The Catamounts are pleased to offer the following shows which are available to tour.
THE WHISKEY TASTING
Conceived of and directed by Amanda Berg Wilson
Written by David Jacobi
Two audience members sit down with the Bartender (played by one actor) for a whiskey tasting to explore the history and nuanced varieties of this spirit. But as they do, slowly are led to toast to the moments that brought them to where they are today.
The Whiskey Tasting was commissioned by and premiered at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, produced by DCPA Off-Center, and was sold out for its entire run April 2-May 26, 2019.
It was remounted by the The Catamounts in association with DCPA Off-Center for a virtual production February 4-March 7, 2021, and was extended due to popular demand. In addition, it earned local restaurant partner Big Red F nearly $20,000 in adjacent food and drink sales.
It was remounted again in its live version for the Denver Film Festival in November of 2021.
More on The Whiskey Tasting:
No Proscenium review
OnStage Colorado review
Information on initial run on DCPA website
Video promo
The Estate Sale
Conceived of and visual art installation by Brad Ramsey
Written and directed by Josh Hartwell
In The Estate Sale, the audience is invited to peruse the estate sale of departed artist Gregory Loomis. Led by the Estate Sale Agent, while actually shopping the rooms of his home, they discover his story through letters, journals, interviews, home videos, voice mail recordings, and other theatrical elements.
This immersive art and theatrical installation invites audiences both to shop an estate sale and excavate the story of the deceased. Everything is discoverable, and everything is for sale.
The Estate Sale premiered in June of 2023, produced by The Catamounts at the People’s Building of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado.
More on The Estate Sale:
Denver Westword Feature Article
Denver Post Review
OnStage Colorado Review
The Rough
Conceived of, written, and directed by Jessica Jackson
Immersive sound design by Matthew Schlief
In The Rough, eight golf carts worth of audience members experience an immersive comic romp exploring wildness and tameness, privilege and access, and the journey of the old ball and stick, all staged on nine holes of a local golf course.
The audience experiences the show as they drive their golf carts around the nine holes of the course, all while wearing “bone phones,” which allow them to have an innovative sonic experience as well as a novel immersive one.
More on The Rough:
Boulder Weekly preview
Arvada Press preview
City of Westminster preview
Denver Post review
Get Boulder Review
Colorado Public Radio story
Colorado Avid Golfer story
Stage Directions Magazine story
John Moore Theatre Coverage article via Arvadacenter.org on innovative summer theatre (talks about The Rough)
Denver Post story on theatre right now (mentions The Rough)
5280 Article on how the pandemic affected theatre (documents The Rough significantly)
Greeley Tribune year-end round-up on cultural trends (mentions The Rough)
Denver Post year-end round-up on cultural trends (has a photo of The Rough)
FEED
An original Catamount series
FEED is The Catamounts original series which pairs a multi-course meal with performance, all centered around a theme. Each course explores the central question, and live music weaves the night together. The Catamounts have several themes which are production-ready, and which we are ready to pair with a multi-course meal in collaboration with a local venue and vendors in your community.
More on FEED:
5280 Feature
Colorado Public Radio story
Aspen Daily feature on FEED: Picnic
Denver Post review of FEED: Après
Daily Camera feature on FEED: Plant