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Dee Covington (3rd from right in the back row) and students

of the Curious New Voices offsite program at Colorado Academy

Curious New Voices: The Donald B. Vander Heyden Young Playwrights Project is made possible in part by a generous matching grant from the Olson-Vander Heyden Foundation.

Now in its 4th year, the program offers a three-week summer playwriting intensive for 15-21 year old writers with full scholarships available. The students work with a team of instructors, including nationally renowned authors (like Pulitzer winner Suzan-Lori Parks) to cultivate a short play, performed in a public reading by professional actors and directors.

Offshoot programs have been presented in various Denver area schools, as well. Additionally, a monthly “Writers’ Church” on the first Sunday of every month from 10:30am-1:30pm provides CNV alumni the year-round opportunity to continue honing their skills.

For more information, contact Education Director Dee Covington at 303-623-2349 or dee@curioustheatre.org

 

 

Curious New Voices 2007 was made possible by:

The Olson-Vander Heyden Foundation
Great West Life
Colorado Business Bank
The Virginia Hill Foundation
Robert and Judi Newman Fund
Colorado State Bank and Trust
Program Director
Dee Covington
2007 Program Instructors
Laura Tesman
Pesha Rudnick
2007 Guest Artists
Allison Moore
Steven Sapp
Leigh Fondakowski
2007 Crew
Lisa Boehm, stage manager
Paul Turley, sound design
2007 Intern
Rosemary Marston

 

Curious Theatre Company Wins
2006 ACT Professional Theatre Award

October 16, 2006

Denver, Colorado - Denver-based Curious Theatre Company has won the 2006 Alliance for Colorado Theatre’s (ACT) Professional Theatre Award.

According to ACT member Annette Westerby, “Curious Theatre Company has developed an ingenious program devoted to developing young playwrights. Curious New Voices is an intensive summer program that connects high school aged aspiring playwrights with nationally recognized artists culminating in the staged reading of the young artists plays by local professional actors. Curious has nurtured the voices of over 40 new playwrights in the first 2 years of the program, in addition to providing those students with continuing support and collaboration in the revision process of playwriting.”

Curious New Voices program director Dee Covington adds, “Curious New Voices is so important, the experience of having their plays staged by these professionals is a critical component in the growth of these young writers.”

Max Posner, The Denver Post’s “2005 Best Younger Actor” and Curious New Voices alumnus, remarks “Hearing my play on Curious' stage was not only a half hour of extreme exhilaration, but a major turning point in my perspective. I was able to have a conversation with people without opening my mouth. I realized that I had something to say and Curious gave me an environment where I was comfortable saying it.”

The Alliance for Colorado Theatre is the voice of theatre education in Colorado. ACT provides continuing education conferences, sets professional standards for theatre education, and sponsors forums for the exchange of ideas and information in theatre. ACT supports teachers at all grade levels and subject areas who want to strengthen their curriculum with the use of theatre. ACT also supports professional and community theatres, as well as business people, and community members who strive to further the interests of theatre.

Curious Theatre Company is an award-winning professional theatre company dedicated to bringing the best new plays in America to Denver audiences.  Founded in 1997, and currently comprised of 19 company members, Curious produces five full productions per season in addition to several special projects; Denver Stories, Curious New Voices and the In The Works Reading Series.  Housed in a renovated church at 1080 Acoma St. in Denver’s Golden Triangle, Curious is guided by artistic director Chip Walton and a staff of nine.  Curious celebrates an uncommon artistic communion with the people of the Rocky Mountain region.