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# Curious Theatre Company

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- [Curious and Curiouser Blog](https://www.curioustheatre.org/curious-and-curiouser-blog/) - April 9, 2026 Curious Theatre Company Secures Future at 1080 Acoma Through Sale and Redevelopment Partnership; Announces 29th Season at Cleo Parker Robinson’s Historic Shorter AME July 15, 2022 The Curious Family Update
- [The 1080 Diaries: History](https://www.curioustheatre.org/the-1080-diaries-history/) - Welcome to the 1080 Diaries! Follow us on our journey: Hello! Welcome to a series we are calling the 1080 Diaries. 1080 Acoma Street in Denver has been Curious Theatre’s home base for almost 30 years and it’s bittersweet to be leaving for awhile as the building undergoes renovations. You might also notice we say
- [Curious Theatre Company Secures Future at 1080 Acoma Through Sale and Redevelopment Partnership; Announces 29th Season at Cleo Parker Robinson’s Historic Shorter AME](https://www.curioustheatre.org/curious-theatre-company-secures-future-at-1080-acoma-through-sale-and-redevelopment-partnership-announces-29th-season-at-cleo-parker-robinsons-historic-shorter-ame/) - Curious Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the sale of 1080 Acoma Street to Acoma Theater LLC, a non-profit project of Spira Giving Colorado, which will lead a comprehensive redevelopment of the property. As part of the agreement, Curious will remain at 1080 Acoma as the resident company and anchor tenant in a reimagined and
- [What's Happening with the Building](https://www.curioustheatre.org/whats-happening-with-the-building/) - “What’s happening with the building?” It’s the question we’re hearing most often at Curious, and we completely understand. The building is still on the market for sale and, we want to assure you that we will continue to call our beloved Acoma Street building home through our upcoming Season 28 which kicks off in early September 2025. The truth is, we’re in a fortunate position
- [The Curious Family Update](https://www.curioustheatre.org/the-curious-family-update/) - Local Theater Company Bridge Program We are excited to announce in partnership with Local Theatre Company in Boulder, CO a brand new cooperative called The Bridge Program! Local focuses on discovering brand new writers and plays, bringing their art to the community. We hope you take advantage of this amazing deal and get to see
- [Beauty in Rubble](https://www.curioustheatre.org/beauty-in-rubble/) - Beauty in Rubble A look at the scenic design challenges and opportunities of The Happiest Song Plays Last by Kevin Smith, Curious Content Team Design challenges are nothing new to The Happiest Song Plays Last Scenic Designer Markas Henry. In the last installment of The Elliot Plays, Markas had to create three worlds in one
- [Girls Night Out](https://www.curioustheatre.org/girls-night-out/) - Wednesday, February 10 at 6pm Tickets $75 – dinner and drinks included Buy Tickets Join us for a fun and flirty Girls Night Out! This annual fundraiser is a Curious favorite as we unwind with some cocktails and fun before enjoying a performance of Sex With Strangers. This year, we’ve taken on a literary
- [Women Who Write: Laura Eason](https://www.curioustheatre.org/women-who-write-laura-eason/) - Theatre Communications Group has said that Laura Eason’s Sex With Strangers “will be one of the top ten most produced plays in 2015/16 and Laura Eason will be one of the most produced playwrights. Sex With Strangers is taking the theatre world by storm, and has earned Eason a place among the top 20 playwrights
- [The Elliot Plays: Behind the Scenes](https://www.curioustheatre.org/the-elliot-plays-behind-the-scenes/) - Saturday, February 20 at 4pm Tickets $20 Buy Tickets Join us for an exclusive look behind the making of The Elliot Plays by Quiara Alegría Hudes. This behind-the-scenes event follows the artistic process from playwright to designers to director and actors as we dive into Curious Theatre Company’s latest Serial Storytelling adventure. The Elliot
- [Reconstructing History: Emily Griffith in Rehearsal](https://www.curioustheatre.org/reconstructing-history-emily-griffith-in-rehearsal/) - -Emily Dendinger, NNPN Playwright in Residence Before I came to Denver as this year’s NNPN Playwright in Residence, Curious contacted me about writing a play about Emily Griffith, Denver’s most famous educator, for the school’s hundredth anniversary. I immediately said yes—a new play about a strong, brave, historic woman? Yes, please! I started researching Emily’s
- [I Bet You Didn’t Know - Valentine’s Day](https://www.curioustheatre.org/i-bet-you-didnt-know-valentines-day/) - -Devon James, Executive Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director Hello Curious Family, Friends, and First-Time Readers- My name is Devon and I am technically the “Executive Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director.” However, Chip will never call me this. 🙂 You will hear him call me his “Associate,” or something of the like before he
- [Costumes: When Less is More](https://www.curioustheatre.org/costumes-when-less-is-more/) - Sex With Strangers Costume Designer, Kevin Brainerd, says “the costumes should not overshadow the actors’ performances. If the audience is unaware of my design, then it is successful.” Indeed, in Sex With Strangers, the costumes only get in the way of the characters’ desires. We talked to Brainerd about what it was like to design
- [Talking to NNPN Playwright in Residence Emily Dendinger](https://www.curioustheatre.org/talking-nnpn-playwright-residence-emily-dendinger/) - National New Play Network Playwright in Residence Emily Dendinger chats about her time at Curious and her play No Home for Bees, which has a reading tonight at Curious. Emily has been at Curious since early fall and will wind up her time with us next month. We thought it was time to get her
- [Video: Meet First Time Curious Artist Abner Genece](https://www.curioustheatre.org/meet-first-time-curious-artist-abner-genece/) - Water by the Spoonful has three new actors to the Curious mainstage. We are delighted to interview each of them to find out why they are excited to work here and what brought them to our stage. First up is Abner Genece – enjoy!
- [Boiling the Blood: Attending the Read-through of ‘White Guy on the Bus’](https://www.curioustheatre.org/boiling-blood-attending-read-white-guy-bus/) - by Maggie Schlundt I had heard a lot about ‘White Guy on the Bus’ before going to the first read through. I heard it was “incendiary”. I heard it was “fiery”. I heard that the Black Lives Matter 5280 pulled out of doing talkbacks with the cast after reading the script. I had heard that
- [Behind the Scenes: Elliot Trailer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/video-elliot-a-soldiers-fugue/) - -Marina Belisle, Patron Cultivation Manager Starting with our last production, Sex With Strangers, Curious Theatre Company has begun making promotional trailers to accompany the launch of our upcoming plays. Our long-time patrons have loved it, new guests have been introduced to our work, and our team has been proud to promote the shows we’re so
- [Q&A with Constellations Director Christy Montour-Larson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/qa-christy/) - by Sonja Pardee, Curious Content Team What would you like to share with our audience about you and your experience as a Curious Company member? I’ve been an artistic company member here since 2002. The first show I directed, I co-directed with Chip called Fuddy Meers. And this is my 13th production that I’ve
- [Brett Aune: A Tale of Two Cities](https://www.curioustheatre.org/brett-aune-tale-two-cities/) - Brett Aune: A Tale of Two Cities By Emily Whalen, Curious Content Team For all intents and purposes, Brett Aune’s life is in Los Angeles. The Constellations actor spends the majority of his year there, residing with his girlfriend of 8 years, Sammy, and running his own company aiding Chiropractors. However, Brett’s passion for theatre
- [Where the Thames Flows Through China: Shanghai’s Ghost Towns](https://www.curioustheatre.org/thames-flows-china-shanghais-ghost-towns/) - Where the Thames Flows Through China: Shanghai’s Ghost Towns by Bettina Mueller-Tuescher, Curious Content Team A traditional English village just outside of Shanghai might sound strange, but somehow it’s just peculiar enough to exist. In fact, Thames Town is one of nine towns surrounding Shanghai, each built in a different traditional Western style ranging from English
- [Things Everyone Should Know About Interracial Relationships](https://www.curioustheatre.org/things-everyone-should-know-about-interracial-relationships/) - Things everyone should know about Interracial Relationships By Zeba Blay Nearly 50 years after Richard and Mildred Loving took on America’s anti-miscegenation laws, partners of different racial backgrounds no longer need to hide their relationships for fear of legal persecution. But while things have changed socially, there’s still a lot missing from the conversation surrounding
- [Denver Public Library recommends iHo resources...](https://www.curioustheatre.org/denver-public-library-recommends-iho-resources/) - Read A woman on the edge of time: a son investigates his trailblazing mother's young suicide by Jeremy Gavron. Forty years after Jeremy Gavron's mother commits suicide, he sets out to uncover the truth about the parent he never knew. Gavron methodically and patiently pieces together his mother's life through interviews with old friends and
- [Janice Benning Lacek on Curious](https://www.curioustheatre.org/janice-benning-lacek-curious/) - When Janice Benning Lacek looks back on the inaugural years of Curious she recalls a small and scrappy team that enjoyed working together and embraced design. She remembers it fondly, “there was a spirit amongst the design teams that I have not experienced anywhere else since.” In the beginning, seasons were smaller, the passion was
- [Chris Merrell on Curious](https://www.curioustheatre.org/chris-merrell-curious/) - Chris Merrell doesn’t remember how he first heard about Curious Theatre Company, but since becoming a supporter he’s had some memorable experiences. Curious is celebrating its 20th anniversary and Chris recalls a different “theatre landscape” two decades ago.“There were new and different theatre companies popping up frequently,” Chris explained. “I was a person who wanted
- [Denver Public Library Recommended Resources for Detroit '67](https://www.curioustheatre.org/library-detroit/) - GO DEEPER INTO DETROIT '67 Resources Recommended by our Friends at the Denver Public Library. Read Listen, Whitey!: the sights and sounds of Black power 1968-1975 by Pat Thomas Let music historian Pat Thomas take you on a visual tour of how Black Power influenced the music and cultures of jazz, soul, rock, and even
- [Interview with Dominique Morisseau](https://www.curioustheatre.org/interview-dominique-morisseau/) - By Katie Maltais Dominique Morisseau is a busy woman. Ask anyone – she’s tough to track down. An actress and playwright, Dominique seems to be shooting to the stratosphere with a stockpile of awards (including two NAACP Image Awards, an Obie, the Edward Kennedy Prize, numerous playwriting awards, and even the Spirit of Detroit). Yet
- [The Boiling Point of Detroit](https://www.curioustheatre.org/boiling-point-detroit/) - by Emily Whalen The summer of 1967 was meant to be the Summer of Love in Detroit, but no “love-in” could deny that the city was drastically changing. Detroit had grown significantly after the end of the Civil War; many Southern black residents migrated north to Detroit. This helped fuel the city’s power, particularly in
- [Photojournalism](https://www.curioustheatre.org/photojournalism/) - Photojournalism Written by Emily Whalen Earlier this year, I scrolled through Facebook and I happened upon a photo of two women at a protest holding signs declaring “Fathers don’t deserve a day,” and “End Fathers (sic) Day.” A quick inspection and you can see that colors don’t quite match up, lines don’t either, and sure
- [DPL Recommends: Books and more related to The Luckiest People](https://www.curioustheatre.org/dpl-recommends-books-related-luckiest-people/) - A curated list of resources by the Denver Public Library Team related to The Luckiest People by Meridith Friedman READ Dealing With Relatives (...even if you can’t stand them!) by Dr. Rick Brinkman and Dr. Rick Kirschner. Doctors Brinkman and Kirschner have done us all a favor and written an actually helpful, hopeful, and
- [The Luckiest People and Great Neck, New York](https://www.curioustheatre.org/luckiest-people-great-neck-new-york/) - Great Neck, New York: Rosy Retrospection and the Suburbs by Bettina Mueller-Tuescher, Curious Content Team It’s abundantly clear that Great Neck, New York plays a significant role in the character Oscar’s psyche and development throughout The Luckiest People. This can partially be attributed to his sense of nostalgia: Oscar longs for the past with rosy retrospection,
- [An Overview of Shiva Traditions](https://www.curioustheatre.org/overview-shiva-traditions/) - An Overview of Shiva Traditions By Frank A. Oteri, Curious Content Team A Jewish tradition, Shiva is a seven day period of formal mourning for immediate family members of the recently deceased (spouse, mother, father, sibling, or child). The practices within this custom provide a structured setting that ensures mourners will have the space and
- [Stop being shocked. Start talking.](https://www.curioustheatre.org/stop-shocked-start-talking/) - Let's talk about it. We were all sickened, appalled, and frustrated this weekend as the events in Charlottesville unfolded. But we had no right to be shocked. We live in a country where our racist history has been relegated to textbooks, glossed over as something that "was" rather than confronting what really and truly still
- [Denver Public Library Recommendations](https://www.curioustheatre.org/denver-public-library-recommendations/) - Read Journalism by Joe Sacco Joe Sacco is in a class all his own: part conflict-zone reporter, part underground comics artist and a groundbreaking visionary in both fields. Armed with a tape recorder and sketchbook, Sacco ventures into war zones the world over and captures the stories of the people who would otherwise be silenced.
- [The Dolls](https://www.curioustheatre.org/the-dolls/) - The Dolls - Installation What a strange task it was, to create an installation to present these tactile, meticulously made objects to audiences who have just experienced Underground Railroad Game. URG is a visceral, energetic show that really, really works over its material. In the immediate moments after the show, what else can be
- [Anne-Ruth Wertheim Racism Unraveled](https://www.curioustheatre.org/anne-ruth-wertheim-racism-unraveled/) - Anne-Ruth Wertheim Racism unraveled - how it works and how its guise is changingeled - how it works and how its guise is changing In addition to racism in our parts predominantly taking the guise of Islamophobia in recent decades, now all those moldy myths about differences in IQ between black and white people
- [The "Human-ness" of Each Generation](https://www.curioustheatre.org/the-human-ness-of-each-generation/) - by Chris Hale How often have you found yourself thinking, “She’s just from a different generation” or “He doesn’t get it because he’s old/ young”? The divide between generations has lead to a chasm of understanding; with six generations alive in America today – more than any other time in our nation’s history – the
- [A Love Letter to Annie Butler](https://www.curioustheatre.org/a-love-letter-to-annie-butler/) - ♥ A Love Letter to Annie Butler ♥ from Maggie Schlundt, Patron Development Manager Curious is delighted to welcome Anne F. Butler (affectionately known as Annie) to play Deirdre in our production of The Humans. She's a fan fave up in Creede where she worked for the past 18 years...and you'll soon see why with her remarkable performance. When I first met Annie Butler it was
- [Curious takes a stand. An open letter from Chip and Katie.](https://www.curioustheatre.org/curious-stand/) - Dear Curious Family, Many of you are searching. Many of you are uncertain. Many of you are scared. Let us tell you this now, unequivocally – Curious stands with you. We both personally stand with you. While we are both still processing our emotions and fears personally, we do know we are called into action and feel
- [Denver Public Library Recommendations - Happiest Song](https://www.curioustheatre.org/denver-public-library-recommendations-happiest-song/) - We think the library is a perfect hangout for Curious folks and our friends there have read The Happiest Song Plays Last and put together some exciting recommendations to augment the experience. To enhance your theatre experience Denver Public Library recommends these resources. Read! My Life on a Plate by Kelis, Nuyorican
- [Denver Public Library Recommendations- Constellations](https://www.curioustheatre.org/denver-public-library-recommendations-constellations/) - We think the library is a perfect hangout for Curious folks! Our friends there have read Constellations and put together some exciting recommendations to add to the experience. The Denver Public Library recommends these library resources to enhance your theatre experience. Read! When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. When brilliant and promising neurosurgeon Paul
- [Tuesdays with Thony - Week 2](https://www.curioustheatre.org/tuesdays-thony-week-2/) - Each week, actor Thony Mena will give us a behind-the-scenes look at what’s happening in Water by the Spoonful rehearsals. This week, Thony shares what the first rehearsals are like, from table work to actually blocking the show. Don’t know what that means? Watch the video!
- [Tuesdays with Thony - Week 1](https://www.curioustheatre.org/tuesdays-thony-week-1/) - Each Tuesday, Thony Mena will give us a behind-the-scenes peek at what is happening with the show. First up – the first rehearsal!
- [Tuesdays with Thony, October 4](https://www.curioustheatre.org/tuesdays-thony-october-4/) - Water by the Spoonful actor Thony Mena describes the diverse world of this Pulitzer-prize winning play (running now through October 15.) Don't miss it!
- [Tuesday with Thony, September 27](https://www.curioustheatre.org/tuesday-thony-september-27/) - Water by the Spoonful actor Thony Mena describes the talkback process. Join him after each show (running now through October 15) for lively conversation and community.
- [The Making of DUST](https://www.curioustheatre.org/the-making-of-dust/) - Dancer ⟷ Actor: Creating "Dust" from Wonderbound on Vimeo. Thanks to Wonderbound for making this terrific video behind the scenes of this wonderful collaboration. Be sure to check out DUST in it's final two weekends!
- [Scenes from Water by the Spoonful](https://www.curioustheatre.org/scenes-water-spoonful/) - Dive right in! Don't miss this lyrical, moving exploration of redemption, addiction, and what it means to be in community. Water by the Spoonful plays through Oct. 15.
- [What Does a Play Sound Like?](https://www.curioustheatre.org/play-sound-like/) - Join Curious for an engaging pre-show exploration of The Jazz Infusion: How Coltrane influenced Water by the Spoonful with Lamont School of Music Professor Art Bouton prior to the shows on Sept. 17 and Sept. 29. Details here. Jazz musician and composer John Coltrane We like to ask questions at Curious. Here’s one: What does a play sound like?
- [A Personal Reflection on Curious New Voices](https://www.curioustheatre.org/personal-reflection-curious-new-voices/) - Nolan Kelly came to Curious New Voices two and a half years ago as a 16 year old. Today, he has found his playwriting and artistic home within Curious’s walls. Next week, the writers of the 2015 Summer Intensive join Nolan for a festival of plays inspired by Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue. Join us on
- [Meet Jenna Moll Reyes, First Time Curious Artist](https://www.curioustheatre.org/meet-jenna-moll-reyes-first-time-curious-artist/) - In Water by the Spoonful, we have three new faces to the Curious stage. Meet Jenna Moll Reyes in this video and see why she’s excited to be a part of this diverse cast at Curious!
- [Meet Damon Guerrasio, First Time Curious Artist](https://www.curioustheatre.org/meet-damon-guerrasio-first-time-curious-artist/) - The third of our three first time Curious artists for Water by the Spoonful is Damon Guerrasio. Meet him below and find out why he calls working at Curious a “benchmark” moment for his career.
- [So long Thony...only one weekend left!](https://www.curioustheatre.org/long-thony-one-weekend-left/)
- [Light it up!](https://www.curioustheatre.org/light-it-up/) - A designer’s job is to enhance and help the audience visually follow both the story and character relationships on stage. Water by the Spoonful shows just how chaotic human relationships can be in our modern world. A chat room connects four of the main characters: while they are together online talking in real-time to each
- [GerRee Returns!](https://www.curioustheatre.org/gerree-returns/) - by Katie Maltais, Curious Theatre Company Longtime theatre fans in Denver are not strangers to the name GerRee Hinshaw, but if you’re a more recent transplant (like me), you might not know who the heck that is… or why Curious is so excited to see her on our stage. GerRee was a regular performer at
- [Activism: Living in a Fixer Upper](https://www.curioustheatre.org/activism/)
- [Death with Dignity](https://www.curioustheatre.org/2018-2/) - A Statistical Portrait of Death with Dignity Patients By Frank A. Oteri, Curious Content Team One of the many themes capable of evoking a wide array of emotional response in Nick Payne’s Constellations revolves around an individual’s choice in terms of their right to die when faced with a terminal diagnosis. Commonly known as death
- [Power In Performance](https://www.curioustheatre.org/power-in-performance/) - Power in Performance By Kevin Smith, Curious Content Team “Powerful” is the term I keep coming back to describe my experience at opening night of The Happiest Song Plays Last at Curious Theatre Company. From the acting and directing to the sets, lights, and costumes, the whole show comes together to create something bigger than the
- [Full Interview with Playwright Bruce Graham](https://www.curioustheatre.org/full-interview-playwright-bruce-graham/) - Blunt and Gutsy: An Interview with Bruce Graham by Artistic Company Member Christy Montour-Larson *Selections from this interview appear in the playbill for White Guy on the Bus. Here we are printing the entirety of this conversation. The author of over a dozen plays, Bruce Graham has been produced all over the country. Graham has
- [The Declaration of Curious Theatre Company](https://www.curioustheatre.org/declaration-curious-theatre-company/) - I'm a Revolutionary! Click Here to Join Us and Donate Today
- [Reading: It Can't Happen Here](https://www.curioustheatre.org/cant-happen/) - Reading of New Adapatation Sunday, October 23 at 5pm Curious Theatre Company will be presenting a reading of It Can’t Happen Here, a timely political play from Berkley Rep, on Sunday, October 23 at 5pm. RSVP Required Space Limited RSVP Here Curious Theatre Company will be presenting a reading of It Can’t Happen Here, a
- [Abner Genece Sums it Up](https://www.curioustheatre.org/abner-genece-sums/)
- [New to Curious Cast](https://www.curioustheatre.org/1327-2/) - Join Curious for a conversation with three actors who debuted on our stage in Water by the Spoonful.
- [When Worlds Open](https://www.curioustheatre.org/when-worlds-open/) - by Katie Maltais Working in the theatre, there are times that you stand back and say “This. This is why.” I had such an experience last Friday night when a group of students from Wind River High School in Wyoming came to see White Guy on the Bus. I had been excited they were coming
- [Video Preview: Hand to God](https://www.curioustheatre.org/video-preview-hand-god/) - Tyrone, the foul-mouthed, truth-spewing sock puppet takes us on a raucous ride into the church basement where nothing is off limits. Hand to God runs through December 17.
- [Summer Intensive Application Form](https://www.curioustheatre.org/summer-intensive-application-form/) - 2017 Summer Application Form (1)
- [What is Serial Storytelling?](https://www.curioustheatre.org/serial-storytelling/) - “This is an expansion of the theatrical experience into much more than a single night in the theater,” says Chip Walton, Curious Theatre’s producing artistic director. “The aim is to foster a deeper connection to playwrights, to artists, to characters, and to their stories.” – 5280, March 2016 “We’re in the midst of a pretty
- [A Poem about Theatre Family](https://www.curioustheatre.org/poemabouttheatrefamily/) - -Maggie Schlundt, Patron Development Manager In October 2015, after five years living in the small mountain town of Creede working at Creede Repertory Theatre, I moved to Denver and began working at Curious. This is a poem about that experience, and the theatres’ differences and similarities. Leaving One Home for Another, a Poem about Theatre
- [One Size Does Not Fit All](https://www.curioustheatre.org/one-size-not-fit/) - One Size Does Not Fit All A look at how costume design frames the narrative in The Happiest Song Plays Last By Katie Maltais, Managing Director When you see a woman walking in Louboutins, those red soles tell you a lot about who she is – or at least who she wants the world to
- [Music as Character](https://www.curioustheatre.org/music-as-character/)
- [How to Start a Beehive](https://www.curioustheatre.org/how-to-start-a-beehive/)
- [Hanging by a Thread](https://www.curioustheatre.org/hanging-by-a-thread/)
- [Get Extreme with Robert Askins](https://www.curioustheatre.org/get-extreme-robert-askins/) - The playwright of Hand to God gets to humanity through puppets He’s a small-town Texas boy who got roped into puppet club at his church after his dad died. While that’s where the similarities end between playwright Robert Askins and his character Jason, that was enough to spark one of the biggest hits of the
- [From Strangers to Friends: Actor Insight](https://www.curioustheatre.org/from-strangers-to-friends/) - Sex With Strangers actors Michael Kingsbaker and Paige Price have an incredible chemistry. People have been saying that about their on-stage chemistry for weeks now, but spending time with them off-stage confirms that notion. No, they’re not just great actors (although their performances on the Curious stage have been moving, thought-provoking, and side-splittingly funny) –
- [Empty on Empathy](https://www.curioustheatre.org/empty-on-empathy/) - Empty on Empathy By Katie Maltais, Managing Director I’ve had the song “Que Bonita Bandera” in my head for weeks now. Since the very first rehearsal of The Happiest Song Plays Last, in fact. The song is a classic Puerto Rican protest song, which sounds like an infectious celebration. As I marched with 200,000 other
- [Egypt Revolts](https://www.curioustheatre.org/egypt-revolts/)
- [Dialect Coaching 101](https://www.curioustheatre.org/dialect-coaching-101/) - Content Team member Cassy Clayman interviewed our Dialect Coach Jeffrey Parker. Learn more about Constellations and purchase tickets here.
- [Curious Supports Artists!](https://www.curioustheatre.org/curious-supports-artists/) - Happy Colorado Gives Day!! Curious was founded as a home for artists, a place when they can grow and take risks. When you give to Curious Theatre Company, you're giving to local artists. Together, we can make art that changes the world. Make your Colorado Gives Day gift now: https://www.coloradogives.org/CuriousTheatreCompany/overview
- [Behind the Scenes: Puppet Workshop](https://www.curioustheatre.org/behind-scenes-puppet-workshop/) - The cast of Hand to God participated in a puppet-making workshop with master builder Cory Gilstrap as part of the rehearsal process. Join them as they bring alter-egos to life. And then see the show running Nov. 5 - Dec. 17. Dying to make your own? We've got a Puppet and Pints workshop on November
- [What's in a Name?](https://www.curioustheatre.org/whats-in-a-name/) - Get a sneak peek into the world of Water by the Spoonful.
- [Tuesdays with Thony, Week 5](https://www.curioustheatre.org/tuesdays-thony-week-5/) - Water by the Spoonful has opened and actor Thony Mena is excited to start the run. See what’s been happening behind the scenes and get insider scoop on a bonus event!
- [Tuesdays with Thony, Week 4](https://www.curioustheatre.org/tuesdays-thony-week-4/) - Actor Thony Mena is back to talk about tech week and what’s happening in the rehearsal room of WATER BY THE SPOONFUL.
- [Tuesdays with Thony, Week 3](https://www.curioustheatre.org/tuesdays-thony-week-3/) - This week actor Thony Mena takes us through the cast’s first time on the raw set designed by Markas Henry. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes view!
- [What did you think of Elliot?](https://www.curioustheatre.org/what-did-you-think-of-elliot/) - by Rhea Amos Hello Curiosities! My name is Rhea Amos, and if I haven’t met you yet, I am the Patron Services Manager at Curious Theatre Company. I am so excited to be here and to interact so closely with all of you wonderful patrons who come to our theatre to experience our gutsy storytelling.

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- [Homepage](https://www.curioustheatre.org/) - Curious Theatre Company engages the community in important contemporary issues through provocative modern theatre. “No guts, no story” embodies the ethos of Curious Theatre Company. Established in 1997 by a vanguard Artistic Company that has since grown to 25 professional actors, designers, and directors, Curious brings the best new theatre to Denver. We produce thought-provoking
- [On Stage Now](https://www.curioustheatre.org/on-stage-now/)
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- [Building Updates](https://www.curioustheatre.org/building-updates/) - The 1080 Diaries: History By: Emily Whalen On: June 03, 2026 In: Building Updates Comments: 0 Welcome to the 1080 Diaries! Follow us on our journey: Hello! Welcome to a series we are calling the 1080 Diaries. 1080 Acoma Street in Denver has been Curious Theatre’s home base for almost 30 years and it’s bittersweet
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- [Page to Stage Book List](https://www.curioustheatre.org/education/curioustogo/page2stage/) - We Move Together by Kelly Fritsxh, Anne McGuire, Eduardo Trejos A bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces around them and a celebration of the relationships we build along the way. We Move Together follows a mixed-ability group of kids as they creatively negotiate everyday barriers and find joy
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## Events

- [Purpose](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/purpose/) - The influential Jasper family has spent decades building a legacy of leadership, public service, and social impact. When family members gather for a long-awaited reunion, old tensions, hidden truths, and competing visions for the future begin to emerge. As private struggles collide with public expectations, each member of the family must confront questions about responsibility,
- [Marjorie Prime](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/marjorie-prime/) - In the near future, 85-year-old Marjorie spends time with a remarkable companion: an artificial intelligence programmed to resemble someone she once loved. As Marjorie shares stories from her life, her family begins to grapple with memory, loss, and the ways technology may reshape how we preserve our personal histories. Together, they revisit moments from the
- [One of the Good Ones](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/one-of-the-good-ones/) - Yoli has exciting news: she's in love and ready to introduce her boyfriend to her family. What should be a joyful gathering quickly becomes more complicated as differing perspectives, assumptions, and deeply held beliefs come to the surface. As conversations grow more honest, family members are forced to confront questions about identity, culture, belonging, and
- [Topdog/Underdog](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/topdog-underdog/) - Brothers Lincoln and Booth share a cramped apartment and a complicated history. Abandoned by their parents and shaped by years of struggle, each is searching for stability, purpose, and a sense of control over his future. Lincoln has left behind his past as a skilled hustler, while Booth dreams of mastering the same card game
- [The 24 Hour Plays](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the24hourplays/) - Curious Theatre Company, in collaboration with The 24 Hour Plays, will reveal six brand-new plays to the community, produced in only 24 hours! Featuring local and national playwrights and some of Denver’s best actors and directors, this is a night not to be missed. The 24 Hour Plays has been bringing together creative communities since
- [A Case for the Existence of God](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/a-case-for-the-existence-of-god/) - Regional Premiere Poignant. Profound. Paternal. Curious Theatre Company presents A Case for the Existence of God, a riveting production by Samuel D. Hunter, acclaimed playwright of The Whale. This regional premiere of the Broadway hit offers a poignant exploration of the lives of two single fathers, expertly directed by local luminary Warren Sherrill. Delving into their
- [Furlough's Paradise](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/furloughs-paradise/) - Regional Premiere Hold. Heal. Hope. Sade and Mina grew up more like sisters than cousins—bound by blood, secrets, and the complicated love of a shared childhood. Now adults on vastly different journeys, they reunite under the weight of loss: the death of the woman who was both Sade’s mother and Mina’s aunt. Sade has been
- [Birthday Candles](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/birthday-candles/) - Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 101st. Five generations, an infinity of dreams, and one cake baked over a century. This poignant and funny play takes its audience through the highlights, heartbreaks and extraordinary moments
- [Bad Books](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/bad-books/) - A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere A Co-Production with Local Theater Company All it took was one concerned mom, one very questionable book, and one extremely patient librarian. As tensions rise and tempers flare, what starts as a simple question about “appropriate content” turns into a spirited—and surprisingly heartfelt—debate about parenting, protection, and
- [JOB](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/job/) - Regional Premiere Trending. Thriller. Twisted. Jane went viral—but not in the way anyone hopes to. After a public breakdown at her high-pressure Big Tech job, she’s placed on mandatory leave and sent to a corporate-recommended therapist to determine her readiness to return. In a sterile office that becomes a psychological battleground, Jane and Loyd, her
- [Eureka Day](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/eureka-day/) - Regional Premiere Parents. Policy. Privilege. Winner of the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival, Eureka Day takes us to a seemingly utopian progressive private school in Berkeley, California, where inclusion, empathy, and consensus rule the day—until a health crisis hits. When a mumps outbreak sweeps through the community, the school’s idealistic commitment to accommodating every
- [Exhibit](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/exhibit/) - World Premiere Written by and Starring Regina Taylor EXHIBIT is a powerful exploration of erasure, memory, and the battle to preserve African American history. At the center of the story is Iris, an artist whose work is being removed from museums and whose biography is vanishing from databases. Faced with the threat of cultural erasure, Iris
- [A Toast to Talent: An Intimate Evening with Regina Taylor](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/a-toast-to-talent/) - A Toast to Talent: An Intimate Evening with Regina Taylor Limited to only 30 people, this Toast to Talent will be an intimate, memorable evening with acclaimed Golden Globe winning actress Regina Taylor, whose world premiere of EXHIBIT plays Curious from May 8 - 20 only. Join Curious leaders at a private home for an elegant
- [Downstate](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/downstate/) - Regional Premiere Acclaimed. Agitate. Awaken. The fourth play in the season has been called “a masterwork,” “scathing,” and “audacious,” all words Curious courageously embraces. Downstate, winner of a Drama Critics Circle, Outers Critics Circle, and Obie award, shares the story of four men convicted of sex crimes who share a group home post-incarceration. When a
- [A Conversation with Bruce Norris](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/a-conversation-with-bruce-norris/) - Join us for "A Conversation with Bruce Norris," an engaging evening featuring the acclaimed playwright of Downstate (opening at Curious March 15) and Clybourne Park (opening at Arvada Center February 14). Bruce Norris is renowned for his provocative works that challenge societal norms and spark meaningful dialogue. His play Clybourne Park premiered in 2010 at
- [Opening Night Benefit Reception with Regina Taylor](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/opening-night-benefit-reception-with-regina-taylor/) - Opening Night Reception Benefit with Regina Taylor Come celebrate the opening night of Exhibit with star and playwright Regina Taylor. $125: Combo Ticket includes opening night seat and reception ticket $60: Single Ticket add on $40: Subscriber ticket add on
- [Blaxplanation x Exhibit](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/blaxplanation-x-exhibit/) - Blaxplanation and Curious Theatre Company present Director's Cut: Discussion and Tea with Regina Taylor Join History Colorado, the Colorado Center for Women's History and Curious Theatre Company for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. First, enjoy the matinee of Exhibit, written and starring Regina Taylor (Golden Globe Winner, Best Actress in a Television Series, I'll Fly Away, The
- [Confederates](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/confederates/) - Regional Premiere Truthful. Transcendent. Taut. Brilliant writer, Dominique Morisseau, who wrote Detroit ‘67, Skeleton Crew, and Ain't too Proud, comes back to the Curious stage with her latest work. Morisseau is a master at weaving together personal, historical, and social narratives, and this show is considered her most ambitious yet. This visionary play explores institutional
- [Holigays, with A to Z](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/holigays-with-a-to-z/) - We have the tea this holiday season! You won't want to miss Holigays with A to Z! We are partnering with a bold, new production company, A to Z, to bring you this glam and glitzy holiday romp! You will be gagging! Featuring local drag stars America Jackson and Zarah Misdemenor, these fierce and fabulous ladies
- [POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are-seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive/) - Regional Premiere Funny. Female. Filthy. This chaotically funny play is one of the top ten most produced plays in America, and Curious brings it to town for a needed break before the 2024 election to laugh our stars and stripes off and cheer on the mighty women who keep our country running! This all-female cast
- [Ryan's Pub, Trivia Night](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/ryans-pub-trivia-night/) - An Immersive Staged Reading At Cap City The stakes for a game of bar trivia have been so high! Pull up a bar stool, because Marci and Richie have a story to tell. A story about trivia night at Ryan's Pub in Pittsburgh where they're the best trivia team this side of the Monongahela. Perfect for Spooky Season – prepare to be
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- [Cullud Wattah](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/culludwattah/) - Looking for the Digital Playbill? Click HERE! Regional Premiere Rhythmic. Moving. Heartbreaking. This time-bending play takes on the Flint Water Crisis and dives deep into the poisonous choices of the outside world, the contamination within, and how we make the best decisions for our families’ futures when there are no real, present options. This Regional
- [Cost of Living](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/costofliving/) - Looking for the Digital Playbill? Click HERE! Regional Premiere Featuring Phamaly Theatre Company Immerse yourself in the compelling narrative featuring Phamaly Theatre Company. COST OF LIVING, recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize, is an engaging and unexpectedly humorous play that delves into the stark realities of navigating the world with physical disabilities while exploring the
- [Truth Be Told](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/truthbetold/) - World Premiere Exploring the Depths of Truth & Maternal Instincts Step into the World Premiere of this riveting theatrical experience, where truth becomes both a beacon and a shadow, and a mother's unwavering belief in her son's innocence becomes a powerful force. This compelling production thrusts the audience into a narrative woven with the complexities
- [Letters Of Suresh](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/lettersofsuresh/) - Regional Premiere Poetic. Moving. Heart Warming. Allow yourself to get swept up in the mystery, the yearning, and the beauty of this award-winning, poetic tale from a truly original storyteller. A quartet of souls are brought together through a series of letters between strangers, friends, daughters, and lovers. Sending their hopes and dreams across the
- [MeWe Stories Are Living Things](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/mewestoriesarelivingthings/) - Join #MeWeColorado for Stories are Living Things For those of you who may not know, #MeWeColorado is one of Curious' Education Partners and in just a few weeks, they are putting on a performance for our community. Join us for a free storytelling event led by Afghan women from the #MeWeColorado storytelling program. This interactive multi-media community gathering will
- [The Minutes](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/theminutes/) - Regional Premiere Hilarious. Dynamic. Shocking. The smallest towns keep the biggest secrets. Buckle up for a scathing new comedy about small town politics and real world power from one of the great writers of American Theatre today. This Tony-nominated, Pulitzer-finalist and Broadway hit will receive its Regional Premiere, filled with an ensemble of Curious favorites,
- [On the Exhale](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/ontheexhale/) - Regional Premiere Visceral. Powerful. Necessary. Welcome to the final show in our 25th Anniversary Season! On the Exhale holds a very special place in our history and our hearts. This one-woman play, starring Dee Covington and directed by Chip Walton, highlights the enormous talent and virtuosity of our founders. We are proud to send them
- [Amerikin](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/amerikin/) - Regional Premiere Charged. Relevant. Unexpected. Jeff, a new father desperate for community, casually follows his buddy’s advice and tries to join a white supremacist group…but the results of his ancestry test prove surprising. Amerikin follows Jeff as serious consequences come knocking, and the line between “us” and “them” gets incredibly blurry. Gripping from the very
- [Denver Stories | Susan & Jeremy Shamos](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/denverstoriesshamos/) - Denver Stories | Honoring Susan & Jeremy Shamos DENVER STORIES showcases the lives of Denver’s most iconic individuals while celebrating the unique community in which we live. Join us for a world premiere play celebrating the elegance, generosity and compelling impact of Susan and Jeremy Shamos. Revel in their decades-long journey together as cultural patrons
- [Alma](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/alma/) - Regional Premiere Digital Playbill Available HERE! We are welcoming the new year with the third production in Curious' 25th Anniversary Season: the Regional Premiere of Alma by Benjamin Benne! This real, poetic, heart-warming piece is the next chapter in our exploration of what it means to be an American today, focusing on what it's like
- [This Time | Curious New Voices Companion Plays](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/thistime/) - Join Curious New Voices for the return of its annual event, Companion Plays! THIS TIME is a festival of 10-minute plays written by Curious New Voices playwrights as Companion Plays to our mainstage production of Alma by Benjamin Benne. To celebrate our 20th anniversary of building the next generation of great American playwrights we have invited
- [The Living Room](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/thelivingroom/) - Please join Curious for an intimate, limited-access opportunity to engage and connect with Alma playwright Benjamin Benne and director Denise Yvette Serna. A night filled with conversation, culture and community-building, not to mention delicious bites & bevys. This cozy fundraising event is not to be missed!
- [Franklinland](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/franklinland/) - Regional Premiere Show Times Thursday - Saturday: Performances Start at 7:30 pm Sunday: Performances Start at 2:00 pm Welcome to the Regional Premiere of Franklinland by Lloyd Suh! We are overjoyed to include this production in our 25th Anniversary Season. This year, our Silver Anniversary, we are exploring the question "What does it mean to
- [Heroes of the Fourth Turning](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/heroes4th/) - It’s nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party. They’ve returned from their disparate lives to toast their mentor at a tiny Catholic university. As the former classmates grapple with ideology and politics, we get a glimpse into the nuances of conservatism in today's America. Opening a window to
- [Curious New Voices' New Play Festival](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/newplayfestival/) - Beginning July 5, young artists in high school and college have been spending their time immersed in the world of playwriting. Working alongside nationally recognized master playwrights and mentors, they are developing their own unique voice and collaborating with professionals to stage a festival of innovative new works. Each morning, students begin with a physical
- [Building the Wall](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/building-the-wall/) - After taking a risk on an untested, fiery play two years ago, the conversation on the US response to immigration looms larger than ever. The questions are more prescient. The impact more immediate. And the play's events have become all-too-close to reality. Curious has chosen to remount a revised version of this play to dive
- [FIREFLIES](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/fireflies/) - Somewhere in the Jim Crow South, the sky glows a deep crimson. A church bombing has shaken the Civil Rights Movement to its core and the Reverend Charles Grace now must galvanize his followers to continue their journey onward. However, it is his wife Olivia who authors his fiery speeches while playing the role of
- [AMERICAN SON](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/american-son/) - “Where is my son!?!?” In the middle of the night, a mother frantically paces a police station, desperately trying to pry information about her missing son from evasive detectives. As tensions escalate and the story unwinds, the chasm between Jamal’s interracial parents widens. Winner of the prestigious Laurents/Hatcher Award and a New York Times Critic’s
- [THE SOUND INSIDE](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the-sound-inside/) - In this intimate drama we meet Yale creative writing professor Bella Lee Baird and her prodigy misfit student Christopher Dunn. Bella has recently been diagnosed with stage two cancer and as she directly addresses the audience we slowly learn about her unconventional choices regarding her treatment decisions. The two grow closer as Bella helps Christopher
- [REFUGE](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/refuge/) - Co-Created by Satya Jnani Chávez & Andrew Rosendorf Transcreation by Mari Meza-Burgos "To Gerardo Chávez, a man who defied the limitations of borders, surpassing all expectations of what a brown body crossing a border could be, and setting an example for all of us seeking refuge in our own American Dreams. Thank you for all
- [Refuge Student Matinee](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/refuge-student-matinee/) - Co-Created by Satya Jnani Chávez & Andrew Rosendorf Transcreation by Mari Meza-Burgos "To Gerardo Chávez, a man who defied the limitations of borders, surpassing all expectations of what a brown body crossing a border could be, and setting an example for all of us seeking refuge in our own American Dreams. Thank you for all
- [Underground Railroad Game](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/underground-railroad-game/) - The ARS NOVA Production of UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME Created by Jennifer Kidwell & Scott R. Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special Directed by Taibi Magar Featuring Jennifer Kidwell & Scott R. Sheppard Production Design by Tilly Grimes Scenic Design by Steven Dufala Lighting Design by Oona Curley Sound Design by Mikaal Sulaiman Good morning, America! Welcome
- [The Thanksgiving Play](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the-thanksgiving-play/) - Ah, Thanksgiving, that most American of holidays: when families gather to bask in the bounty of the harvest, football, giant balloons — and a legacy of genocide and violent colonial expansion. Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in this wickedly funny satire as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists trip all over themselves to
- [The Cake](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the-cake/) - Jen lives in New York but has always dreamed of getting married in her small North Carolina hometown, so she heads down south to ask Della, her late mother’s best friend, to do the honors of baking the wedding cake. Della’s cakes are legendary, even earning her a spot as a contestant on the “Great
- [The Body of an American](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the-body-of-an-american/) - A single, stark photograph—of the body of an American soldier dragged from the wreckage of a Blackhawk helicopter through the streets of Mogadishu—reshaped the course of global events and won war photographer Paul Watson the Pulitzer Prize. Yet, he is haunted by that shutter click. Playwright Dan O’Brien, struggling with ghosts of his own, reaches
- [Gloria](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/gloria/) - The squabbling editorial assistants at one of New York’s most prestigious magazines are all chasing the same dream: a starry life of letters and a book deal before they turn 30. When an ordinary day at the office suddenly becomes a living nightmare, two survivors transform the experience into career-making stories. Which one of them
- [The Secretary](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the-secretary/) - Women need to protect themselves – and Ruby wants to empower them to do so. With semi-automatic weapons. This explosive black comedy takes aim at the trope “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” with an all-female cast. Ruby’s gun manufacturing business fuels this small town’s economy, so when a local high school secretary takes
- [American Son Student Matinee](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/american-son-student-matinee/) - “Where is my son!?!?” In the middle of the night, a mother frantically paces a police station, desperately trying to pry information about her missing son from evasive detectives. As tensions escalate and the story unwinds, the chasm between Jamal’s interracial parents widens. Winner of the prestigious Laurents/Hatcher Award and a New York Times Critic’s
- [LIFESPAN OF A FACT](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/lifespan-of-a-fact/) - Facts become blurry when a demanding editor-in-chief hires the world’s most neurotically precise fact-checker to go toe-to-toe with an eccentric author who values story over accuracy. As the final deadline looms, hard facts square off against emotional truths in a funny and searing high-stakes showdown. The darling of the 2018 Broadway season, this fast-paced story
- [Chaos Theory - A digital experience](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/chaos-theory-a-digital-experience/) - CHAOS THEORY is a comedic, immersive experience exploring the underlying chaos in our lives. A lecture about chaos theory devolves into a series of interactive games inspired by the science of chaos theory, reality dating shows, middle school crushes, and the butterfly effect to end all butterfly effects: COVID-19. The audience is guided by mathematical
- [Hillary and Clinton](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/hillary-and-clinton/) - Hillary and Clinton by Lucas Hnath Oct 3 – 24, 2020 Streaming on Demand Regional Premiere Buy tickets HERE Looking for the Talk Back Link for Oct 22 at 6 p.m.? https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88966042551?pwd=Yzk2UHJaSXlTUThBbzZWM2gyNS9zQT09 Passcode: 1234 In a parallel universe set during the 2008 national primaries, we meet Hillary Clinton as she navigates through her
- [Admissions](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/admissions/) - **All performances of Admissions have been suspended. Curious' statement on COVID19** Bill and Sherri are the white, progressive-and-proud headmaster and dean of admissions of a New Hampshire boarding school. Over the last fifteen years, they’ve worked to diversify the school’s mostly white population. But when their high-achieving son’s Ivy League dreams are jeopardized, the family’s reaction blasts open a
- [Roe](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/roe/) - **All performances of Roe have been suspended. Curious’ statement on COVID19** The lawyer: a young, brilliant, courageous woman who argued Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court. The plaintiff: a hard-drinking, wild-tempered bartender seeking to end an unwanted pregnancy. As we know, they won the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion. This incisive play cuts
- [Investigation](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/investigation/) - SOLD OUT - be sure to join the waitlist. Ripped from the pages of the Mueller Report, The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in 10 Acts, was written by Robert Schenkkan, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning screenwriter and playwright. This one-night-only special event will feature many of Denver's noted actors as the pages of
- [Pass Over](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/pass-over/) - Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner – talking shit, passing the time, and hoping that maybe today will be different. Everyday profanities are crafted into lyrical poetic riffs punctuated by police bullets in this provocative mash-up of a contemporary Waiting for Godot and the Biblical Exodus saga. Pass Over unflinchingly confronts the reality of young black men
- [Sanctions](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/sanctions/) - In the world of Division 1 football, there is no room for scandal and no tolerance for losing. As the Cats come off sanctions, accusations have the staff battling out how far they are willing to bend the rules and look the other way to ensure a win. It’s academics vs. football. It’s money vs.
- [Skeleton Crew](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/skeleton-crew/) - Faye, Dez, and Shanita are a make-shift family of auto workers who always look out for each other. When rumors fly about their factory’s closing, all three face tough decisions about the future, while their foreman, torn between his team and his career, has to decide where his loyalties lie. As the Great Recession hits
- [Building the Wall - Early Access](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/wall-early-access/) - This page is for access to purchasing Building the Wall tickets early. Single tickets will go on sale on February 19 to the general public at $30/ticket. Until then, you may purchase $25 tickets (excluding Opening Night on July 5) through this portal as a thank you for your loyalty - be sure you log
- [The Companion Plays Festival](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the-companion-plays-festival/) - The Future of Playwriting is Here! After our Summer Playwriting Intensive ends, continue our relationships with these emerging playwrights and their work. Each year, we ask alums from the Summer Intensive as well as current playwrights from in-school residencies at Colorado Academy to write 10-minute companion plays inspired by a Curious Theatre Company mainstage production.
- [Eight Nights](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/eight-nights/) - In response to the recent massacre in Pittsburgh at The Tree of Life synagogue, we are partnering on the production of 8 Nights of Eight Nights: a national series of readings as a fundraiser to benefit HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), the specific charity that the Pittsburgh murderer named before he carried out his deadly anti-Semitic attack.
- [The Humans](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the-humans/) - The most lauded play of the 2016 Broadway season, Stephen Karam’s The Humans is an uproarious, hopeful, and heartbreaking play that takes place over the course of a family dinner on Thanksgiving. Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate and give thanks at his daughter’s apartment in Lower Manhattan. As darkness falls
- [New Play Reading: Home, Oblivion](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/home-oblivion/) - A new play by Artistic Company Member Josh Hartwell explores one of the most pressing issues in our country today. Directed by M. Graham Smith. Join us for a FREE reading of this work-in-development. RSVPs required - click "buy now" to reserve. Reading will be held at Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma St, Denver. In the
- [I Can Go - Play Reading](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/i-can-go-play-reading/) - I Can Go By Meridith Friedman A play reading ~ October 13 at 2 p.m. The Hoffman family returns in this poignant conclusion to a three-play series that began with The Luckiest People and Your Best One. Join Curious as we reveal the final chapter in David and Richard's journey in a reading of this commissioned piece by
- [2018 Companion Plays](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/2018-companion-plays/) - Reservations & Donations Requested for this Free Event - click Buy Tickets to reserve UPRISING! inspired by Detroit ’67 by Dominique Morisseau January 21 & 22 at 7 pm January 29 at 7 pm Each evening features different works by our fearless playwrights. After our Summer Playwriting Intensive ends, we want to continue our relationships with these emerging
- [Your Best One](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/your-best-one/) - The Hoffman family rallies together - and against each other - as they battle over health insurance, child custody, inheritance, and superfoods. Former couple Richard and David tentatively dance around each other as they each navigate if second chances are ever really possible. Featuring a family of Curious all stars, you'll see wit, wisdom, and
- [The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism & Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/intelligent-homosexuals-guide/) - SOLD OUT Note that there are a small number of rush tickets available for each performance for the cabaret seats at the back of the balcony. They are available one hour before the show begins. Winner of two Tony Awards, three Obies, an Emmy and a Pulitzer Prize, Tony Kushner returns to Curious Theatre Company
- [Photojournalism: Telling a Story Through an Image](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/photojournalism/) - Pulitzer Prize Winning Photojournalist Paul Watson has spent decades traveling the world to tell stories through the lens of his camera. He has survived the harshest environments to bring stories from across the world to the front pages of newspapers and magazines. Now, Paul reflects on getting essential images under nearly impossible conditions, sharing lessons
- [The Luckiest People](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/the-luckiest-people/) - This play was commissioned by Curious Theatre Company and is a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. In the days following his mother’s funeral, Richard’s elderly father Oscar wants to move in. Happily settled with his partner, Richard is less than thrilled at the prospect of living with his difficult father. Accusations fly and defenses
- [Detroit '67](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/detroit-67/) - It’s the summer of 1967, and the soulful sounds of Motown are breaking records and breaking down barriers. Siblings Chelle and Lank make ends meet by running an unlicensed bar in their Detroit basement, a risky business as police crack down on after-hours joints in black neighborhoods. When Lank offers shelter to an injured white
- [SUBSCRIBERS: Underground Railroad Game](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/subs-only/) - WELCOME SUBSCRIBERS! Please LOG IN to your account before attempting to purchase tickets. Tickets for subscribers are $20 right now. The price will increase on March 1. Subscribers have the opportunity to purchase tickets now, before they are onsale to the public. Public onsale is Feb 12. The ARS NOVA Production of UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME
- [Appropriate](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/appropriate/) - A controversial voice in American theatre brings us a play that demands we explore society’s and our own history with race. When the Lafayettes descend upon a crumbling Arkansan plantation to liquidate their dead patriarch’s estate, his three adult children collide over clutter, debt, and a contentious family history. As they sort through a lifetime of hoarded mementos and junk, the discovery of a gruesome Southern relic unleashes crackling accusations, repressed fears,
- [Inside the Artists' Mind](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/inside-artists-mind/) - EVENT HELD AT VENUE 221. Join Curious in welcoming Playwright Dan O'Brien and Photojournalist Paul Watson in this intimate conversation. Producing Artistic Director Chip Walton will interview these two engaging figures and take questions from the audience. Enjoy this up-close opportunity to mingle, meet, and hear from two artists and truth-seekers. Dessert provided; bar available.
- [Free Play Reading: Citizen](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/play-reading-citizen/) - Adapted for the stage by Stephen Sacks. Join Curious and Lighthouse Writers Workshop in a free staged reading adaptation of Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric as part of the Denver Talks project. Please RSVP as tickets are limited. Claudia Rankine's Citizen looks at racism today, from everyday slights in the classroom and at the supermarket
- [Memoir & Documentary in Playwriting](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/memoir-documentary-playwriting/) - SOLD OUT WORKSHOP with Playwright Dan O'Brien Writer of two critically acclaimed and award winning memoir plays including The Body of an American, Dan O'Brien has perfected the art of turning life into theatre. Join us for a 90 minute workshop to explore this unique form of playwriting. Please bring 1-3 pages of monologue or 5-10
- [Surprise Party!](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/surprise-party/) - Use these directions to get to the surprise party! See you at the star… Join Curious for a night you won't forget. With surprises around every corner, this top-secret event will be the highlight of our yearlong celebration. Be there when we surprise you with what celebrating 20 years looks like! Designed by local Denver
- [New Play Reading: The Garbologists](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/reading-garbologists/) - Join Curious for a free reading of the under-construction new work, The Garbologists. When a veteran sanitation worker and the new woman on the job find something on their route too valuable to throw out, they're forced to reappraise in each other what they mistook for trash.
- [New Play Reading: God Hates You](https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/god-hates/) - FREE Reading of a new play while in development! Reservations Required - click "buy now". At a moment in our country of deep divisions and harsh judgments, ‘God Hates You’ is that rare play that gives us a window into exploring radical difference and a bridge to understanding each other. ‘God Hates You’ by Emily

## Artists

- [Lauryn Zepeda](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lauryn-zepeda/) - Lauryn Zepeda (she/her) is a 2025 DU Graduate with a degree in Theater and Psychology. This is her first production with Curious Theatre Company. She has previously worked as an assistant director on CONSTELLATIONS (DU Theatre Department) and has appeared on stage at DU in GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
- [Nadia White](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/nadia-white/) - Nadia White is a current BFA student at Metropolitan State University of Denver, studying Applied Theatre Technology and Design with an emphasis in Stage Management. Previous credits include ORDINARY DAYS (Stage Manager) and HAIR (Light Board Operator) at MSU Denver; EUREKA DAY (Assistant Stage Manager), A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (Deck Crew), and
- [Savana Leveille](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/savana-leveille/) - Savana Leveille is a Costume Designer, Producer and Manager. Her work includes not-for-profit and commercial theatre, nightlife, circus, immersive and much more. She’s actively working with the Broadway Women’s Fund to bring projects led by women into the commercial space. Savana is an assistant producer on MYTHIC, a new musical on route to Broadway, and
- [Haley Hartmann](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/haley-hartmann/) - This is Haley's third show with Curious Theatre Company, and they're thrilled to be back to design FURLOUGH’S PARADISE. Recent credits include: THE MOORS, INTO THE WOODS, CONSTELLATIONS (University of Denver); LITTLE WOMEN (Phamaly Theatre). Haley is a local lighting consultant for museums and recently worked on The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism (Denver Art
- [Jordyn Good](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jordyn-good/) - Jordyn Good (She/Her) a Stage Manager and Lighting Designer local to the Denver Area. She is excited to be working with Curious Theatre Company again. Previous productions include THE 24 HOUR PLAYS DENVER, COST OF LIVING, and LETTERS OF SURESH. jordyn9good@gmail.com
- [Jason Ducat](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jason-ducat/) - Jason Ducat Jason Ducat returns to Curious Theatre Company, where he is an Artistic Company member and has designed over 30 shows since 2010. Jason has designed for many other theaters across Colorado, including The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Arvada Center for the Arts, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Creede Repertory
- [Jada Suzanne Dixon](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jada-suzanne-dixon/) - Jada Suzanne Dixon Jada S. Dixon is an actress, director, and playwright whose work has been seen across Colorado stages. Directing credits include EXHIBIT, POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, cullud wattah, AMERICAN SON, and AMERIKIN (Curious Theatre Company); FAIRFIELD (Miners Alley Playhouse); BLOOMSDAY and THE ROYALE
- [Matthew S Crane](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/matthew-s-crane/) - Matthew S Crane Scenic Designer Matthew S. Crane is a Colorado-based scenic designer. He designed CONFEDERATES with Curious Theatre Company last season. Recent local designs include: ROMEO AND JULIET, JUNIE B. JONES, A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (Arvada Center), MARY POPPINS, SISTER ACT (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), RICHARD II, THE TEMPEST (Colorado
- [Wayne Breyer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/wayne-breyer/) - Wayne Breyer is the production manager and resident stage manager for Curious. With Curious, he has stage managed DOWNSTATE, A CASE FOR…GOD, CULLUD WATTAH, LETTERS OF SURESH, THE MINUTES, ON THE EXHALE, AMERIKIN, FRANKLINLAND, HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING and the world premiere of REFUGE. Other stage management credits include: GOODNIGHT MOON, ELEPHANT & PIGGIE’S
- [a. k. payne](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/a-k-payne/) - a. k. payne a.k. payne (they/she) is a playwright, artist-theorist, and theatremaker with roots in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – and the winner of the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play Furlough’s Paradise. Their plays love on and engage the interdependencies of Black pasts, presents and futures and seek to find/remember language that might move
- [Tresha Farris](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tresha-farris/) - Tresha Farris Tresha Farris (She/Her) was last seen on the Curious stage as Sara in CONFEDERATES. Tresha’s most recent roles include Minnie Dove Charles in FLYIN WEST (Theatreworks), Lily Louise Jackson in THE BOOK CLUB PLAY, and Emily in OUR TOWN (u/s, 8 performances). Other credits: Boo Hag in ONE WAY-BACK DAY, Susan White in
- [Alex Campbell](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/alex-campbell/) - Alex Campbell Actor Alex Campbell is exceedingly grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this beautiful show. Past theater credits include: CULLUD WATTAH (Curious Theatre Company), WHERE WE STAND, KING HEDLEY II, THE BLUEST EYE (Theatreworks: Colorado Springs), CINDERELLA, SHREK, BYE BYE BIRDIE (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), TWELFTH NIGHT, THE TEMPEST (Great
- [Rodney Lizcano](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rodney-lizcano/) - Rodney Lizcano Rodney Lizcano is making his first appearance with Curious. Has appeared in 24 seasons with the Denver Center Theatre Company in roles in THE RESERVOIR, TWELFTH NIGHT, THE CONSTANT WIFE, BOOK OF WILL, AMERICAN MARIACHI, FRANKENSTEIN, HAMLET, AMERICAN NIGHT, MERCHANT OF VENICE, SPINNING INTO BUTTER, INNA BEGINNING, TEMPEST, GROSS INDECENCY, THE RIVALS, KINGDOM,
- [Christy Montour-Larson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/christy-montour-larson/) - Christy Montour-Larson - Director Christy Montour-Larson has been a member of the Artistic Company at Curious Theatre Company for over 20 years and has directed 17 productions there, most recently EUREKA DAY, DOWNSTATE, TRUTH BE TOLD, and THE MINUTES. Her Colorado directing credits include work at the Denver Center (TWO DEGREES, SHADOWLANDS, THE GIVER, WELL),
- [Shannon McKinney](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/shannon-mckinney/) - Shannon McKinney (Lighting Design) has designed more than 40 productions at Curious Theatre Company including On the Exhale, Fireflies, Sanctions and The Brothers Size. Recent credits: Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, and As You Like It (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Mousetrap and A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (The Arvada Center). Regional designs include productions for Steppenwolf Theatre
- [Katie Hopwood McCleaf](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/katie-hopwood-mccleaf/) - Katie Hopwood McCleaf Katie Hopwood McCleaf is excited to be working with Curious Theatre Company again! Her prop work was most recently featured in Curious productions EXHIBIT and DOWNSTATE, as well as Curious' co-production with Local Theater Company, BAD BOOKS. Her work has also been featured in BETC performances EVERY BRILLIANT THING, THE THIN PLACE,
- [Anna Cordova](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/anna-cordova/) - Anna Cordova DCPA Theatre Company Stage Management Credits: THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH, THE HOT WING KING, THE RESERVOIR, THEATRE OF THE MIND, Colorado New Play Summit 2025. Other regional Stage Management credits: TAKEOFF/CONSCIOUSSHIFT, BIG FISH (Open Stage Theatre Company), COSÌ FAN TUTTE and LA BOHÈME (Aspen Music Festival), TURANDOT (Opera Colorado), THERE IS NO
- [Janice Benning Lacek](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/janice-lacek/) - Janice Benning Lacek Costume Designer BIRTHDAY CANDLES marks Company Member Janice’s 24th Curious production since 1999 - most recently 2024’s TRUTH BE TOLD, THE LIFE SPAN OF A FACT, and THE SOUND INSIDE. National credits: the west coast premiere of MARISOL, THE SWAN, WHAT THE BUTLER SAW (La Jolla Playhouse); SCAPIN (ACT); GOODNIGHT, DESDEMONA... (San
- [Caitlin Ayer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/caitlin-ayer/) - Caitlin Ayer Caitlin Ayer (she/her) designs sets & costumes for plays, tv/film, musicals, opera, and live events. Recent/favorite design credits include DOWNSTATE, GOOD PEOPLE, and TRUTH BE TOLD (Curious Theatre Company); EVIL (S2-4, CBS); CUPERTINO (S1, CBS); ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (S3&5, Hulu); WILLA’S AUTHENTIC SELF (Lisa Clair Group); THE RENDER (Big Art Group
- [Karen Slack](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/karen-slack/) - Karen Slack Karen Slack is originally from Denver, Colorado, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and HB Studio in New York City. Karen is honored to have worked at Curious Theatre Company for the better part of two decades and is a proud company member. Some favorite productions at Curious include: THE
- [Michael McNeill](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/michael-mcneill/) - Michael McNeill is a Curious Theatre Artistic Company Member and has been seen in Curious productions, THE MINUTES, AMERIKIN, HAND TO GOD, GOOD PEOPLE, and others. Locally, A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Arvada Center), ALMOST MAINE (Fox Theatre), and OTHER DESERT CITIES (Cherry Creek Theatre). Regional appearances include Birmingham Theatre, MI, Society Hill Playhouse, PA,
- [Devon James](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/devon-james/) - Devon James was previously seen at Curious Theatre Company in: THE SECRETARY, RACHO MIRAGE, TIME STANDS STILL; PLAZA SUITE, THE MOUSETRAP, DIVIDING THE ESTATE (Arvada Center). Other credits: HEARTBREAK HOUSE (Denver Center Theatre Company); STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Cherry Creek Theatre Company); FULL CODE, SEMINAR (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company); BILOXI BLUES, COLLECTED STORIES (Miner’s Alley Theatre Company);
- [Brian Landis Folkins](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/brian-landis-folkins/) - Brian Landis Folkins, Actor Brian Landis Folkins has been a proud Artistic Company Member for over a decade. He was last seen on the Curious stage as Hanratty in THE MINUTES. Other Curious credits include: Poot in AMERIKIN; Lorrin in GLORIA; Adam in iHo; Lefty in THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST; CW in DUST (Wonderbound
- [Gabriella Cavallero](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/gabriella-cavallero/) - Gabriella Cavallero Actor Gabriella Cavallero has appeared at Curious in WATER BY THE SPOONFUL, ELLIOT: A SOLDIER'S FUGUE, and 26 MILES. At the DCPA, she appeared in 26 seasons, including favorites: CEBOLLAS, LIVING OUT, JUST LIKE US, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, STORIES, GALILEO, ROMEO AND JULIET, and CYRANO DE BERGERAC. Select other stage credits include THE
- [Camden Hornor](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/camden-hornor/) - Camden Hornor Camden Hornor, they/them (Stage Manager) is the stage manager of BAD BOOKS. They are a newly minted BFA Stage Management graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder and have appeared in 30 productions, professional and educational, in the past 3 and a half years around the Boulder/Denver area. Recently, they have stage managed SOMETHING
- [Nicole Watts](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/nicole-watts-2/) - Nicole Watts Costume Designer Nicole Watts, she/her (Costume Designer) is a freelance Designer and Technician. This is her third Curious show, ALMA and CONFEDERATES being her previous shows with Curious. Other Companies she has worked for include Denver Center Theatre Company, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Creede Repertory Theatre, Colorado Ballet, The Catamounts, Colorado
- [Sean Mallary](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sean-mallary/) - Sean Mallary Sean Mallary, he/him, (Lighting Designer) After nearly 10 years in Denver, this is Sean’s first time working at Curious. His most recent design credits include projects with Theatre Artibus, Local Theater Company, Ballet Ariel, and Unscripted Live. Sean is an event lighting director for eTown as well as the 1940s Ball in Boulder
- [Nick Chase](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/nick-chase/) - Nick Chase Nick Chase, he/him, (Director), Nick Chase is Local Theater Company’s co-artistic director. He began his career staging productions at a number of celebrated downtown New York venues, including The Public Theater/Joe’s Pub, where his critically-acclaimed theatrical series SHELLS ran for 3 years. SHELLS was subsequently presented in Los Angeles (Show at Barre) and
- [David J. Castellano](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/david-j-castellano/) - David J. Castellano David J. Castellano, he/him, (Scenic Designer) is excited to work with Curious Theatre Company. His recent designs credits include: CHASING BREADCRUMBS, STOCKADES, ACTS OF FAITH and RAISED ON RONSTADT (Local Theatre Company); HENRY AND DREAM HOUSE (Theatreworks); GLORIA (Stray Cat Theatre); THE RIVER BRIDE (Arvada Center); TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA and THE BOOK
- [Lauren Dennis](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lauren-dennis/) - Lauren Dennis Lauren Dennis: (THE LIBRARIAN/THE MANAGER/THE EDITOR) Lauren Dennis hails from Colorado and, at various times, has been fortunate to call New York, Italy, Mexico, and Guatemala home. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, regional credits include LaMama, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival. Lauren premiered
- [Max Silverman](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/max-silverman/) - Max Silverman Max Silverman: he/him, (Original Music & Sound Design) Curious Theatre Company: JOB, DOWNSTATE, A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, AMERIKIN (OnStage Colorado Theatre Award). Other highlights include: Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Creede Repertory Theatre, The Catamounts, Local Theater Company, Cherry Creek Theatre,
- [Noah Haidle](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/noah-haidle/)
- [Kelsea Sibold](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kelsea-sibold/) - Kelsea is thrilled to be making her Curious debut as stage manager! Regional credits include: XANADU, THE FANTASTICKS, CINDERELLA, ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE (Creede Repertory Theatre); LITTLE WOMEN (World Premiere), KING LEAR, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (American Shakespeare Center); LITTLE WOMEN (World Premiere) (BETC); WAITRESS (Arvada Center); MEDEA RE-VERSED (World Premiere) (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); HAIR, THE
- [Brian Watson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/brian-watson/) - Brian Watson Brian Watson (he/they) is thrilled to be returning to Curious Theatre Company after designing A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD last season! Formerly from the Bay Area, they have been residing in the Denver Metro Area for the last 3 years. Notable local credits include PIPPINP (Phamaly Theatre Company), LYLE THE CROCODILE
- [Tuuli Sandvold](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tuuli-sandvold/) - Tuuli Sandvold Tuuli Sandvold (she/her) is an actress and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She graduated Summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a degree in Theatre, where notable credits included UNCLE VANYA, TWELFTH NIGHT, and PASSION PLAY.
- [Michael Morgan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/michael-morgan/) - ] Michael Morgan Michael Morgan(he/him) was most recently seen at Curious as Breeding in THE MINUTES. Previous Curious credits include Tim in THE CAKE and James in TIME STANDS STILL. Other local credits include Tartuffe in TARTUFFE (Arvada Center); Edward in 10 MYTHS ON THE PROPER APPLICATION OF BEAUTY PRODUCTS (Buntport Theatre); Shag in
- [Madison Booth](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/madison-booth/) - Madison Booth Madison Booth (she/her) is excited to be returning to Curious for her fourth production with the Company. Other Curious credits include FIREFLIES, HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, and AMERKIN. Other Denver credits include NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT(Lone Tree Arts); PIPPIN(Phamaly Theatre Company); ONCE UPON A MATTRESS(The Arvada Center); Vagner’s THE
- [Jon Olson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jon-olson/) - Jon Olson Jon Olson (Lighting Designer) Job marks Jon’s second collaboration with The Curious Theatre Company. Jon has been working with the Arvada Center since 2003, and has been serving as the Lighting Director since 2012. His most recent lighting design credits are LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL (Arvada Center), Exhibit (Curious Theatre
- [Josh Hartwell](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/josh-hartwell/) - Josh Hartwell Josh Hartwell (he/him) is a playwright, director, and actor. He was an instructor and playwright-mentor for Curious New Voices for sixteen years, and is now Lead Teacher for Curious in Community. He played Karl/Steve in CLYBOURNE PARK and Ben in DETROIT. Directing credits include: HOPE AND GRAVITY (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company), ESTATE SALE
- [Amie Benjamin](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/amie-benjamin/) - Amie Benjamin Amie Benjamin (they/she) is an Indigenous Stage Manager from the Denver Metro Area. They are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as a theatre artist. They have worked on THE QUEST FOR DON QUIXOTE with Little Theatre of the Rockies; POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE
- [Chloe Martin](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/chloe-martin/) - Chloe Martin Chloe Martin (she/they) is the Assistant Costume Designer for EUREKA DAY. She has brought stories to life on stage as Costume Designer for PARADISE LOST (CSU), Assistant Costume Designer for OUR TOWN (CSU), Associate Costume Designer for RODGERS AND HAMMERSEIN'S CINDERELLA (CCHS), and Assistant Costume Designer for WHEN ANGELS FEAR (WAF Productions).
- [Erin Joy Swank](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/erin-joy-swank/) - Erin Joy Swank Erin Joy Swank (she/her) recently stage managed Past Your Bedtime, the first musical in The 24 Hour Plays Denver. It was also her return to Curious after a 15-year hiatus, having worked Home by Dark, Curse of the Starving Class, and Mall*Mart: The Musical. Local credits include Neon Lights with Jennifer Holliday
- [Topher Blair](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/topher-blair/) - Topher Blair Topher Blair (Projection Design) has been working as a theatrical projection designer since 2012. At the DCPA Theatre Company, Topher designed projections for shows including Two Degrees, The Secret Garden and This Is Modern Art. Recent credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at the Arvada Center, Pinocchio at Boulder Opera and Miss Holmes at Phamaly Theatre Company. He has programmed
- [Kate Bashore](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kate-bashore/) - Kate Bashore Recent design credits include: Disney's Frozen (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre); Once Upon a Mattress; Damn Yankees; The River Bride; Kinky Boots (Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities); Garrett Ammon's Agent Romeo (Wonderbound Ballet); Alabama Story (Clarence Brown Theatre); Momentum (DanceAspen); Little Women (Theatreworks CO); The Three Musketeers (Classical Theatre of Harlem); The
- [Markas Henry](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/markas-henry/) - Markas Henry Markas Henry (Scenic Design) is an Artistic Company Member and Eureka Day marks his 27th production at Curious. Previously, he has designed scenery for The Minutes, Waiting for Suresh, On the Exhale, Amerikin, Alma, Franklinland, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Refuge, American Son, Sanctions, The Humans, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide..., Appropriate, the three-part
- [L M Feldman](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lm-feldman/) - L.M.Feldman-Tpl-New-Jersey_MACD-19-089_191 L M Feldman is a queer, feminist, GNC playwright who writes theatrically audacious, physically kinetic, ensemble-driven plays that are both epic & intimate – usually about outsiders, often about searchers, always about the human connection. She writes plays that shift the prism, plays that quest & grapple, plays without answers. Plays about the women
- [Sharyn Rothstein](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sharyn-rothstein/) - Sharyn Rothstein Sharyn’s plays and musicals have been produced around the country, as well as internationally. Her adaptation of the beloved film Hester Street will premiere at Washington D.C.’s Theater J this Spring of 2024 (featuring musical by Joel Waggoner), followed by the premiere of her book-banning drama Bad Books at Round House Theatre in
- [Max Wolf Friedlich](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/max-wolf-friedlich/) - Max Wolf Friedlich Max Wolf Friedlich is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his sharp, psychologically charged work, most notably Job, a breakout thriller about a tech content moderator sent to therapy after a viral meltdown. The play premiered Off-Broadway at Soho Playhouse in 2023, earning rave reviews, a New York Times Critic’s Pick,
- [Erik Sandvold](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/erik-sandvold/) - Erik Sandvold Erik Sandvold Erik Sandvold’s award-winning roles with Curious include Mason Marzac in TAKE ME OUT, Tom in LUCKY ME, Milton in HOMEBODY/KABUL, and all 36 characters in I AM MY OWN WIFE. Other favorite Curious experiences include: THE MINUTES, REFUGE, PASS OVER, YOUR BEST ONE, THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE, CLYBOURNE PARK, OPUS, FUDDY MEERS,
- [Josh Robinson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/josh-robinson/) - Josh Robinson Josh Robinson THE MINUTES, AMERICAN SON, HILLARY AND CLINTON, MAPLE AND VINE, OPUS, CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, APHRODISIAC, TAKE ME OUT, and THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME (Curious); TREASURE ISLAND, RICHARD III, TWELFTH NIGHT, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, ROMEO AND JULIET, KING LEAR, TAMING OF THE SHREW, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, and
- [Kristina Fountaine](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kristina-fountaine/) - Kristina Fountaine Kristina Fountaine (she/her) A Denver-native, she was last seen as Serena in the world premiere of CHASING BREADCRUMBS at Local Theatre Company. Other credits include: Luanne/Jade in CONFEDERATES, Chris in POTUS, Ainee in cullud wattah, Chris in AMERIKIN all at Curious Theatre Company where she is an Artistic Company Member. She has also
- [Rhianna DeVries](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rhianna-devires/) - Rhianna DeVries Rhianna DeVries (they/them+) is thrilled to be returning to the Curious Theatre Company stage! As a multi-medium creator with passions in acting, directing, and producing, Rhianna’s stage credits include POTUS and APPROPRIATE with Curious Theatre Company, THE WASTE LAND and A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 with Denver Theatre Ensemble, RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA
- [Jonathan Spector](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jonathan-spector/) - Jonathan Spector - Playwright Jonathan Spector is Tony Award-winning playwright based in Northern California, whose work has been produced on and off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. His plays include EUREKA DAY (2025 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, for Best Revival); THIS MUCH I KNOW (Edgerton Award); BIRTHRIGHT; BEST AVAILABLE (Elizabeth George Commission);
- [CeCe Smith](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/cece-smith/) - CeCe Smith Sound Designer CeCe Smith (she/her) is a sound designer based in Denver. Recent sound design credits include HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Give5), TAMING OF THE SHREW (Theatreworks), BI-PASSING (Insight Theatre Collab), COMPANY (CU Boulder), and THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Phamaly Theatre Company). Smith received her first Henry Award for THE ROYALE (BETC)
- [Lara Maerz](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lara-maerz/) - Lara Maerz (she/her) is thrilled to return to Curious as Stage Manager! Previous Curious shows include DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE and COLLAPSE. Lara works all around the country as a freelance production and stage manager. Recent credits include stage managing for the Denver Center's New Play Summit and WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at
- [Tina Anderson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tina-anderson/) - Tina Anderson Scenic Design Tina Anderson (she/her) is a scenic designer. Her most recent designs for Curious are POTUS and CULLUD WATTAH. Other designs include for BETC, THE WHITE CHIP, HOPE AND GRAVITY, LITTLE WOMEN, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, COAL COUNTRY (True West Award), EDEN PRAIRIE,1971, (nominated for a Henry Award) & THE
- [Heidi Schmidt](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/heidi-schmidt-2/) - Heidi Schmidt Dramaturg Heidi Schmidt (she/her) Heidi Schmidt is the resident dramaturg at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, where she has dramaturged more than a dozen productions, including KING LEAR, THE BOOK OF WILL, PERICLES, CORIOLANUS, AS YOU LIKE IT, KING CHARLES III, KING JOHN, JULIUS CAESAR, EQUIVOCATION, MACBETH, and RICHARD III. At Curious, Heidi previously
- [Evette Srouji](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/evette-srouji/) - Evette Srouji Assistant Director Evette Srouji (she/her) Evette is a first generation Arab American theatre artist, who was born and raised in Broomfield, Colorado. She has a passion for doing new works that showcase diversity and amplify voices that are not often heard in theatre. She is so excited to work on this project and
- [Sabrina Abbott](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sabrina-abbott/) - Sabrina Abbott ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER Sabrina Abbott (she/her) is a sound and theatrical technician in Denver, CO. Sabrina has been in the community enjoying and working on theatrical productions for four years now. Sabrina is excited to make her Curious debut with Exhibit! Sabrina just graduated in Fall of ‘24 with a BFA in Applied
- [Caden Pazo](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/caden-pazo/) - Caden Pazo Caden Pazo (he/him) Caden Pazo earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre from MSU Denver. Caden is a theatrical every-man with interests in acting, stage management, and devised theatre. Recent stage management credits include SHE KILLS MONSTERS, and THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Vintage Theatre, and LIVE, INTERZONE, and TEACUPS & TINY DICTATORS
- [Julia McGowan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/julia-mcgowan/) - Julia McGowan Julia McGowan (she/her) is thrilled to be making her Denver area theatre debut with Curious Theatre! Recent credits include ALICE IN CHAOS(Alice), IN THE HEAT OF IT ALL (Marie), DOG SEES GOD(Van’s Sister). Education: B.A Theatre University of Southern CaliforniA
- [GerRee Hinshaw](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/gerree-hinshaw-visiting-actor/) - GerRee Hinshaw GerRee Hinshaw (she/her) GerRee Hinshaw is thrilled to return to the Curious stage. She last appeared in the world premiere of REFUGE (season 24), WATER BY THE SPOONFUL and THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST (season 19), and THE WAR ANTHOLOGY (season 8). A Curious artistic company member, GerRee is also an associate artist
- [Sam Gilstrap](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sam-gilstrap/) - Sam Gilstrap Sam Gilstrap (he/him) has been a fixture in the Colorado theater scene since 2008. With a degree in performance from Metropolitan State University in Denver, he’s earned opportunities at most of the major play houses in Colorado. Recently, Curious patrons saw him as the Wolf in the critically acclaimed REFUGE. As well as
- [Rakeem Lawrence](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rakeem-lawrence/) - Rakeem Lawrence Rakeem Lawrence (he/him) is grateful to be returning to the Curious stage! REGIONAL: ROMEO AND JULIET (Shakespeare Theatre Company), BITE SIZE: TOXOPLASMOSIS, GOODNIGHT MOON (Denver Center), GLORIA(‪Curious Theatre Company‬), SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION (Redhouse Arts Center); PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Virginia Stage Company), PIPELINE, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, (THEATREWORKS Colorado Springs), STOCKADE
- [Cajardo Lindsey](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/cajardo-lindsey/) - Cajardo Lindsey Cajardo Lindsey (he/him) is an actor, screenwriter, director, and attorney. Some of his theatre credits include: Curious Theatre Company: THE MINUTES, HILLARY AND CLINTON, SKELETON CREW, DETROIT '67, THE BROTHER SISTER PLAYS, FENCES, THE WHIPPING MAN; Denver Center Theatre Company: ALL THE WAY, JUST LIKE US, A RAISIN IN THE SUN; Arvada Center:
- [Jim Hunt](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jim-hunt/) - Jim Hunt Jim Hunt (he/him) Jim Hunt has been active in Denver-area theatre for over fifty years, twenty-five of which include mainstage productions at Curious (ART, EURYDICE, AFTER THE REVOLUTION, CHARLES IVES TAKE ME HOME, and THE MINUTES). Recent roles include Scrooge in Josh Hartwell's adaptation of the Dickens classic, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Miners Alley),
- [Sean Scrutchins](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sean-scrutchins/) - Sean Scrutchins Sean Scrutchins (he/him) is an active teaching artist in the Denver area. He has worked as a theatre instructor for the CSF Education and Outreach programs and at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He received his MFA in theatre performance from the University of Southern Mississippi and his BFA from the
- [Erin Carignan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/erin-carignan/) - Erin Carignan Erin Carignan (she/her) Erin is a versatile costume designer and textile artist who has worked in regional theatre, opera, dance, music videos, and print ads in roles ranging from costume designer, stylist, painter-dyer and breakdown artist, to crafts artisan. She has been a part of over 200 professional productions with several theatre companies,
- [Jonathan Spencer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jonathan-spencer/) - Jonathan Spencer Jonathan Spencer (he/him) Broadway, Touring, and Regional designs having collaborated on over 130 productions and counting, including the world premier MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS at Ogunquit Playhouse. RENT 20th – 25th Anniversary Tours with over 1200 performances, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT National Tour, Off-Broadway: WHO'S HOLIDAY (West Side Theatre), CARRIE MAE WEEMS GRACE
- [Drake J. Susuras](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/drake-j-susuras/) - Drake J. Susuras Drake J. Susuras (he/him) Drake J. Susuras is a multidisciplinary theatre artist born and raised in Colorado with a BFA in Acting from the University of Evansville. Some of his more current acting credits include Lou in SISTERS OF SWING with Vintage Theatre and Ovation West Performing Arts, Benedick and Claudio in
- [Samantha Heppenstall](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/samantha-heppenstall/) - Samantha Heppenstall Samantha Heppenstall (she/her) An apprentice through the Curious Bridge Program, Samantha Heppenstall is a recent graduate from the BA Theatre Studies and English programs at the University of Northern Colorado, and is thrilled to make her professional debut with Curious. Directing credits include THE TRAIL TO OREGON!, NEVER THE SINNER and ROPE, and
- [Bruce Norris](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/bruce-norris/) - Bruce Norris Playwright Bruce Norris Bruce Norris is the author of Clybourne Park, which premiered in 2010 at Playwrights Horizons, New York and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the Olivier, Evening Standard, and Tony Awards for productions at Playwrights Horizons, West End and Broadway. In 2018-2019, his play Downstate was seen at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago and subsequently
- [Ryan Thomas](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/ryan-thomas/) - Ryan Thomas Ryan Thomas (he/they) is the lighting designer for A Case for the Existence of God. He is a lighting designer working in Denver as well as an electrician at the Arvada center. He is a recent graduate from DU and has designed several shows recently including The Taming (DU), Circling (Denver Theatre Ensemble),
- [Warren Sherrill](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/warren-sherrill/) - Warren Sherrill Warren Sherrill (he/him) is excited to be making his directorial debut at Curious Theatre. Currently the Associate Artistic Director at Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, he has directed, produced and acted in numerous productions in the Denver area for the past 30 years. In 2000 he co-founded Denver’s critically acclaimed Paragon Theatre and
- [Connor Sullivan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/connor-sullivan/) - Connor Sullivan Connor Sullivan (he/him) is a costume designer and technician based in Denver, Colorado. He is excited to be making his Curious debut with A Case for the Existence of God! Favorite past design credits: Ragtime, Othello, Pippin, Rocky Horror. Connor has proudly served as the Costume Shop Manager at the Metropolitan State University of
- [Brian Kusic](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/brian-kusic/) - Brian Kusic Brian Kusic (he/him) has preformed all over Colorado for over 15 years. He grew up in Denver and studied at Metro State University. Some of his favorite shows include: Gloria (Curious Theatre), Art Emergency (Denver Art Museum), August: Osage County (Creede Repertory Theatre) Mad Librarians (BETC), Peter and the Wolf (Curious Theatre and
- [Cameron Davis](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/cameron-davis/) - Cameron Davis Cameron Davis (he/him) Cam Davis is thrilled to return to Curious Theatre Company for his second production. He made his debut with the company during the fall, in Confederates by Dominique Morisseau. Other theatre credits include Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare & Company), Donalbain in Macbeth (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Fish in The
- [Patrice Mondragon](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/patrice-mondragon/) - Patrice Mondragon Sound Designer Patrice Mondragon (any pronoun) is excited to return to Curious Theatre Company as the Sound Designer for this production of Confederates. Previously they first sound designed for Curious earlier this year on their production of Cost of Living (2024). Other sound design credits include The Aurora Fox's production of Around the
- [Zach Madison](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/zach-madison/) - Zach Madison Stage Manager Zach Madison (he/him) At Curious: The 24-Hour Plays Other Credits: Hamlet, Twenty50, Twelfth Night, and Bite Size (Denver Center); Noises Off, Cinderella, Beautiful, Damn Yankees, and Into the Woods (Arvada Center); The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Little Prince (Denver Children’s Theater); Freaky Friday, Hurricane Diane, and Wonderland (Aurora Fox);
- [Cambria Bartlett](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/cambria-bartlett/) - Cambria Bartlett Assistant Stage Manager Cambria Bartlett (she/they) is a recent graduate from the University of Northern Colorado. She is thrilled to be working with Curious on Confederates. At UNC, Cambria directed and choreographed multiple shows, but found a passion for stage management. They aim to continue growing her skills and meeting new people as
- [Richard Devin](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/richard-devin/) - Richard Devin Lighting Designer Richard Devin (he/him) has designed lighting for many Curious productions including The Minutes, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Refuge, American Son, Passover, Skeleton Crew, The Cake, Detroit ’67, and Appropriate. He designed Disgraced, Fade, and The Christians for the Denver Center Theatre Company. Dick also worked with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival for
- [Rachel Turner](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rachel-turner/) - Rachel Turner Rachel Turner (she/her) has performed in Denver Stories and Curious New Voices for Curious Theater Company. She is thrilled to join this incredible team for Confederates! Colorado credits include: Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Elf, She Loves Me, A Wonderful Life, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Camelot, Curtains, Tarzan, Big
- [Marisa D. Hebert](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/marisa-d-hebert/) - Marisa D. Hebert Director Marisa D. Hebert (she/her) is an Actor, Director, Playwright, and Intimacy Coach located in Colorado Springs, CO where she lives with her wife and rescue dogs. Marisa is a first time Director for Curious Theatre and is thrilled to be a part of the 27th Season. Marisa had the pleasure of
- [Kenya Mahogany Fashaw](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kenya-mahogany-fashaw/) - Kenya Mahogany Fashaw Kenya Mahogany Fashaw (she/her) is an actress, professional spoken word artist, educator, director, producer and playwright. She is the founder and owner of Black Artists Amplified which aims to amplify the voices of the youth through theater, poetry and music. She has written and directed the Henry Award winning play Colorism, Breaking
- [Alec Silberblatt](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/alec-silberblatt/)
- [Brynn Starr Sater](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/brynn-starr-sater/) - Brynn Starr Sater (she/her) designed costumes for THE MINUTES last season, the final 4 productions of DENVER STORIES, FROZEN, and FOR BETTER for Curious Theatre Company. Brynn has previously designed costumes for the Aurora Fox Arts Center, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, The Town Hall Arts Center, The Edge Theatre and was the Resident
- [Rachel Ducat](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rachel-ducat/) - Rachel Ducat (she/her) is happy to return to Curious Theatre, her long time creative home. Currently Rachel is an Executive Assistant and Business Manager at DCPA and has been at the DCPA for over 10 seasons as a resident Stage Manager working on shows in all the DCPA Theatre Company spaces including the Galleria, and most
- [Emily A. Maddox](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/emily-a-maddox/) - Emily A. Maddox (she/her) This is Emily’s 3rd production with Curious Theatre. Emily attended the University of Oklahoma where she received her BFA in drama in 2014. She has had the privilege of working in 54 different theatres and performance spaces throughout Colorado in her time here. Her recent designs include The Pillowman (Miscreant Theatre
- [Dani Taylor-Moxon](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/dani-taylor-moxon/) - Dani Taylor-Moxon (she/her) is the Managing Director for Thunder River Theatre Company and SOL Theatre Company in Carbondale, CO. Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, she was the General Manager at Theatre Aspen, Director of Production at Des Moines Metro Opera, the Resident Stage Manager for the Rose Theatre in Omaha, NE. She also has
- [Annette Westerby](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/annette-westerby/) - Annette Westerby (she/her) is an Artistic Company Member. She has made blood effects, trained live animals, painted 50 matching violins, and created props and or costumes for over 25 Curious productions. In New York, she designed costumes for several Off-Off-Broadway productions and was a studio sewing assistant to contemporary artist Marie Watt.
- [Amy Arpan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/amy-arpan/) - Amy Cripe (she/her) Fight Choreographer. When Amy was a kid, she wanted to be Zorro when she grew up. Instead, she studied with the Society of American Fight Directors and has followed a somewhat different career path. POTUS is her first fight collaboration w Curious Theater. Other Colorado fight choreography credits include: The Mousetrap- Lone
- [C. Kelly Leo](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/c-kelly-leo/) - C. Kelly Leo (she/her) has appeared at Curious as Diane Dahner in RANCHO MIRAGE, Betsy/Lindsey in CLYBOURNE PARK, Jenna/Ellen in MAPLE AND VINE, Hermia in DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE, Claire in PROOF, and Lil’ Bit in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE. Other favorite roles include Nurse in MEDEA (The Edge), Elizabeth Proctor in THE CRUCIBLE
- [Natalie Oliver-Atherton](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/natalie-oliver-atherton/) - Natalie Oliver-Atherton (she/her) Mrs. Centennial 2023 & Mrs. Colorado American 2023, Currently Ms. Louisiana Senior America vying for the title of Ms Senior America on Oct 3rd has spent 20+ years as Music Director & Conductor of the internationally known vocal ensemble S.T.A.R.S. (Singers Taking Action Reaching Souls) and has spent years touring the world.
- [Leslie O'Carroll](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/leslie-ocarroll/) - Leslie O’Carroll (she/her) Leslie O’Carroll (Stephanie) is delighted to return to Curious having previously been seen in THE SECRETARY and GOOD PEOPLE. Leslie most recently played Selsdon in NOISES OFF at the Arvada Center. Other Arvada credits include: BEAUTIFUL, INTO THE WOODS, TARTUFFE, MRS. MANNERLY, BLITHE SPIRIT, THE CRUCIBLE, MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS. Additionally: 23 seasons
- [MacKenzie Beyer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/mackenzie-beyer/) - MacKenzie Beyer (she/her) MacKenzie is honored to be making her first appearance at Curious Theatre Company - a longtime dream. She has worked with many companies and numerous talented theatre professionals across Colorado including Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company where she was an ensemble member, Miners Alley Playhouse, Theatreworks, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Stories on
- [Tara Falk](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tara-falk-visiting-actor/) - Tara Falk (she/her) Broadway: METAMORPHOSES, THE CONSTANT WIFE, and ENCHANTED APRIL Off-Broadway: This Is Our Youth, There's The Story. Regional: Curious Theater Company, Denver Center Theater Company, McCarter Theater, Long Wharf Theater, Hartford Stage, Eugene O'Neill, Cleveland Playhouse, Rep. Theater of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and more. Numerous TV and
- [Regina Taylor](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/regina-taylor/) - Regina Taylor Actress and Playwright Regina Taylor (Actress/director/playwright/educator/activist) TV credits include : Taylor in her TV role as Lily Harper in "I'll Fly Away” received a Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress, 3 NAACP Image Awards and 2 Emmy Award nominations. Taylor was first African American lead in Masterpiece Theatre’s "Cora Unashamed”, starred as
- [Samuel D. Hunter](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/samuel-d-hunter/) - Samuel D. Hunter Playwright Samuel D. Hunter (Playwright)
- [Selina Fillinger](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/selina-fillinger/) - Selina Fillinger Playwright Selina Fillinger is an American playwright, TV writer, and screenwriter.
- [Todd Webster](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/todd-webster/) - Todd Webster, Actor, In Memoriam Todd Webster was a 24 year veteran of Curious Theatre Company. He joined the company in 1996 as a graphic designer and actor. In addition to creating the first logo Todd has been seen on stage in the two Colorado-based World Premieres productions: Praying for Rain (Season 3) and Rest
- [Meghan Anderson Doyle](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/meghan-anderson-doyle/) - Meghan Anderson Doyle Costume Design At Curious: The Secretary, Inheritance, The Cake, The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water, Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, Up, A Number, Good People, and tempOdyssey. Select additional credits include: Rubicon, The Chineses Lady, American Mariachi, The Wild Party, Sweet & Lucky, 20+ productions with DCPA; Noises
- [Katie Webster](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/katie-webster/) - Katie Webster Props Design Katie is thrilled to return to Curious Theatre after first joining the team for Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Most recently she created props for Lone Tree Arts Center's production of The Mousetrap. She is grateful for the chance to create collaborative and site specific work with many different creators. Some
- [Daja McLeod](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/daja-mcleod/) - Daja McLeod Actor Daja is elated to make her Curious Theatre debut! She is a Colorado native and a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, where she received a BA in Acting. Daja appreciates any opportunity to tell the stories of people who look just like her. For more: dajamcleod.com
- [Sheryl McCallum](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sheryl-mccallum/) - Sheryl McCallum, Curious Company Member, has performed on Broadway in Disney’s The Lion King. She also was seen in many City Encores! Theater; Curious Theater appearances include Aunt Elegua, Marcus: or the secret of Sweet; Emily Penrose, and Lifespan of a Fact She was recently seen at the Garner Galleria, starring in the World Premiere
- [Sade Houston](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sade-houston/) - Sade Houston Actor Sade Houston is an 8th grade theatre major at Denver School of the Arts. Her theatre credits include: Denver School of the Arts’ Black History Show (2024, 2023 & 2022); Hamlet, Act I Scene 3, (Laertes) and Midsummer Night’s Dream Act III Scene 2 (Hermia) - Shakespeare Festival 2023 & 2022; Blood
- [Polica Houston](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/polica-houston/) - Polica Houston
- [Biaze Houston](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/biaze-houston/) - Biaze Houston Actor
- [Valentina Fittipaldi](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/valentina-fittipaldi/) - Valentina Fittipaldi (she/her) is a Brazilian-American actor, who was raised in Miami, FL. She made her way to Chicago to receive her BFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Valentina will make her feature film debut in 2024 with "GAIA", written & directed by the award winning Wendell Etherly. She's also completed
- [Ann Colby Stocking](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/ann-colby-stocking/) - Ann Colby Stocking, she/her, Favorite roles include Gretty in John Belluso’s Gretty Good Time (Theatre Alliance/Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.), Masha in Mayakovsky and Stalin (written and directed by Murray Mednick, The Lounge), Mary in Bhutan (Rogue Machine), Hans/Ling/The Girl in The Golden Dragon and Sasha in COLD/TENDER (Boston Court Pasadena), “Queen” Duncan in Macbeth (The Vagrancy),
- [Brittany Whittenberg](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/brittany-whittenberg/)
- [Krystal Brown](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/krystal-brown/)
- [Elicia James](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/elicia-james/) - Elicia James, she/her (Props Designer) has worked in Costume Design, Props Design, film, and animation in Portland, Oregon for the last 10 years. She moved to Denver in 2019. She now works as the in-house Props Designer, Videographer and Multimedia Content Creator at the Aurora Fox Arts Center. This is her first Curious show!
- [Erin M. Banta](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/erin-m-banta/) - Erin Banta, she/her (Costume Designer) is a Denver-based theatrical artist always searching for the next creative opportunity. By day she navigates the creation of stigma abolishing theatre with Phamaly Theatre Company, on staff since 2019, proudly working as the Operations Manager. By night she is trying to find time for everything else: performance, podcasting, costuming,
- [Veronica Legler](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/veronica-legler/) - Veronica Legler (she/her) is excited to be working on her second show with Curious Theatre Company. She has worked as Stage Manager on several productions in the area, as well as in California, including: Descendants (Northglenn Youth Theater), My Name Is Asher Lev (Phamaly Theatre Company), Baby with the Bathwater (Phamaly Theatre Company), Vera Rubin:
- [Hillary Wheelock](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/hillary-wheelock/) - Hillary Wheelock (she/they) is a Latina actor and fight choreographer, newly based in Denver. She deeply passionate about new, challenging plays and creating frighteningly convincing staged violence in intimate spaces. Hillary previously worked for Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT), a fellow National New Play Network Core member, for a over five years as Finance Associate and
- [Isaiah Kelley](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/isaiah-kelley/) - Isaiah Kelley (he/him) has been acting in both theatre and film for well over a decade. He has been seen at Curious Theatre Company previously during Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet, Denver Stories and numerous Curious New Voices productions. Isaiah also has been seen at Miners Alley Playhouse, Dylon Went Electric & District Merchants.
- [Clove Love](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/clove-love/) - Clove Love (they/them) is an early career theatre artist based in the Denver Metro area. They are currently working in Denver, Aurora, and Boulder as they begin to establish their theatrical career after graduating with a B.A. in Theatre Education and Directing from the University of Northern Colorado. Their favorite Directorial projects from Clove's undergraduate
- [Nicholas Renaud](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/nicholas-renaud/) - Previous credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Alice in Wonderland, The Spitfire Grill, Chicago, Honk (Phamaly Theatre Co.); This is Modern Art, SantaLand Diaries, Lived/Re-Lived (Off Center, DCPA), MilkMilkLemonade (Shrewd Productions, Austin Tx, B. Iden Payne Nom.) Nicholas is a Denver based scenic designer and also a resident scenic design assistant with the DCPA Theatre
- [Jamie Rizzo](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jamie-rizzo/) - Jamie Rizzo (he/him/his) is pumped to be reprising the role of John in Cost of Living in his debut at Curious Theatre Company! He first played the role last January in Milwaukee as a collaboration between Phamaly Theatre Company and Renaissance Theatreworks. Past roles include Gabriel in PTC’s miniseries Rewrite as well as Brian, person
- [Ben Raanan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/ben-raanan/) - Ben Raanan (he/him) is thrilled to be joining the Curious family and hopes this is the start of a very long friendship between our two organizations. He currently serves as the Artistic Director at Phamaly Theatre Company, the longest running disability theatre in the United States. Ben is a disabled director whose work focuses on
- [Anastasia Davidson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/anastasia-davidson/) - Anastasia Davidson (she, her) Anastasia Davidson moved to Colorado in 2016 after receiving her MFA in Acting from The Pennsylvania State University. Since then, she has appeared in Curious Theatre Company’s productions of Detroit ’67 and The Humans. In addition to the mainstage, Anastasia has represented Curious in The Colorado New Play Festival and has
- [Harper Hadley](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/harper-hadley/) - Harper Hadley, she/her (Assistant Stage Manager) credits include: AMERIKIN (Curious Theatre Company). LITTLE RED, THEATER OF THE MIND, IN THE UPPER ROOM (Denver Center for the Performing Arts). KINKY BOOTS, FUN HOME, WHEN PIGS FLY, A VERY SORDID WEDDING (Uptown Players).
- [William Cameron](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/william-cameron/) - William Cameron, he/him (Playwright) is a playwright, director, actor, and educator. His plays have been performed around the country, including Theatre 40 in Los Angeles, the Harold Clurman Theatre in NYC, and the Source Theatre in Washington, DC. His plays include VIOLET SHARP, a prize-winning drama of the Lindbergh kidnapping (Concord Theatricals); TRUTH BE TOLD
- [Odalíz Meraz](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/odaliz-meraz/)
- [Brian Freeland](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/brian-freeland/) - Brian Freeland (Sound and Projection Design) returns to Curious after designing On the Exhale, Franklinland, Fireflies, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide…,The Body of an American, the three part Elliot Plays, The Whipping Man, After The Revolution, The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity, Bug, I Am My Own Wife, The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, 9 Parts Of Desire, Eurydice, Opus, and Homebody/Kabul. A
- [Rajiv Joseph](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rajiv-joseph/) - Rajiv Joseph, he/him Joseph’s play BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama and also awarded a grant for Outstanding New American Play by the National Endowment for the Arts. He has twice won the Obie Award for Best New American Play, first in 2016 with GUARDS AT THE
- [Julie Rada](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/julie-rada/) - Julie Rada is a theatre and performance maker, educator, and scholar. They have done theatre for 34 years and have worked on over 80 performance projects. Julie’s directing credits include: Everybody (The Catamounts), Outside the Room (DCPA Off-Center), Antigone (DU Prison Arts Initiative), Good Kids (Univ. of Utah), Puhiza and Toka (ASU), HOT+WAX, Mouse in
- [Anne Penner](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/anne-penner/) - Anne Penner is thrilled to work with Curious Theatre Company for the first time. As a Professor in the University of Denver Theatre Department she teaches acting, directing, movement, and voice. Favorite performance credits include this year’s world premiere production of UNDONE: The Lady M Project (Local Theater Company, also a co-writer); Romeo and Juliet,
- [Desirée Mee Jung](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/desiree-mee-jung-2/) - Des was last seen at Curious in Gloria and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide. Select theatre credits include: Vietgone (Alley Theatre); Sense & Sensibility (South Coast Rep); Much Ado About Nothing (Denver Center); Richard III, Comedy of Errors, and Pericles (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Love's Labour's Lost and Edward III (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Measure Still for Measure
- [Hossein Forouzandeh](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/hossein-forouzandeh/) - Hossein Forouzandeh is a Persian Born, Colorado grown classically-trained actor holding a BA in Theatre from the University of Colorado. This is Hossein's 2nd appearance with the Curious Theatre Co. You may have seen him in the final play of the Elliot Trilogy, The Happiest Song Plays Last as Ali. Notable performances include Carolinensis in
- [Ilasiea Gray](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/ilasiea-gray/) - Ilasiea Gray Actor Ilasiea Gray excitedly made her return to the Curious mainstage in THE MINUTES as Ms. Johnson. Previous Curious credits include DETROIT ’67, SANCTIONS, BLACK. WITH A CAPITAL B. (tour), and other CNV and Curious projects. She does stage and on-camera work and made history in Colorado playing the title role in Sleeping
- [Miriam Suzanne](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/miriam-suzanne/)
- [Peter Trinh](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/peter-trinh/) - Peter is humbled to be back on the Curious mainstage, having made his professional debut here 17 years ago in "The War Anthology." You may have seen Peter throughout the years in Curious New Voices, or most recently last summer's Denver Stories. Recent credits include "Theatre of the Mind" (DCPA), "The Oldest Boy" (Miner's Alley
- [William Hahn](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/william-hahn/) - William Hahn most recently appeared in Miner’s Alley’s world premiere production of Zen and the Art of Profit. Other stage appearance include: Johnny in Frankie and Johnny, Henry Miller in Queen of Conspiracy, Moss in Glengarry Glen Ross, Pale in Burn This, Fountainhead in Water by the Spoonful, Doran in Opus, Max in Becky Shaw,
- [Diana Dresser](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/diana-dresser/) - Diana Dresser Diana is thrilled to be back at Curious, where previously she appeared in The Sound Inside, Frozen and numerous Denver Stories. Other credits include Anna Karenina, The Wild Party, Sweet & Lucky, All the Way, and Jackie and Me at the Denver Center Theatre Company; 10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty
- [Krystyna Pinel](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/krystyna-pinel/)
- [Tracy Letts](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tracy-letts/) - Tracy Letts, he/him (Playwright) has been a Steppenwolf ensemble member since 2002. He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County, which played on Broadway for over a year, following a sold-out run at Steppenwolf in 2007. August also enjoyed a sold-out engagement at London's National Theatre and a
- [Joshua Danger Emerson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/joshua-danger-emerson/)
- [Candace Joice](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/candace-joice/) - Candace Joice Actor Candace Joice made her Curious mainstage debut in Gloria. She was most recently seen as Lizzy Bennet in Pride and Prejudice at Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Other credits include Portia in District Merchants (Henry Award nominee, best actress) and Alice in You Can’t Take It With You (Miners Alley Playhouse); Abby in Belleville and Carol in Oleanna (Progressive Theatre); Mother in The Oldest Boy (Vintage Theatre and Theatre Esprit
- [Chisa Hutchinson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/chisa-hutchinson/) - Chisa was born in Queens, New York to young, irresponsible parents. She spent majority of her formative years under the care of a much more responsible, but chronically broke woman who was technically her godfather’s mother, but who would later— in the fine, it-takes-a-village tradition of the broken family— simply become “Ma.” Chisa grew up
- [El Armstrong](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/el-armstrong/) - El Armstrong Sound & Projection Designer El Armstrong (Sound and Projection Design) is an award-winning sound designer whose works have been heard in theaters and films all over the world. He is a Primetime Emmy® nominated video editor and a Grammy® nominated sound editor/mixer. El is also a recipient of a Henry Award for Special
- [Krista Montoya](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/krista-montoya/) - Krista Montoya (Props Designer) is proud to work on Alma with Curious Theatre Company! Previous credits include: Properties Design for Phamaly Theatre Company's Vox Verger, The Rocky Horror Show, and Alice in Wonderland, Properties Head for The Stomp Company Tour, Associate Set Decorator with Walt Disney Imagineering, Property Shop Supervisor for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and Scenic
- [Nicole Watts](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/nicole-watts/) - Nicole Watts (Costume Design) is a freelance designer and technician. Alma is her first show with Curious. Additional companies she has worked for include Colorado Shakespeare Festival, McLeod Summer Playhouse, Southern Rep Theatre, Glimmerglass Festival, Creede Repertory Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, The Catamounts, and New Orleans
- [Elise Rosado](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/elise-rosado/) - Elise Rosado (Light Design) has designed three productions with Curious. Previously with Curious, Elise has costume designed American Son and the world premiere of Refuge. Elise graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2020 with a BFA in Theatre Design, Technology and Management. Her other credits include costuming and wig styling for the Colorado
- [Connie Lane](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/connie-lane/) - Connie Lane (Stage Manager) is honored to be collaborating with this talented group of artists at Curious Theatre Company. A long-time patron, but Alma being her first-show working here brings this freelance Production Stage Manager immense gratitude. Connie had a rewarding ten-year career in higher education with the esteemed Faculty in the Department of Theatre
- [Iliana Lucero Barron](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/iliana-lucero-barron/) - Iliana Lucero Barron (She/ Ella/ Hers) is thrilled to be making her debut at Curious, as Angel in ALMA. She is a bilingual, latinx performer, director, creative and advocate based in Denver, Colorado. Graduating from the University of Colorado at Denver in 2016, Iliana became a first generation college graduate. Since then, she has worked
- [Laura Chávez](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/laura-chavez/) - Laura is a professional artist in the Denver theatre community; an actor, facilitator, director and storyteller. She is honored to return to the Curious stage as a part of this beautiful production, 20 years after her appearance in “Nickel and Dimed”. Other acting credits include: To the Moon/Creede Repertory Theatre, Recipe/Theatre Artibus, Grapefruit Lab &
- [Denise Yvette Serna](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/denise-yvette-serna/) - (she/her/ella) Denise is an international theatre practitioner and arts activist, and serves as Associate Artistic Director of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble in Chicago, Illinois. Denise holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from London's East 15 Acting School, and co-founded Global Hive Laboratories, an international collective working toward a global theatre through an intentional practice of Active
- [Kenny Fedorko](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kenny-fedorko/) - Kenny Fedorko is excited to be making his Curious Theater Company debut with Franklinland. Off-Broadway: "Vanity Fair" dir. Eric Tucker and "Public Enemy" dir. Hal Brooks with the Obie Award-winning Pearl Theater Company. Regional: "Noises Off", "The Crucible" and "Midsummer Night's Dream" (Asolo Rep.) "Hang" and "Antigone" (Asolo Conservatory Theater), "Much Ado About Nothing" (Pennsylvania
- [Lloyd Suh](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lloyd-suh/) - Lloyd Suh is the author of The Chinese Lady (recently produced with Ma-Yi at the Public Theater), Bina's Six Apples (Alliance Theatre and Children's Theatre Company), Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery, The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go!, Franklinland, Jesus in India, and many more, including The Far
- [Katy Gentry](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/katy-gentry/)
- [Chyanne Huynh](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/chyanne-huynh/)
- [Adam L. Garb](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/adam-l-garb/)
- [Annika Radovcich](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/annika-radovcich/)
- [Amanda Clark](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/amanda-clark/)
- [Vance McKenzie](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/vance-mckenzie/) - Vance McKenzie is a freelance lighting designer designing his first show for Curious Theatre Company, Franklinland. He is the resident lighting designer at Miners Alley. Recent designs include Hair for Miner's Alley Playhouse, Once On This Island at Town Hall Arts Center and Cinderella for Candlelight Dinner Playhouse. Other designs include: The Foreigner, White Christmas, and She Loves Me at the Arvada Center, Clue for Little Theatre
- [Danté J. Finley](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/dante-j-finley/) - Danté J. Finley is very pleased to be making their Denver main stage debut with Curious Theatre Company in Franklinland. A native of La Junta, Colorado and where they first feel in love with theatre many years ago. Their most recent credits are primarily with THEATREWORKS of Colorado Springs in productions such as "Twelfth Night",
- [Adeline Mann](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/adeline-mann/) - Adeline Mann Adeline Mann (she/her) is excited to return for her third show with Curious Theatre. She is a Denver-based actor and creative and holds a BA Theatre, Acting Distinction from the University of Denver. Acting credits include: The Secretary, Sanctions (Curious Theatre); Fairfield (Miner's Alley Playhouse); Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies (Aurora Fox);
- [Tamara L. Meneghini](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tamara-l-meneghini/) - Tamara L. Meneghini (Gina) local acting credits include Admissions as Sherri (Curious Theatre), In Her Own Words as Elizabeth I (original work U.S. tour), Testament of Mary as Mary (Dairy Center), Master Class as Maria (Dairy Center), Gideon's Knot as Corryn (square product theatre),and various roles with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, including Henry IV, Parts
- [Lance Rasmussen](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lance-rasmussen/) - Lance Rasmussen (Justin) Denver Area Credits include: THE FOREIGNER, ALL MY SONS, ELECTRIC BABY, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, SIN STREET SOCIAL CLUB, and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Arvada Center Black Box) SHOCKHEADED PETER (Catamounts) 12TH NIGHT, ROMEO AND JULIET, HAMLET, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE BOY THE FOX THE MOLE AND THE HORSE, MACBETH, THE
- [Noelia Antweiler](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/noelia-antweiler/) - Noelia Antweiler (Teresa) is making her Curious debut! Noelia was seen at the Arvada Center Black Box this past season in Stick Fly, Animal Farm, and The Liar. Select credits: The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Nights Dream, A Christmas Carol, Cinderella (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Dracula, A Christmas Carol, Sleep Rock Thy Brain (Actors Theatre
- [Will Arbery](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/will-arbery/) - Will Arbery is a playwright, TV/film writer, and filmmaker from Texas + Wyoming + seven sisters. Plays: Corsicana (Playwrights Horizons) // Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons) // Plano (Clubbed Thumb) // Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (The New Group 2022, New Neighborhood 2018) // Wheelchair (3 Hole Press) // You Hateful Things (development at The Public, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and NYTW Dartmouth Residency). He's currently under commission from Audible, MTC, and Playwrights Horizons. TV/Film:
- [Kent Thompson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kent-thompson/) - Kent Thompson: (Bio Coming Soon)
- [Benjamin Benne](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/benjamin-benne/) - Benjamin Benne (he/him/his) is newly graduated from the David Geffen/Yale School of Drama MFA Playwriting Program. He made his professional playwriting debut with Alma, which had its World Premiere at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, then had a subsequent production at ArtsWest Playhouse in Seattle, and is scheduled for upcoming productions
- [Kristin MacFarlane](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kristin-macfarlane/) - Kristin MacFarlane Props Designer Kristin (Hamer) MacFarlane (Properties Designer) is an Artistic Company Member at Curious Theatre Company where she has been properties designer on many shows including the Elliot Trilogy, The Flick, God of Carnage and several others. She has also been the Charge Artist at Curious on Hand of God, the Brother/Sister plays, and
- [Kirkaldy Myers](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kirkaldy-myers/) - Kirkaldy Myers Actor Kirkaldy Myers is making his Colorado stage debut after moving here from California. There, his credits include productions at Pasadena Playhouse, where he played Uncle Johnny in Child's Play and Mo’olello Performing Arts Company, where he appeared as Jib in Katori Hall’s Hoodoo Love. His Chicago credits include Undershaft in George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara and Duncan
- [Kevin Hart](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kevin-hart/) - Kevin Hart Actor Kevin Hart is thankful to make his second appearance at the Curious Theater, having previously appeared as Aaron in 26 Miles. Recent roles include Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and Tobias in A Delicate Balance at the Edge Theater, Lockhart in The Seafarer at The Aurora Fox, Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and
- [Kelsey Didion](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kelsey-didion-visiting-actor/) - Kelsey Didion Actor Kelsey Didion (Marianne) is thrilled to be making her Curious debut. Credits include: Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The PIT, Theatre Row, Chautauqua Theater Company, PlayMakers Repertory Company, New York Shakespeare Exchange, The New Harmony Project, and others. Film: Ricki and the Flash. Kelsey is a founding member of New York-based sketch group Recent
- [Katie Gruenhagen](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/katie-gruenhagen-2/) - Katie Gruenhagen Lighting Designer Katie Gruenhagen most recently designed Hand to God at Curious. Katie is a freelance designer based out of Denver, and received her M.F.A. from Indiana University. Credits include First Date (Lake Dillion Theatre Co.), Tribes (UNCO), Addams Family (Little Theatre of the Rockies), Puppet Christmas Carol (Platte Valley Players), The Few (BETC),
- [Kathryn Gray](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kathryn-gray/) - Kathryn Gray Actor Kathryn Gray (Roberta in Admissions)has been an Artistic Company Member at Curious Theatre Company since 2003. She first worked with Curious in Praying For Rain as Miss K and followed that with Gert in Fuddy Meers, Nancy Shirley in Frozen, numerous roles, including Bix Beaver in Bright Ideas, Nat in Rabbit Hole,
- [Justin Walvoord](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/justin-walvoord/) - Justin Walvoord Actor Justin Walvoord has worked with Curious Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, Aurora Fox, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, Frequent Flyers, Third Rail Projects, Queens Theatre in the Park, Algonquin Theatre, Magic Theatre, Kennedy Center, Vermont Stage Company, South Coast Repertory, Smithsonian Institute, Oregon Cabaret, Artists Repertory Theatre, Disneyland Resort and more. Favorite Roles
- [Josue Ivan Prieto Miranda](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/josue-ivan-prieto-miranda/) - Josue Ivan Prieto Miranda Actor Josue Miranda is thrilled to be working with Curious Theatre Company on Refuge. He is a recent graduate of the University of Northern Colorado's Acting program. Josue previously appeared in a variety of productions across Colorado at Cherry Creek Theatre Company's My Name Is Asher Lev (Asher Lev), the Colorado
- [Joshua Harmon](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/joshua-harmon/) - Joshua Harmon Playwright Joshua Harmon's play Bad Jews received its world premiere at Roundabout Underground and was the first production to transfer to the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre (Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Award nominations, Best Play). It has since become the third most-produced play in the United States this season and transferred to
- [Joseph Ahmed](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/joseph-ahmed/) - Joseph Ahmed (he/him) Co-Director of CHAOS THEORY Joseph is a Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary theater artist and multi-racial person driven by a desire to explore the in-between, the over-the-top, and the not-yet-seen. He acts and directs as a company member with the Barrymore Award-winning Tribe of Fools, and performed for several years as part of Almanac Dance
- [Jonathan D. Allsup](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jonathan-d-allsup-visiting-stage-manager/) - Jonathan D. Allsup Stage Manager Jonathan D. Allsup* (Stage Manager) has recently stage managed Cyrano (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company), The Glass Menagerie (Cherry Creek Theatre), Reunion 1985 (Lone Tree Arts Center), The Wild Hunt by Bill Pullman (VisionBox Studios), BookFace: The Musical (Slingshot Productions), The Archbishop’s Ceiling and Harvey (Arvada Center for the Arts and
- [Jon Dunkle](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jon-dunkle/) - Jon Dunkle Lightning Director Jon Dunkle (Lighting designer) is a Colorado based designer, manager, and educator with credits and professional connections on Broadway and Off, with national and international tours, dance, concerts, special events, as well as television and architecture. This is Jon's Curious Theatre Company debut, and has worked with other local companies including
- [Jon Collins](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jon-collins/)
- [John Hauser](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/john-hauser-visiting-actor/) - John Hauser Actor John Hauser (Jim Fingal) was last seen on the Curious stage as Jason/Tyron in Hand to God and you might also recognize him from a few Curious New Voices staged readings. John has also appeared as Shreddy Eddy in Airness at Benchmark Theatre, The Guy in Once at Miners Alley, and Harry
- [Jilly Schwab](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jilly-schwab/) - Jilly Schwab (they/them) Production Manager for CHAOS THEORY Jilly Schwab is a multidisciplinary performance artist, designer, and production swiss-army-knife who loves to wear all the hats! They have worked in various positions in the Philly performing arts community, with organizations such as Performance Garage, Tribe of Fools, Theatre Oblivion, New Paradise Labs, PlayPenn, and the
- [Jessica Creane](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jessica-creane/) - Jessican Creane (she/they) Writer/Performer of CHAOS THEORY Jessica Creane is the founder of IKantKoan Games LLC, focused on creating playful experiences exploring serious subject matter. Jessica is a climate change game designer with The National Parks Service, Professor of Game Design at CUNY City Tech, and she recently gave a TEDx talk about embracing uncertainty
- [Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jeremy-kareken-david-murrell-and-gordon-farrell/) - Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, & Gordon Farrell JEREMY KAREKEN (playwright, LIFESPAN OF A FACT) is a playwright living in New York and Baltimore. His short plays HOT ROD, BIG TRAIN, and 80 CARDS have been performed around the country and internationally. He served as a speech writer and policy analyst for two presidential campaigns. His awards
- [Jenna Moll Reyes](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jenna-moll-reyes-visiting-actor/) - Jenna Moll Reyes Actor Jenna Moll Reyes, Jessica, is thrilled to return to Curious Theatre Company for Hand to God after her debut in Water by the Spoonful. Jenna was last seen as Grandma in Sweet and Lucky (Denver Center of Performing Arts). Other Credits include Serena - Legally Blonde the Musical, Dee Lee -
- [Jamil Jude](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jamil-jude/) - Jamil Jude Director Jamil Jude is a freelance director, producer, playwright, and dramaturg. Self-identifying as an "Artist Plus", Jamil feels most at home bringing socially relevant art to the community. Jamil is the Co-Producer of the The New Griots Festival. Additionally, he is a participant in the Leadership U: One-on-One program, funded by The Andrew
- [James Key](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/james-key/)
- [Jacob John Noon](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jacob-noon/) - Jacob John Noon Assistant Stage Manager Jacob John Noon (Assistant Stage Manager) is a graduate of University of Northern Colorado, where he studied theatre and dance. Recent acting credits include Leon in Ypsilanti, Richmond / Radcliff in Richard III, and First Murderer in Macbeth where he also functioned as the production's fight captain. Related interests
- [Jack Trembath](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jack-trembath/) - Jack Trembath Lighting Designer Jack Trembath is going into his fourth year at the University of Denver as a theatre major focusing on acting and lighting design. He recently designed The Lamont School of Music’s Il Trittico and the Senior Capstone Seven Stages at the University of Denver. He is currently working on Philomela Productions’ show
- [Idris Goodwin](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/idris-goodwin/) - Idris Goodwin Playwright Idris Goodwin is a playwright, rapper and essayist. His widely produced plays How We Got On (Actors Theater of Louisville/ Humana Festival) and Blackademics (MPAACT, Crowded Fire) were both nominated for Steinberg Awards. Other plays include And In This Corner: Cassius Clay (StageOne Family Theater), This Is Modern Art (Steppenwolf), Bars and Measures (B Street Theatre, NNPN RWP), The Raid (Jackalope Theatre), THE REALNESS: a break
- [Harrison Lyles-Smith](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/harrison-lyles-smith/) - Harrison Lyles-Smith Actor Harrison Lyles-Smith (Ainsley in Appropriate) attends The Denver School of the Arts. Favorite roles: Benji in Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Aurora Fox), Jake in The Playground (And Toto too Theatre Company), Marky in Jerusalem (The Edge Theatre), Son in Medea (The Edge Theatre), and Boffo in Revenge of the Space Pandas (Aurora Fox Little Foxes). This is
- [Greg Geffrard](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/greg-geffrard/) - Greg Geffrard Actor Greg Geffrard (Moses) is an actor, educator, and spoken word artist. Previous acting credits include Lottery Day (Goodman Theatre; u/s); Miss Bennett (TheatreSquared); Tilikum (Sideshow Theatre); Another Jungle (Cloudgate Theatre); Smart People (Writers Theatre; u/s); Puff Believe It Or Not (Remy Bumppo); Pass Over (Steppenwolf; u/s), Earthquakes In London (Steep Theatre); BBC: Romeo & Juliet (Along The Way Productions); Carroll Gardens (16th Street Theatre); Our Lady Of
- [Gerardo Chávez](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/gerardo-chavez/)
- [Gabby Lentinis](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/gabby-lentinis/)
- [Frank Taylor Green](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/frank-green/) - Frank Taylor Green Actor Frank Taylor Green is a former Resident Company Member at Barter Theatre and a founding member and former Associate Artistic Director of Duke City Repertory Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Previous credits include Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Othello in Othello, Bruce in Phoenix, Mr. Manningham in Gaslight, Quasimodo in The Hunchback of
- [Evelyn Langley](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/evelyn-langley/) - Evelyn Langley (she/her) Costumes and Props for CHAOS THEORY Evelyn Langley is an Oklahoma-grown maker, performance artist, farmer, and caregiver. With the help of her community in Philadelphia, she grows food as dirtbaby farm, a small-scale CSA supplying vegetables and hand-grown goodies to its people. When she isn't digging in the dirt, she infuses her
- [Emma Messenger](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/emma-messenger/) - Emma Messenger Actor Emma Messenger (Lorrie) returns to Curious after playing Della in The Cake last season. She was last onstage in the world premiere of Rodney Hick’s new play Flame Broiled. or the ugly play at Local Theater Company. Other regional theater credits include The Diary of Anne Frank, The Moors, Sin Street Social
- [Emily Paton Davies](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/emily-paton-davies/) - Emily Paton Davies Actor Emily Paton Davies has performed with companies throughout Colorado for more than a decade, including two shows with Curious: Dead Man’s Cell Phone and Rancho Mirage. A three-time Henry Award nominee for Outstanding Actress in a Play from the Colorado Theatre Guild, Emily won the award in 2007 for her work in Frankie and Johnny in
- [Emily Dendinger](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/emily-dendinger/) - Emily Dendinger Playwright Emily Dendinger is a Brooklyn-based writer. Her plays include Hideous Progeny (produced by LiveWire, Holland Productions and North Park College), For the Falls, No Home for Bees, and Pocketful of Sand (winner of the 2016 Activate Midwest New Play Festival and a 2015 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Award finalist). She is a two-time winner of Theater Masters National
- [Dylan Sprauge](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/dylan-sprauge/) - Dylan Sprauge Dylan Sprague grew up in Woodland Park, CO where he first started making home movies. He has traveled all over the world in the cast of Up with People as a singer, dancer, and volunteer. He currently attends MSU Denver where he is working on a degree in film while also studying theatre, journalism,
- [donnie l. betts](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/donnie-l-betts/) - Donnie L. Betts Actor donnie l. betts is a founding member of two theatre companies in Denver: City Stage Ensemble and Denver Black Arts Company. He attended Yale School of Drama. His theatre performance credits include The Gospel at Colonus on Broadway, The Warrior Ant at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), as well as many regional
- [Donna Kanne](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/donna-kanne/) - Donna Kanne Prop Designer Donna Kanne (Props Design) is back at Curious after designing for Sanctions, Skeleton Crew, The Humans, and The Cake last season. Her other designs include The Spitfire Grill and The Oldest Boy for Vintage Theatre. Donna received her BFA in Theatre from Metropolitan State University of Denver.
- [Donja R. Love](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/donja-r-love/) - Donja R. Love Playwright DONJA R. LOVE (playwright, FIREFLIES) (he/him/his) is Black, Queer, HIV-Positive, and thriving. A Philly native, his work examines the forced absurdity of life for those who identify as Black, Queer, and HIV-Positive – a diverse intersection filled with eloquent stories that challenge the white supremacist, heteronormative structures that exist in American culture. He's
- [Dominique Morisseau](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/dominique-morisseau/) - Dominique Morisseau Playwright Dominique Morisseau (playwright) is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle) which includes the following plays: Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT). Additional plays include: Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theatre), Sunset Baby (LAByrinth Theatre); Blood at the
- [Diana Ben-Kiki](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/diana-ben-kiki/) - Diana Ben-Kiki Wig Master Diana Ben-Kiki has worked at the Denver Center Theatre Company for the last 24 years, the last 20 of them as Wig Master. Some of the recent productions she designed were Macbeth, Wild Party (at the Stanley Marketplace), The Secret Garden, A Christmas Carol, The Book of Will, Frankenstein and Sweeney Todd,
- [Dee Covington](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/dee-covington/) - Dee Covington Co-Founder, Actor, & Director Dee Covington she/her, is a founding member of Curious Theatre Company. Over the past 24 years she has garnered awards for her work as an actor and director. Dee's select directing credits at Curious include The Thanksgiving Play, The Humans, Your Best One, Hand to God, the three-part The
- [Danielle Light](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/danielle-light/) - Danielle Light Prop Designer Danielle Light has designed props for The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide... and The Body of an American at Curious. She recently designed props for Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s Every Christmas Story Ever Told. She has been on run crew for several shows with Curious including The Luckiest People, The Happiest Song Plays Last, and
- [Dan O'Brien](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/dan-obrien/) - Dan O'Brien Playwright Dan O'Brien is a playwright, poet, and librettist. His play, The Body of an American, received an off-Broadway premiere at Primary Stages, in a co-production with Hartford Stage, in 2016. The Body of an American is the winner of the Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play, the inaugural Edward M. Kennedy Prize
- [Damon Guerrasio](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/damon-guerrasio/) - Damon Guerrasio Actor Damon Guerrasio (Professor, Ghost, Policeman) is thrilled to be making his debut at Curious Theatre Company. Other credits include: Saturday Night Fever, Junie B Jones, Charlotte's Web, Lyle the Crocodile (Arvada Center); The Fantasticks! (Midtown Arts Center); Spamalot, Shrek the Musical (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre); All My Sons (Cherry Creek Theatre); The Music
- [D. Lynn Reiland](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/d-lynn-reiland/) - D. Lynn Reiland Stage Manager Lynn Reiland (Stage Manager) is returning to Curious after Stage Managing The Luckiest People in 2018 and Detroit in 2015. Most recently she Assistant Stage managed the 2018-2019 Season at the DCPA – Theatre Company. Dana has been an ASM at the DCPA – Theatre Company for the past 14 seasons working
- [Courtney O’Neill, Visiting Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/courtney-oneill-visiting-designer/) - Courtney O’Neill Visiting Designer Courtney O’Neill (Scenic Designer) was born in Denver and is thrilled to be back as she makes her Curious Theatre debut. She is based in Chicago where she has designed at Steppenwolf Theatre, Lookingglass, Writers Theatre, Northlight Theatre, The Hypocrites, Next Theatre, Court Theatre, The Gift Theatre, among others. Regional credits
- [Cory Gilstrap, Visiting Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/cory-gilstrap-visiting-designer/) - Cory Gilstrap Visiting Designer Cory Gilstrap (Puppet Design & Construction) is thankful to be part of this production of Hand to God and to be working with the amazing cast and crew here at the Curious. Cory’s company Imagined Creations (IC) combines 30 years of engineering know-how, imagination, and craftsmanship to produce an array of
- [Colin D. Young](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/colin-d-young/) - Colin D. Young Lighting Designer Colin D. Young (Lighting Designer) is making his second appearance at Curious. His Colorado credits include Gloria (Curious), Pride & Prejudice (BETC) & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (BETC). Off Broadway he has worked on Detroit ’67 (Public Theatre); Fragments and Talking Pictures (Signature Theatre); In
- [Colin Covert](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/colin-covert-2/) - Colin Covert Colin Covert (Charlie Luther Mason in Admissions) is a senior theatre major at Denver School of the Arts. Colin was last seen on the Curious stage as Josh in Your Best One. Other recent acting credits include Boult in Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Ned Weeks in The Normal Heart, Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Arturo Ui in The Resistible
- [Christopher Demos-Brown](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/christopher-demos-brown/) - Christopher Demos-Brown Playwright CHRISTOPHER DEMOS-BROWN (playwright, AMERICAN SON) has written over a dozen full-length plays and screenplays. His honors include the Laurents/Hatcher Award, a Steinberg Citation from The American Theatre Critics Association, and multiple regional theatre awards (including two Carbonell Awards, multiple Silver Palms and the inaugural Berkshire Theatre Award for Outstanding New Work). His plays include
- [Chip Walton](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/chip-walton/) - Chip Walton Co-Founder & Producing Artistic Director Chip Walton (Producing Artistic Director) co-founded Curious Theatre Company in 1997 and has served as Producing Artistic Director for the entire history of the organization. Named Denver’s “2005 Theatre Person of the Year,” he has directed more than fifty shows for Curious over the past 21 years and
- [Charles Dean Packard](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/charles-packard/) - Charles Dean Packard Scenic and Lighting Design Charles Dean Packard (Scenic and Lighting Design) was the Executive Producer at the Aurora Fox for many years. Notable productions include Metamorphoses, The Color Purple, and Black Elk Speaks. Over the past 20 years, Charles has provided designs for many area theaters including The Fox, Curious Theatre Company, Phamaly,
- [Celeste M. Cooper](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/celeste-m-cooper/) - Celeste M. Cooper Actor Celeste M. Cooper (Gloria) is making her debut at Curious Theatre Company. Celeste is based in Chicago and one of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s newest ensemble members. Some theatre credits include: BLKS, The Doppelgänger, Familiar, and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Steppenwolf), Barbecue (Strawdog Theatre); Blues for an Alabama Sky and The Hard Problem (Court Theatre), Measure for Measure (Goodman Theatre), Stick
- [Carlos Frésquez](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/carlos-fresquez/) - Carlos Frésquez ​​Carlos Frésquez is a Denver native and artist. Carlos Frésquez’s people come from the centuries-old Mexican borderland culture of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, but he experienced his roots from a city boy’s cross-cultural perspective. It’s an intrinsic part of who he is as a human and as an artist: community-driven, rooted
- [Brynn Tucker](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/brynn-tucker-visiting-actor/) - Brynn Tucker Actor Brynn Tucker (Gloria) was last seen at Curious Theatre in Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet. She was recently in Frankenstein (Denver Center for Performing Arts) directed by Sam Buntrock. Regional Credits include: Ophelia in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Folger Theatre) directed by Aaron Posner; The Widow Lincoln (Ford’s Theatre) directed
- [Bruce K. Sevy](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/bruce-k-sevy-visiting-director/) - Bruce K. Sevy Director Bruce K. Sevy has most recently served as Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development for the Denver Center Theatre Company, where he held the post 2006-16. Building the Wall will be his first time directing at Curious. Bruce has directed such memorable DCTC productions as Master Class, A
- [Bruce Graham](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/bruce-graham/) - Bruce Graham Playwright Bruce Graham (Playwright) – Curious has performed two of Graham’s plays previously: White Guy on the Bus (2016) and Coyote on a Fence (2001). His other plays include Burkie, Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille, Moon Over the Brewery, Minor Demons, Belmont Avenue Social Club, According to Goldmman, Desperate Affection,
- [Brett Aune](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/brett-aune-visiting-actor/) - Brett Aune Actor Brett Aune has previously been seen in Curious in Venus in Fur, Proof, Inventing van Gogh, and How I Learned to Drive. Brett directed The Archbishop's Ceiling last season at Arvada Center, and has also been seen onstage there in Cabaret. He currently lives in Los Angeles, and has worked at numerous
- [Bekah Brunstetter](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/bekah-brunstetter/) - Bekah Brunstetter Playwright Bekah Brunstetter (Playwright of The Cake) hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and currently lives in Los Angeles. Plays include The Cake (Ojai Playwrights Conference), Going to a Place Where You Already Are (South Coast Repertory), The Oregon Trail (Portland Center Stage Fall 2016, O’Neill Playwrights Conference; Flying V) Cutie and Bear (Roundabout commission)
- [Branden Jacobs-Jenkins](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/branden-jacobs-jenkins/) - Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ (playwright) plays include Neighbors (Public Theater), Appropriate (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Victory Gardens Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and Signature Theatre), An Octoroon (Soho Rep), and War. He is a Residency Five playwright at Signature Theatre and a Lila Acheson Wallace Fellow at the Juilliard School. Additionally, his work has
- [Audrey Graves](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/audrey-graves/) - Audrey Graves Audrey Graves This is Audrey’s first production at Curious Theatre Company. She was last seen as Ballet Girl Keeley Gibson in Billy Elliott at The Vintage Company. Other credits include Matilda in Matilda at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, Elphaba in Wicked also at Spotlight Performing Arts Center, Cinderella in Into the Woods at Rocky
- [Ashley Campbell](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/ashley-campbell-2/) - Ashley Campbell Sound Designer Ashley Campbell (Sound Designer) is excited to be back in the theatre working with Curious. Her previous credits with Curious include The Thanksgiving Play and The Humans. Her other Colorado theatre credits include Camp Christmas (DCPA Off Center & Hanzon Studios), The Revolutionists (BETC), The Wolves (BETC), Tiny Beautiful Things (BETC),
- [Antonio Mercado](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/antonio-mercado-visiting-actor/) - Antonio Mercado Antonio Mercado returns to Curious Theatre Company after appearing in 26 Miles by Quiara Alegría Hudes. Los Angeles credits include the West Coast Premier of Wit with Kathleen Chalfant (Geffen Playhouse); Mayhem (Evidence Room) and Berlin Circle (Evidence Room) both with Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. He produced a live concert that reunited
- [Antonio Amadeo](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/antonio-amadeo/) - Antonio Amadeo Antonio Amadeo (Richard in The Humans) is making his Curious debut with The Humans. A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, Antonio hails from South Florida where his credits include: Constellations (with his wife Katherine Amadeo), The Pillowman (2007 Carbonell Award Winner), It’s Only A Play and A Round-Heeled Woman starring Sharon Gless (Best Supporting Actor 2011, Miami New Times) at Gablestage. He was
- [Antoinette Nwandu](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/antoinette-nwandu/) - Antoinette Nwandu Playwright Antoinette Nwandu (Playwright) Steppenwolf presented the World Premiere of her play Pass Over, a mashup of the biblical Exodus story and Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, which sparked a national conversation about bias in the theater community. Her play Breach: a manifesto on race in america through the eyes of a black girl
- [Anson Nicholson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/anson-nicholson-visiting-designer/) - Anson Nicholson Anson Nicholson (Sound and Projection Designer, Constellations) is excited to be designing his first show on the Curious Theater Company main stage. Anson has designed for the Curious New Voices festivals, Evergreen Players, and the DCPA Cabaret. When not designing, Anson works as the Technical Director for Littleton High School's theater and performing
- [Anne F. Butler](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/annie-butler/) - Anne F. Butler Anne F. Butler comes to Curious Theatre after spending sixteen seasons at Creede Repertory Theatre where her credits include Violet in August Osage County, Toinette in The Imaginary Invalid, and in both productions that traveled to Arvada Center: Rose in The Last Romance and Madame Aigreville in The Ladies Man. Most recently she
- [Anne Oberbroeckling](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/anne-oberbroeckling/) - Anne Oberbroeckling Anne Oberbroeckling (Clio) was previously seen at Curious in After the Revolution. Other performance credits include: Ripcord for The Boulder Ensemble Theatre, The Glass Menagerie and Doubt with the Cherry Creek Theatre, Dividing the Estate and Cabaret with the Arvada Center, and August: Osage County with Abster Productions at the Dairy Center (True
- [Anna-Marie Monzon](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/anna-marie-monzon/) - Anna-Marie Monzon Assistant Stage Manager Anna-Marie Monzon (Assistant Stage Manager) is a theatre designer, manager, and proud Denver native. She earned a BFA for Theatre Design, Tech, and Management from the University of Colorado, Boulder and Master's with Merit from Goldsmiths, University of London in World Theatres. Productions that she has designed for include The
- [Ann Piano](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/ann-piano/) - Ann Piano Costume Designer Ann Piano (Costume Designer, Constellations) has worked at Curious Theatre Company as costume designer for Collapse, On an Average Day, Yankee Tavern, Rabbit Hole, Curse of The Starving Class, 9 Parts of Desire, Fiction, The War Anthology, Bug, Paris on The Platte, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (John Moore True West Award) and After
- [Andy Waldschmidt](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/andy-waldschmidt-visiting-actor/) - Andy Waldschmidt Andy Waldschmidt: Curious Theatre’s CLYBOURNE PARK and MAPLE & VINE (u.s.); REASON with Maya Productions. New York: Subjective Theatre Co.’s PARALLAX, TELL, and PARTY DISCIPLINE: A POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION SEMINAR (co-writer), 7 BLOWJOBS, VICTIMS OF DUTY, and WHITE PLAGUE; QED’s MAD FOREST; NY Classical Theatre’s TAMING OF THE SHREW in Central Park; AMFM IN THE
- [Amy Shoshana Blumberg](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/amy-shoshana-blumberg/) - Amy Shoshana Blumberg (she/her) Co-Director of CHAOS THEORY Amy is a theater director, dramaturg, and teaching artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is co-producing artistic director of the after-image, a passionately postmodern theater company, with whom she creates devised dance-theater works. the after-image presented RE: SHE a history of adventure through the 2019 Philadelphia Fringe
- [Alec Sarché](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/alec-sarche/) - Alec Sarché Actor Alec Sarché (Rhys in Appropriate) is a recent graduate of Colorado College's theatre program. Appropriate is his first performance on the Curious stage. He was last seen in Denver as Melchior in Spring Awakening with the Fearless Theatre. His credits at Colorado College include Howie in Rabbit Hole, Jamie Wellerstein in The
- [Alex Ruhlin](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/alex-ruhlin-visiting-designer/) - Alex Ruhlin Alex Ruhlin has designed sound for Sex with Strangers, Rancho Mirage, and the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Denver Stories at Curious Theatre Company. Other recent credits include Dracula, Mary Poppins, Reefer Madness,4000 Miles, Guys and Dolls, Wait Until Dark (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), As You Like It, Psycho Beach Party, The Lying
- [Adolfo Romero](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/adolfo-romero/) - Adolfo Romero Adolfo Romero is a multifaceted artist from Chile (visual artist, musician, poet and cultural arts project developer). Currently, residing in Denver, Colorado, he is active in the local art and music community. His visual works include a series of mediums that are always searching for symbolic relationships between the human psyche, and its
- [Adam Rapp](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/adam-rapp/) - Adam Rapp Adam Rapp has been the recipient of the Herbert & Patricia Brodkin scholarship, two Lincoln Center Le Compte De Nuoy Awards, a fellowship to the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, the 1999 Princess Grace Award for Playwriting, a 2000 Roger L. Stevens Award from The Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, a
- [Abner Genece](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/abner-genece-visiting-actor/) - Abner Genece Actor NY stage credits include Othello, Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard, Tartuffe and Waiting for Godot. Regional credits include The Arabian Nights, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, How Kintu Became a Man (Ovation Nominee), The Bluest Eye (Critics Circle), For The Love of Freedom, Pts. 1 & 2 (NAACP Theatre Award) and Othello
- [A. Phoebe Sacks](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/a-phoebe-sacks/) - A. Phoebe Sacks Stage Manager A. Phoebe Sacks (Stage Manager) has been the stage manager at Curious for Pass Over, Skeleton Crew, The Humans, The Cake, The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide…, The Body of an American, Appropriate, Hand to God, Constellations, The Luckiest People, White Guy on the Bus, and Sex with Strangers. She previously served
- [Paul Jonathan Thompson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/paul-thompson/) - Paul Jonathan Thompson (Composer) Paul Thompson has spent the last seventeen years serving as the principal of the Urban Assembly School of Music and Art (UAMA), a public arts high school that he founded in 2005 located in DUMBO, Brooklyn. In this role, he designed and implemented all aspects of the school including curriculum and
- [Trent Jones](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/trent-jones/) - Trent Jones (Assistance Set Design)(he/him/his) is a Scenic Designer and Artist based in Chicago, IL. He received his BFA in Scene Design/Production Design from DePaul University in 2021. THEATER: As You Like It, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, The Thanksgiving Play, King Oedipus (Scenic Designer). FILM – Albion Rose (Art Director), World 4 Level 2
- [Regina García](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/regina-garcia/) - Regina García (Set Design) Regina is a Chicago-based scenic designer from Puerto Rico. She has long standing relationships with the St. Louis Black Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the renowned Teatros including Repertorio Español, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Teatro Vista, INTAR, and Pregones Theater. Regina is a Fellow of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program
- [Lisa Boehm](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lisa-boehm/) - Lisa Boehm (Stage Manager) is an Artistic Company member at Curious Theatre Company and was last (not) seen in the booth for THE SOUND INSIDE. At Curious she has stage managed 20+ main-stage shows (favorites include Coyote on a Fence, An Almost Holy Picture, and The Denver Project) as well as several touring shows, Denver
- [Steven Sapp](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/steven-sapp/) - Steven Sapp (Director) Playwriting/Acting credits include: AmericUS (Directed/Developed by Joan Herrington); UNISON (Directed/Developed by Robert O'Hara); PARTY PEOPLE (Directed/Developed by Liesl Tommy); AMERIVILLE (Directed/Developed by Chay Yew); The Denver Project (Director Dee Covington); One Shot in Lotus Position (Director Bonnie Metzger); BLUE SUITE (Directed/Developed by Chay Yew); SLANGUAGE (Directed/Developed by Jo Bonney); RHYTHMICITY (Playwright/Actor/Director); THE
- [Satya Jnani Chávez](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/satya-chavez-visiting-artist/) - Satya Jnani Chávez is a Chicago based actor, composer, and musician, who was last seen at Curious in The Happiest Song Plays Last. As an Actor, their credits include: Where Did We Sit On The Bus? (Cleveland Playhouse, Colorado Springs FAC, Actors Theatre of Louisville); American Mariachi (Dallas Theater Center, South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre
- [Laura Gorostieta-Burgos](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/laura-gorostieta-burgos/)
- [Nick Luecking](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/nick-luecking/)
- [Roy McFarlane](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/roy-mcfarlane/)
- [Lynde Rosario](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lynde-rosario/) - Lynde Rosario (she/her/hers) is a Dramaturg and the Impact Assessment Director for the National New Play Network. Former affiliations include: Curious Theatre Company, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company, The Catamounts, Local Theater Company, Creede Repertory Theater, Athena Project, Letter of Marque Theater Company, and The Anthropologists. She is also a Board Member, VP
- [Lisa Hori-Garcia](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lisa-hori-garcia/) - Lisa Horia-Garcia made her Curious debut with Refuge. Originally from San Francisco, Lisa is an actress, director, writer and teaching artist who she spent the last 18 years as a company member with the Tony-award winning, political theater company, The San Francisco Mime Troupe (to be clear: it does not perform silent mime). When not
- [Sophia Hill](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sophia-hill/) - Sophia Hill is a graduate of Kalamazoo College, where she studied English and Theatre Arts. Her acting credits include Viola in Twelfth Night, Hannah in The Spitfire Grill, and Annie Cannon in Silent Sky, and she was most recently seen as Portia in New Native Theatre's reading of Death of a Chief. In addition to
- [Andrew Rosendorf](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/andrew-rosendorf/) - Andrew Rosendorf‘s work has been produced or developed at La Jolla, MCC, KC Rep, Signature Theatre, the National New Play Network, Nashville Rep, City Theatre, Geva Theatre, Actor’s Express, and Local Theater Company. He is an alum of NNPN’s Playwright-in-Residence program, the Ingram New Works program, terraNOVA Collective’s Groundbreakers Playwrights Group, and has been a
- [Mari Meza-Burgos](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/mari-meza-burgos/) - Mari is an actor, singer and musician from Colorado. Mari has spent most of her life performing music from the Mexican tradition known as Mariachi. She is currently the lead vocalist and vihuela player for the Colorado-based female Mexican trio, Las Dahlias. Mari has also been in many productions at Su Teatro, worked with Curious
- [Alaina Beth Reel](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/alaina-beth-reel/) - Alaina Beth Reel is a Denver-based actor, musician, teacher, writer, and director with a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Iowa. She was last seen at Curious in The Cake, and has been involved in many Denver Stories and Curious New Voices productions. Colorado credits include DCPA's Anna Karenina (Ensemble/US Marya), Colorado New Play Festival (Bruce Graham’s Sanctions, Curious
- [Adriane Leigh Robinson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/adriane-leigh-robinson/) - Adriane Leigh Robinson, Actor Adriane Leigh Robinson (Alicia in The Thanksgiving Play) is making her Curious Theatre debut in this production of The Thanksgiving Play. Adriane was last seen as Olivia in Miss You Like Hell at The Aurora Fox. Recent credits include: Casey in First Date The Musical (DCPA Theatre Company); Sally in Cabaret (Miner’s Alley Playhouse); Anne in Swing, Morticia in The Addams Family Musical, Louise
- [Sabin Epstein](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sabin-epstein/) - Sabin Epstein (Director) has been a Resident Director for the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T., San Francisco), Georgia Shakespeare Festival (Atlanta), and A Noise Within (Los Angeles). He has been a Guest Director for the Alabama, Oregon, Santa Fe and Southwest Shakespeare Festivals, the Juilliard School (Drama Division), the Guthrie Theatre Actor Training Program and the Denver
- [Mikah Conway](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/mikah-conway/) - Mikah Conway THE SOUND INSIDE is Mikah's first show with Curious Theatre Co. He graduated from the University of Denver in 2020 with a degree in theatre, and after almost two full years without live theater, he's extremely excited to be back on stage. Mikah has performed in more than 30 staged and filmed productions, including
- [Shay Dite](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/shay-dite/)
- [Stephanie M. Holmes](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/stephanie-m-holmes/) - Stephanie M. Holmes (Stage Manager) is a Denver local stage manager who previously worked for Curious Theater Company on the 2019 production of The Thanksgiving Play. Some of her other notable credits include Broadway: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella; Off-Broadway: The Liar (Classic Stage Company); Regional: Waitress, OPC, Witness Uganda (American Repertory Theater), Heartbreak House (Hartford
- [Lisa Prater](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lisa-prater/) - Lisa Prater (Stage Manager) is Curious' Production Manager and resident Stage Manager. Recent work with Curious includes stage management for Hillary & Clinton, Admissions, and several digital CNV festivals. Some notable stage management credits include Letters from Freedom Summer (KC Rep), The Burning Fiery Furnace (Central City Opera), and festival stage manager for the Colorado Theatre Festival in 2018
- [Gordon Farrell](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/gordon-farrell/) - GORDON FARRELL (playwright, LIFESPAN OF A FACT) Trained as a playwright at the Yale School of Drama, Gordon received an MFA in 1986 and went from there to work with major Hollywood studios, initially as a story analyst for Warner Brothers and Columbia Pictures, and eventually as a screenwriter. He has written for hire and
- [David Murrell](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/david-murrell/) - DAVID MURRELL (playwright, LIFESPAN OF A FACT)was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School and the University of Chicago, currently lives in Queens, and has written a sea chest's worth of TV and film treatments and spec scripts. Access Theater (NYC) and the Cleveland Public Theatre each produced his
- [Jeremy Kareken](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jeremy-kareken/) - JEREMY KAREKEN (playwright, LIFESPAN OF A FACT) is a playwright living in New York and Baltimore. His short plays HOT ROD, BIG TRAIN, and 80 CARDS have been performed around the country and internationally. He served as a speech writer and policy analyst for two presidential campaigns. His awards include the Sewanee Conference’s Dakin Fellowship for
- [Lucas Hnath](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lucas-hnath/) - Lucas Hnath’s plays include The Christians (2014 Humana Festival), Red Speedo (Studio Theatre, DC), A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (Soho Rep), NightNight (2013 Humana Festival), Isaac's Eye (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Death Tax (2012 Humana Festival, Royal Court Theatre), and The Courtship of Anna Nicole Smith (Actors Theatre
- [Scarlet Walton](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/scarlet-walton/) - Scarlet Walton is a fourth grader at Academia Ana Marie Sandoval where she is currently involved in the Denver Public Schools Shakespeare Festival as a set designer. She is a Soprano in the school choir where she has been singing for the last 3 years. When not singing, drawing and acting she is playing soccer.
- [Shannan Steele](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/shannan-steele/) - Shannan Steele is making her Curious Theatre Company debut with Roe. She was most recently seen in My Way, a Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra (Cherry Creek Theatre). Favorite credits include Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! (The Arvada Center), Roxie Hart in Chicago (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre), Sarah in Murder Ballad (The Edge Theatre), Cathy in
- [Martha Harmon Pardee](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/martha-harmon-pardee/) - Martha Harmon Pardee (Ginnie) has been acting professionally in Denver and Boulder for the past 30 years. Previously she performed in Up and Fiction at Curious. Other roles include Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, and Abby in The Mercy Seat (Paragon Theatre Company); various roles at the Colorado Shakespeare
- [Linda Morken](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/linda-morken/) - Linda Morken (Costume Designer) is the resident designer for Boulder Dinner Theatre Stage. Linda has designed and worked on many regional as well as national productions including several that have won awards including three Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Awards, two Denver Post Ovation awards for continued excellence in costume design, Boulder Daily Camera’s Best of
- [Tamara Meneghini](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tamara-meneghini/) - Tamara Meneghini (Sherri) has appeared locally in Henry IV - Parts I and II (Mistress Quickly), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Quickly), Measure for Measure (Overdone), Hamlet (Gertrude), The Fantasticks (Father), To Kill a Mockingbird (Jean Louise) with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Gidion’s Knot (square product theatre), Reason and Master Class (Maya Productions). Her two original solo performance pieces, The Great Goddess Bazaar (Ovation Award, Best
- [Saxon Rhoad](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rhoad-saxon/) - Saxon Rhoad (Props Design) is a newcomer to Colorado and to Curious Theatre Company. Saxon spends the majority of his time running the scene shop at the University of Denver. As a Prop Master, Saxon has worked on shows such as Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. Back in his home
- [Kyle John Schmidt](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kyle-john-schmidt/) - Kyle John Schmidt (Playwright) is a writer from Montezuma, Iowa. His plays have been produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville (Take 10 Apprentice Showcase and the Humana Festival), Crashbox Theatre, the Kid Magicians, Play-in-a-Bar, the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, University of Texas New Theatre, and the David Mark Cohen New Works
- [Kathleen M. Brady](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kathy-brady/) - Kathleen M. Brady (Ruby) is making her first mainstage appearance with Curious Theatre Company. As a member of the Denver Center Theatre Company for more than 20 years she has performed in many productions including Beauty Queen of Leenane, Arsenic and Old Lace, Dancing at Lughnasa, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Trip to
- [Sam Gregory](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sam-gregory-visiting-actor/) - Sam Gregory (Bill in Admissions) last appeared at Curious Theatre Company as Ray in White Guy on the Bus. Most recently, Sam was Malvolio in Twelfth Night at the Denver Center Theatre Company where he has appeared in 49 productions. Other Regional theaters include: Theaterworks in Hartford, CT., multiple seasons for the Colorado, California, and
- [Kammara "Kami" Williams](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kammara-kami-williams/) - Kammara "Kami" Williams (run crew) is a Colorado native working towards her BFA in Applied Theater Technology and Design at MSU Denver with a focus in costumes and scenic painting. She has worked around the world as both a performer and technician, and is excited to be working with Curious Theater Company again.
- [Willow McGinty](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lighting-designer/) - Willow McGinty (Lighting Design)
- [John Jurcheck](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/john-jurcheck/) - John Jurcheck, Actor John Jurcheck (Jaxton in The Thanksgiving Play) has appeared at Curious as David in The Luckiest People and Your Best One, Timothy in Hand to God, Sam in The Flick, Stevie in Good People, Andrew in Becky Shaw, Big Stone in Eurydice, Wesley in Curse of the Starving Class, Cuffs in The Denver
- [Matthew Schneck](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/matthew-schneck/) - Matthew Schneck, Actor Matthew Schneck (Caden in The Thanksgiving Play) was most recently seen this summer at The Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Julius Caesar (Cassius), The Taming of the Shrew (Grumio), and at Local Theatre Company in The Rape of the Sabin Women. Previous credits include London Assurance (Broadway – Nominated for 4 Tony Awards); The Merchant of Venice (The
- [Emily Ebertz](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/emily-ebertz/) - Emily Ebertz, Actor Emily Ebertz (Logan in The Thanksgiving Play) This is Emily’s first production with Curious Theatre Company. She was most recently seen as Mrs. Lovett in Equinox Theatre Company’s Sweeney Todd. Some of her other Denver acting credits include Hedy Lamarr in Stand Still and Look Stupid, June Cleveland in The Mrs. Wheatland Pageant,
- [Gregory Fenner](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/gregory-fenner/) - Gregory Fenner (Kitch) is a Chicago-based artist whose credits include Richard III, Hang Man, Hamlet, and Cosmologies (The Gift Theatre); Megastasis (Eclipse Theatre-Jeff Nominated); A Small Oak Tree Runs Red (Congo Square Theatre); 10 out of 12 (Theater Wit); Love and Information (Remy Bumppo Theatre); Native Son (Court Theatre, u/s); Angels in America: Parts I
- [Colby Hollman](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/colby-hollman-2/)
- [Kevin Brainerd](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kevin-brainerd/) - Kevin Brainerd, Designer Kevin Brainerd has designed eighteen shows for Curious: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide..., Detroit ’67, Appropriate, Building the Wall, the three-part Elliot Plays, Sex With Strangers, Charles Ives Take Me Home, Lucky Me, Venus in Fur, Rancho Mirage, God of Carnage, Maple and Vine, Becky Shaw, Clybourne Park, Homebody/Kabul, and Opus. Other designs include A Doll’s House for Byers-Evans House Theatre Company (Out Front Colorado Marlowe Award winner, Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award and
- [Robert Schenkkan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/robert-schenkkan/) - Robert Schenkkan (Playwright) is a Pulitzer Prize, Tony, and WGA Award winner and three-time Emmy-nominated writer. He is the author of sixteen plays: All the Way, The Great Society, Building the Wall, Hanussen, Shadowplay, By the Waters of Babylon, Handler, A Single Shard, Devil and Daniel Webster, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, Final Passages,
- [Larissa FastHorse](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/larissa-fasthorse/) - Larissa FastHorse is an award winning playwright, director, and choreographer. She was awarded the NEA Distinguished New Play Development Grant, Joe Dowling Annamaghkerrig Fellowship, AATE Distinguished Play Award, Inge Residency, Sundance/Ford Foundation Fellowship, Aurand Harris Fellowship, and numerous Ford and NEA Grants. Larissa's produced plays include Urban Rez, Landless, Average Family, Teaching Disco Squaredancing to our
- [Lisa Loomer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lisa-loomer/) - Lisa Loomer’s play ROE, about Roe v. Wade, was originally commissioned through the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions program. It was first produced at OSF in a production that traveled to Arena Stage and Berkeley Rep. It received the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, the PEN Award, and is currently under option for Broadway. Her play
- [Thony Mena](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/thony-mena-visiting-actor/) - Thony Mena* (Ronald) is a DC-based artist who returns to Denver and Curious after playing the title character in The Elliot Plays trio. Recent credits: The Brothers Size (1st Stage), Occupied Territories (Theater Alliance), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Adventure Theatre), Mockingbird (The Kennedy Center’s Theatre for Young Audiences), How We Got On, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Clementine in the Lower
- [Quinn Marchmann](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/quinn-marchmann/) - Quinn Marchman (Dez) is an actor, teaching artist, and producer in Denver. He is a co-founder of the Black Actors Guild, a creative community and company dedicated to original production and education. He has most recently performed with DCPAs Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, emceed for Peace Jam youth conferences, and was a collaborator in the
- [Perri Gaffney](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/perri-gaffney/) - Perri Gaffney* (Faye) is making her Denver debut at Curious. Past stage performances include Off-Broadway: The Resurrection of Alice (adapted from her novel, AUDELCO Nomination Best Solo Performance), Harlem Duet (AUDELCO Nomination Best Actress), The Waiting Room (AUDELCO Nomination Best Ensemble), Another Part of the Forest, Bee-Luther-Hatchee. Other Stage credits include: FAMILIAR, Having Our Say,
- [Tim David](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tim-david-guest-designer/) - Tim David (Properties Designer) is returning to Curious Theatre Company after designing props for Denver Stories 2014, 2015, and 2016; Charles Ives Take Me Home, Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, and most recently Sex with Strangers. Tim studied Interior Design in Denver and went on to live in Aspen, Colorado where he designed interiors
- [Susan Crabtree](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/susan-crabtree-visiting-designer/) - Susan Crabtree has designed Sex with Strangers, Frozen, Clybourne Park, Red and Charles Ives Take Me Home for Curious Theatre Company. Susan is the shop manager for Kenmark Studios Inc. at their Denver studio. She has been working in the theatre as a scenic designer, scenic artist and co-author of Scenic Art for the Theatre,
- [Stephen Tucker](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/stephen-tucker/)
- [Stephen Karam](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/stephen-karam/) - Stephen Karam (Playwright) has written The Humans (Tony Award, Obie Award for Playwriting, Drama Critics' Circle Award, and Pulitzer Prize finalist), Sons of the Prophet (Drama Critics' Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist), and Speech & Debate. His adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout's 2016 season; his film adaptation
- [Shannon Desmond](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/shannon-d/) - Shannon Desmond (Stage Manager for The Happiest Song Plays Last) is thrilled to be returning to Denver and to Curious for her third show, having Assistant Stage Managed Charles Ives Take Me Home and Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue. Born and raised here in Denver, Shannon is now Chicago-based but is thrilled to be home to
- [Roo Huigen](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/roo-huigen/) - Roo Huigen has been working around Denver for the past 30 years, mostly building props for the Denver Centre Theatre Company. She is happy to be working with Curious theatre for the first time on Your Best One.
- [Rey Lopez](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rey-lopez-visiting-actor/) - Rey Lopez (Agustin) is thrilled to make his debut with such a magnificent play here at Curious Theatre Company. He has performed at New Theatre Miami, Syracuse Stage, Laguna Playhouse, and the East LA Classic Theatre. Rey has appeared in many shows as a company member of LA’s Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, with whom
- [Rachel Bouchard](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rachel-bouchard-visiting-actor/) - Rachel Bouchard is making her Curious Theatre Company debut. Her Denver area roles include W in Cock (The Edge Theatre Company), Laura in The Glass Menagerie (Cherry Creek Theatre), and Ruth in Sweet Storm (Miner’s Alley Playhouse), for which she received a Westword Best of Denver recognition. Some other regional companies with whom Rachel has
- [Paige Price](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/paige-price-visiting-actor/) - Paige Price is making her Curious Theatre Company debut in Sex with Strangers. Credits during her 30+ year career include Broadway (Saturday Night Fever, Smokey Joe’s Café, Beauty and the Beast), national and international tours, Off-Broadway and regional productions all over the US. She’s also done TV, film work and played Eleena Oak for Anarchy
- [Nick LaMedica](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/nick-lamedica-visiting-actor/) - Nick LaMedica (Jason/Tyrone) is delighted to be making his debut with Curious Theatre Company! Recent favorite credits include Hand to God (City Theatre Company), War Horse (1st National Tour/Japan), As You Like It, Benediction (Denver Center), Much Ado About Nothing (Two River Theatre). He has appeared on television in Mysteries at the Museum and in
- [Michael R. Duran](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/michael-r-duran-visiting-actor-and-designer/) - Michael R. Duran, a native of Denver has worked as Actor, Stage Manager, Scenic Designer, Playwright, Director and Teacher in theatre and film for over forty years here and across the country. Michael is well known to Curious patrons as scenic designer for productions of “The Long Christmas Ride Home, The War Anthology, Trumbo: Red,
- [Michael Kingsbaker](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/michael-kingsbaker-visiting-actor/) - Michael Kingsbaker appears as Ethan in Sex with Strangers after appearing as Robert in On an Average Day (Henry Award Nominee for Best Actor in a Play) at Curious in 2010. He was also seen in Denver at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities in The Subject Was Roses. In New York, Michael
- [Meridith Friedman](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/meridith-friedman/) - Meridith Friedman (Playwright) was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She currently resides in Manhattan. She received her BA from Connecticut College, and her MFA in Writing for the Stage & Screen from Northwestern University. Her play The Firestorm recently concluded a National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere, receiving productions at Kitchen
- [Mehry Eslaminia](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/mehry-eslaminia-visiting-actor/) - Mehry Eslaminia (Shar) is making her Curious Theatre Company debut. Denver-based, Mehry's recent credits include: Colorado Shakespeare Festival: Violence Prevention School Tour of The Taming of the Shrew (Kate/Grumio), Creede Repertory Theater: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Jolene), world premiere of Kind of Red (Rosalita), Guys And Dolls (Adelaide - Henry Award Nominee for Outstanding Actress in
- [Marlena Schwartz](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/marlena-schwartz-visiting-assistant-stage-manager/) - Marlena Schwartz is a frequent assistant stage manager at Curious Theatre Company where she has recently worked on Sex with Strangers, Detroit and Lucky Me. She also works as the Production Management Associate at Curious. Schwartz has worked around Denver stage-managing The Few at Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, The There There for Denver Center Theatre
- [Mare Trevathan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/mare-trevathan/) - Mare Trevathan (Rachael in Appropriate) has performed Inupiat folktales in Barrow, Alaska; stage managed dance-theatre in Tokyo; and studied Chekhov in Vladivostok, Russia. Colorado tamed her wanderlust and has been her home since 2001. Mare was a member of Curious Theatre Company before moving north, where she now performs regularly with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and
- [Luke Sorge](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/luke-sorge/) - Luke Sorge is making his Curious debut. He has appeared in Full Code, Ideation, The Santaland Diaries, and Stupid F##king Bird and is an ensemble member at Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Other recent credits include Cabaret (Miner’s Alley Playhouse), Waiting for Obama (Wild Blindness Productions), Casa Valentina (The Edge Theater Company), and Sweet & Lucky (DCPA - Off Center/Third Rail Projects.)
- [Lindsay Joelle](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lindsay-joelle/) - Lindsay Joelle is a NYC-based playwright, lyricist, and librettist. Her work has been produced at: Theater J (World premiere of Trayf, 2018), Penguin Rep (Trayf), Vital Theater (The Princess of Riverside Drive), TADA!, and developed at: The New Georges Jam, The Great Plains Theatre Conference, The Lark, The New School for Drama, Forward Flux, Luna
- [Lawrence Hecht](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lawrence-hecht/) - Lawrence Hecht (Gus) is delighted to return to Curious Theatre Company, where he last appeared in John Logan’s Red. Lawrence began his professional career in the San Francisco Bay Area more than four decades ago. He acted, taught and directed with the American Conservatory Theatre for 25 years. He has also appeared with Berkeley Rep,
- [Lamaria Aminah](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/lamaria-aminah/) - Lamaria Aminah is a writer and activist. Black. is her first play and it was developed in the Curious New Voices summer intensive in 2015. Born in Portland, OR, Lamaira has lived all over the country. She came to Denver via Washington DC and finished her last two years of high school at East. Lamaira
- [Jenn Zukowski](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jenn-zukowski-visiting-fight-director/) - Jenn Zukowski (Fight Director) last coordinated the violence for Curious Theatre for On an Average Day, and choreographs movement and violence for theatres and schools across the Boulder/Denver area. She has most recently appeared onstage as a featured performer in Band of Toughs' I Miss My MTV. She is adjunct faculty at DU, MSU, Front
- [Ed Cord](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/ed-cord/) - Ed Cord, Actor Ed Cord is an Artistic Company Member at Curious Theatre Company, where his performances include Virgil in The Dead Guy and Stuart in For Better both world premieres by Eric Coble. Recent roles include Father/ Ensemble in Failure (Catamounts Theatre) and Chivington/Ensemble in Rocks Karma Arrows (Motus Theatre). He has also been
- [Damion Hoover](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/damion-hoover/) - Damion Hoover returns to Curious Theatre Company after appearing in: In the Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size, and Marcus: The Secret of Sweet. Hoover is a Colorado native and his local community theatre experience was born and bred through Shadow Theatre Company under the tutelage of the late Jeffrey Nickelson. Past credits at Shadow Theatre Company include Flying West, Macbeth, Two
- [Claudia Rankine](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/claudia-rankine/) - Claudia Rankine is the author of five collections of poetry, two plays, and numerous video collaborations. Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric won the PEN Open Book Award, the PEN Literary Award, the NAACP Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Rankine is the recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, the
- [Cicely O'kain](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/cicely-okain/) - Cicely O’kain is a singer/songwriter native to Denver. She has opened for artists like Floetry, George Clinton and The Paliament, Llyod, and Dej Loaf. Cicely sang the National Anthem for both the Broncos and Denver Nuggets. Her sing, Like Bass (from her EDM/uptempo dance EP, also titled Like Bass) was considered for a 2017 Grammy
- [Liz Hoover](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/liz-hoover-visiting-designer/) - Liz Hoover (Costume Designer) is a freelance costume designer who has worked in New York, Chicago, California, Oregon, and Colorado. In Colorado she has worked with the Candlelight Dinner Theater, Curious Theater Company, the University of Northern Colorado, and the Catamounts. Some of her most recent credits include The Drowsy Chaperone (University of Northern Colorado),
- [Sydnee Fullmer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sydnee-fullmer/) - Sydnee Fullmer graduated summa cum laude from Utah State University in 2015 with a BFA in Acting and has since performed and taught across the nation. This is her first production with Curious. Some of her recent credits include Witch 1 and Malcolm in Macbeth with Piknik Theatre Company, Modron in Sleeping Beauty at Denver Children’s Theatre, Blanche and Lady
- [Emily Tuckman](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/emily-tuckman/)
- [Rabbi Marc Soloway](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/rabbi-marc-soloway/)
- [Jordan Leigh](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jordan-leigh/)
- [Sinjin Jones](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/sinjin-jones/)
- [Betty Hart](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/betty-hart/)
- [Walter Anaruk](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/walter-anaruk/)
- [Jennifer Maisel](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/jennifer-maisel/)
- [Amy Feinberg](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/amy-feinberg/)
- [Susannah McLeod](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/susannah-mcleod/) - Susannah McLeod (Aimee in The Humans) is thrilled to be making her Curious Theatre debut with The Humans. In addition to being a part of this show, Susannah is currently performing in Seussical at the Arvada Center. Other recent credits include: Fun Home (Miner's Alley); Sunday in the Park with George (Arvada Center); and Red,
- [Randy Moore](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/randy-moore/) - Randy Moore, Visiting Actor (Oscar in Your Best One) Randy Moore was a member of the acting company of the Dallas Theater Center from 1961-1994, Among his over 200 roles there, favorites include Cyrano de Bergerac, Marc Anthony (Julius Caesar), Prospero (The Tempest), Salieri (Amadeus), Norman (The Dresser), Dysart (Equus), and Col Kincaid (The Texas
- [Tony Kushner](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/tony-kushner/) - Tony Kushner’s (Playwright) plays include A Bright Room Called Day; Angels In America, Parts One And Two; Slavs!; Homebody/Kabul; the musical Caroline, Or Change and the opera A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck, both with composer Jeanine Tesori; and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide To Capitalism And Socialism With A Key To The Scriptures. He has adapted
- [Kristin Fernandez](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kristin-fernandez/)
- [Dane Torbenson](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/dane-torbenson/) - Dane Torbenson has been involved in Denver area theatres as a fight choreographer for more than 25 years. He worked on the production of Angels in America that led to the launch of Curious 20 years ago and is excited to be back for the 20th Anniversary Season. He has worked with many area theatre companies
- [Amy Cripe](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/amy-cripe/) - Amy Cripe (Stage Manager) recently worked on The Adding Machine at The University of Colorado-Boulder after a brief hiatus raising her daughters. Amy worked on Eurydice, which was named Best Theatre Production by Westword and also received a Henry Nomination for Excellence in Stage Management in 2009 at Curious Theatre Company. She worked six seasons
- [James Brunt](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/james-brunt/)
- [Falon Dakota](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/falon-d/)
- [Mikaley Osley](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/mikaley-osley/)
- [Kate Boyles](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist/kate-boyles/)

## Testimonials

- [Westword Theatre Critic Juliet Wittman](https://www.curioustheatre.org/testimonials/westword-theatre-critic-juliet-wittman/)
- [Mark Stevens, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers](https://www.curioustheatre.org/testimonials/mark-stevens-rocky-mountain-fiction-writers/)
- [In Good Taste Denver](https://www.curioustheatre.org/testimonials/in-good-taste-denver/)
- [Denver Post Theatre Critic Joanne Ostrow](https://www.curioustheatre.org/testimonials/denver-post-theatre-critic-joanne-ostrow/)
- [Denver Center for the Performing Arts NewsCenter](https://www.curioustheatre.org/testimonials/denver-center-for-the-performing-arts-newscenter/)
- [Colorado Drama Critic Bob Bows](https://www.curioustheatre.org/testimonials/colorado-drama-critic-bob-bows/)

## Blog

- [The 1080 Diaries: History of 1080 Acoma](https://www.curioustheatre.org/blog-post/the-1080-diaries-history-of-1080-acoma/) - Welcome to our new series, The 1080 Diaries, where we discuss building updates and the move ahead!

## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://www.curioustheatre.org/category/uncategorized/)
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## Tags

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## Roles

- [Scenic Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/scenic-designer/)
- [Actor](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/actor/)
- [Director](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/director/)
- [Lightning Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/lightning-designer/)
- [Playwright](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/playwright/)
- [Costume Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/costume-designer/)
- [Sound Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/sound-designer/)
- [Props Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/props-designer/)
- [Stage Manager](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/stage-manager/)
- [Assistant Director](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/assistant-director/)
- [Fight Choreographer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/fight-choreographer/)
- [Directing and Production Assistant](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/directing-and-production-assistant/)
- [Wig and Make-Up Design](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/wig-and-make-up-design/)
- [Assistant Stage Manager](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/assistant-stage-manager/)
- [Dramaturg](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/dramaturg/)
- [Scenic and Lighting Design](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/scenic-and-lighting-design/)
- [Original Music](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/original-music/)
- [Sound and Projection Design](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/sound-and-projection-design/)
- [Co-Lighting Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/co-lighting-designer/)
- [Scenic Construction](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/scenic-construction/)
- [Board Operator](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/board-operator/)
- [Run Crew](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/run-crew/)
- [Video and Sound](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/video-and-sound/)
- [Writer/Performer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/writer-performer/)
- [Co-Director](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/co-director/)
- [Costumes and Props](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/costumes-and-props/)
- [Production Manager](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/production-manager/)
- [Singer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/singer/)
- [Composer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/composer/)
- [Musician](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/musician/)
- [Co-Creator](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/co-creator/)
- [Puppet Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/puppet-designer/)
- [Mural Artist](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/mural-artist/)
- [Puppeteer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/puppeteer/)
- [Spanish Consultant](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/spanish-consultant/)
- [Musical Director](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/musical-director/)
- [Sound Board Operator](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/sound-board-operator/)
- [Assistant Scenic Design](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/assistant-scenic-design/)
- [CNV Playwriting Instructor](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/cnv-playwriting-instructor/)
- [Scenic Artist](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/scenic-artist/)
- [Rigging](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/rigging/)
- [Original Music & Sound Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/original-music-sound-designer/)
- [Props Artisan](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/props-artisan/)
- [Cultural Consultant](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/cultural-consultant/)
- [Movement Consultant](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/movement-consultant/)
- [Deck Crew](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/deck-crew/)
- [Captioning Operator](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/captioning-operator/)
- [Assistant Sound Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/assistant-sound-designer/)
- [Projection Design](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/projection-design/)
- [Assistant Costume Designer](https://www.curioustheatre.org/artist-role/assistant-costume-designer/)

## Category

- [Building Updates](https://www.curioustheatre.org/blog-category/building-updates/)