The Last Apple Tree
Book by Jessica Austgen
Music and Lyrics by Bonnie and Taylor Sims of Bonnie and the Clydes
Direction by Amanda Berg Wilson
At Semper Farm, Westminster, Colorado
August 8-11, 2019
Costume Design by Tricia Music
Production Design by M. Curtis Grittner
Production by McPherson Horle
Stage Management by Laura Owsley
Featuring: Sam Gilstrap, Betty Hart, Jason Maxwell, Charlie Schmidt, Bonnie Sims, Taylor Sims, Maggie Tisdale, Eloise Wilson with musical performances by Bonnie and the Clydes (Todd Moore, Bonnie Sims, Taylor Sims, Glenn Taylor, and Ben Wilson) and Kevin Packard.
The Catamounts presented the world-premiere of The Last Apple Tree, an original, site-specific musical celebrating the legacy of one farm homestead in Westminster, Colorado. Audience members traveled in small groups around this farm, once owned by the Semper and Allison families, and now belonging to the people of Westminster.
Through original vignettes and music by Bonnie and the Clydes, they’ll traveled through time, celebrating how one piece of land can carry generations of memories and promise for the future.
Everybody
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Direction by Julia Rada
At the Dairy Arts Center
September 20-October 12, 2019
Costume Design by Tricia Music
Lighting Design by Jacob Welch
Production by McPherson Horle
Scenic Design by M. Curtis Grittner
Sound Design by Kenny Storms
Stage Management by Wayne Breyer
Featuring: Tresha Farris, Ilasiea Gray, Lily Gruber, Hossein Forouzandeh, Jason Maxwell, Peter Trinh, Bernadette Sefic, Karen Slack, and Edith Weiss
Everybody is a modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman, and follows Everybody (played by a cast member chosen by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery-the meaning of living. Said the Huff Post of the piece in its New York City debut: “This is theatre rather unlike anything you might have seen…unusual, unconventional and eye-opening…Everyman, from which the piece is adapted, is no barrel of laughs, being a morality play about death. But Everybody tells the same tale, with equal emotional heft, and is not only provocative and involving, it is also funny. Wildly funny, in fact.”
Shockheaded Peter
Created for the stage by Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott
Original music and lyrics by The Tiger Lillies
Originally conceived and produced by Michael Morris for Cultural Industry, London
Direction and Co-Choreography by Amanda Berg Wilson
Music Directed by Paul Fowler
At the Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado
February 15-March 7, 2020
Assistant Direction and Co-Choreography by Joan Bruemmer-Holden
Costume Design by Nicole Watts
Production Design by Matthew Schlief
Production by McPherson Horle
Production Support by Peter Henderson
Puppet Design, Fabrication, and Direction by Tristan Cupp and Aaron Vega of the People’s Theatre of Denver
Sound Design by Paul Fowler
Stage Management by Wayne Breyer
Featuring: Joan Bruemmer-Holden, James Brunt, Elias Christol, Tresha Farris, Luca Fowler, Paul Fowler, Kellie Fox, Lily Gruber, Lance Rasmussen, Maggie Tisdale, Ronan Viard, Todd Bilsbourough, Matt Powelson, Macaelle Vasquez, and Eloise Wilson
Shockheaded Peter is a delightfully macabre adaptation of 19th century German children’s book Der Struwwelpeter–but it’s most decidedly not just for children!
The book recounts several varieties of misbehaving children and their dreadful ends, and this punk opera adaptation, which opened on the West End in London in 1998 and ran for several world tours, cranks up both the comedy and Grand Guignol to 11.
In Artistic Director Amanda Berg Wilson’s multi-generational, immersive staging, The Catamounts will examine how terrifying parenting can be, especially when we try and let children be their strange, independent selves.
FEED: Culture (Virtual)
Curated by Amanda Berg Wilson, Joan Bruemmer-Holden, and Lauren Shepard
Production by McPherson Horle
At your home and via the internet
May 30, 2020
Food by Savory Cuisines
Drink by Culture Beverage
Featuring: Barbara Dilley, Tom Oliver, and the Catamounts