It’s theater reveal season. Both of the two largest Colorado Springs theater companies recently held events to announce their upcoming productions for the 2024-2025 season. Here’s what’s in store onstage from the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Theater and Theatreworks at the Ent Center. Of course, ticket subscriptions are on sale now at their lowest rates for those who want the full experience. But first, here are the plays you can see.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
The Fine Arts Center Theater promises a season of firsts that includes the company’s first world premiere, which will be prefaced by staged readings, and the company’s first bilingual children’s musical. All of the FAC’s shows on the main stage will lift up the stories of strong women.
On the FAC Main Stage
Dial M for Murder
Sept. 19 – Oct. 6, 2024
A new version of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s movie masterpiece. Directed by Elise Santora.
The Little Mermaid
Nov. 20 – Dec. 29, 2024
Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a love story for the ages. Directed by James Bruenger-Arreguin.
In Her Bones — World Premiere
Feb. 15 – March 3, 2025
When an unexpected blizzard forces UC Berkeley first-year student Mia to wait out the storm at a rural highway gas station and general store in Southern Colorado, she’s forced to confront a past that she is both fleeing and seeking out. The play is written by Jessica Kahkoska, recipient of the 2023 National Archive Foundation’s Cokie Roberts Fellowship in Women’s History. Directed by Rebecca Martinez.
In Her Bones Staged Readings
Oct. 5-6, 10-11, 2024
As an exclusive perk for subscribers, the Fine Arts Center will host a live staged reading and workshop for In Her Bones before it hits the stage. It’s a chance to peek into the development of the new work ahead of its world premiere in February 2025.
Sister Act
May 1–25, 2025
Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy based on the 1992 smash hit film that has audiences jumping to their feet. Directed by Marisa D. Hébert.
Children’s Shows on the Second Stage
The City Dog and the Prairie Dog (El perro de la ciudad y el perro de la pradera)
Nov. 2–24, 2024
Featuring lots of singing, dancing, and audience participation, The City Dog and the Prairie Dog (El perro de la ciudad y el perro de la pradera) is a bilingual story and show in English and Spanish about exploring the world, learning new things, and maybe, just maybe, coming home again.
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience
Feb. 28 – March 30, 2025
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience is a rock ’n’ roll parable with a significant message for today’s audiences, based on the hit children’s book by Mo Willems.
Find details on ticket subscription packages at fac.coloradocollege.edu.
Theatreworks
Theatreworks is looking to the future with stories of the past for its upcoming theater season. The six-play season begins in September with a Shakespearean play never seen on the Theatreworks stage and closes in summer 2025 with an often-overlooked image of the American West by one of the great working playwrights. In between, the company promises joy, imagination, diversity and excellence.
Henry IV and V
Sept. 20 – Oct. 13, 2024
“Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” William Shakespeare’s multi-part saga chronicling the meteoric rise of King Henry V comes to Theatreworks, combining Henry IV Pt. 1, Henry IV Pt 2 and Henry V into one exceptional stage event. From the throne room to the tavern, to the battlefield and back, witness this epic interrogation of the steep cost of power to those who wield it, those who lose it and the nation that must choose its leaders wisely. Directed and adapted by Max Shulman.
Sense and Sensibility
Nov. 29 – Dec. 22, 2024
Sisterhood and scandal, romance and rumors, high society and … horses? Jane Austen’s Dashwood family bubbles with wit and warmth in this energetic, family-friendly adaptation of the classic novel. The story follows sensible Elinor and sensitive Marianne Dashwood as they navigate the perilous waters of courtship and the human heart. Featuring characters you love (and a few you’ll love to hate), this romp brings all the heart and humor of the original to the stage in time for the holidays. Directed by Caitlin Lowans:
The Heart Sellers
Jan. 31 – Feb. 16, 2025
Thanksgiving dinner looms over a grocery store in 1970s America, when Luna and Jane, immigrants from the Philippines and Korea and both medical student wives, strike up a conversation over matching coats and matching challenges. With a suspiciously frozen turkey in the oven, the two women bond over disco, Disneyland and the drive to make a home that — until tonight — has felt so isolated. This Colorado premiere of a poignant, charming new play from Lloyd Suh, explores the longing that connects across barriers and against all odds. Directed by Jenna Moll Reyes.
Turn of the Screw
March 14 – April 6, 2025
An isolated manor on the windswept moors, an unsuspecting governess, her two enigmatic young charges, secrets lurking around every corner. Henry James’ classic novella has terrified audiences for over 100 years, and this new stage adaptation heightens the mystery of the original, challenging audiences to separate the ravings of one woman from the horrors she may — or may not? — have witnessed. Join two fantastic actors in the intimacy of the Osborne Studio Theater for a close encounter with one of the best ghost stories ever written. Directed by Kristin Skye Hoffman.
Silent Sky
May 2-25, 2025
The year is 1900, and the Harvard Observatory is no place for a woman.. — unless, of course, she’s crunching numbers for a man. Not to be dissuaded, Henrietta Leavitt begins to record her own observations of Cepheid stars, and changes the way we see the night sky and the universe forever. Learn the true story of an overlooked astronomical pioneer, as told by playwright Lauren Gunderson, and witness the inspiring reminder of what we gain by keeping our sights set on the stars. Directed by Caitlin Lowans.
Flyin’ West
July 11-27, 2025
In 1890s Kansas, the homesteading Dove sisters are proud of their land and of the all-Black town of Nicodemus. But soon they find themselves contending with speculators attempting to buy up their town from outside, and an unsavory brother-in-law who might break up their family from within. This play by Pearl Cleage, one of the essential modern American playwrights, highlights unsung pioneers of the American West, and the resilience, resolve and recipes that let them weather an unforgiving time and place in American history. Directed by Marisa Hébert.
Find details on ticket subscription packages at entcenterforthearts.org.
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