The presentation of full productions of Our House (which began previews Jan. 11), Lydia by Octavio Solis (starting Jan. 18) and Plainsong by Eric Schmiedl (starting Jan. 25) leads to the Colorado New Play Summit Feb. 14-16 — a weekend of four new-play readings, a panel discussion, industry fellowship and a chance to attend the three new productions. Casts and creative teams for the trio of fully staged plays have been announced.
A "satiric skewering of reality television," Our House, conceived by Theresa Rebeck and Daniel Fish, is written by Rebeck, who recently made her Broadway debut with Mauritius.
Fish directs the production, which plays to Feb. 16 in DCTC's The Space Theatre.
The cast includes Danny Mastrogiorgio as Wes, Molly Ward as Jennifer, Rob Campbell as Merv, Kate Nowlin as Alice, Suzy Jane Hunt as Grigsby, Haynes Thigpen as Vincent, Jonathan Fried as Stu and Jennifer Le Blanc as the Assistant.
According to DCTC notes, "Rising Broadway playwright Theresa Rebeck takes on network television's controversial blurring of news and entertainment in reality programming. The playwright's trademark biting wit and comic social satire are unleashed as she skewers the trend toward the presentation of television news as entertainment and ambitious news anchors becoming celebrity media stars. This world premiere of a DCTC commission was first read at last season's Colorado New Play Summit." The creative team includes scenic designer Andrew Lieberman, costume designer Kaye Voyce, lighting designer Scott Zielinski and sound designer Richard M. Scholwin.
Here are new production details about Lydia and Plainsong:
The cast includes Onahoua Rodriguez as Ceci, Carlo Albán as Misha, René Millán as Rene, Catalina Maynard as Rosa, Ricardo Gutierrez as Claudio, Christian Barillas as Alvaro and Stephanie Beatriz as Lydia.
The large cast of Plainsong is led by John Hutton as Tom Guthrie, Mike Hartman as Raymond McPheron, Philip Pleasants as Harold McPheron, Tiffany Ellen Solano as Victoria Roubideaux and Kathleen McCall as Maggie Jones with Gabe Antonelli, Ian Frazier, Keean Johnson, Jeremy Singer, Stephanie Cozart, Michael J. Fulvio, Sam Gregory, David Ivers, Lauren Klein, Kendra Kohrt, Randy Moore, Leslie O'Carroll, Erik Sandvold, Danielle Slavick, Josh Clayton and Jeremiah Miller.
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At Denver Center Theatre Company, Kent Thompson is artistic director and Bruce K. Sevy is director of new play development.