Curious Theatre presents ” Collapse”
CURIOUS THEATRE COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK
PRESENT ALLISON MOOREʼS ROLLING WORLD PREIMERE COLLAPSE
AND
CURIOUS INTRODUCES A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL, RESULT OF
2011 METLIFE/TCG A-HA! DO IT $50,000 GRANT
Denver, CO−Curious Theatre Company and the National New Play Network (NNPN) Present Allison Mooreʼs
Rolling World Premiere COLLAPSE. The production runs November 3–December 10, 2011 at 1080 Acoma Street,
Denver. The opening night is November 5, 2011, at 8 p.m.
Inspired by the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse, Allison Mooreʼs Rolling World Premiere bares all in a sidesplitting
but, heartfelt story about picking up the pieces and moving on when our lives fall apart. As Hannah tries to hold her
perfect life together amidst being laid off and fearing infertility, her husband David calls in sick to work for days on end
and waters the plants with beer. When Hannahʼs flakey sister blows in from Los Angeles unannounced with all her
worldly possessions and a strange package to be delivered, the family sets off on an odyssey full of hysterical
surprises and moving turns. This production is the second of three productions in a national Rolling World Premiere,
giving the playwright the chance for revision, and the opportunity for the play to have a continued life in theatres
across the country.
National New Playwright Network created the Continued Life of New Plays Fund (CLNPF), to develop an
alternative-producing model, and change the way theaters and audiences understand the term “world premiere.” A
flagship program, CLNPF supports three or more theaters that choose to mount the same new play within a twelvemonth period. The result is a “Rolling World Premiere” through which the playwright develops a new work with at least
three different creative teams, for three different communities of patrons, ensuring the resulting play is of the highest
possible quality. And, with a minimum of three productions in a single year, the play attains the momentum it needs to
join the repertoire of frequently-produced new American works.
“We are excited to continue our collaborative relationship with Allison Moore with this project, and are also honored to
be participating in another Continued Life project with the NNPN,” states Producing Artistic Director, Chip Walton.
“Our continued commitment to this program allows us to bring the best new plays in American theatre directly to
Denver audiences, who will be among the first audiences anywhere to experience wonderful plays like COLLAPSE
and to participate in and benefit from the continued development through production of these new theatrical works.”
The cast includes Jessica Austgen (Susan), Laurence Curry (David), Michael Morgan (Ted) and
Jada S. Roberts (Hannah).
The designers include Reuben Lucas (Scenic Designer), Ann Piano (Costume Designer), Jacob Welch (Lighting
Designer), Jason Ducat (Sound Designer), Becky Toma (Properties Designer) and Steve Moulds (Dramaturg &
National New Play Network Playwright in Residence).
Dee Covington (Director) is a founding company member of Curious Theatre Company and recently directed at
Curious DEAD MANʼS CELL PHONE, SPEECH & DEBATE and THE DENVER PROJECT. She is also the program
director for Curious New Voices, the youth playwriting program at Curious Theatre Company. Covingtonʼs acting credits at Curious include Bev/Kathy in CLYBOURNE PARK and The Homebody in HOMEBODY/KABUL, The Loud
Stone in EURYDICE, Ella in CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, Francine in FOR BETTER, Little Genny in
TEMPODYSSEY (for which she received a Henry Nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role) and an ensemble
member of THE WAR ANTHOLOGY (for which she received the 2006 Denver Post Ovation Award for Best Actress in
a Drama).
Allison Moore (Playwright) is a displaced Texan living in Minneapolis. COLLAPSE received its world premiere
production at Aurora Theater in Berkeley, CA, after originally being included in Auroraʼs 2010 Global Age Project
staged reading series. Her play, SLASHER, premiered at the 2009 Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of
Louisville, and has since had productions in LA, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Antonio, Seattle
and St. Louis. In 2008, Moore was commissioned by Illusion Theater to adapt Willa Catherʼs novel, MY ANTONIA,
which then premiered at Illusion in February 2010 and garnered Moore a 2010 Ivey Award. In 2006-07, She
developed a full-length play, END TIMES, with Kitchen Dog Theater, where she is an Associate Company Member.
The play premiered in June 2007 and received a record-setting seven Dallas Critics Forum Awards and five Leon
Rabin Awards, including Best New Play. Allisonʼs play, HAZARD COUNTY, was produced at the 2005 Humana
Festival, Kitchen Dog Theatre in Dallas, and Actors Express in Atlanta in association with the National New Play
Network. In 2005-06, Allison was commissioned by the Guthrie Theater; the resulting play, SPLIT, was produced in
April 2006. Her work has also been developed or produced at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center
Stage-JAW/West, The Themantics Group, Madison Rep, Centenary Stage Company, Marin Theatre Company, The
Lincoln Center Directorʼs Lab, The Drilling Company, Indianapolis New Art Theatre, Thirst, and The Playwrights
Center. She is the recipient of two Playwrightsʼ Center Jerome Fellowships, two McKnight Advancement Grants, a
Bush Fellowship and the Iowa Arts Fellowship. Moore holds a BFA in Theatre from Southern Methodist University,
and an MFA from the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop.
Jessica Austgen* (Susan) was last seen at Curious Theatre Company in the World Premiere of Eric Coble’s THE
DEAD GUY. After earning her BFA in Acting from Colorado University Boulder, Austgen spent three seasons as a
member of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s acting company, appearing in AS YOU LIKE IT, MACBETH and
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Favorite roles in the Denver area include Abigail in THE CRUCIBLE, Cecily Cardew
in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Deirdre in BOLD GIRLS, May in LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC and
JCF31333 in COMIC POTENTIAL, for which she earned a Westword Best of Denver Award for Best Actress in a
Comedy. Austgen performs long form improvisation with the groups Nancy’s Apartment and Maude and is a cast
member at Impulse Theater.
Laurence Curry (David) makes his Curious Theatre Company debut. He has worked professionally as an actor and
dancer for over 15 years. Favorite roles include A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, ZOO STORY performed in Ireland
(Denver Centre Theater Company), AIDA (Arvada Center), performing with such dance companies as Oaklandʼs
Savage Jazz Dance Company, Monster Shop Bumpin hip hop and appearing in Asteroid, Strange Land, Things To
Do In Denver When Youʼre Dead, Coors, Nintendo I and Ford and Schwinn.
Michael Morgan* (Ted) has worked as an actor, director, set designer, technical director, and scene painter in many
theatres around Denver and Colorado Springs. Morgan returns to Curious Theatre Company after appearing as
Quango in HOMEBODY/KABUL. Favorite roles include Joey in THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, Noah in THE
RAINMAKER and Remnar in ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT (Aurora Fox) and The Man et al. in TURN OF THE
SCREW (Modern Muse).
Jada S. Roberts* (Hannah) is pleased to return to Curious Theatre Company where she was last seen in Denver
Stories as Oprah in LA DOLCE VITALE, Cadence in HOUSE WITH NO WALLS and Delores in PARIS ON THE
PLATTE. Other credits include Risa in TWO TRAINS RUNNINʼ, Diane in WAITINʼ 2 END HELL, Lady Macbeth in
MACBETH, Anne in THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III (Shadow Theatre Company) and Ms.
Mueller in DOUBT (Off-Square Theatre Company). Roberts has also appeared locally in numerous commercials and
industrials.
Steve Moulds (Dramaturg) is the National New Play Network Playwright in Residence at Curious Theatre Company.
Productions include EMERGENCY PROM (published by Playscripts), COMPOUND/COMPLEX (Brouhaha Comedy
Festival), VON ROLLO (Illusion Theater), PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC WRITING (Source Festival), KILLER SMILE,
BUYERʼS REMORSE and SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY (Minnesota Fringe Festival), and multiple short plays for
Actors Theatre of Louisville. Upcoming work includes a new adaptation of Pirandelloʼs SIX CHARACTERS for The
Hypocrites (Chicago) and a collaboratively-written anthology for the 2012 Humana Festival. He holds an MFA in
playwriting from the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.
Chip Walton (Producing Artistic Member) is the Producing Artistic Director and co-founder of Curious Theatre
Company. Named Denverʼs “2005 Theatre Person of the Year,” his directing work has garnered over 50 local and
national awards. In 2008, Curious was honored with the Mayorʼs Award for Excellence in the Arts. Walton recently
served as the President of the National New Play Network, a network of 26 theatres across the country dedicated to
the development and production of new plays for the American theatre. Walton was also selected in the inaugural class of Livingston Fellows, as one of five individuals from across Colorado selected by the Bonfils-Stanton
Foundation as exceptional non-profit leaders with significant potential for contribution, change and leadership in
Coloradoʼs non-profit sector. He has directed in the National New Play Network Showcase of New Plays as well as
the Kennedy Centerʼs MFA Playwriting Festival in Washington, D.C. Most recently, he was thrilled to be in New York
to accept a National Theatre Company Award for Curious from the prestigious American Theatre Wing.
Performances are November 3–December 10, 2011. The opening performance is on November 5, 2011 at
8 p.m. Curtain times are Thursday–Saturday at 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 p.m. There will be an added 2 p.m.
performance on November 26. There will be no performances November 6 and November 24. Tickets are $18–$42
and are available at the Box Office, 1080 Acoma Street, Denver; 303.623.0524 or online at
www.curioustheatre.org.
Secret Package Giveaway: Curious Theatre Company celebrates Allison Mooreʼs Rolling World Premiere, by
offering a mysterious giveway! Every performance week, on one random day, some lucky patron will receive Susanʼs
“secret package.” Buy your tickets today at www.curioustheatre.org, and you might just find out whatʼs inside!
Discussions with artistic staff and cast members will follow performances on November 10–December 9, 2011.
In conjunction with COLLAPSE, Curious Theatre Company and some of Denverʼs favorite bars will present
the 1
st
Annual Curiousʼ Clues and Brews. Centered on the upcoming Rolling World Premiere, itʼs part bar crawl,
part bridge crawl, and part scavenger hunt. Join Curiousʼ Artistic Company Members for a beer-fueled clue hunt
ending in great prizes! Monday October 24, 2011 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Sign up in teams of two or four. Tickets are $25
per person and available on-line at www.curioustheatre.org
Secret Package Giveaway: Curious Theatre Company celebrates Allison Mooreʼs Rolling World Premiere, by
offering a mysterious giveway! Every performance week, on one random day, some lucky patron will receive Susanʼs
“secret package.” Buy your tickets today, and you might just find out whatʼs inside!
Season 14 Sponsors are Jeremy and Susan Shamos, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and
Carol E. Wolf.
Production Benefactors of COLLAPSE are Barbara Bridges and Brent Case & Christine Douglass.
Production Patrons of COLLAPSE are Lori Pidick & Mark Niles and Michael Potts.
Curious Theatre Company was founded by a group of artists who met 14 years ago while mounting Tony Kushnerʼs
ANGELS IN AMERICA (produced by Hunger Artists) in the 19
th
-century church the theatre still calls home, located
just a few blocks south of the Denver Art Museum and State Capitol. Known for bringing provocative new shows to
Denver, Curious has garnered many awards over its history, most recently the 5280 Magazine Readers Choice
Award for Best Theatre Company. Under the artistic leadership of Producing Artistic Director Chip Walton, Curious
produces five main-stage shows per season; the award-winning Curious New Voices education program; the fun and
innovative Denver Stories (honoring area luminaries); and myriad special discussions, classes and parties.
Awarded a 2011 MetLife/TCG A-ha! Do It $50,000 grant, Curious Theatre Company is capitalizing on the
momentum of their 2010 MetLife/TCG A-ha! Think It grant addressing the desire to re-center artists within
organizations, will create an innovative post-specialist staffing structure by developing and integrating artists with staff
in a new organizational paradigm.
“Throughout Season 14, Curious Theatre Company will be prototyping a new artistic company model which we hope
will impact the entire field of American theatre,” states Producing Artistic Director, Chip Walton. “The aim of which
is not only to fully integrate artists into producing organizations, but also to accelerate the artistic process, and elevate
the artistic excellence onstage.”
Curious Theatre Company Artistic Company Members feature Artistic Council: Dee Covington, Christy
Montour-Larson, Karen Slack, and Chip Walton. Resident Artists: Kevin Brainerd, Richard Devin, and Shannon
McKinney. Featured Ensemble: Bill Hahn, C. Kelly Leo, Erik Sandvold, and Karen Slack. Company: Ed Cord,
Kathryn Gray, John Jurcheck, Christopher Leo, David Russell, Mare Trevathan, Marcus Waterman, Todd Webster,
and Annette Westerby.
National New Play Network (NNPN) is the country’s alliance of non-profit professional theaters that champions the
development, production, and continued life of new plays. Since its founding in 1998, NNPN has commissioned over
a dozen playwrights, provided seven MFA graduates with paid residencies, and supported nearly 50 productions
nationwide through its innovative Continued Life of New Plays Fund, which creates “rolling world premieres” of new
plays. Through these activities and others, NNPN has granted nearly a half million dollars to theaters and artists in
the past ten years. Hundreds of artists have gained employment through these efforts in the 24 regions of the country where NNPN member theaters are located. NNPN receives substantial support from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Actorsʼ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equityʼs mission is
to advance, promote, and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity
represents more than 45,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across
the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatres as a profession, upholding the highest
artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including
health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair
treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is
affiliated with FIA, an international organization of the performing arts unions.
*Member of Actorsʼ Equity Association
PRESENT ALLISON MOOREʼS ROLLING WORLD PREIMERE COLLAPSE
AND
CURIOUS INTRODUCES A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL, RESULT OF
2011 METLIFE/TCG A-HA! DO IT $50,000 GRANT
Denver, CO−Curious Theatre Company and the National New Play Network (NNPN) Present Allison Mooreʼs
Rolling World Premiere COLLAPSE. The production runs November 3–December 10, 2011 at 1080 Acoma Street,
Denver. The opening night is November 5, 2011, at 8 p.m.
Inspired by the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse, Allison Mooreʼs Rolling World Premiere bares all in a sidesplitting
but, heartfelt story about picking up the pieces and moving on when our lives fall apart. As Hannah tries to hold her
perfect life together amidst being laid off and fearing infertility, her husband David calls in sick to work for days on end
and waters the plants with beer. When Hannahʼs flakey sister blows in from Los Angeles unannounced with all her
worldly possessions and a strange package to be delivered, the family sets off on an odyssey full of hysterical
surprises and moving turns. This production is the second of three productions in a national Rolling World Premiere,
giving the playwright the chance for revision, and the opportunity for the play to have a continued life in theatres
across the country.
National New Playwright Network created the Continued Life of New Plays Fund (CLNPF), to develop an
alternative-producing model, and change the way theaters and audiences understand the term “world premiere.” A
flagship program, CLNPF supports three or more theaters that choose to mount the same new play within a twelvemonth period. The result is a “Rolling World Premiere” through which the playwright develops a new work with at least
three different creative teams, for three different communities of patrons, ensuring the resulting play is of the highest
possible quality. And, with a minimum of three productions in a single year, the play attains the momentum it needs to
join the repertoire of frequently-produced new American works.
“We are excited to continue our collaborative relationship with Allison Moore with this project, and are also honored to
be participating in another Continued Life project with the NNPN,” states Producing Artistic Director, Chip Walton.
“Our continued commitment to this program allows us to bring the best new plays in American theatre directly to
Denver audiences, who will be among the first audiences anywhere to experience wonderful plays like COLLAPSE
and to participate in and benefit from the continued development through production of these new theatrical works.”
The cast includes Jessica Austgen (Susan), Laurence Curry (David), Michael Morgan (Ted) and
Jada S. Roberts (Hannah).
The designers include Reuben Lucas (Scenic Designer), Ann Piano (Costume Designer), Jacob Welch (Lighting
Designer), Jason Ducat (Sound Designer), Becky Toma (Properties Designer) and Steve Moulds (Dramaturg &
National New Play Network Playwright in Residence).
Dee Covington (Director) is a founding company member of Curious Theatre Company and recently directed at
Curious DEAD MANʼS CELL PHONE, SPEECH & DEBATE and THE DENVER PROJECT. She is also the program
director for Curious New Voices, the youth playwriting program at Curious Theatre Company. Covingtonʼs acting credits at Curious include Bev/Kathy in CLYBOURNE PARK and The Homebody in HOMEBODY/KABUL, The Loud
Stone in EURYDICE, Ella in CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, Francine in FOR BETTER, Little Genny in
TEMPODYSSEY (for which she received a Henry Nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role) and an ensemble
member of THE WAR ANTHOLOGY (for which she received the 2006 Denver Post Ovation Award for Best Actress in
a Drama).
Allison Moore (Playwright) is a displaced Texan living in Minneapolis. COLLAPSE received its world premiere
production at Aurora Theater in Berkeley, CA, after originally being included in Auroraʼs 2010 Global Age Project
staged reading series. Her play, SLASHER, premiered at the 2009 Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of
Louisville, and has since had productions in LA, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Antonio, Seattle
and St. Louis. In 2008, Moore was commissioned by Illusion Theater to adapt Willa Catherʼs novel, MY ANTONIA,
which then premiered at Illusion in February 2010 and garnered Moore a 2010 Ivey Award. In 2006-07, She
developed a full-length play, END TIMES, with Kitchen Dog Theater, where she is an Associate Company Member.
The play premiered in June 2007 and received a record-setting seven Dallas Critics Forum Awards and five Leon
Rabin Awards, including Best New Play. Allisonʼs play, HAZARD COUNTY, was produced at the 2005 Humana
Festival, Kitchen Dog Theatre in Dallas, and Actors Express in Atlanta in association with the National New Play
Network. In 2005-06, Allison was commissioned by the Guthrie Theater; the resulting play, SPLIT, was produced in
April 2006. Her work has also been developed or produced at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center
Stage-JAW/West, The Themantics Group, Madison Rep, Centenary Stage Company, Marin Theatre Company, The
Lincoln Center Directorʼs Lab, The Drilling Company, Indianapolis New Art Theatre, Thirst, and The Playwrights
Center. She is the recipient of two Playwrightsʼ Center Jerome Fellowships, two McKnight Advancement Grants, a
Bush Fellowship and the Iowa Arts Fellowship. Moore holds a BFA in Theatre from Southern Methodist University,
and an MFA from the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop.
Jessica Austgen* (Susan) was last seen at Curious Theatre Company in the World Premiere of Eric Coble’s THE
DEAD GUY. After earning her BFA in Acting from Colorado University Boulder, Austgen spent three seasons as a
member of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s acting company, appearing in AS YOU LIKE IT, MACBETH and
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Favorite roles in the Denver area include Abigail in THE CRUCIBLE, Cecily Cardew
in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Deirdre in BOLD GIRLS, May in LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC and
JCF31333 in COMIC POTENTIAL, for which she earned a Westword Best of Denver Award for Best Actress in a
Comedy. Austgen performs long form improvisation with the groups Nancy’s Apartment and Maude and is a cast
member at Impulse Theater.
Laurence Curry (David) makes his Curious Theatre Company debut. He has worked professionally as an actor and
dancer for over 15 years. Favorite roles include A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, ZOO STORY performed in Ireland
(Denver Centre Theater Company), AIDA (Arvada Center), performing with such dance companies as Oaklandʼs
Savage Jazz Dance Company, Monster Shop Bumpin hip hop and appearing in Asteroid, Strange Land, Things To
Do In Denver When Youʼre Dead, Coors, Nintendo I and Ford and Schwinn.
Michael Morgan* (Ted) has worked as an actor, director, set designer, technical director, and scene painter in many
theatres around Denver and Colorado Springs. Morgan returns to Curious Theatre Company after appearing as
Quango in HOMEBODY/KABUL. Favorite roles include Joey in THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, Noah in THE
RAINMAKER and Remnar in ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT (Aurora Fox) and The Man et al. in TURN OF THE
SCREW (Modern Muse).
Jada S. Roberts* (Hannah) is pleased to return to Curious Theatre Company where she was last seen in Denver
Stories as Oprah in LA DOLCE VITALE, Cadence in HOUSE WITH NO WALLS and Delores in PARIS ON THE
PLATTE. Other credits include Risa in TWO TRAINS RUNNINʼ, Diane in WAITINʼ 2 END HELL, Lady Macbeth in
MACBETH, Anne in THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III (Shadow Theatre Company) and Ms.
Mueller in DOUBT (Off-Square Theatre Company). Roberts has also appeared locally in numerous commercials and
industrials.
Steve Moulds (Dramaturg) is the National New Play Network Playwright in Residence at Curious Theatre Company.
Productions include EMERGENCY PROM (published by Playscripts), COMPOUND/COMPLEX (Brouhaha Comedy
Festival), VON ROLLO (Illusion Theater), PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC WRITING (Source Festival), KILLER SMILE,
BUYERʼS REMORSE and SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY (Minnesota Fringe Festival), and multiple short plays for
Actors Theatre of Louisville. Upcoming work includes a new adaptation of Pirandelloʼs SIX CHARACTERS for The
Hypocrites (Chicago) and a collaboratively-written anthology for the 2012 Humana Festival. He holds an MFA in
playwriting from the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.
Chip Walton (Producing Artistic Member) is the Producing Artistic Director and co-founder of Curious Theatre
Company. Named Denverʼs “2005 Theatre Person of the Year,” his directing work has garnered over 50 local and
national awards. In 2008, Curious was honored with the Mayorʼs Award for Excellence in the Arts. Walton recently
served as the President of the National New Play Network, a network of 26 theatres across the country dedicated to
the development and production of new plays for the American theatre. Walton was also selected in the inaugural class of Livingston Fellows, as one of five individuals from across Colorado selected by the Bonfils-Stanton
Foundation as exceptional non-profit leaders with significant potential for contribution, change and leadership in
Coloradoʼs non-profit sector. He has directed in the National New Play Network Showcase of New Plays as well as
the Kennedy Centerʼs MFA Playwriting Festival in Washington, D.C. Most recently, he was thrilled to be in New York
to accept a National Theatre Company Award for Curious from the prestigious American Theatre Wing.
Performances are November 3–December 10, 2011. The opening performance is on November 5, 2011 at
8 p.m. Curtain times are Thursday–Saturday at 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 p.m. There will be an added 2 p.m.
performance on November 26. There will be no performances November 6 and November 24. Tickets are $18–$42
and are available at the Box Office, 1080 Acoma Street, Denver; 303.623.0524 or online at
www.curioustheatre.org.
Secret Package Giveaway: Curious Theatre Company celebrates Allison Mooreʼs Rolling World Premiere, by
offering a mysterious giveway! Every performance week, on one random day, some lucky patron will receive Susanʼs
“secret package.” Buy your tickets today at www.curioustheatre.org, and you might just find out whatʼs inside!
Discussions with artistic staff and cast members will follow performances on November 10–December 9, 2011.
In conjunction with COLLAPSE, Curious Theatre Company and some of Denverʼs favorite bars will present
the 1
st
Annual Curiousʼ Clues and Brews. Centered on the upcoming Rolling World Premiere, itʼs part bar crawl,
part bridge crawl, and part scavenger hunt. Join Curiousʼ Artistic Company Members for a beer-fueled clue hunt
ending in great prizes! Monday October 24, 2011 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Sign up in teams of two or four. Tickets are $25
per person and available on-line at www.curioustheatre.org
Secret Package Giveaway: Curious Theatre Company celebrates Allison Mooreʼs Rolling World Premiere, by
offering a mysterious giveway! Every performance week, on one random day, some lucky patron will receive Susanʼs
“secret package.” Buy your tickets today, and you might just find out whatʼs inside!
Season 14 Sponsors are Jeremy and Susan Shamos, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and
Carol E. Wolf.
Production Benefactors of COLLAPSE are Barbara Bridges and Brent Case & Christine Douglass.
Production Patrons of COLLAPSE are Lori Pidick & Mark Niles and Michael Potts.
Curious Theatre Company was founded by a group of artists who met 14 years ago while mounting Tony Kushnerʼs
ANGELS IN AMERICA (produced by Hunger Artists) in the 19
th
-century church the theatre still calls home, located
just a few blocks south of the Denver Art Museum and State Capitol. Known for bringing provocative new shows to
Denver, Curious has garnered many awards over its history, most recently the 5280 Magazine Readers Choice
Award for Best Theatre Company. Under the artistic leadership of Producing Artistic Director Chip Walton, Curious
produces five main-stage shows per season; the award-winning Curious New Voices education program; the fun and
innovative Denver Stories (honoring area luminaries); and myriad special discussions, classes and parties.
Awarded a 2011 MetLife/TCG A-ha! Do It $50,000 grant, Curious Theatre Company is capitalizing on the
momentum of their 2010 MetLife/TCG A-ha! Think It grant addressing the desire to re-center artists within
organizations, will create an innovative post-specialist staffing structure by developing and integrating artists with staff
in a new organizational paradigm.
“Throughout Season 14, Curious Theatre Company will be prototyping a new artistic company model which we hope
will impact the entire field of American theatre,” states Producing Artistic Director, Chip Walton. “The aim of which
is not only to fully integrate artists into producing organizations, but also to accelerate the artistic process, and elevate
the artistic excellence onstage.”
Curious Theatre Company Artistic Company Members feature Artistic Council: Dee Covington, Christy
Montour-Larson, Karen Slack, and Chip Walton. Resident Artists: Kevin Brainerd, Richard Devin, and Shannon
McKinney. Featured Ensemble: Bill Hahn, C. Kelly Leo, Erik Sandvold, and Karen Slack. Company: Ed Cord,
Kathryn Gray, John Jurcheck, Christopher Leo, David Russell, Mare Trevathan, Marcus Waterman, Todd Webster,
and Annette Westerby.
National New Play Network (NNPN) is the country’s alliance of non-profit professional theaters that champions the
development, production, and continued life of new plays. Since its founding in 1998, NNPN has commissioned over
a dozen playwrights, provided seven MFA graduates with paid residencies, and supported nearly 50 productions
nationwide through its innovative Continued Life of New Plays Fund, which creates “rolling world premieres” of new
plays. Through these activities and others, NNPN has granted nearly a half million dollars to theaters and artists in
the past ten years. Hundreds of artists have gained employment through these efforts in the 24 regions of the country where NNPN member theaters are located. NNPN receives substantial support from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Actorsʼ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equityʼs mission is
to advance, promote, and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity
represents more than 45,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across
the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatres as a profession, upholding the highest
artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including
health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair
treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is
affiliated with FIA, an international organization of the performing arts unions.
*Member of Actorsʼ Equity Association
