Photos: My night at Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre’s ‘Murder at the Howard Johnson’s’

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And Terry Dodd is going to need that prop back! It was just announced that the last show to perform in the Vintage studio theater is being remounted. “RKF: A Portrait of Robert Kennedy,” directed by Dodd and starring James O’Hagan-Murphy, will move to the nearby Aurora Fox studio theater from May 31-June 23 (303-856-7830).

 

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The view of the house seats from the stage, through a curtained window in the Howard Johnson’s motel room. 

 

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The Vintage Theatre’s walls are lined with photos of preceding productions dating back to its many previous homes.

 

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The view of the prop table backstage reveals the all-important gun (above), and an array of available mustaches (below).

 

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Theaters find unique backstage ways to commemorate previous productions. Vintage christened its new studio theater last year with “The Cider-House Rules”

 

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Volunteer Ashley Gibson, left, actor Nicki Runge and voice interpreter Victor Parrish go over some final details.

 

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Going over some scenes before the opening-night crowd is let in.

 

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The lobby bar! It’s become a reliable source of revenue for the Vintage Theatre at its new home in Aurora

 

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