Photos: My night at Dangerous Theatre’s ‘Dark Wood’

IMG_5843Feet aren’t the only exposed body parts in “Dark Wood.”

 

IMG_5873The nudity in the play requires courage on the part of the actors and open-mindedness on the part of the audience, who are sitting just a few feet away. After an initial period of natural discombobulation, it’s easy to settle into the rhythm of the play, and you eventually come to see just why the story would lose its integrity if its ape characters were in any way clothed during the performance.

 

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IMG_5891When actor Ben Pelayo must answer nature’s call before the show, he too must wait in line for the lobby bathroom along with audience members who are relaxing there before the show. 

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By John Moore

Award-winning arts journalist John Moore was named one of the 12 most influential theater critics in the United States by American Theatre Magazine during has 12 years at The Denver Post. Hen then created a groundbreaking new media outlet covering Colorado arts an culture as an in-house, multimedia journalist for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He also founded The Denver Actors Fund, a nonprofit that has raised more than $600,000 for theatre artists in medical need. He is now a journalist for hire as the founder of Moore Media Colorado. You can find samples of his work at MooreJohn.Com. Contact him at culturewestjohn@gmail.com