We have assembled a list of many of the theaters that existed in Colorado. We’re pretty sure it’s not a complete list, so please let us know if you have information on any errors or omissions by leaving a comment below.
Click the Theater/Company Name to view further information or photographs of a theater in the list. If a theater is still open for business, an “Active” link appears in the “Year Closed” column. Click to visit their web page in a separate tab.
Theater/Company Name | City in CO | Year Opened | Year Closed |
Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities | Arvada | Active | |
Arvada Festival Playhouse | Arvada | ||
Ascot Dinner Theatre | Littleton | ||
Aurora Fox Arts Center | Aurora | Active | |
Avalon Theatre | Grand Junction | Active | |
Avenue Theater | Denver | ||
Bonfils Theatre | Denver | 1953 | 1986 |
Boulder’s Dinner Theatre | Boulder | 1977 | 2024 |
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC) | Boulder | Active | |
Breckenridge Backstage Theatre | Breckenridge | Active | |
Bug Theatre | Denver | Active | |
Buntport Theatre | Denver | Active | |
Catamounts Theatre Company | Boulder | Active | |
Changing Scene | Denver | ||
Cherry Creek Theatre Company | Denver | Active | |
The Chief Theater | Steamboat Springs | ||
Chuckwagon Dinner Playhouse | Denver | ||
City Stage Ensemble in Theatre at Jack’s | Denver | ||
Colorado Chautauqua Tour | Colorado | ||
Colorado Music Hall Dinner Theater AKA: Eugene’s Dinner Theatre | Denver | ||
Compass Theatre Company | Denver | ||
Country Dinner Playhouse | Centennial | ||
Creede Repertory Theatre | Creede | Active | |
Crystal Palace | Aspen | 2008 | |
Dairy Arts Center | Boulder | Active | |
Denver Black Arts Company | Denver | ||
DCPA Theatre Company AKA: Denver Center Theatre Company | Denver | 1980 | Active |
Denver Civic Theatre (New) | Denver | 1985 | 1995 |
Denver Civic Theatre (Original) | Denver | 1929 | 1953 |
Denver Municipal Auditorium AKA: Denver Auditorium Theater AKA: Ellie Caulkins Opera House | Denver | 1908 | Active |
Denver Post Opera | Denver | 1934 | 1972 |
Elitch Theatre | Denver | 1891 | Active |
Eulipions Cultural Center | Denver | ||
Evergreen Players | Evergreen | ||
Firehouse Theater Company | Denver | Active | |
Foothills Civic Theatre | Fort Collins | ||
Forgelight Theatreworks | Aurora | ||
Freemont Civic Theatre | Canon City | ||
Gabriel’s Dinner Theater/Cabaret | Denver | ||
Galleria Theatre | Denver | ||
Gaslight Theatre | Denver | ||
Germinal Stage | Denver | ||
Heritage Square Opera House AKA: Heritage Square Music Hall | Golden | ||
Hunger Artists Ensemble | Denver | ||
Industrial Arts | Denver | ||
Kit’s | Denver | 1970 | |
Lake Dillon Theatre Company AKA: Theatre SilCo | Silverthorne | Active | |
Little Theatre of Rockies | Greeley | Active | |
Main Street Players | Littleton | ||
Mario’s Restaurant | Denver | ||
Mercury Cafe | Denver | Active | |
Metropolis Theatre | Denver | ||
Millibo Art Theatre | Colorado Springs | Active | |
Nomad Players | Boulder | ||
OpenStage Theatre & Company | Fort Collins | Active | |
PACE Center | Parker | 2011 | Active |
Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp | Steamboat Springs | 1913 | Active |
Rialto Theater Center | Loveland | Active | |
RiverTree Theatre | Denver | ||
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre | Grand Lake | 1966 | Active |
Sasquatch Productions | Parker | 2019 | Active |
Scarlett’s Dinner Theater | Aurora | ||
Shadow Theatre | Denver | ||
Shwayder Theatre | Denver | ||
Springs Ensemble Theatre | Colorado Springs | Active | |
Stage West | Denver | ||
Steamboat Community Players | Steamboat Springs | ||
Steamboat Repertory Theater | Steamboat Springs | 1979? | 1982? |
Strater Hotel | Durango | Active | |
Taylor’s Supper Club | Denver | ||
Theatre Aspen | Aspen | Active | |
Theatre On Broadway | Denver | ||
Theatre Or | Denver | Active | |
Theatre Under Glass | Denver | ||
Thunder River Theatre Company | Carbondale | ||
Town Hall Arts Center | Littleton | Active | |
Union Colony Civic Center | Greeley | Active | |
Upstart Crow Theatre | Boulder | Active | |
Vail Valley Theatre Company | Vail | Active | |
Victorian Playhouse | Denver | ||
Vilar Performing Arts Center | Beaver Creek | 1998 | Active |
Vogue Theatre | Denver | ||
Wheeler Opera House | Aspen | Active | |
Ye Olde Wayside Inn | Berthoud |
Tony Greaves cell 512 576-5903, home 512 295-4575
31 May 2024My name is Tony Greaves. My wife, Carol Conway, and I were two of the original Barnstormers and worked for the theater from a couple of weeks before it opened for the first seven years and was the head Barnstormer most of that time, as well as appearing in some of the productions. We also helped open the Windmill ine Fort Worth when Bob Boren and Sam Newton bought that chain. I have many of the programs from those years and would love for the webmaster or someone of this group to have them. Our daughter, Lisa Carol Greaves, appeared with us in “Song of Norway” tour when she was only two. That tour was 1976-77. I also have pictures of some casts along with some other pictures that Bob and Mary Boren’s daughter gave me after Mary died.
Please feel free to email or even call me if you would like the artifacts that I have saved these 55 years. Carol and I celebrated our 57th wedding anniversary yesterday and joined the playhouse, as I said before it opened. I could go on and on until you will want to shut me up. (Probably already do!) LOL
In the picture of the original Barnstormers, we are the top couple next to the accompanist. I also have a lot of pictures from the CDP Reunion in 2008 and even a YouTube of me talking about the opening of the theater.
We also did some shows at Bonfils when we were getting our masters degrees in Vocal Performance at DU. We finished our degrees there in 1972. bit continued for several years more with the Playhouse and the Colorado Opera Theater, Young Audiences, and Shwayder Theater.
You might want to take this message down, but I wanted to contact you because that was a very wonderful time in our lives and thrilled to find this site.
Thanks and hope to hear from you.
Tony Greaves