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LOCAL THEATER COMPANY

1410 Quince Ave
Boulder, CO 80304



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

Local Lab New Play Festival: BloodSuckingLeech
Local Lab New Play Festival: BloodSuckingLeech
Apr 26

A Bedtime Story for Black Boys on the Moon by Kori Alston directed by Betty Hart is presented by Local Theater Company as part of...

WE THE PEOPLE: THE DEMOCRACY CYCLE
WE THE PEOPLE: THE DEMOCRACY CYCLE
Jul 27 – Aug 3, 2024

WE THE PEOPLE: THE DEMOCRACY CYCLEFrom a mobile home park in Boulder, to a jail cell in Denver, to an unlikely council gathering in Gunnison,...

237 Virginia Avenue
237 Virginia Avenue
May 2 – May 19, 2024

When Eric, an overeducated and underemployed professor, begins researching the history of his father Rex’s property in Virginia, he thinks he’s going to write a...

acts of faith
acts of faith
Feb 1 – Feb 18, 2024

acts of faith follows a young, unapologetically witty woman from Zambia as she looks for her opportunity for justice. Mistaken for a prophet, she begins...

UNDONE: The Lady M Project
UNDONE: The Lady M Project
Mar 9 – Mar 26, 2023

UNDONE: The Lady M Project Conceived by Anne Penner & Mare TrevathanWritten by Hadley Kamminga-Peck, Anne Penner, Mare TrevathanDirected by Mare TrevathanMar 9 - 26, 2023The...

Pop The Holidays: Music with 'Shells Hoffman
Pop The Holidays: Music with 'Shells Hoffman
Nov 30 – Dec 17, 2022

Crash into the holidays at this True West Award-winning show where souls are bared, shots are downed, and sh*t gets real. Hosted by “hysterically funny...

Raised on Ronstadt
Raised on Ronstadt
Oct 20 – Nov 6, 2022

Exploring the sounds of her childhood, one woman discovers how an icon’s disregard for convention and category inspired more than her taste in music. Featuring...

Local Lab new play festival
Local Lab new play festival
Apr 22 – Apr 24, 2022

Engage with some of the most exciting theater being created today with Local Theater Company’s Local Lab, Boulder’s premier 3-day festival of new American plays....

Discount Ghost Stories
Discount Ghost Stories
Jun 24 – Jul 15, 2021

Fall down the mineshaft in Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies. This haunting and hopeful original concert features bluegrass, pop and funk music interwoven...

Living Room Local with Congressman Joe Neguse
Living Room Local with Congressman Joe Neguse
Jun 12

Recently seen on the national stage as the House impeachment manager for the Senate trial of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Representative for Colorado's 2nd...

Living Room Local with Rhiana Yazzie
Living Room Local with Rhiana Yazzie
May 23

Step inside the living room of Navajo playwright, director and filmmaker Rhiana Yazzie for a conversation on her work as Artistic Director of Minneapolis New...

Living Room Local with Sheila Callaghan
Living Room Local with Sheila Callaghan
Apr 18

Sheila Callaghan, playwright, screenwriter and co-founder of the feminist theater collective The Kilroys, joins Living Room Local on Sunday, April 18, offering a look inside...

Living Room Local with Luis Alfaro & Laurie Woolery
Living Room Local with Luis Alfaro & Laurie Woolery
Mar 14

On the one-year anniversary of the shutdown of most major American theaters, two friends and frequent collaborators sit down for candid conversation on creativity in...

Living Room Local with Christopher Bayes
Living Room Local with Christopher Bayes
Feb 21

Learn from one of the world's most sought-after acting teachers, Head of Physical Acting at the Yale School of Drama, Christopher Bayes. This hour-long event...

Living Room Local with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Living Room Local with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Jan 31

Gather with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder Henry Louis Gates Jr. (virtually) for an intimate and interactive conversation about...

Living Room Local -
Living Room Local -
Dec 21

On the longest night of the year (December 21, 7pm MT), gather with the ghosts as we celebrate composer/lyricist Alexander Sage Oyen's concept album, "Discount...

Living Room Local with Forrest McClendon
Living Room Local with Forrest McClendon
Oct 25

Hang out in Tony Award-nominee Forrest McClendon's (The Scottsboro Boys) living room (virtually) as he discusses his unique creative process. Originally designed to build characters...

Living Room Local with John Lithgow
Living Room Local with John Lithgow
Sep 27

Hang out in award-winning actor and writer John Lithgow's living room (virtually) as he reads from his new book, Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown, and...

 Sin Eaters
Sin Eaters
Apr 16 – May 16, 2020

Sin EatersWorld Premiere Written by Anna Moench Directed by Pesha RudnickWe become what we see. When Mary Lee scores a job in the tech industry,...

Local Lab 2020
Local Lab 2020
Mar 13 – Mar 15, 2020

LOCAL THEATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES: LOCAL LAB 2020 3-day festival of new American plays, parties, and innovative post-show gatheringsJanuary 31, 2020Local Theater Company (Boulder, CO) announces...

Flame Broiled. or the ugly play
Flame Broiled. or the ugly play
Oct 24 – Nov 17, 2019

From Local Theater Company, the team that produced the Henry Award-winning play Paper Cut, comes the world premiere of Rodney Hicks' (Rent, original Broadway cast)...

Theater: The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias
Theater: The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias
Oct 27 – Nov 19, 2017

This is a story of opposites. Boys and girls. Lawyers and teachers. Football and art. Sober and drunk. Yes and no. Jeff and Bobby are stars of...

The Firestorm
The Firestorm
Oct 13 – Nov 13, 2016

Gaby and Patrick are married. A hot political couple on the verge of moving into the governor’s mansion. But when the campaign is hit with...

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