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2027 Lavender Theatre Festival
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I’m Harvey Milk
I’m Harvey Milk is a powerful and deeply moving theatrical portrait of one of the most influential civil rights leaders in American history. The play stars Joshua Caraballo as Harvey Milk and is directed by Johnathan Underwood. The play chronicles Harvey Milk’s remarkable journey from an ordinary citizen to the first openly gay elected of
I’m Harvey Milk is a powerful and deeply moving theatrical portrait of one of the most influential civil rights leaders in American history. The play stars Joshua Caraballo as Harvey Milk and is directed by Johnathan Underwood. The play chronicles Harvey Milk’s remarkable journey from an ordinary citizen to the first openly gay elected official in California, a man whose courage, optimism, and unwavering belief in equality helped ignite a movement that changed the nation. Through moments of triumph, humor, heartbreak, and hope, audiences witness Milk’s fight against discrimination and his determination to give voice to those who had long been silenced. More than a biography, I’m Harvey Milk is a celebration of resilience, community, and the enduring power of one person to inspire change. At a time when the struggle for equality remains as relevant as ever, the play reminds us why Harvey Milk’s message continues to resonate: “Hope will never be silent.”
A Charmed Life (Staged Reading)
Evelyn Jameson knows exactly who she is. The world is just having trouble keeping up. Funny, heartbreaking, and fiercely alive, A Charmed Life follows Evelyn, a woman in her late sixties living in an elder care facility, as memory blurs the boundaries between the present and the people who shaped her life. It’s about the people who loved
Evelyn Jameson knows exactly who she is. The world is just having trouble keeping up. Funny, heartbreaking, and fiercely alive, A Charmed Life follows Evelyn, a woman in her late sixties living in an elder care facility, as memory blurs the boundaries between the present and the people who shaped her life. It’s about the people who loved us, the ones who couldn’t, and what remains when memory starts to slip away. A Charmed Life is the creation of Colorado playwright Eden Lane. The play is one of two selected from over 400 submissions in the Festival's first-ever nationwide playwrighting contest. The play is directed by Billie McBride. Upon being chosen to be part of the Festival, the selection team noted "A Charmed Life is a play worth discovering now before the rest of the world does."
Vicious Circles & A Writer of Note: The Tempest of Dorothy Parker
Vicious Circles & A Writer of Note: The Tempest of Dorothy Parker
Vicious Circles & A Writer of Note: The Tempest of Dorothy Parker, starring Ellen Shamas-Brandt in the title role, tells the story of a literary tornado wrapped in elegance. Dorothy Parker was a woman whose razor-sharp wit masked profound loneliness, heartbreak, and disillusionment with the glittering world around her. This play plunges a
Vicious Circles & A Writer of Note: The Tempest of Dorothy Parker, starring Ellen Shamas-Brandt in the title role, tells the story of a literary tornado wrapped in elegance. Dorothy Parker was a woman whose razor-sharp wit masked profound loneliness, heartbreak, and disillusionment with the glittering world around her. This play plunges audiences into the storm of Parker’s brilliance, following the humor, fury, vulnerability, and biting intelligence that made her one of America’s most unforgettable voices. Funny, haunting, and fiercely human, the play reveals the woman behind the legendary one-liners and the emotional cost of surviving by wit alone. The play is directed by Greg West and is a production of Colorado TINTS.
Divinely, Alone: A Picnic with Divine
The Wind Is Us: The that Killed Capote
Vicious Circles & A Writer of Note: The Tempest of Dorothy Parker
Divinely, Alone: A Picnic with Divine is an unforgettable theatrical event starring the extraordinary John-Christian Maheu as Divine and directed by Gregory West. A daring, funny, haunting, and deeply human theatrical experience, Divinely, Alone invites audiences into the outrageous, vulnerable, and legendary world of Divine like never be
Divinely, Alone: A Picnic with Divine is an unforgettable theatrical event starring the extraordinary John-Christian Maheu as Divine and directed by Gregory West. A daring, funny, haunting, and deeply human theatrical experience, Divinely, Alone invites audiences into the outrageous, vulnerable, and legendary world of Divine like never before. Bringing Divine's life story to the stage is not merely an artistic choice, it is cultural necessity. At a time when LGBTQ+ voices are once again being politicized, restricted, and, in some places, deliberately erased, staging this play is an act of resistance. Divine - iconic, outrageous, unapologetic - was never about quiet acceptance. Divine was, and remains, about defiance.
The Wind Is Us: The that Killed Capote
The Wind Is Us: The that Killed Capote
The Wind Is Us: The that Killed Capote
Award-winning actor Eddie Schumacher returns to the Denver stage in The Wind Is Us: The Death that Killed Capote, the acclaimed solo drama in its fifth year in production that explores the final chapter in the life of one of America’s most fascinating literary icons. Fresh from performances in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the recipient
Award-winning actor Eddie Schumacher returns to the Denver stage in The Wind Is Us: The Death that Killed Capote, the acclaimed solo drama in its fifth year in production that explores the final chapter in the life of one of America’s most fascinating literary icons. Fresh from performances in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the recipient of the 2024 United Solo Award for Best Actor in New York City - the world’s largest solo theatre festival - this unforgettable production brings Truman Capote vividly back to life. Capote was once the toast of New York society, the celebrated author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. But fame, ambition, betrayal, and personal demons would ultimately collide in a tragic unraveling.