Photos: My night at Horse & Cart’s ‘The Singing Room’

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This shot captures actor Dorothy Lee (Sunshine) in a backstage mirror before the show.

 

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Carolyn Demanelis, who plays the lead character of April (it’s her birthday party), gets in a dance groove with director Michael Emmitt while actor Amber Moffett rehearses.

 

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Cast members Tanner Johnson Heck and Randy Diamon go over their selections. Diamon plays a sleazebag named Leroy during the show, but he’s also running the DJ board during this rehearsal.

 

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Tanner Johnson Heck (Chad) raps “99 Problems.” Chad is a white dude who sports Charlotte Hornets and Oakland Raiders gear at the same time while singing … Jay-Z. Ya feel him?

 

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A couple of views of the onstage bar.

 

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Krista Rayne Reckner sings “Oh Darling” by the Beatles.

 

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The script was written by Sean Paul Mahoney.

 

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Nicole Paige Campbell, at right, plays a bubbly best friend with a secret. Her nemesis is played by Samantha Long, left. Here they have a pre-show laugh backstage.

 

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Krista Rayne Reckner gets her hair in karaoke shape.

 

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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