Two World Premiere Productions

Both plays were workshopped and read at the Colorado New Play Summt last year.

The Whale
by Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Hal Brooks

Charlie hasn't seen his ex-wife or daughter in 17 years and has grown dangerously obese since his partner's death. In failing health, Charlie fends of family, friend and church as he doggedly tries to connect with his estranged daughter in this emotional story.
Producing Partner: Carol E. Wolf

Two Things You Don't Talk About At Dinner
by Lisa Loomer
Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg

Myriam's annual Passover Seder, a multicultural mix of family and friends, threatens to explode as politics and religion hijack the conversation, severely testing the ties that bind. Is peace not possible --even at the dinner table?
Sponsored by: Gay & Lesbian Fund of Colorado
Producing Partner: Jim Steinberg and John & Jeannie Fuller
Recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award

Readings of  5 new American plays

Two or more of these plays may receive full Denver Center Theatre Company productions:

Playwright	Reading Name
Jeffrey Haddow Neal Hampton	Sense & Sensibility The Musical  Based on the novel by Jane Austen Book and Lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow    Music by Neal Hampton Music Direction by Ethyl Will Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge Sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, opposites in temperament, struggle to find love and happiness in this beloved Jane Austen romance. When half-brother John inherits their father’s estate, the sisters, now virtually penniless, move to a rural cottage with their mother to make do as best they can. But not even desperate financial circumstances can keep love at bay in this sparkling new musical full of passion and wit.  Presented by Special Arrangement with Betty Ann Besch Solinger and Alice Chebba Walsh
Michael Mitnick	Ed, Downloaded  Based on an Eventual True Story by Michael Mitnick Directed by Sam Buntrock Dramaturgy by Douglas Langworthy Sometime in the not too distant future, Ed is dying. Given a chance to be immortal, Ed accepts the boutique procedure of having his brain downloaded. He’s allowed ten memories to accompany him into eternity. But when his wife discovers that Ed has chosen moments spent with another woman, she decides to intervene. This comic drama, equal parts live action and feature film, puts a whole new spin on love, memory and eternal life.
Richard Dresser	The Hand of God by Richard Dresser Directed by Pam MacKinnon In this biting comedy, reality TV is sent sky high as a hot-shot young television producer finds his own life even more complicated than those of the family on his new reality show. TV vérité collides with Pirandello, as playwright Dresser wickedly sets up his characters―and his audience
Lisa G. Loomer	Homefree by Lisa G. Loomer Directed by Justin Zsebe Dramaturgy by Liz Engelman Award-winning playwright Lisa Loomer creates a dark urban tale about today’s cast-out kids: teens living on the edge in the streets, parks, freeway underpasses, malls, meth houses—in other words, America. Based on extensive interviews, Homefree, with grit, candor, and humor, portrays the lives of a shadow generation struggling to survive in a world not of their own making.
Lauren Feldman	Grace, or the art of Climbing  by Lauren Feldman Directed by Mike Donahue Dramaturgy by Liz Frankel Rock climbing is both metaphor and action in this captivating tale of a reluctant young athlete. Emm struggles with doubt, depression, and her own demons, as she trains mind, body, and spirit for a world climbing competition.

Currently Commissioned Playwrights

	Laura Eason
	Marcus Gardley
	Kirsten Greenidge

	Theresa Rebeck
	Eric Schmiedl
	Karen Zacarias