleman, the value of The Tempest comes in its themes of forgiveness, empathy, and restoration, even in the face of revenge and anger. “In the world, I want to see peace,” he muses. “I want to see us as a force for peace in the larger world, and I want leadership with moral clarity — that’s the magic I long for in the world.” As for the world of this production of Shakespeare’s final play, the director notes, “Hopefully the magic will be the discovery of this story coming to you — the music making it feel more accessible, and the play allowing you to find the compassion in your own heart. That’s something we can all benefit from.”

COME FOR THE PLAY. STAY FOR THE DISCUSSION. Each season, the Denver Center Theatre Company offers a lineup of post-show discussions — or Talkbacks — that address thought-provoking topics and themes raised in the shows on our stages. Talkbacks are professionally moderated and generally include members of the cast, artistic team, and/or subject matter experts. These discussions offer a two-way dialogue in which the audience has an opportunity to pose questions and opinions as they engage with the artists and experts. Held after the 7pm show, these conversations often last 30 minutes and are an excellent opportunity to explore a play firsthand. We invite you to join us for any of these Talkbacks following select 2026/27 Denver Center Theatre Company productions; free with a ticket.

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Long before Twilight, Divergent, and The Hunger Games, a teenage girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma invented the young adult genre. Susie Hinton was 16 when she wrote The Outsiders, which she sold to Viking Press under the name S.E. Hinton, so she wouldn’t be dismissed as just another girl. “There was only a handful of books having teen-age protagonists: Mary Jane wants to go to the prom with the football hero and ends up with the boy next door and has a good time anyway,” Hinton told The New Yorker in 2014. “That didn’t ring true to my life. I was surrounded by teens, and I couldn’t see anything going on in those books that had anything to do with real life.” At first, the book was marketed as an adult trade paperback – and it went absolutely nowhere. Then her publisher noticed that it sold in a particular demographic. “Teachers were using it in classes,” Hinton said. “All of a sudden, they realized that there was a separate market for young adults.” Since its publication in 1967, The Outsiders has sold more than 15 million copies and continues to sell another half million each year. Those numbers don’t account for three generations of students who have read dog-eared classroom copies and library borrowings. Its fan base grew with Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie rendition, and in 2024, the new musical based on the book won the Tony Award for Best Musical.

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Hinton told the story of opposing gangs in 1960s Tulsa, which was profiting from an oil boom, leading to growing socioeconomic divides. Ponyboy, the narrator of the story, lives with his older brothers Darry and Sodapop, after the recent deaths of their parents. Their family of choice is the Greasers, lower income boys who stick together, get in trouble, and frequently come to blows with the Socs (short for socials), the rich kids. The only prominent girl in the story is Cherry, a Soc who breaks through by forming a friendship with Ponyboy. Emma Hearn, who plays Cherry, has felt the impact of the novel through the passions of the audience. “Truly, it spans all age ranges,” she says. “I’ve never been a part of a show that has such a wide reach as this story. Whether it’s people who read it in school decades ago, or they saw the movie in the ’80s. I know there are people

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who still read it in middle school to this day. We have such a loyal fan base. They love this story, and people want to see every iteration.” Part of the immediacy of the stage musical comes from the youth of the performers, who aren’t far from their own teen years. Tyler Jordan Wesley was cast as Dallas (“Dally”) Winston – the most hardened of the Greasers – just a few weeks before graduating college at Texas State University. It is his first professional role. “Our touring cast is notably younger than what the original cast was on Broadway, and so I think that the creative team did have an interest in looking toward people who might be in college,” Wesley says. “I think that for some people, it makes them even more immersed in the show and they can really understand their perspective when they know how young these boys are. Regardless of what age, what race, what gender is happening in this story, I just think that S.E. Hinton wrote a piece that is so integral to the human experience that it sits with you wherever you are. What S.E. Hinton was saying at the age of 16 is really what draws people to the show.” In Hinton’s novel and the 1983 movie, all the characters are depicted as white. For the stage musical, however, the creators intentionally looked to a more diverse cast. It made sense, given the racial struggles of the 1960s, as well as Tulsa’s own history with racial violence. The Trail of Tears of the 19th century forced Native Americans on a decimating forced expulsion from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. The character of Dallas is specifically written as a person of color; Wesley, who is Black, sees the connection between his own character’s traits and the Black history of Tulsa, where in 1921, whites destroyed one of the wealthiest Black neighborhoods in the nation.

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DES McANUFF SURE DIRECTS A MEAN MUSICAL IN THE WHO’S TOMMY BY LISA BORNSTEIN Nearly 60 years ago, The Who released its fourth studio album — and blew up the entire concept of an album with the first commercially successful rock opera, a song cycle tracing the life and experiences of a “deaf, dumb and blind kid” who goes from tortured childhood to godlike figure. At 34 years old, the stage musical The Who’s TOMMY is nearly as venerable. Des McAnuff, who wrote the musical with Pete Townshend while artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse, reflected on the current tour, which he directed. Lisa Bornstein (LB): What is your favorite number and have you changed it for the tour? Des McAnuff (DM): From the time I first heard The Who’s album, I’ve loved every single cut. When staging the show for the first time, I always thought to myself, “Oh boy, here comes this one!” If there’s any kind of standout, it’s probably “Sensation,” the song in which we [and his parents] discover that Tommy is a savant…. I think many people find it really moving. I can’t say that we’ve changed the number as much as it’s evolved and hopefully deepened. LB: What are the qualities of TOMMY that have made it endure for nearly 60 years? DM: As one of our dramaturgs, Chad Sylvain, pointed out, “it’s about a boy who rejects existence as we know it. In Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield turns his back on adulthood. In TOMMY, Tommy turns his back on life itself.” It’s Tommy’s commitment to his own inner journey, which is basically all he’s got, that seems to get people to project themselves onto his consciousness. He goes from not being there at all to becoming a most formidable entity.

LB: How did the recent Broadway production differ from earlier productions? DM: Technology has evolved so much since we started TOMMY, so we’ve had a much more elaborate paintbox on the Broadway production as well as the tour. Scenically, the show quite literally lights up. It makes the mystical part of Tommy’s voyage easier to portray vividly. TOMMY involves a great deal of visual storytelling. The libretto is poetic and advances the storyline thematically, but the staging has to take care of a good deal of the narration, which makes it challenging but also invigorating. LB: TOMMY began as a concept album then a film. What was your vision for translating the story to the stage? DM: The Ken Russell film is a completely separate entity to the theatrical version. The concept album was, of course, the foundation for the show in that the score was largely complete and many of the story points were suggested if not fleshed out from that extraordinary album. The first time I listened to it was after rehearsing with our garage band. We expected just to listen to a couple of selections and ended up playing the record cover to cover. I thought it was the most monumentally inspiring album I’d heard, eclipsing even “Sgt. Pepper.” Getting to work on the book and the direction with Pete Townshend has been a greatly significant part of my life.

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DESTINY OF DESIRE A TELENOVELA PLAY WITH MUSIC A co-production with Center Theatre Group BY

Karen Zacarías

WITH Robert Almodovar, Ge Enrique, James Everts, Victoria Gómez, Adam Enrique Hollick, Adrián Javier, Isabella Bria Lopez, Jessica Lopez, Bianca Marroquín, Zeus Mendoza, Francisca Muñoz, Elijah Reyes, Sandra Ochoa Rice, Al Rodrigo, Cheryl Umaña STAGE MANAGERS: Abigail Peterson, Brooke Redler SCENIC DESIGN BY Takeshi Kata

COSTUME DESIGN BY Raquel Barreto

LIGHTING DESIGN BY Pablo Santiago

SOUND DESIGN BY Lindsay Jones

COMPOSITIONS BY Aldo Max

DRAMATURGY BY Ken Cerniglia

VOICE AND TEXT COACH Elisa Gonzales

FIGHT DIRECTION AND INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHY BY Samantha Egle

CASTING BY RBT Casting (Ryan Bernard Tymensky, CSA) and Grady Soapes, CSA

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT BY Matthew Campbell

MUSIC DIRECTION BY Deborah Wicks La Puma CHOREOGRAPHY BY William Carlos Angulo DIRECTED BY

Marcela Lorca The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.

THE WOLF THEATRE • SEP 11 – OCT 4, 2026 Originally Commissioned and Produced by Arena Stage, Washington, DC Molly Smith, Artistic Director Edgar Dobie, Executive Producer DESTINY OF DESIRE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com DESTINY OF DESIRE is supported in part by the DCPA’s Women’s Voices Fund PREMIERE SPONSORS:

SEASON SPONSORS:

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT:

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Chris Coleman, Artistic Director Charles Varin, Managing Director

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CAST

(In order of appearance)

Sister Sonia..................................................................................................................................... Cheryl Umaña Armando Castillo........................................................................................................................ Zeus Mendoza Ernesto del Río...................................................................................................................................Elijah Reyes Hortensia del Río.....................................................................................................................Francisca Muñoz Fabiola Castillo.......................................................................................................................Bianca Marroquín Dr. Jorge Ramiro Mendoza/Casino Dealer/Bartender/Cop........................................... Al Rodrigo Pilar Esperanza Castillo/Nurse 2...........................................................................................Jessica Lopez Sebastián José Castillo/Paramedic 1..................................................................Adam Enrique Hollick Victoria María del Río/Nurse 1............................................................................................ Victoria Gómez Dr. Diego Mendoza/Paramedic 2........................................................................................... Adrián Javier Musician...................................................................................................................................................Ge Enrique Understudy Hortensia del Río/Fabiola Castillo/Sister Sonia....................... Sandra Ochoa Rice Understudy Armando Castillo/Dr. Jorge Ramiro Mendoza...........................Robert Almodovar Understudy Ernesto del Río /Sebastián José Castillo/ Dr. Diego Mendoza........................................................................................................................James Everts Understudy Victoria María del Río/ Pilar Esperanza Castillo...................................................................................................Isabella Bria Lopez

SETTING An abandoned studio theater in Denver and a casino, mansion, and farm in Bellarica, Mexico.. DESTINY OF DESIRE will be performed with one 15-minute intermission. Dance Captain.................................................................................................................................James Everts Assistant Director..................................................................................................................Jessica Eckenrod Scenic Design Assistant.................................................................................................................Kate Schaaf Stage Manager..............................................................................................................................Brooke Redler Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................................................... Abigail Peterson Stage Management Apprentices...........................................................Drea Brown, Danae Johnson The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States.

ACTING COMPANY (In order of appearance) CHERYL UMAÑA (Sister Sonia) is an LA native with strong roots in Guatemala. Her theatre credits include: Alma (Center Theatre Group), Middle of the World (Rogue Machine and Boise Contemporary Theatre), Mojada (St. Louis Rep), Mother of Henry (Latino Theatre Company), In Love and Warcraft (Artists at Play), and This Land (Company of Angels). TV/FILM: “The Pitt,” “All American,” “The Morning Show,” “Vida,” Sponsor (upcoming film), and 1972 (upcoming film). Cheryl is so excited to be working with DCPA for the first time! ZEUS MENDOZA (Armando Castillo). At the DCPA: twenty50. Broadway: Real Women Have Curves: The Musical. Notable Regional theatre: Of Mice and Men (Pasadena Playhouse, Critics Choice Award Nominee); Our Town, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and La Posada Magica (South Coast Rep); Paint Your Wagon (Geffen Playhouse), and Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Theatre on the Square). TV/Film: “Major Crimes,” “The Rookie,” “9-1-1,” “CSI,” “Days of Our Lives,” “Perception,” “Crash,” “Forbidden Island,” Murder in the Mirror, Passengers, Heroes of The Golden Masks, The Fallen Faithful, Puss in Boots, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Asylum Days, and White but Not Equal (Writer/Producer). Gracias Familia! ELIJAH REYES (Ernesto del Río) loves stepping into the passion, chaos, and telenovelasized drama of Destiny of Desire. National Tours: Hamilton in the “and Peggy” tour (Puerto Rico w/Lin-Manuel Miranda). Other credits include: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Tour: The Prince of Egypt (San Diego’s Moonlight Amphitheatre), Man of La Mancha and Dirty Rotten

Scoundrels (Musical Theatre West), Spamilton (Center Theatre Group), Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular and A Musical Celebration of Coco (Disney California Adventure). Blessings and gratitude to family, friends, and every teacher who helped make the dream possible! For more of Elijah’s creative world, follow @elirey1. FRANCISCA MUÑOZ (Hortensia del Río) (She/Her). Off-Broadway credits include: The Gardens of Anuncia (Lincoln Center Theatre, U/S Mami and Tia) and Felix Starro (Theatre Row, Mrs. Delgado). Regional credits: On Your Feet! (Papermill Playhouse, Gloria Fajardo), In the Heights (The Gateway Playhouse, Camila), Daughters-Hijas (The Kitchen Theatre, Mariana), Somewhere Over the Border (Syracuse Stage and Geva Theatre Center, Julia); A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder, Tiny Beautiful Things, Miss You Like Hell, and American Mariachi (Theatre Squared); La Otra (The Arden Theatre), and Informed Consent (The Gable Stage). TV/Film: “FBI Most Wanted,” “Our Lady Lupe,” “Do I Know You From Somewhere.” BIANCA MARROQUÍN (Fabiola Castillo). Broadway credits include: Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in Chicago the Musical (Ambassador Theatre and National tour), In the Heights, and The Pajama Game. Other New York credits include: Anita in West Side Story (Carnegie Hall). Regional Theatre: And the World Goes Round, Bye Bye Birdie, Destiny of Desire, and Guys and Dolls. Mexico City credits include: Beauty and the Beast, Rent, The Phantom of the Opera, The Vagina Monologues, The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins. TV/Film: “One Life to Live,” “Mira Quien Baila,” “Pequeños Gigantes,” “Esperanza del Corazón,” “Acapulco,” “Fosse/Verdon,” Half Brothers, Flesh and Blood.

AL RODRIGO (Dr. Jorge Ramiro Mendoza/Casino Dealer/Bartender/ Cop). Broadway: Open Admissions. Off-Broadway: Public Charge, Blood Wedding, Death of Garcia Lorca, Bang Bang Blues (Public Theatre); Don Juan of Seville (Classic Stage Company); The Señorita from Tacna and SAVINGS (INTAR); and New York 1937 (Jewish Rep). Regional: Destiny of Desire and Stir (Old Globe); Simona’s Search and Pericles (Hartford Stage); Kiss My Aztec! (La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep), Bandido! (Mark Taper), The Happiest Song Plays Last (Los Angeles Theatre Center), many more. Film/TV: Last Rites, House of Sand and Fog, Brown’s Requiem, The Birdcage, “Blacklist,” “Cross,” “Swagger,” “NCIS,” “Fatal Attraction;” “All the Queen’s Men,” “Jane,” “Truth Be Told,” and numerous others. Voiceover in all areas. alrodrigo.com JESSICA LOPEZ (Pilar Esperanza Castillo/Nurse 2) (She/Her). DCPA debut! Born and raised in South Central, Los Angeles, she recently earned her B.F.A. in Music Theatre with honors in Acting and her B.A. in Criminology, Law and Society from UC Irvine. Collegiate credits include: At the Very Bottom of a Body of Water (Marina), Little Women (Jo March), Gloria (Ani/ Sasha/Callie), Spring Awakening (Wendla), and The Sweetheart Deal (Lettie). Jess would like to thank every mentor, friend, and supporter who has played a role in helping shape her journey. Special thank you to her family for all their love and endless support. @lop_jess4 ADAM ENRIQUE HOLLICK (Sebastián José Castillo/Paramedic 1) attended Azusa Pacific University on a full-ride football scholarship. He eventually left his scholarship and received his master’s in vocal performance. Theatre: Sky in Guys and Dolls (Shenandoah Summer Music

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Theatre), Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf in Into the Woods (Virginia Theatre Festival), Tommy in Jersey Boys (Pioneer Theatre Company), Happy in Death of a Salesman (Casa 0101), Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (Plan B Entertainment, 5-Star Theatricals), Anthony in Sweeney Todd (Pittsburgh Opera), Phoebus in Hunchback (5-Star Theatricals). Film/TV: Been There All Along (Peacock), Misty Green (A24, Chris Rock), “NCIS/NCIS: LA” (CBS), “How I Met Your Father” (Hulu), Dirty Little Deeds (Lifetime). To my Desert Rose: Alexa, I love you. VICTORIA GÓMEZ (Victoria María del Río/Nurse 1) (She/ Ella) is a proud Mexican actor. Her most recent theatre credits include: Alicia in the world-premiere of Basura (Alliance Theatre), Nina in In the Heights (Signature Theatre), Sonia Sotomayor in She Persisted (Adventure Theatre), and Roxy in My Body, No Choice (Arena Stage). TV: Cute Barista in Mindy Kaling’s, “Not Suitable for Work.” Tori would like to thank la familia Gómez for their constant support and the cast and team for making this opportunity possible. Find her at: victoriagomezactor.com or insta: @tori.gom ADRIÁN JAVIER (Dr. Diego Mendoza/ Paramedic 2) (He/ Him). LA Theatre: Foursome, The Very Best People, and Arrowhead (IAMA Theatre), The Reservoir (Geffen Playhouse), Psycho Beach Party (HorseChart Theatre); Kiss of the Spider Woman, Argonautika, and Othello (A Noise Within); Tar (Playwright’s Arena), Fixed (Echo Theatre), Lord of the Underworld’s Home for Unwed Mothers (Skylight Theatre), Colony Collapse (Boston Court), Lorca in a Green Dress (CASA 0101). TV/Film: “With Love,” “Vida,” “The Garcias,” “Lopez vs Lopez,” “Superstore,” “Kevin from Work,” “Your Family or Mine,” “The Bridge,” Tejano, and August. Education: Northwestern University, Theatre Program.

GE ENRIQUE (Musician) (They/ Them) is thrilled to be part of this team! Ge is a Brooklynbased actor, singer, VO artist, musician, and award-winning composer. Off-Broadway: Twist (The Kraine) and Christmas with the Crawfords (Abrons Arts Center). Other credits include: Jesus Christ Superstar (Palace Theatre), Sweeney Todd (White Plains Performing Arts Center), Les Misérables (Little Theatre on the Square), and Cirque Dreams (International Tour). Their musical shorts Cookie Soiree and Mission to the Moon: A Tardigrade Tale, with lyricist Justin Anthony Long, can be licensed through MTI. As always, this is for Mom and Dad. ¡Con amor todos los días! geenrique.com ROBERT ALMODOVAR (Understudy Armando Castillo/Dr. Jorge Ramiro Mendoza) (He/Him) Regional Theatre: Into the Woods, Little Shop of Horrors, The Fantasticks, Honk (Singapore Repertory Theatre); City of Angeles (American Theaterworks), Señor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage); Three, Helen, Blood Wedding, Unmerciful Good Fortune, Ruby, Tragically Rotund, Oedipus El Rey, and Dogeaters (Playwrights’ Arena); Company, Sweeney Todd, and Follies (East West Players). TV: “Nobody Wants This,” “Platonic,” “With Love,” “Minx,” “Barry,” “Parenthood,” and “Jane the Virgin.” JAMES EVERTS (Understudy Ernesto del Río /Sebastián José Castillo/Dr. Diego Mendoza/ Dance Captain) (He/Him) is so excited to work with DCPA and CTG for the first time. He is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah and is a graduate from AMDA College of the Performing Arts. Recent credits include: Newsies, The Little Mermaid, Wizard of Oz, Anastasia, Jersey Boys, and Frozen (Tuacahn Amphitheater); Jersey Boys (Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre), Sweeney Todd (A Noise Within), and Spring Awakening (East West Players). James wants to thank his family, DDO, and his partner Arianna for their endless support. Find him @jamesfeverts.

SANDRA OCHOA RICE (Understudy Hortensia del Río/ Fabiola Castillo/ Sister Sonia) (She/ Her). Regional credits: Betty Haynes in White Christmas, Morticia Addams in The Addams Family, Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Daniela in In the Heights, Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Grizabella in CATS, Nancy in Oliver!, and Lola in Damn Yankees. TV/Film: “Veronica Mars” and The Enchanted Cottage on Lifetime/Amazon Prime. Performed with Josh Groban’s Stages Concert at the Dolby Theatre. Produced, directed, and starred in the one woman show Love Linda about the life of Cole Porter. Love and thanks to DCPA, CTG, Hubby, two boys, DDO Artists. IG@Singinsandy ISABELLA BRIA LOPEZ (Understudy Victoria María del Río/Pilar Esperanza Castillo) (She/Her) Regional credits: Evita as Eva/Mistress Cover (American Repertory Theatre/Shakespeare Theatre Company), Evita as Eva Peron (Reagle Music Theatre). Film/ TV: Mean Girls (2024) and First Date (Sarah). PLAYWRIGHT KAREN ZACARÍAS is honored to return to Colorado and be the first female playwright to have had plays performed on all three Denver Center Theatre Company stages: Destiny of Desire, Native Gardens, Just Like Us, and Mariela in the Desert. Karen has been hailed by American Theater Magazine as one of the most produced playwrights in the US. Her musical BASURA with composers Gloria Estefan and Emily Estefan is Broadway bound after a record-breaking run at the Alliance Theatre. Other notable recent productions include her explosive adaptation of the western SHANE at The Oregon Shakespeare Theater, The Guthrie, and Dallas Theater Center, her adaptation of The Age of Innocence at Arena Stage and at The Old Globe, her time travel comedy Legacy of Light at McCarter Theater, The Book Club Play at Utah Shakespeare Festival and Cincinnati Playhouse, and Native Gardens at Hartford Stage. Her other plays include The Copper Children, The Sins of Sor Juana, and adaptations

DIRECTOR MARCELA LORCA is a director/choreographer celebrated for dynamic storytelling and visceral productions. Her directing credits include Sueño (American Players Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Count of Monte Cristo (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Julius Caesar (The Old Globe), Anna in the Tropics (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Caroline, or Change (Guthrie, Syracuse Stage), Blood Wedding (Guthrie, Kansas City Rep), and Disgraced (Guthrie, McCarter, Milwaukee Rep), among many others. She was Artistic Director of Ten Thousand Things (2017-24). She’s choreographed more than 150 productions, devised 10 original plays, co-founded two actor-training programs at the Guthrie Theater, and received the 2019 Zelda Fichandler Award for her impact on the field. CREATIVE TEAM WILLIAM CARLOS ANGULO (Choreographer) (He/Him) is a director and choreographer based in NY. He has directed new works presented at LCT3, Steppenwolf LookOut Series, JAW New Play Festival, Ars Nova ANT Fest, and Joe’s Pub at The Public Theatre.

Co-Author: Out There (commissioned by Portland Center Stage and supported by The Lortel) and David & The Apocalypse (commissioned by Borderlands Arts and supported by The UrbanX and The Mercury Store). Recent choreography: Here Lies Love (Center Theatre Group), Poor Yella Rednecks (MTC), In the Heights and Legally Blonde (MUNY), Lucha Teotl (Goodman), and Presencia (Bushwick Starr). Co-founder and Artistic Director of BORDERLANDS ARTS. @worldwidewilliam RAQUEL BARRETO (Costume Designer) (She/Her) is pleased to be back at the Denver Center after designing Cebollas, Laughs in Spanish, and Native Gardens. Recent credits include Real Women Have Curves (Alley Theatre) and Winter’s Tale at (APT). Her designs have been onstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, Guthrie Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, California Shakespeare Theater, Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Folger Theatre, Cornerstone Theater Company, Getty Villa, Latino Theater Company, and The Magic Theatre. Raquel teaches at The University of Texas at Austin. MATTHEW CAMPBELL (Production Manager) is grateful and honored to support, collaborate, and work with our brilliant and outstanding production team, shops, crews, artisans and guest artists to create extraordinary theatre. Previously a stage manager at a few stops in the mid-west as well as numerous Colorado theatres and Assistant Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College in New York. Joined the DCPA stage management team in 2010 and after several years moved over to the production management team. Every show along the way is a favorite, but some DCPA and Off-Center highlights have been Sweet & Lucky, The 12, Lord of the Flies, Animal Crackers, Frankenstein, The Book of Will, Rattlesnake Kate, and The Chinese Lady. KEN CERNIGLIA (Dramaturg) (He/ Him). Broadway credits include: Hadestown, Redwood, Aladdin, Newsies, The Little Mermaid, and Tarzan. Regional dramaturgy includes: Basura (Alliance), Eugene Onegin: A Bluegrass Musical (TheatreSquared), The Tale of the Gifted Prince (Theatre Calgary), Romeo y Juliet (CalShakes), Blood

Moon: a new opera (Prototype, NYC), Freaky Friday (Signature, DC), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla, Paper Mill). Film: Hadestown. Upcoming book writing: Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical (Edinburgh Fringe). Service: Board Co-chair, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas; Co-Founder, American Theatre Archive Project. Training: UC San Diego, Catholic University, University of Washington. SAMANTHA EGLE (Fight Director and Intimacy Choreographer) (She/ Her) is excited to return to the DCPA! Her work has also been seen on the stages of Opera Colorado, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Phamaly Theatre, Theatreworks, Fire Arts Center, Arvada Center, Curious Theatre, Aurora Fox, Lone Tree Arts Center, Lagoon Theme Park, numerous educational institutions and others. She is the founder of Humble Warrior Movement Arts, a Certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, Advanced Actor Combatant with Fight Directors Canada, former Resident Artist at Arena Stage, and Chairperson the International Order of the Sword and the Pen. humblewarriormovement.com ELISA GONZALES (Voice and Text Coach). Broadway credits: Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (including worldpremiere at American Repertory Theatre). Selected regional credits: Henry IV Part One, You’re Cordially Invited to the End of the World!, and Coriolanus (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Sueño, Anna in the Tropics, Wolf at the Door, and Mala (American Players Theatre); Coriolanus (Portland Center Stage), and Twelfth Night (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival). Teaching: Associate Professor of Voice and Acting at UMass Amherst. Affiliations: Voice and Speech Trainers Association; Certified Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework. Education: MFA in Theatre Performance, Arizona State University. BFA in Acting, Emerson College. LINDSAY JONES (Sound Designer) has designed over 800 shows on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in theatres around the world. He has received two Tony Award nominations, seven Jeff Awards, three Ovation Awards, and many more

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of Into the Beautiful North, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent and a bilingual Romeo y Juliet. She has written ten TYA musicals with composer Debbie Wicks La Puma. In film, Karen has worked with director Pedro Almodóvar on his first bilingual movie script. She has also written the film adaptation of the bestselling book You Had Me at Hola and the biopic ASCENCIÓN. She is core founder of the Latino Theatre Commons and the founder of the award-winning Young Playwrights’ Theater. Karen was voted a 2019 Washingtonian of the Year and awarded the 2019 Sine Fellowship at the American University School of Public Policy, 2019 Lee-ReynoldsAward for “social, cultural, or political change with theater” and the 2019 Medallion by the Children’s Theater Foundation. She is a 2021 recipient of the United Artists Fellowship. Karen lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband Rett, their three children, and two dogs. Represented by the Gersh Agency and published by Concord Theatricals, Dramatic Publishing and has a collection of plays with Oberon Books.

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for his work in theatre. He has composed music for over 40 films, including the Oscar-winning A Note of Triumph for HBO Films. He has received a Webby Award (two nominations), an Ambie Award, and three Signal Awards for his work in podcasts for Disney, Marvel, Audible, and Next Chapter Podcasts. He is the co-chair of Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) and teaches music history at UNCSA. lindsayjones.com TAKESHI KATA (Scenic Designer). At the DCPA: The Reservoir, The Constant Wife. Broadway: Bug (Tony nominated), Water for Elephants (Tony nominated), Prayer for the French Republic, Clyde’s (Drama Desk), Derren Brown’s Secret. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, NYTW, Playwrights, Public, Rattlestick, Second Stage, Signature, Vineyard. Regional: Alliance, American Players Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Geffen, Goodman, Guthrie, Hartford Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf, Old Globe, Yale Rep. Awards: Drama Desk, Obie, Jeff, Suzi Bass, and Michael Merrit Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration. Teaching: Associate Professor, University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts. DEBORAH WICKS LA PUMA (Music Director) is a composer, music director and orchestrator. Deborah is one of the most produced Theatre for Young Audiences artists working today. Some of her most popular musicals include Ella Enchanted (based on the book by Gail Carson Levine), Oliverio: A Brazilian Twist, and Einstein is a Dummy with playwright Karen Zacarías, and the Off-Broadway hit She Persisted (based on the book by Chelsea Clinton) with playwright Adam Tobin. As a music director and orchestrator, she has worked with major regional theatre companies across the country, including the Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She received her MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. Her honors include the Harold Oaks Award for Sustained Excellence in TYA, an Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Family Musical, the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, an NEA New American Works

Grant, two Parents’ Choice Awards, and a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Musical Adaptation. A proud Mexican-American and “Navy brat” who grew up in Brazil, Portugal and California, La Puma is a member of TYA/USA, ASCAP and The Dramatists Guild. Mother to three daughters and Mimi the Cat, La Puma lives in Southern California with her PR agent and loving husband, Chris. ALDO MAX (Composer) is a Mexican composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist whose work spans film, contemporary music, and theatre. Founder and director of Los Músicos de José, he has built a career blending jazz, funk, Latin rhythms, and orchestral writing into a singular musical voice. His film scores for Pastorela and Belzebuth have earned him two Ariel Award nominations. His score for Don’t Leave the Kids Alone received the 2025 Screamfest award for Best Musical Score. He also founded Fauna Estudio, producing and engineering albums and film music since 2012. PABLO SANTIAGO (Lighting Designer) (He/Him) returns to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, where his luminous storytelling has shaped productions such as Somewhere, Quixote Nuevo (Henry Award Winner), A Little Night Music, and Where Did We Sit on the Bus?. Recently, his work has appeared on stages across the country, including Come From Away at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Furlough’s Paradise at Geffen Playhouse. Additional highlights include Amadeus at Pasadena Playhouse and Shane at the Guthrie Theater and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Through light, Pablo crafts atmospheres that breathe, revealing the emotional architecture beneath each story. GRADY SOAPES, CSA (Casting) (He/Him) is the Director of Casting and Senior Artistic Producer with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Grady has cast over 100 DCPA productions and workshops including Rattlesnake Kate, Theater of the Mind, The Chinese Lady, The Who’s Tommy, and The Wild Party. Choreography credits include A Christmas Carol (4 seasons), Twelfth Night, Goodnight Moon, Anna Karenina, As You Like It, Drag Machine, Lord of the Butterflies, DragON (Denver Center); A Gentleman’s Guide to

Love and Murder, Natasha, Pierre and…, Into the Woods, The Liar (Arvada Center); Comedy of Errors (Colorado Shakespeare Festival). Grady also works as a Casting Director for Sylvia Gregory Casting where he has cast multiple commercials, TV, film, and video game projects. RYAN BERNARD TYMENSKY, CSA (Casting) (They/He) is a casting director whose work spans theatre, film, and television, with over a decade of experience in Los Angeles and New York. Theatre credits include dozens of productions at Pasadena Playhouse, The Wallis, and Center Theatre Group, as well as the recent Off-Broadway runs of DRAG: The Musical and Messy White Gays. Screen credits include Wicked, Wicked: For Good, “This Is Us,” “Atypical,” and many more. Through RBT Casting, Ryan champions inclusive casting and authentic representation, advancing stories that reflect the full spectrum of human experience. @rbtcasting CENTER THEATRE GROUP, one of the nation’s preeminent arts and cultural organizations, is Los Angeles’ leading not-for-profit theatre company, which, under the leadership of the Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Artistic Director Snehal Desai, Managing Director/ CEO Meghan Pressman, and Producing Director Douglas C. Baker, programs the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Center Theatre Group is one of the country’s leading producers of ambitious new works through commissions and world premiere productions and a leader in interactive community engagement and education programs that reach across generations, demographics, and circumstances to serve Los Angeles. Founded in 1967, Center Theatre Group has produced more than 700 productions across its stages, including such iconic shows as Zoot Suit; Angels in America; The Kentucky Cycle; Biloxi Blues; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Children of a Lesser God; Curtains; The Drowsy Chaperone; 9 to 5: The Musical; and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. CenterTheatreGroup.org

ABIGAIL PETERSON (Assistant Stage Manager) (She/Her). Broadway: Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (DTC). National Tour: The Phantom of the Opera. Regional: Elephant Shoes (DeafWest/Two River), Here Lies Love (Mark Taper Forum), Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (Center Theatre Group), American Idiot (DeafWest/Mark Taper Forum), Immediate Family (Blumenthal Arts). For my family. Thank you for never letting me give up. BROOKE REDLER (Stage Manager) (She/Her). At the DCPA: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Her other credits include: Once on This Island, In The Heights, Million Dollar Quartet, and Native Gardens (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Hair: Retrospection, Cabaret, and five seasons of A Christmas Carol (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); Peter and the Starcatcher (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Harry the Great (Creede Repertory Theatre), and multiple ASM credits as well. Other companies include Starlight Theatre, Stages St. Louis and Off Broadway. Brooke also works in opera, having spent ten seasons at the Cincinnati Opera (ASM) and two seasons at The Santa Fe Opera. THEATRE COMPANY LEADERSHIP TEAM CHRIS COLEMAN (Artistic Director) is passionate about the connection between stories and community. He joined the DCPA Theatre Company as Artistic Director in November of 2017 and has directed Cowboys and East Indians, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hamlet, A Little Night Music, Hotter Than Egypt, Much Ado About Nothing, Rattlesnake Kate, Twelfth Night, A Doll’s House, Anna Karenina, and Oklahoma!. Previously, Chris served as Artistic Director for Portland Center Stage in Oregon for 18 years. Under his leadership, PCS renovated the city’s historic Armory into a new home, saw annual attendance nearly double, workshopped 52 new plays that went on to productions at over 100 theaters around the US and UK, and became a national leader in how theaters engage with their community. In 1988, Chris founded Actor’s Express in Atlanta (in the basement of an old church), a company that continues to be a cultural force

in the Southeast today. He has directed at major theaters across the country, including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Alliance Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Baltimore Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, ACT/Seattle, the Asolo, Pittsburgh Public, 59E59, and New York Theater Workshop. He and his husband, actor/writer Rodney Hicks, live in Reunion with their mini Bernadoodle, Omar.. Since moving to Colorado, he has hiked Dominguez Canyon, wandered the Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde, explored a working mine in Creede, and rafted down the Arkansas River. CHARLES VARIN (Managing Director) and his team are responsible for the administrative, financial, and business operations for Theatre Company and Off-Center productions and other artistic initiatives. Since joining the Theatre Company in 2006, he has played a major role in executing the artistic vision of the organization and facilitating the production of shows such as Theater of the Mind, Sweet & Lucky, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Sense & Sensibility the Musical, The 12, Sweeney Todd with DeVotchKa and many more. Charles is passionate about artistic innovation and firmly believes in DCPA’s long-standing commitment to new plays and new voices. In addition to DCPA staff, the following crew worked on this production: Jaclyn Bjornson, Andy Bruening, Shirleen DiFonzo, Matthew Dugger, Lisa Ehrle, Christina HadleyDike, Josie Karet, Cecilia Kastner, Phi Le, Nikki Mayer, Joe Motzkin, Lisa Pedraza, Ava Rast, Sarah Sophia Steen, Christina Tracey, Nicole Watts, Jack Yoder. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is one of the largest non-profit theatre organizations in the nation, presenting Broadway tours and producing theatre, cabaret, and musicals. In its 2024/25 season, the DCPA offered 988,930 guest experiences, generating a $390 million economic impact. The Director and Fight Director are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union. The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Backstage and Ticket Services Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada. (or I.A.T.S.E.) The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

The Theatre Company is grateful for the funds provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Special thanks also to grants from the Helen G. Bonfils Foundation; and contributions from corporations, foundations and individuals. The Theatre Company is a division of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, a non-profit organization serving the public through the performing arts. The Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. The Theatre Company also operates under an agreement with Denver Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local No. 7 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada. The Theatre Company is constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for not-for-profit resident theatre companies. The costumes, wigs, lighting, props, furniture,scenic construction, scenic painting, sound and special effects used in connection with this production were constructed and coordinated by the Theatre Company’s Production Staff.

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A MUSICAL RENAISSANCE: A BEAUTY, A BEAST, AND THE RETURN OF THE MUSICAL

In 1989, Disney premiered The Little Mermaid, its first major animated hit in more than two decades. With this instant classic, Disney animation entered a new golden age, which would later be referred to as the “Disney Renaissance.” Not only did this film turn out to be hugely consequential for Disney, it would change the fortunes of the Broadway musical form and Broadway itself, while also paving the way for its Oscar®-winning follow-up: Beauty and the Beast. On the night of The Little Mermaid’s premiere at Walt Disney World, a young screenwriter, Linda Woolverton, was introduced to the film’s songwriters, composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman. Woolverton had just turned in a draft of a non-musical screenplay of Beauty and the Beast, and that night began the trio’s collaboration to make the film a musical. “I was overcome with excitement to think how this amazing musical team would transform Beauty and the Beast,” she recalls.

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Beauty and the Beast, in turn, transformed the medium of animated films and introduced the Broadway “book musical” – where characters convey plot and emotions via song – into the mainstream movie form. The next several Disney animated films continued this Broadway aesthetic. “We knew that what we were bringing to the animated musical was something closer to the process of writing stage musicals than to the music video format of 1980s movie musicals,” Menken says. The animated feature Beauty and the Beast met with rave critical reviews – but one stood out. At the end of 1991, the tough chief theater critic of the New York Times, Frank Rich, announced that “the best Broadway musical score of the year” had not premiered on a stage – but in the animated film Beauty and the Beast. From that observation, a new Disney Company was born: Disney Theatrical Productions. Its first project? A stage adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.

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In 1994, Beauty and the Beast opened on Broadway and was an overnight success. The stage adaptation allowed the creative team to expand the score and deepen the story and characters. The stunning songs “Home,” “If I Can’t Love Her,” and – eventually – “A Change In Me” were added. Among many story changes, Woolverton made one ingenious alteration to the enchanted objects. In the film, they had been fully transformed into inanimate objects from the beginning. Onstage, they were still partially human, adding heartache to their cruel metamorphosis and solving the practical problem of scale for adults playing tiny objects. The original Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast received nine Tony Award® nominations, including Best Musical, winning one. The production ran for a remarkable 13 years, securing a place on the list of Top 10 longest Broadway runs in history through 2025. It continued its success worldwide; the Broadway production was replicated in 34 productions in 16 countries on six continents, and the script has been licensed to professionals and amateurs an extraordinary 60,000 times.

We knew that what we were bringing to the animated musical was something closer to the process of writing stage musicals than to the music video format of 1980s movie musicals. — ALAN MENKEN, COMPOSER But the show’s impact is greater still: by the time the Broadway musical opened in 1994, the Disney animated musicals had revitalized the obsolete book musical form and, ever since, generations have carried their love of movie musicals to stage musicals, paving the way for shows like Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton to find commercial success. That’s due, in no small part, to Woolverton, Menken, Ashman, and the creative voices behind the original production of Beauty and the Beast. In the decades since, Woolverton found enormous success with her work on the screenplays The Lion King (which launched its first national tour in Denver’s Buell Theatre in 2002), Mulan, Alice in Wonderland, and Maleficent, and co-writing the Broadway smash AIDA. The works that Menken and Ashman collaborated on, too, still have an outsize presence in film and stage musicals. All three of their Disney animated musicals were adapted into live action remakes; and both Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast are among the Top 15 longest runs in Broadway history. The 2019 revival of Little Shop of Horrors continues its smash off-Broadway run. What makes this brand-new production of Beauty and the Beast so special? Menken and Woolverton, two of that trio of creators, continue to evolve and develop the show, alongside original Broadway team members like director/choreographer Matt West. New dance arrangements, new choreography and new scenes continue the show’s evolution, creating a theatrical experience that is faithful to the original while also breaking new ground in technology and modern storytelling. In this way, the award-winning collaboration of Woolverton, Menken, and Ashman endures to this day, leaving an indelible mark on the history of Broadway.

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ASL Interpreted, Audio Described, and Open Captioned performance: Nov 1 at 1pm

COMING UP

FAMILY FAVORITES, HOLIDAY HITS, and CROWD PLEASERS As the holidays approach, Denver audiences can choose from a lineup filled with beloved characters, returning favorites, seasonal traditions, and nostalgic stories brought to life on stage. Families have a variety of options starting this fall with Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!, which brings Mo Willems’ famously determined bird to the stage, while Bluey’s Big Play turns the hit Australian TV show into a live theatrical adventure for young audiences and their grownups. Several audience favorites are also making a return. Waitress, featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, tells the story of a small-town baker searching for a fresh start, while Jersey Boys revisits the rise of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons through a soundtrack of iconic pop hits. Across the way in the Garner Galleria Theatre, What a Glorious Feeling! takes audiences back to Hollywood’s golden age through the song and dance of Singin’ in the Rain. It wouldn’t be the holidays without the Denver Center Theatre Company’s annual production of A Christmas Carol returning to the Wolf Theatre, while Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis and ELF The Musical return to light up the Buell Theatre. With such a variety from which to choose, pick one or all and return with your loved ones for a fun-filled end to 2026! TOP: Felicia Martis (Jovie) and Jack Ducat (Buddy) in ELF North American Tour, 2025. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for Murphymade. BOTTOM: The cast of Bluey’s Big Play, Theatre Royal Sydney, 2025.

ZACARÍAS RETURNS WITH DESTINY OF DESIRE DELIVERING GUILTY PLEASURES SMARTLY BY L I S A K E N N E DY

If as many as two billion people watch telenovelas, or a regional version of the episodic melodramas, as some reports suggest, then it can’t come as a surprise that so many of us have a story about, well, our “stories.” “My stories” — that’s how the beauticians on the Kearney Street storefront strip in the Park Hill neighborhood referred to their soaps, the cousin of the telenovelas. “There was one with a girl who ran on the beach,” the award-winning playwright Karen Zacarías recounted recently of the telenovela she watched as a kid. “And every time we were on the beach, my sister and I would do that.” She stopped to imitate a slow-motion montage of the surf scene with mirth. Even at a tender age, she was tuned into the drama but also the pleasures of telenovelas. When Zacarías returned to the genre as a playwright in the mid-2010s, it was with a different lens. As one of the cofounders of the Latinx Theatre Commons, a national

network of theater-makers working to expand and deepen representation, she discovered that she was not alone in her frustration with the ways the word “telenovela” was often used by theater reviewers to describe performances and plays by Latiné artists. “It’s a shorthand. It’s always used in a kind of derogatory fashion. It’s never like, oh, this is wonderful.” A gauntlet was thrown. “I remember thinking, I’m going to write the best darn telenovela,” Zacarías said on a video call. And so, she set about interrogating the genre, planning to make clear what it actually is, so that culturally clumsy critics couldn’t easily equate it with every other play performed or written by and about the boundless Latino experience. Only a funny thing happened on the way to writing that play. Zacarías found she also had to question the discomfort she and her fellow creatives felt with the comparison. “Why do we get offended by being called a telenovela?” she recalled thinking. “What is it about us? Why are we so

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snobby?” As she watched anew, she made a discovery. “What happens with melodrama is that you sit there going, ‘oh, this is so stupid.’ And then suddenly you’re like [she feigns a gasp] ‘What’s going on!?’” There will be gasps aplenty when the Castillo and del Rio families of the fictional town of Bellarica, Mexico, take the stage in — cue the portentous music — Destiny of Desire. There will also be laughter. How could you not giggle at the disaster that befalls Fabiola Castillo, grasping second wife of casino owner Armando, when she asks Dr. Mendoza to switch her dying infant with the healthy newborn child of the wondrously compassionate Hortensia del Rio (the Castillo’s housekeeper) and her hard-laboring husband Ernesto?

What happens with melodrama is that you sit there going, “oh, this is so stupid.” And then suddenly you’re like [she feigns a gasp] “What’s going on!?” — KAREN ZACARÍAS, PLAYWRIGHT

As playful as the script is, make no mistake Zacarías hasn’t written a spoof. “Oh, no, that’s not my intent at all,” she said. Instead, she teased and tested the question, “What does it mean if we try to make it feel like higher art?” Still, like any telenovela worth its salty tears, Destiny of Desire touches on class, on romance, on betrayal, on cultural even religious mores but with twists. Zacarías subtitled the work, A Brechtian Telenovela in Two Acts. A disruptor of traditional theater, the 20th-century German playwright Bertolt Brecht, liked to remind his audiences that they were watching something made-up, something performed. Fourth wall be breached. Actors carried placards and acknowledged that they were acting. Unlike their role in traditional musical theater, songs weren’t included to further emotions too big for the characters to express in words but arrived instead as yet another mode of interruption. Another nudge to think again. “With melodrama comes the idea of music, right? — melos is part of that,” Zacarías said about her own use of songs in the play. Destiny of Desire is the fourth Zacarías play produced by the Theatre Company. Mariela in the Desert, Native Gardens, and Just Like Us (her adaptation of the author Helen Thorpe’s nonfiction book about four friends on Denver’s Northside whose divergent immigration statuses become an issue as they prepare for college) found a home on the Denver Center’s stages. (Last spring, Zacarías’s trimmed down version had a lauded run at Su Teatro.) With this latest play, she becomes the most produced female playwright in the Theatre Company’s nearly 50year history, appearing on all three main stages. “I’m very excited that I’m getting to come back to Denver,” she said. “I love Denver, it’s been home to me in many ways.” For this mounting of Destiny of Desire, Zacarías and director Marcela Lorca asked themselves time and again, “How do we make it beautiful? It’s a really interesting experiment in tone,” she believes. “The word everyone keeps using is subversive. That it feels subversive.” Audiences laugh and gasp, but somewhere Brecht is grinning.

DESTINY OF DESIRE: A TELENOVELA PLAY WITH MUSIC SEP 11–OCT 4 • WOLF THEATRE

ASL Interpreted, Audio Described, and Open Captioned performance: Sep 27 at 1:30pm Stay for a free post-show discussion on Sep 17, 22 & 30. Spanish language interpretation available Sep 17 and Oct 3.

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THE SHOW GOES ON. When creator/performer Todd Danielson was 44 years old, he had a seizure, the result of a tumor in his frontal lobe. Now, he’s taking on his second act. Learn more about Todd’s story at uchealth.org/tomorrow. 26

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How Theatre-Based Coaching Helped Build Confidence in Public Speaking BY MADISON STOUT

The best public speakers aren’t born. Confidence at the podium is built through preparation, practice, and purposeful coaching. When Delanie Baumgartner enrolled in one-on-one public speaking coaching through the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), her goal was clear: become more confident speaking in front of groups. As a member of the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Civic Engagement and Development team, Baumgartner regularly engages in public speaking. She connects with the organization’s 500 member companies, leads events and tours, and communicates complex initiatives. “I run a lot of our member programming, speaking to 30 to 45 people all the time,” she shared. “Before these classes, my boss often told me I needed to speak louder so people could hear me.” Through the corporate coaching program, Baumgartner met Samuel Wood, DCPA’s Director of Education and Curriculum Development. Together, they embarked on a journey that became about more than simply speaking louder. “We didn’t start with her speech,” Wood explained. “We started with basic projection voice work, thinking about how to make her voice carry.” From hallways to parking lots, the pair practiced articulation, breath control, storytelling, and techniques for speaking in open-air environments. This individualized approach reflects DCPA Education’s boutique approach to learning. The team begins by understanding what success looks like before designing sessions around their goals and strengths. The philosophy isn’t about correcting weaknesses as much as uncovering potential. “Delanie is a great public speaker,” Wood said. “How do we use what she’s already doing really well and strengthen that?” This strengths-based approach helped Baumgartner identify the root causes behind her nerves. “Coming into it, I didn’t really know,” she said. “I just knew that I get kind of shaky when I stand in front of a group of people.” As the sessions progressed, she realized much of her anxiety stemmed from concerns that people couldn’t hear her or that she wasn’t communicating her ideas clearly. What followed wasn’t just an improvement in technique; it was a change in confidence. “I think those two things are really tied together: learning how to project and being prepared,” Baumgartner said. “That builds confidence.” Along the way, she also became more aware of her communication habits. Her vocal energy would drop at the ends of sentences, she rushed to fill moments of silence, and often she relied on vague words when more specific language would serve her audience better. “I feel more confident when I sit and think about what I’m going to say before rambling on,” she said. “If I don’t have the right thing to say, I don’t need to fill the silence.” “The biggest improvement I’ve noticed is that she pauses and thinks about what she wants to say before saying it,” Wood said. For Baumgartner, the impact has already been significant. Her biggest takeaway? Confidence doesn’t come from eliminating nerves. It comes from building the skills to navigate them.

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