Men on Boats
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Direction by Amanda Berg Wilson
At The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder
September 21 – October 13, 2018
Choreography: Amanda Berg Wilson and Joan Bruemmer-Holden
Costume Design: Steffani Bolmer-Day
Lighting Design: Kristof Janezic
Prop Design: Lara Maerz
Production: McPherson Horle
Scenic Design: M. Curtis Grittner
Stage Management: Katie Espinoza
Featuring: GerRee Hinshaw (John Wesley POWELL), Karen Slack (William DUNN), Joan Bruemmer-Holden (John Colton SUMNER), Edith Weiss (OLD SHADY), Erika Haase (BRADLEY), Ilasiea L Gray (O.G. Howland), Joelle Montoya (SENECA Howland), Jessica Austgen (Frank GOODMAN), McPherson Horle (HALL), Missy Moore (HAWKINS)
Men On Boats is the rollicking, thrilling, true(ish) story of John Wesley Powell’s 1869 expedition to chart the Colorado River, featuring a cast with no, um, men. Comic and moving, MEN ON BOATS asks: through whose voices will our future history be told?
FEED: Melting Pot
Theatrical Direction and Curation by Julie Rada
At a secret location in Boulder
January 19 and 20, 2019
Event Direction by Amanda Berg Wilson
Production by McPherson Horle
Culinary Magic by Savory Cuisines
Featuring Joan Bruemmer-Holdennand and Mitch Marquez with music by Kevin Packard
FEED: Melting Pot will examine in four courses how intimately connected food is with our conception of being American — or not. Each course is a drink, and a performance piece. Live music weaves the whole night together. Taking place at a secret location in the glyns of Lakewood.
United Flight 232
Adapted by Vanessa Stalling from the book FLIGHT 232 by Laurence Gonzales
Directed by Amanda Berg Wilson
At The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder
February 15 – March 10, 2019
Costume Design by Steffani Bolmer-Day
Production Design by Brian Freeland with Matthew Schlief
Lighting Design by Matthew Schlief
Sound and Video Design by Brian Freeland
Production by McPherson Horle
Featuring Archie Archuleta, Tresha Farris, Sam Gilstrap, Karen LaMoureaux, Adrienne Martin-Fullwood, Jason Maxwell, Josh Robinson, Austin Terrell, and Maggie Tisdale
United Flight 232 recounts the true story of a DC-10 that left Denver’s Stapleton Airport on July 19, 1989, bound for Chicago O’Hare heavy with 296 souls. Told simply with chairs, movement, and a cast of 9 actors who play multiple roles, this visceral piece examines how ordinary people take care of one another in extraordinary times.
FEED: Dreams
Direction by Joan Bruemmer-Holden
At Lone Hawk Farm, Longmont
July 28 and 29, 2019
Food by Bob Sargent of Savory Cuisines Catering
Music Direction by Kevin Packard
Event Direction by Heidi Echtenkamp
Production by McPherson Horle
Featuring: Sam Gilstrap and Karen Slack
Against the backdrop of a summer’s evening light on the breathtaking Lone Hawk Farm, FEED: Dreams will examine the question: In a time of great turmoil, how can we still find the American Dream? Each of the four courses will feature a dish, drink, and piece of performance, and live music will weave the whole evening together.