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Review: High-Flying Feats in WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at the Denver Center


by Jon Bee - February 12, 2026

The national tour of Water for Elephants is the latest show to stop at DCPA as it makes its way across the country. I only just last year read the novel by Sara Gruen followed quickly by the feature film starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. ...

Review: COWBOYS AND EAST INDIANS Defies Assumptions at DCPA


by Jon Bee - January 26, 2026

DCPA Theatre Company's legacy of 'outdoing' themselves continues with their latest world premiere production of Cowboys and East Indians, based on the short story collection by Nina McConigley and written by McConigley and Matthew Spangler....

Review: THE NOTEBOOK Makes it Rain at DCPA


by Jon Bee - December 18, 2025

It is no wonder so many movies, tv shows, and musicals start out as the written word. I would argue the best stories are those that draw you in and keep you engaged from start to finish, regardless of how long it takes to finish. Perhaps that is why when I first read The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks ...

Past Shows

Firehouse Theater presents Crimes of the Heart
Firehouse Theater presents Crimes of the Heart
Apr 1 – Apr 29, 2017

Firehouse Theater - “Crimes of the Heart” - Three sisters with vastly different lives reunite when the youngest of them has just shot her husband....

Night Watch
Night Watch
Jul 2 – Aug 13, 2016

Did Elaine really see a dead body in the abandoned building or is she just going mad? Through August 13; Sun., July 3, 10 &...

The Boys Next Door
The Boys Next Door
May 14 – Jun 11, 2016

In a communal residence, four mentally disabled men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly 'burned out' young social worker. Mingled with scenes...

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
Apr 2 – Apr 30, 2016

“Steel Magnolias” focuses on the camaraderie of these six Southern women who talk, gossip, needle and harangue each other through the best of times -...

The Champagne Charlie Stakes
The Champagne Charlie Stakes
Feb 20 – Mar 19, 2016

It's a very special day at the racetrack, where 'Champagne' Charlie, a race-track regular, has had a race named in his honor. A dreamer and...

Spotlight Theatre presents The Big Bang
Spotlight Theatre presents The Big Bang
Jan 2 – Feb 6, 2016

Two actors are desperate to line up funding for their new musical and the cash strapped duo is forced to act out a backer's audition...

A Ring-a-Ding Christmas (A Crooner Holiday Revue)
A Ring-a-Ding Christmas (A Crooner Holiday Revue)
Nov 21 – Dec 19, 2015

Your favorite holiday songs and standards in a show that evokes memories of the TV “Holiday Specials” hosted by Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra and other...

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Oct 10 – Nov 7, 2015

Spotlight Theatre Company presents “To Kill a Mockingbird” - A story of innocence, tolerance, family and the courage to live what you believe. Oct. 10...

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