Small Ball
Book and Lyrics by Mickle Maher
Music by Anthony Barrilla and Merel van Dijk
Direction by Jessica Jackson
Commissioning Production by Daryl Morey
Buntport Theatre, Denver Colorado
October 29-November 20, 2022
Featuring: Richard Cadwallader, Zayaz Da Camara, Heidi Carann Snider, Mark Collins, Diana Dresser, Corey Exline, Orlanders Jones, Sonia Justl, Kyle Lawrence, Jordan Leigh, and Maggie Tisdale
Artistic Direction and Production by Amanda Berg Wilson
Associate Production by Nika Garcia
Music Direction and Keyboards by Trent Hines
Bass by Micah Thole
Percussion by Brian Jaffee
Woodwinds by Alex Burges
Choreography by Diana Dresser
Costume Design by Nicole Watts
Intimacy Coordination by Tamara Meneghini
Lighting Design by Sean Mallary
Prop Design by Amanda Berg Wilson and Wayne Breyer
Scenic and Projection Design by Matthew Schlief
Sound Engineering by James Jewkes
Stage Management by Rain Young
Assistant Stage Management by Krystyna Pinel
Small Ball was presented at Buntport Theater, in collaboration with Daryl Morey, President of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers.
The musical comedy follows Michael Jordan (not THAT Michael Jordan), a journeyman basketball player whose latest contract is with the Lilliputian Existers (yes, THAT Lilliput–the one from the satirical 18th-century novel Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.) The Existers aren’t doing so well. Michael Jordan won’t pass a regulation-size basketball to his six-inch teammates for fear of squashing them. And the post-game press conferences are getting rough.
FEED: Aprés
Written by Amanda Berg Wilson, Sam Gilstrap, Felice Locker, Jessica Austgen, and Peter Trinh
Direction by Amanda Berg Wilson
At the Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado
February 17-March 3, 2023
Featuring The Catamounts; Joan Bruemmer-Holden, Sam Gilstrap, Maggie Tisdale, McPherson Horle, and Jason Maxwell
Music Direction and Performance by Nika Garcia
Guitar by Bill Kopper, Khabu Young, and Dave Corbus
Costume Design by Amanda Berg Wilson
Environmental Design by Amanda Berg Wilson and Jason Maxwell
Production by Amanda Berg Wilson and Nika Garcia
FEED: Après is the twenty-seventh installment of The Catamounts’ original FEED series. which explores the question: what comes after? Satirizing the Colorado cliché of the aprés gathering as a lighthearted framework, The Catamounts turned the Dairy’s Carsen theater into a ski lodge, where they served a community four-course meal and an immersive theater experience to intimate audiences, with live music throughout the evenings and between courses.
Pride of the Farm
Conceived of and directed by Amanda Berg Wilson
Written by Jeffrey Neuman
At Metzger Farm Open Space in Westminster, Colorado
June 1 through 25, 2023
Featuring: Joan Bruemmer-Holden, James Brunt, Sam Gilstrap, Maggie Tisdale, Jason Maxwell, Emma Maxfield and Tanis Joaquin Gonzales
Assistant Direction by Joan Bruemmer-Holden
Costume Design by Joan Bruemmer-Holden
Production Design by M. Curtis Grittner
Production by Amanda Berg Willson and Nika Garcia
Sound Design by Max Silverman
Stage Management by Rain Young with Caulene Hudson and Katelyn Reed
Pride of the Farm is an outdoor, immersive theatre experience inspired by the biography of former Colorado Attorney General John Metzger. The piece takes place on and explores Metzger Farm, as well as the parallels between social and environmental justice.
The Estate Sale
Immersive art installation conceived of and created by artist Brad Ramsey and his team
Embedded theatre experience written and directed by Josh Hartwell
At the People’s Building of Aurora
June 4 through June 24, 2023
Featuring: Amanda Berg Wilson, McPherson Horle, and Lindsey Pierce
Production by Amanda Berg Wilson and Nika Garcia
Sound Design by Max Silverman
Stage Management by James Jewkes
Through the rooms of the deceased’s house, and his letters, journals, answering machine messages, and more, The Estate Sale explores the relationship between objects and personal history, and the blurred line between identity and expression.
Inspired by the history of the People’s Building as a furniture store and the antique shops lining Colfax Avenue, much of the art and objects in the installation will be available for purchase, to be brought home once the installation closes.