New plays galore in Colorado

Send us Fan MailA look at the state’s many new-play festivals, plus achat with Brian Colonna and Regan Linton about Buntport’s new show ‘The Menagerist’ In this episode of the OnStage Colorado Podast, hostsToni Tresca and Alex Miller celebrate the many opportunities to hear new theatrical works in Colorado. From the Denver Center’s Colorado New Play Summit to Creede Repertory Theatre’s Headwaters Festival, we run down some of the places you can hear new plays over the year. Also in this episode, we talk to Brian Colonna and Regan Linton about The Menagerist — the latest original work from Buntport Theater.  And as usual we review our weekly Top 10 list of Colorado Headliners — shows coming up in the next week or so we think you should keep an eye out for. Here’s this week’s list: To the Bone, Three Leaches Theater, Lakewood, March 12-22Every Brilliant Thing, Breckenridge Backstage Theatre, March 12-29Zyanya Always & Forever, Su Teatro, Denver, March 13-30 Downstate, Curious Theatre Company, Denver, previews March13-14; runs March 15-April 13STRANGE CREATURES: A Bizarre Mythos for All Ages,Boulder Public Library Canyon Theater, March 15You Can’t Take It With You, Magic Circle Players, Montrose, March 14-29The Lost Years, Millibo Art Theatre, Colorado Springs, March 13-23The Ever and After, Miscreant Theatre Collective at Roaming Gnome Theatre, Aurora, March 13-30Celtic Awakening, Denver Brass, Denver Newman Center, March 15-16Life of Pi, Denver Center Buell Theatre, March 18-30