Making theatre work for the disabled

Phamaly Theatre Company’s Ben Raanan joins us, plus catching up with Audacious Immersive's Ren Manley and our weekly Top 10 Colorado HeadlinersIn this episode of the OnStage Colorado Podcast, hosts AlexMiller and Toni Tresca are joined by special guest host Ben Raanan. Ben is the artistic director of Phamaly Theatre Company — Colorado’s creative home for theatre artists with disabilities. Ben gives us the scoop on how he came toPhamaly as well as some thoughts on working with actors, how the public should view this work and a look at the just-announced new season for 2025. Later in the episode, Toni catches up with Ren Manley,artistic director for Audacious Immersive. She can be seen now in their production of Frankenstein and she talks with Toni about how it all started, what immersive is all about and their ever-popular production of Drunk Christmas, now in its eighth year. And as always we run down our Top 10 Colorado Headliners — shows around the state you might keep an eye out for. This week’s Headliners: As You Like It, The Coffee Joint, Denver, Oct. 31-Nov. 9Stop Kiss, Louisville Center for the Arts, Nov. 1-16Gutenberg! The Musical, Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver, Nov. 2, 2025-May 5, 2025Reefer Madness: The Musical, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Nov. 2-30Denver Film Festival, Nov. 1-10The City Dog and the Prairie Dog, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Nov. 2-24Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!", Denver Center, through Dec. 22The Squirrels, Westcliffe Community Players, Nov. 1-3Eyes Up, Mouth Agape, Buntport, Denver, Nov. 1-23Disney Descendants - The Musical, Steel City Theatre, Pueblo, Oct. 18-Nov. 3