Photos: My night at The Catamounts’ ‘Failure: A Love Story’

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By John Moore
Oct. 24, 2013

Opening No. 123: The Catamounts’ “Failure,” A Love Story”: This fanciful musical fable is about the triumphs, aspirations and untimely demises of three Chicago sisters who never saw death coming. Set in 1928 in a clock shop on the edge of the Chicago River, this wistful comedy that tells the stories of all three sisters, and the one man who loved them all. “Failure” features Joan Bruemmer, Ed Cord, Crystal Verdon Eisele, Meredith C. Grundei, Michelle Hurtubise, Trina Magness, Jeremy Make, Jason Maxwell and Ryan Wuestewald, with Nina Rolle providing live various music (which includes a bell on her head). Directed by Amanda Berg Wilson. There are three remaining performances, Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Oct. 24-26) at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. The Saturday performance will be preceded by a community meal from a menu inspired by the play. Call 303-440-7826, or go to the The Catamounts’ home page. Photo by John Moore for www.CultureWest.Org.. Thanks: Andy Bakehouse.

To see the official “Opening Nights” photo series to date (these are outtakes), click here: www.culturewest.org/?p=6068. All photos by John Moore for www.CultureWest.Org.

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Meredith C. Grundei, playing one of the fated Fail Sisters, goes for a pre-show swim practice safe in the arms, er, feet, of castmates Ed Cord, front, and Ryan Wuestewald. Her character swims the Chicago River.

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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