By John Moore
When: Sept. 21-Oct. 7 (previews Sept. 19-20)
Written by: Michael Mitnick
The story: “Elijah: An Adventure” is Mitnick’s 16-character, multimedia, epic romp about a broke piano student from Brooklyn who becomes an accidental Don Juan in 1920s Paris. This is a story fit for most audiences, but particularly those caught up in the rush of the American life.
Why it made the list: The company, and the playwright, are young and on the rise. Mitnick may look like he just stepped off the set of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” but he’s already established himself as one of the most successful new playwrights in the nation. He’s writing the much-anticipated book for the upcoming Broadway musical “Animal House: The Musical” (featuring music by Bare Naked Ladies); and his new play “Ed, Downloaded” will get its world premiere at the Denver Center Theatre Company in January 2013. And he’s a nice guy. Everybody wins.
Cast list:
Director: Pesha Rudnick
Barbra Andrews: Helen Roux
Matthew Blood-Smyth: Nicholas Stoughton
Lauren Dennis: Rivka Feinberg/Telegrapher
Rachel Fowler: Elisa Broussard
Chris Kendall: Father/Georges Deruet
Mare Trevathan: Frieda Hoch/Piano Teacher
Leah Watson: Zoe Benoit/Sarah
Stephen Weitz: Otto Hoch/Tailor
Where: Carsen Theater at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays
Tickets: $25 at the door; $22 for tickets purchased in advance, or $18 for tickets bought in advance by students or members of the Colorado Theatre Guild
Contact: 303-440-7826, or thedairy.org
No. 1: Curious Theatre’s “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity”
No. 2: Ben Dicke Presents’ “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”
No. 3: Abster Productions’ “August: Osage County”
No. 4: Midtown Arts Center’s “In the Heights”
No. 5: Denver Center Theatre Company’s “The Giver”
No. 6: Local Theater Company’s “Elijah: An Adventure”
No. 7: Vintage Theatre’s “The Cider House Rules”
No. 8: Miners Alley Playhouse’s “The Three Penny Opera”
No. 9: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s “Make Sure It’s Me”
No 10: Creede Rep’s “Is He Dead?” at the Arvada Center
No. 11: Theatre Or’s “The Value of Names”
Among the many other shows to watch:
Sept. 1-16, 2012: Ami Dayan Presents “A Happy End,” at Buntport Theater Read my interview with playwright Iddo Netanyahu
Sept. 4-16, 2012: National touring production of “La Cage Aux Folles,” at the Buell Theatre
Sept. 7-Nov. 3, 2012: Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s “Avenue Q”
Sept. 7-22, 2012: Germinal Stage-Denver’s “A Kind of Alaska”
Sept. 7-Oct. 6, 2012: Spark Theater’s “Rebecca” (note new address: 985 Santa Fe Drive)
Sept. 11-30, 2012: Arvada Center’s “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (and Oct. 4-14 at the Lone Tree Arts Center)
Sept. 13-16, 2012: PACE Center’s “Scarlet Letter, The Musical” (Parker)
Sept. 14-Oct. 14, 2012: Town Hall Arts Center’s “Sweet Charity” (Littleton)
Sept. 14-Nov. 10, 2012: The Avenue’s “Murder Most Fowl”
Sept. 14-Oct. 14, 2012: Ashton Entertainment’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” at the Aurora Fox
Sept. 15-Oct. 14, 2012: Bas Bleu’s “The Love of the Nightingale” (Fort Collins)
Sept. 20-Oct. 14, 2012: Denver Center Theatre Company’s “Fences” (Space Theatre
Sept. 21-Oct. 21, 2012: The Edge’s “Boom” (Lakewood)
Sept. 27-Oct 21, 2012: Denver Center Theatre Company’s “The Three Musketeers” (Stage Theatre)
Oct. 2-24, 2012: And Toto Too’s “Pardon My Dust” (at Laundry on Lawrence)
Complete Denver Post theater listings:
Capsules of all currently running productions
