Be excited, be be excited! These great titles are coming to Denver this year as part of Spark’s first full season!
Rear Window Summer 2011 / July 15 - August 14
The classic murder thriller comes to life onstage, where audience members sit inside the apartment of LB Jeffries, a world-travelling photographer re-cooperating from a broken leg from his last assignment. While holed up in his studio, Jeffries sees the comings and goings of all his neighbors, and when he swears he has evidence that would convict his neighbor of murder, his girlfriend, nurse, and the police are all caught up in a world that may just be one restless man’s delusions.
An adaptation based on the original Cornell Woolrich’s 1942 short story, “It Had to Be Murder”.
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Two Gentlemen of Verona Fall 2011
Two friends, Proteus and Valentine, are in love with two girls, Julia and Silvia. But then they’re not, or Proteus is in love with Valentine’s girl, and then Valentine is in trouble, but Proteus isn’t, but then he is, and Julia’s a guy? Wait, no she’s just dressed like a guy so she can hang out with Proteus, but Proteus doesn’t like guys, but he loved Valentine, but not like that. Confused yet? You won’t be when you check out Shakespeare’s screwball comedy about two guys who forget the cardinal rule of friendship, “Bro’s before Ho’s”
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Casual Encounters/Missed Connections Winter 2012 / January 27 - Feb 26
Millions of people use Craigslist every day to find jobs, apartments, used furniture, cars, free events, oh and hot nasty anonymous sex. Casual Encounters/Missed Connections is about a few of those people and some of their, ahem, encounters. Based on real-life posts, this original piece written by Spark promises to be as hilarious as the desperate postings people put up every day. Not for the faint of heart.
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Three Sisters Spring 2012 / April 20 - May 20
The real life dynamics between three sisters play out in what may be the most intimate house they’ve ever seen. Surrounded by audience members, the Three Sisters of Chekov’s masterpiece invite you to join in their hopes, dreams, fears, and disappointments. Touching and heart-felt, this is the work the American theater tradition is built upon.
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AND SPECIAL PERFORMANCE!
Holiday 2011 Mmm…a sip of Christmas
Ever wish you could curl up on Uncle Jimmy’s lap wrapped up in your favorite snowflake sweater with a hot cocoa to sing songs of yore bouncing on his knee? Well, you can’t, and that wasn’t really your uncle, and he’s serving 15 to 20 now, but you can recreate that feeling with the Spark Theater gang as we stage an old fashioned Christmas special. With skits, musical numbers, and more egg nog than you can shake a cinnamon stick at, Mmm… a sip of Christmas promises to be the naughtiest present you give to yourself this holiday season.
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