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 ...
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Swing State
Feb 7 – Feb 16, 2025
Recently widowed, Peg tends to the native prairie land that rises behind her rural Wisconsin home. Her solitary days are interrupted only by visits from...
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
Dec 13 – Dec 22, 2024
“Marley was dead, to begin with…” Chained and shackled, Jacob Marley is condemned to a hellish eternity unless he accepts his one chance to free...
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Dec 5 – Dec 21, 2024
THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE “Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.” Once, there lived...
Murder on the Orient Express
Feb 17 – Feb 26, 2023
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full, but by morning it is one passenger...
The Lifespan of a Fact
Mar 10 – Feb 19, 2023
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT“It was supposed to be a quick fact check! Confirm a few dates, interact with a respected author, make sure the...
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