Aurora Fox Announces First Season Under Helen Murray, Including CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
By: Stephi Wild Apr. 22, 2018
The DCPA NewsCenter has reported that the new season at the Aurora Fox Arts Center has been announced. This is the first season under new Executive Producer Helen R. Murray.
"I wanted to honor the history of beautiful work that has been on display here for so long, but to also use that foundation to celebrate pieces that may not have made it to this area as of yet," said Murray. "My hope is that Aurora Fox audiences will find shows this season that speak to what they best loved about us, as well as enjoy the next chapter in our progression."
The full season is as follows:
Songs for a New World
Sept. 14-Oct. 14, 2018
Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Helen R. Murray
Songs for a New World is the first produced musical by Jason Robert Brown, who has since become best known for The Last Five Years and The Bridges of Madison County. Brown and director Daisy Prince put together songs he had written for other venues and events, resulting in what he calls "neither musical play nor revue, it is closer to a theatrical song cycle - a very theatrical song cycle." The musical centers on the idea of life-changing decisions that land us in a place we never expected: A metaphorical and sometimes literal "new world."
Killer Wigs from Outer Space
Oct. 31, 2018
Written by prominent area Music Director David Nehls and Zac Miller
This is the story of Orville, a carnival handyman attacked by a galactic, brain eating parasite. This alien from another planet transforms Orville into a rock and roll prophet for peace with out of this world hair. Battling forces of evil with several colorful characters, we follow him on an epic operatic journey to save our world. This special event, is being planned as a benefit for The Denver Actors Fund.
Twist Your Dickens
Nov. 23-Dec. 23, 2018
Written by Second City alums and veteran Colbert Reportwriters Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort
Directed by Matthew R. Wilson
After successful runs in Los Angeles, D.C., Portland and Chicago, the Aurora Fox brings Second City's irreverent and interactive, madcap (and adult) send-up of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol. Twist Your Dickens finds Scrooge, Tiny Tim and those know-it-all ghosts hopelessly mixed up in zany holiday sketches. Deemed by the Chicago Sun-Times as a "fresh and bountiful feast of funny."
Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies
Jan. 18-Feb. 10, 2019
By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm
Directed by Betty Hart
The new year will bring us Chisholm's explosive, funny and searing look at being a young black teenager in America today. This new comedy was called "breathtakingly on-point" by The Washington Post and spurred rigorous discussion about the life-and-death issues dealt with in this insightful piece.
Life Sucks
Feb. 22-March 17, 2019
By Aaron Posner
This enlightening reworking of Uncle Vanya finds a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws and lifelong enemies as they gather to grapple with life's thorniest questions-and each other. Called "sassy yet heartfelt" by The Washington Post and "altogether wise, profoundly humane, and hilarious" by The Chicago Sun Times, this is not any Chekov you know.
The Happiest Place on Earth
March 8-24, 2019
By Philip Dawkins
Directed by Matt Bassett
One actor plays all the roles in this heartwarming play that takes us to the magical kingdom and one family's reckoning with life after the death of their beloved father and husband. Now, more than 50 years after their journey, Philip as the central character in his own true-life story retraces and illustrates how the women of his family grew up and moved on while asking if there really is a place where dreams can come true.
Caroline, or Change
April 5-May 12, 2019
By Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori
This thought-provoking musical gives a grounded human context for the historical watershed that was America in 1963. Set in the heat of the civil-rights movement, the Tony-nominated "Caroline, Or Change" follows a black maid working for a middle-class Jewish family in Louisiana. When a small amount of money goes missing, buried tensions threaten to rip two families - and the struggling Caroline - apart. Loosely based on Kushner's own personal story, Caroline features a score that has been called a magical, show-stopping musical masterpiece.
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