Bloody Morbid Humor at Buntport
Over the past ten years, Buntport Theatre have carved themselves a unique niche in the Denver theatre scene. They remain one of the only true ensemble company in town - with every show written, produced and performed collaboratively by the six actor/writer/director/designer members. New work can be hard to do without having to do it by consensus, and harder still to sell, but these kids pull it off with flair. Add to their accomplishments: One twisted musical contemplation on the destiny of a depressed (magic) rabbit. Jugged Rabbit Stew is a mix of sketch-comedy laughs, morbid sensibility, and a sprinkling of the absurd. Jugged Rabbit Stew has much of what I expect from Bun...Read more
The LIDA Project: Mouse in a Jar
Dirt floor. A caged ring. A stack of potatoes. A woman. Chained. And her daughters. Silence. Daga is weighing the relative merits of potato v. sausage as a vehicle for poison. Zosia is skeptical of both. Ma is silent, chained, frying what becomes a mix of burnt cabbage, potatoes and dirt off the floor. Handfulls. Dumped and re-fried. The poison is for Him. The man in boots. Upstairs. In this play, everyone wears boots and I think that means something. But His Boots Mean Extra. This is The LIDA Project's latest experiment, Mouse in a Jar, with Chicago playwright Martyna Majok writing the words and Julie Rada directing. There are a lot of words, t...Read more
Saturday Night Show at The Fox
Hello. My name is Get in the car, Helen. Before walking in on the woman I loved while she was in bed with this douchebag named Craig, I didn’t blog all that much. Not ever, really. But now, after walking in on previously mentioned woman in previously mentioned bed with previously mentioned douchebag, and after having had said woman leave me for said douchebag, I blog all the fucking time. I’ll be doing some of that blogging for Illiterate now. Blog #1 is an event announcement. HoneyHoney will be performing Saturday July 18th at the Fox Theater in Boulder CO. I haven’t actually heard any of their music yet, but I have heard nice things that have been said about it. ...Read more