The Bonfils Theatre was opened in 1953; it was the brainchild of philanthropist and Denver Post newspaper owner Helen Bonfils. “Miss Helen”, as she was frequently referred to, and a small group of supporters founded the Denver Civic Theatre in 1929. The company was dedicated to producing high quality plays with amateur local community talent on the stage. The original company shared the theater in Margery Reed Hall with the University of Denver theater department. After 145 productions in their shared space, it was finally time for the DCT to have their own space.
Miss Helen acquired the land at 1425 Elizabeth St for the theater shortly after World War II ended, but due to material shortages, construction couldn’t begin until the early 1950’s. The theater was designed by architect John K Monroe, who had been working as chief architect for the Archdiocese of Denver. As Miss Helen was a major donor to the Catholic church, it seemed a natural fit for him to design the theater. There is a good Wikipedia article on the Bonfils that discusses some of the history of the construction and the social impact the theater had on the community. The theater opened with a grand gala in October, 1953.
In addition to the Main Stage productions, the theater began producing children’s plays in its second year of operation. A full season of at least six Main Stage productions and four Theatre for Children productions occurred every year from 1954-1983.
The Denver Post Opera had been a popular outdoor summer activity in Denver’s Cheeseman Park from 1934 to 1972. After Miss Helen died in 1972, funding for the opera stopped. Not wishing to deprive the city of outdoor theatrical performances, Henry Lowenstein, producer at the Bonfils Theatre, created a new program of performances in city parks: Festival Caravan. Beginning in summer of 1973, a traveling stage was constructed and taken to several city parks each summer. Festival Caravan presented musical reviews and plays from 1973-85. In 1975, “Colorado Quest”, a play about the roots of Colorado history, toured to seven cities all around the state.
In 1976, Bo-Ban’s Cabaret was opened in the basement off the lower lobby. Seating up to 80 patrons, Bo-Ban’s presented small-cast productions of musical reviews and comedies. In all, 43 productions were mounted in this intimate space.
Prior to the theatre’s closing in 1985, the Bonfils Theatre was renamed the Lowenstein Theatre after longtime designer/producer, Henry Lowenstein. At its peak, Bonfils Theatre was “the” theatre in the 1950’s and ’60s and ’70s. Each Main Stage opening night was a big social occasion!
Click one of the links below to see more photos and stories about each of the Bonfils Theatre venues.
Below is a list of all Bonfils Theatre productions in all venues:
Season | Venue | Title | Directed By |
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53-54 | Main Stage | Green Grow the Lilacs | Alexander Ivo |
53-54 | Main Stage | Portrait in Black | Alexander Ivo |
53-54 | Main Stage | I Remember Mama | Alexander Ivo |
53-54 | Main Stage | Tobias and the Angel | Alexander Ivo |
53-54 | Main Stage | Gigi | Alexander Ivo |
53-54 | Main Stage | The Moon Is Blue | Alexander Ivo |
54-55 | Main Stage | The Love of Four Colonels | Alexander Ivo |
54-55 | Main Stage | Affairs of State | Alexander Ivo |
54-55 | Main Stage | Life With Mother | Alexander Ivo |
54-55 | Main Stage | Bell, Book and Candle | Alexander Ivo |
54-55 | Main Stage | The Winslow Boy | Alexander Ivo |
54-55 | Main Stage | Time Out For Ginger | Alexander Ivo |
54-55 | For Children | Toad of Toad Hall | Joanne Healy |
54-55 | For Children | The Bluebird | Margaret Perry |
54-55 | For Children | The Thirteen Clocks | Anne Matlack |
54-55 | For Children | The Tinker’s Trick | William Utter |
55-56 | Main Stage | Harvey With Joe E. Brown | Bradford Hatton |
55-56 | Main Stage | The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker | Alexander Ivo |
55-56 | Main Stage | Picnic | Alexander Ivo |
55-56 | Main Stage | The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Alexander Ivo |
55-56 | Main Stage | The Rainmaker | Alexander Ivo |
55-56 | Main Stage | The Importance of Being Earnest | Alexander Ivo |
55-56 | Main Stage | The Frogs of Spring | Alexander Ivo |
55-56 | For Children | Rumpelstiltskin | Arthur Steinits |
55-56 | For Children | The Magic Supper | Helen Chancellor |
55-56 | For Children | Jack and the Beanstalk | Helen Barrack |
55-56 | For Children | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | Helen Barrack |
56-57 | Main Stage | Father of the Bride | Alexander Ivo |
56-57 | Main Stage | The Innocents | Alexander Ivo |
56-57 | Main Stage | As You Like It | Alexander Ivo |
56-57 | Main Stage | Mrs. Gibbons’ Boys | Alexander Ivo |
56-57 | Main Stage | Ladies of the Jury | Alexander Ivo |
56-57 | Main Stage | Roberta | Alexander Ivo |
56-57 | For Children | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Jim Edson |
56-57 | For Children | Hansel and Gretel | Jim Edson |
56-57 | For Children | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Jim Edson |
56-57 | For Children | The Red Shoes | Jim Edson |
57-58 | Main Stage | The Solid Gold Cadillac | Alexander Ivo |
57-58 | Main Stage | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Alexander Ivo |
57-58 | Main Stage | The Mousetrap | Alexander Ivo |
57-58 | Main Stage | Inherit the Wind | Alexander Ivo |
57-58 | Main Stage | The Loud Red Patrick | Alexander Ivo |
57-58 | Main Stage | The Pajama Game | Alexander Ivo |
57-58 | For Children | Beauty and the Beast | Alexander Ivo |
57-58 | For Children | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Jim Edson |
57-58 | For Children | The Clown Who Ran Away | Tom Neet |
57-58 | For Children | Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Hunt | Tom Neet |
58-59 | Main Stage | No Time For Sergeants | Alexander Ivo |
58-59 | Main Stage | Cat On A Hot Tin Roof | Alexander Ivo |
58-59 | Main Stage | Will Any Gentleman? | Alexander Ivo |
58-59 | Main Stage | Missouri Legend | Alexander Ivo |
58-59 | Main Stage | The Happiest Millionaire | Alexander Ivo |
58-59 | Main Stage | Guys and Dolls | Alexander Ivo |
58-59 | For Children | The Marvelous Story of Puss in Boots | Tom Neet |
58-59 | For Children | Cathy and the Water Sprites | Francesca Ramanoff |
58-59 | For Children | The King’s Creampuffs | Tom Neet |
58-59 | For Children | The Musicians of Bremen | Tom Neet |
58-59 | For Children | Mr. Dooley Jr. | Tom Neet |
59-60 | Main Stage | Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? | Alexander Ivo |
59-60 | Main Stage | Sailor Beware | Alexander Ivo |
59-60 | Main Stage | A Touch of the Poet | Alexander Ivo |
59-60 | Main Stage | Kind Sir | Alexander Ivo |
59-60 | Main Stage | Dial M For Murder | Alexander Ivo |
59-60 | Main Stage | Kiss Me Kate | Alexander Ivo |
59-60 | For Children | The Sleeping Beauty | Thomas Mossman |
59-60 | For Children | Circus in the Wind | Thomas Mossman |
59-60 | For Children | Rumpelstiltskin | Thomas Mossman |
59-60 | For Children | The Hood of Forgetfulness | Larry Boyette |
59-60 | For Children | The Elves and the Shoemaker | Thomas Mossman |
60-61 | Main Stage | Make A Million | Alexander Ivo |
60-61 | Main Stage | The Grass Is Greener | Alexander Ivo |
60-61 | Main Stage | Not in the Book | Alexander Ivo |
60-61 | Main Stage | Another Part of the Forest | Alexander Ivo |
60-61 | Main Stage | Maybe Tuesday | Alexander Ivo |
60-61 | Main Stage | The Most Happy Fella | Alexander Ivo |
60-61 | For Children | The Princess and the Swineherd | Judith Davenport |
60-61 | For Children | The Three 8Ears | Judith Davenport |
60-61 | For Children | The Cat Princess | Judith Davenport |
60-61 | For Children | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Judith Davenport |
61-62 | Main Stage | Watch It Sailor | Alexander Ivo |
61-62 | Main Stage | The Deadly Game | Alexander Ivo |
61-62 | Main Stage | The Devil’s Advocate | Alexander Ivo |
61-62 | Main Stage | Glad Tidings | Alexander Ivo |
61-62 | Main Stage | The Little Foxes | Alexander Ivo |
61-62 | Main Stage | Pal Joey | Alexander Ivo |
61-62 | For Children | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp | Jack Fisher |
61-62 | For Children | The Hood of Forgetfulness | Larry Boyette |
61-62 | For Children | Jack Frost | Alexander Ivo |
61-62 | For Children | The Clown Out West | Ross Hancock |
61-62 | For Children | The Snow Queen and the Goblin | Ross Hancock |
62-63 | Main Stage | Everybody Loves Opal | Harry Geldard |
62-63 | Main Stage | I Killed the Count | Harry Geldard |
62-63 | Main Stage | Roar Like A Dove | Harry Geldard |
62-63 | Main Stage | All the Way Home | Harry Geldard |
62-63 | Main Stage | Blood Sweat and Stanley Poole | Harry Geldard |
62-63 | Main Stage | Wonderful Town | Harry Geldard |
62-63 | For Children | The Mystery Rocket | Ross Hancock |
62-63 | For Children | Robin Hood | Ross Hancock |
62-63 | For Children | Hansel and Gretel | Bob Davis |
62-63 | For Children | Toby Tyler | Bob Davis |
63-64 | Main Stage | Emily Griffith | Harry Geldard |
63-64 | Main Stage | Dear Delinquent | Alexander Ivo |
63-64 | Main Stage | The Dark At the Top of the Stairs | Alexander Ivo |
63-64 | Main Stage | Sunday in New York | Alexander Ivo |
63-64 | Main Stage | Death of A Salesman | Harry Geldard |
63-64 | Main Stage | Hocus Pocus | Harry Geldard |
63-64 | Main Stage | Sail Away | Harry Geldard |
63-64 | For Children | My Sister the Dragon | Bob Bannister |
63-64 | For Children | The Red Shoes | Bob Bannister |
63-64 | For Children | Circus in the Wind | Bob Bannister |
63-64 | For Children | The Inside-Out Adventure | Bob Bannister |
64-65 | Main Stage | The Ponder Heart | Dr. Edwin L. Levy |
64-65 | Main Stage | Calculated Risk | Dr. Edwin L. Levy |
64-65 | Main Stage | Gideon | Dr. Edwin L. Levy |
64-65 | Main Stage | Holiday For Lovers | Dr. Edwin L. Levy |
64-65 | Main Stage | Come Back Little Sheba | Dr. Edwin L. Levy |
64-65 | Main Stage | Bells Are Ringing | Dr. Edwin L. Levy |
64-65 | For Children | King Arthur’s Sword | Bob Bannister |
64-65 | For Children | Winnie-The Pooh | Bob Bannister |
64-65 | For Children | The Emperor’s New Clothes | Bob Bannister |
64-65 | For Children | The Clown Who Ran Away | Bob Bannister |
65-66 | Main Stage | Enter Laughing | Harry Geldard |
65-66 | Main Stage | Love’s A Luxury | Harry Geldard |
65-66 | Main Stage | Dark of the Moon | Harry Geldard |
65-66 | Main Stage | Boeing Boeing | Harry Geldard |
65-66 | Main Stage | The Desperate Hours | Harry Geldard |
65-66 | Main Stage | Anything Goes | Harry Geldard |
65-66 | For Children | Puss in Boots | Bob Bannister |
65-66 | For Children | Jack in the Beanstalk | Bob Bannister |
65-66 | For Children | The Canterville Ghost | Bob Bannister |
65-66 | For Children | The Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings | Bob Bannister |
66-67 | Main Stage | Poor Richard | Harry Geldard |
66-67 | Main Stage | Life With Father | Harry Geldard |
66-67 | Main Stage | A Case of Libel | Harry Geldard |
66-67 | Main Stage | A Rainy Day in Newark | Harry Geldard |
66-67 | Main Stage | Catch Me If You Can | Harry Geldard |
66-67 | Main Stage | Silk Stockings | Bob Bannister |
66-67 | For Children | Beauty and the Beast | Bob Bannister |
66-67 | For Children | The Three Bears | Bob Bannister |
66-67 | For Children | Five in A Forest | Bob Bannister |
66-67 | For Children | The Wrong Mother Goose | Bob Bannister |
67-68 | Main Stage | Finian’s Rainbow | Bob Bannister |
67-68 | Main Stage | The Man | Bob Bannister |
67-68 | Main Stage | Private Ear and Public Eye | Jim Edson |
67-68 | Main Stage | Emlyn Williams as Dylan Thomas Growing Up | None |
67-68 | Main Stage | Come Blow Your Horn | Sob Bannister |
67-68 | Main Stage | A Raisin in the Sun | Bob Bannister |
67-68 | Main Stage | A Delicate Balance | Jim Edson |
67-68 | Main Stage | Critics Choice | Bob Bannister |
67-68 | For Children | The Mystery Rocket | Dick Chauncey |
67-68 | For Children | The Sleeping Beauty of Loreland | Dick Chauncey |
67-68 | For Children | The Cat Princess | Dick Chauncey |
67-68 | For Children | Center Ring Ballet | Dick Chauncey |
67-68 | For Children | Harkee the Cat | Freidann Parker |
68-69 | Main Stage | Gypsy | Bob Bannister |
68-69 | Main Stage | A Far Country | Bob Bannister |
68-69 | Main Stage | A Servant of Two Masters | Bob Bannister |
68-69 | Main Stage | Night of the Iguana | Jim Edson |
68-69 | Main Stage | Barefoot in the Park | Bob Bannister |
68-69 | Main Stage | The Tiger and the Typists | Bob Bannister |
68-69 | Main Stage | Hogan’s Goat | Jim Edson |
68-69 | Main Stage | The Impossible Years | Bob Bannister |
68-69 | For Children | Maggie’s Magic Teapot | Dick Chauncey |
68-69 | For Children | Circus in the Wind | Dick Chauncey |
68-69 | For Children | The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew | Dick Chauncey |
68-69 | For Children | The Inside-Out Adventure | Dick Chauncey |
68-69 | For Children | Mother Goose Rock | Freidann Parker |
69-70 | Main Stage | How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Bob Bannister |
69-70 | Main Stage | Summertree | Robert Downing |
69-70 | Main Stage | Under the Yum Yum Tree | Bob Bannister |
69-70 | Main Stage | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright | Bob Bannister |
69-70 | Main Stage | I Remember Mama | Robert Downing |
69-70 | Main Stage | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Bob Bannister |
69-70 | Main Stage | The Odd Couple | Robert Downing |
69-70 | Main Stage | Celebration | Bob Bannister |
69-70 | For Children | Winnie the Pooh | Bev Newcomb |
69-70 | For Children | Alice in Wonderland | Dick Chauncey |
69-70 | For Children | Pippe Longstocking | Bev Newcomb |
69-70 | For Children | The Red Shoes | Dick Chauncey |
70-71 | Main Stage | Around the World in 80 Days | Bob Bannister |
70-71 | Main Stage | Sheep On the Runway | Barry Lorie |
70-71 | Main Stage | The Time of Your Life | Kendrick A. Wilson |
70-71 | Main Stage | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men | Bob Bannister |
70-71 | Main Stage | Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens | None |
70-71 | Main Stage | The Boys in the Band | Dr. Edwin L. Levy |
70-71 | Main Stage | The Cactus Flower | Bob Bannister |
70-71 | Main Stage | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Gary Montgomery |
70-71 | Main Stage | Your Own Thing | Bob Bannister |
70-71 | For Children | The Wizard of Oz | Bev Newcomb |
70-71 | For Children | Pinocchio | Dick Chauncey |
70-71 | For Children | The Wrong Mother Goose | Bob Bannister |
70-71 | For Children | Benji and the Magic Pawnshop | Bev Newcomb |
71-72 | Main Stage | Fiddler on the Roof | Bob Bannister |
71-72 | Main Stage | The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail | Gary Montgomery |
71-72 | Main Stage | Any Wednesday | Bob Bannister |
71-72 | Main Stage | Hadrian the Seventh | Gary Montgomery |
71-72 | Main Stage | Adaptation – Next | Bob Bannister |
71-72 | Main Stage | Taming of the Shrew | John Powell |
71-72 | Main Stage | Becket | John Powell |
71-72 | Main Stage | The Student Prince | Bob Bannister |
71-72 | For Children | Peter Pan | Bev Newcomb |
71-72 | For Children | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Dick Chauncey |
71-72 | For Children | The Invisible People | Bev Newcomb |
71-72 | For Children | King Arthur’s Sword | Dick Chauncey |
72-73 | Main Stage | Kismet | Bob Bannister |
72-73 | Main Stage | The Hostage | Gary Montgomery |
72-73 | Main Stage | A Holiday Evening With Buddy Greene and Frank Brenner | None |
72-73 | Main Stage | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Bob Bannister |
72-73 | Main Stage | Promenade, All! | Gary Montgomery |
72-73 | Main Stage | Dames At Sea | Bob Bannister |
72-73 | Main Stage | To Be Young, Gifted Ano Black | Bob Bannister |
72-73 | Main Stage | Forty Carats | Gary Montgomery |
72-73 | Main Stage | Company | Bob Bannister |
72-73 | Main Stage | The Apple Tree | Bob Bannister |
72-73 | For Children | Tom Sawyer | Bev Newcomb |
72-73 | For Children | Pippe Longstocking | Bev Newcomb |
72-73 | For Children | Five in A Forest | Gary Montgomery |
72-73 | For Children | A. Sop’s Fables Ballet and How the Toes Goes | Bev Newcomb |
72-73 | For Children | A Horse of A Oiff’rent Color | Bev Newcomb |
73-74 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: * Schyleen Qualls M.C. * John Mccallum, Pianist * Kurt Goletz and the Big Band * Ballet Folklorico Mexicano De Graciela Tapia | None |
73-74 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: * Schyleen Qualls, M.C. * Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble * Jimmy Carter, Folksinger * Keith Avedon’s Survival Mass With Family Jam and Inner City Choir | None |
73-74 | Main Stage | Follies | Bob Bannister |
73-74 | Main Stage | 13 Rue De L’amour | Gary Montgomery |
73-74 | Main Stage | The Apple Tree | Bob Bannister |
73-74 | Main Stage | Kabuki Dancers O Shozo Sato | None |
73-74 | Main Stage | The Beggar’s Opera – City Center Acting Company | Unknown |
73-74 | Main Stage | Measure For Measure – City Center Acting Company | Unknown |
73-74 | Main Stage | My Sweet Charlie | Bob Bannister |
73-74 | Main Stage | You Can’t Take It With You | Bob Bannister |
73-74 | Main Stage | Messiah ’74 Colorado Concert Ballet | Unknown |
73-74 | Main Stage | A Doll’s House | Gary Montgomery |
73-74 | Main Stage | The Red Mill | Bob Bannister |
73-74 | Main Stage | The Owl and the Pussycat | Bob Bannister |
73-74 | For Children | Winnie the Pooh | Bev Newcomb |
73-74 | For Children | Tarradiddle Tales (Preshow By Mel Reum) | Bev Newcomb |
73-74 | For Children | Rip Van Winkle | Bev Newcomb |
73-74 | For Children | Jack and the Beanstalk | Bev Newcomb |
73-74 | For Children | The Red Mill | Bob Bannister |
74-75 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: * Jodi Randall * The Rudy Garcia Band * Los Pregoneros Del Puerto * The Trujillo Dancers * Andres Neidig | M.C. |
74-75 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: * United Mime Workers * Jim Turner, Saw Player * Ron Henry and Pride * Schyleen Qualls, M.C. | M.C. |
74-75 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: Ti-Jean and His Brothers (Black Arts West Of Seattle) | Buddy Butler |
74-75 | Main Stage | Sugar | Bob Bannister |
74-75 | Main Stage | The Last of Mrs. Lincoln | Gary Montgomery |
74-75 | Main Stage | Five On the Black Hand Side | Bob Bannister |
74-75 | Main Stage | The Curious Savage | Gary Montgomery |
74-75 | Main Stage | Love’s Labour’s Lost – The Royal Shakespeare Company | Unknown |
74-75 | Main Stage | High Button Shoes | Bob Bannister |
74-75 | Main Stage | He That Plays the King – The Royal Shakespeare Company | Unknown |
74-75 | Main Stage | 6Rms Riv Vu | Carol Bacall |
74-75 | Main Stage | Guthrie Theater – Everyman | Unknown |
74-75 | Main Stage | She Stoops To Conquer – City Center Acting Company | Unknown |
74-75 | Main Stage | The Time of Your Life – City Center Acting Company | Unknown |
74-75 | Main Stage | The Three Sisters – City Center Acting Company | Unknown |
74-75 | Main Stage | Edward II – City Center Acting Company | Unknown |
74-75 | Main Stage | Bits of Junk | Bob Bannister |
74-75 | For Children | The Three Bears | Bev Newcomb |
74-75 | For Children | The Wizard of Oz | Tom Hughes |
74-75 | For Children | Golliwhoppers1 | Bev Newcomb |
74-75 | For Children | The Thirteen Clocks | Tom Hughes |
75-76 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: Colorado Quest | Bob Bannister |
75-76 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: * Standing Bear Sioux Indian Dancers * Ron Henry and Pride * Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble | None |
75-76 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: * El Teatro Campesino * El Fin Del Mundo | None |
75-76 | Main Stage | Seesaw | Gary Montgomery |
75-76 | Main Stage | National Theatre of the Deaf | None |
75-76 | Main Stage | Parade the Blue Bird | Dan McNally |
75-76 | Main Stage | Purlie | Eric Hughes |
75-76 | Main Stage | Emily | Gary Montgomery |
75-76 | Main Stage | Philadelphia Here I Come | Gary Montgomery |
75-76 | Main Stage | Mummenschanz | None |
75-76 | Main Stage | The Crucible | Gary Montgomery |
75-76 | Main Stage | Tom Jones – Loretto-Hilton Repertory Company | Unknown |
75-76 | Main Stage | Desire Under the Elms – Loretto-Hilton Repertory Company | Unknown |
75-76 | Main Stage | Paint Your Wagon | Gary Montgomery |
75-76 | For Children | Beauty and the Beast | Tom Hughes |
75-76 | For Children | Dandie Doodles | Bev Newcomb |
75-76 | For Children | The Cat Princess | Tom Hughes |
75-76 | For Children | Rapunzel and the Dragon | Bev Newcomb |
75-76 | For Children | What’s Afoot? | Colorado Concert Ballet |
76-77 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: * El Teatro Campesino * La Carpa De Los Rasouachis | None |
76-77 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: Vaudeville * Al Fike, M.C. * Mike and Barbee * Trio Flamenco * Arch Jeffries Magician * Dick Kroeckel Ragtime Piano * The Centennial Town Band and Marching Society | None |
76-77 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: * Red, White and Blues * Black Arts West of Seattle, Washington | None |
76-77 | Main Stage | Four Saints in Three Acts – National Theatre of the Deaf | None |
76-77 | Main Stage | The Harmfulness of Tobacco – National Theatre of the Deaf | None |
76-77 | Main Stage | Children’s Letters To God – National Theatre of the Deaf | None |
76-77 | Main Stage | Candide | Gary Montgomery |
76-77 | Main Stage | Wait Until Dark | David Ode |
76-77 | Main Stage | Auntie Mame | Gary Montgomery |
76-77 | Main Stage | My Fat Friend | Gary Montgomery |
76-77 | Main Stage | Camino Real – The Acting Company | Unknown |
76-77 | Main Stage | The Kitchen – The Acting Company | Unknown |
76-77 | Main Stage | The Way of the World – The Acting Company | Unknown |
76-77 | Main Stage | Love’s Labour’s Lost – The Acting Company | Unknown |
76-77 | Main Stage | Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope | Buddy Butler |
76-77 | Main Stage | Man of La Mancha | Gary Montgomery |
76-77 | Cabaret | What’s A Nice Country Like You Doing in A State Like This? | Bev Newcomb |
76-77 | Cabaret | Joie De Vivre | Betsy Maxwell |
76-77 | Cabaret | Eat Your Heart Out | Bev Newcomb |
76-77 | For Children | Pinocchio | Bonnie Eckard |
76-77 | For Children | The Red Shoes | Michael Holden |
76-77 | For Children | Rita | Harriet Lawyer Duvallo |
76-77 | For Children | Skupper·Duppers | Bonnie Eckard |
76-77 | For Children | The Golden Grotto, Or Bracko, the Frog Prince | Michael Holden |
77-78 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: Shango De Ima | Buddy Butler |
77-78 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: * Puppets, Poetry and Pandemonium * Danaberry Puppets * Arina (Sue) Isaacson * Boo-Lu the Clown * Lallo: Poetry, Music and Humor * Circus of Earthly Delights, Featuring: the Swami Amazo and Lady Sasha * Ballet Folklorico Netzahualcoyotl With El Grupo Aztlan | None |
77-78 | Main Stage | Oliver! | Gary Montgomery |
77-78 | Main Stage | Chapeau – The Acting Company | Unknown |
77-78 | Main Stage | Mother Courage – The Acting Company | Unknown |
77-78 | Main Stage | Murder Among Friends | Bev Newcomb |
77-78 | Main Stage | Sherlock Holmes and the Affair of the Amorous Regent | Gary Montgomery |
77-78 | Main Stage | Defiant Island | Buddy Butler |
77-78 | Main Stage | Animals Are Passing From Our Lives | Gary Montgomery |
77-78 | Main Stage | All Summer Long | Gary Montgomery |
77-78 | Main Stage | Canterbury Tales | Gary Montgomery |
77-78 | Cabaret | Hark | Bev Newcomb |
77-78 | Cabaret | The Me Nobody Knows | Buddy Butler |
77-78 | Cabaret | Talk Show | Bev Newcomb |
77-78 | Cabaret | By Strouse | Bob Wells |
77-78 | For Children | Heidi | Bev Newcomb |
77-78 | For Children | The Ice Wolf | Bonnie Eckard |
77-78 | For Children | Aladdin Mcfaddin | Alan Deans |
77-78 | For Children | Niccolo and Nicolette | Bonnie Eckard |
78-79 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: * The Me Nobody Knows * Pre-Show: Paratakki Oree | Buddy Butler |
78-79 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: * Primavera Ballet Folklorico Netzahualcoyotl With El Grupo Atzlan * Schyleen Qualls, M.C. | None |
78-79 | Main Stage | Pippin | Gary Montgomery |
78-79 | Main Stage | The Brownsville Raid | Buddy Butler |
78-79 | Main Stage | Harvey | Gary Montgomery |
78-79 | Main Stage | Born Yesterday | Bev Newcomb |
78-79 | Main Stage | Tambourines To Glory | Buddy Butler |
78-79 | Main Stage | Hot L Baltimore | Bob Wells |
78-79 | Main Stage | A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum | Gary Montgomery |
78-79 | Cabaret | The Club | Bev Newcomb |
78-79 | Cabaret | Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris | Bonnie Eckard |
78-79 | Cabaret | The Island | Buddy Butler |
78-79 | Cabaret | Sizwe Banzi Is Dead | Buddy Butler |
78-79 | Cabaret | Hold Me | Bob Wells |
78-79 | For Children | Hans Christian Anderson | Bev Newcomb |
78-79 | For Children | Noah and the Great Auk | Alan Deans |
78-79 | For Children | Pippi Longstocking | Bev Newcomb |
78-79 | For Children | Mystery Rocket | Alan Deans |
79-80 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: Chronology Cuatro Epocas | Buddy Butler |
79-80 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: The Sounds of Summer | Buddy Butler |
79-80 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: * For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Buddy Butler |
79-80 | Main Stage | Arsenic and Old Lace | Bev Newcomb |
79-80 | Main Stage | Death of A Salesman | Bob Wells |
79-80 | Main Stage | The Wiz | Buddy Butler |
79-80 | Main Stage | Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Bev Newcomb |
79-80 | Main Stage | Jesus Christ Superstar | Bob Wells |
79-80 | Cabaret | The Mandrake | Bob Wells |
79-80 | Cabaret | Vanities | Bev Newcomb |
79-80 | Cabaret | In the House of Blues | Buddy Butler |
79-80 | Cabaret | The Ascent of Mount Fuji | Susan Ross |
79-80 | Cabaret | 2 By 5 | Bev Newcomb |
79-80 | For Children | You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown | Austin O’Toole |
79-80 | For Children | The Overcoat | Bonnie Eckard |
79-80 | For Children | Golliwhoppers | Bev Newcomb |
79-80 | For Children | Wiley and the Hairy Man | Buddy Butler |
80-81 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: Daystar Indian Theatre | None |
80-81 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: in the House of Blues | Buddy Butler |
80-81 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: Dance, Denver Dance | None |
80-81 | Main Stage | Colorado Ballet | Unknown |
80-81 | Main Stage | Ballet Folklorico Netzahualcoyotl | Unknown |
80-81 | Main Stage | Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble | Cleo Parker Robinson |
80-81 | Main Stage | Sly Fox | Bob Wells |
80-81 | Main Stage | Guys and Dolls | Buddy Butler |
80-81 | Main Stage | The Glass Menagerie | Bev Newcomb |
80-81 | Main Stage | Same Time Next Year | Bev Newcomb |
80-81 | Main Stage | Grease | Bob Wells |
80-81 | Cabaret | New Faces of 1980 | Bev Newcomb |
80-81 | Cabaret | Piano Bar | Bob Wells |
80-81 | Cabaret | Isadora Duncan Sleeps With the Russian Navy | Bob Wells |
80-81 | Cabaret | Paul Robeson | Buddy Butler |
80-81 | Cabaret | The Fantasticks | Bev Newcomb |
80-81 | For Children | The Dragon | Maria Carrera |
80-81 | For Children | Lester and His Magic Book | Austin O’Toole |
80-81 | For Children | Cinderella and Friends | Bev Newcomb |
80-81 | For Children | The Round-Eyed Rumplestilskin | Bob Wells |
81-82 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: Working | Buddy Butler |
81-82 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: The Klezmorim | None |
81-82 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: No Maps On My Taps | None |
81-82 | Main Stage | Tintypes | Bob Wells |
81-82 | Main Stage | Chapter Two | Bev Newcomb |
81-82 | Main Stage | Loose Ends | Bob Wells |
81-82 | Main Stage | The Diary of Anne Frank | Bev Newcomb |
81-82 | Main Stage | El Bravo | Buddy Butler |
81-82 | Cabaret | Remembrance | Buddy Butler |
81-82 | Cabaret | Sorrows of Stephen | Bob Wells |
81-82 | Cabaret | Trixie True, Teen Detective | Bev Newcomb |
81-82 | Cabaret | Home | Buddy Butler |
81-82 | Cabaret | Cole | Bev Newcomb |
81-82 | For Children | Willa the Drop-Out Witch | Bev Newcomb |
81-82 | For Children | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Buddy Butler |
81-82 | For Children | Beauty and the Beast | Earl Sennett |
81-82 | For Children | It Happened in Hamelin | Bob Wells |
82-83 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: Tintypes | Bob Wells |
82-83 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: Festival De Colores | None |
82-83 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival | None |
82-83 | Main Stage | Tribute | Bev Newcomb |
82-83 | Main Stage | The 1940’s Radio Hour | Bev Newcomb |
82-83 | Main Stage | The Miracle Worker | Bob Wells |
82-83 | Main Stage | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men | Buddy Butler |
82-83 | Main Stage | Home | Buddy Butler |
82-83 | Main Stage | Blagoevgrad | Bulgaria Theater Festival |
82-83 | Main Stage | Annie Get Your Gun | Bev Newcomb |
82-83 | Cabaret | Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Buddy Butler |
82-83 | Cabaret | Coming Attractions | Bob Wells |
82-83 | Cabaret | Waiting For the Parade | Bev Newcomb |
82-83 | Cabaret | Wallenberg | Bob Wells |
82-83 | Cabaret | March of the Falsettos | Bob Wells |
82-83 | For Children | Alice in Wonderland | Bob Wells |
82-83 | For Children | Nobody Loves A Dragon | Buddy Butler |
82-83 | For Children | The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria | Buddy Butler |
82-83 | For Children | The Red Shoes | Bev Newcomb |
83-84 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Buddy Butler |
83-84 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: The Dondines Dancers of the Americas | None |
83-84 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: Avaz | None |
83-84 | Main Stage | Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Bob Wells |
83-84 | Main Stage | Snoopy!!! | Bev Newcomb |
83-84 | Main Stage | The Lark | Bev Newcomb |
83-84 | Main Stage | Storyville | Buddy Butler |
83-84 | Cabaret | I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road | Bev Newcomb |
83-84 | Cabaret | Dracula: the Musical | Buddy Butler |
83-84 | Cabaret | Status Quo Vadis | Bob Wells |
83-84 | Cabaret | Blues At Sunrise | Buddy Butler |
83-84 | Cabaret | Beyond Therapy | Bob Wells |
83-84 | For Children | Oz – Land of Magic | Buddy Butler |
83-84 | For Children | The Inside-Out Adventure | Khadija Haynes |
83-84 | For Children | Peter and the Wolf Children’s Repertory Ballet | Khadija Haynes |
83-84 | For Children | The Lost Half-Hour | Bob Wells |
83-84 | For Children | The Magic Pebble Gang | Bev Newcomb |
84-85 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: Is There Life After High School? | Buddy Butler |
84-85 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: Carib-Tokyo Steel Orchestra with the Prince Rupert Dancers | Unknown |
84-85 | Cabaret | The Gilded Cage | Unknown |
84-85 | Cabaret | They’re Playing Our Song | Unknown |
84-85 | Cabaret | Bubbling Brown Sugar | Buddy Butler |
84-85 | Cabaret | The Actor’s Nightmare | Bob Wells |
84-85 | Cabaret | Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You | Bob Wells |
84-85 | Cabaret | What A Nice Country Like You STILL Doing In A State Like This? | Bev Newcomb |
84-85 | For Children | Pinocchio | Bev Newcomb |
84-85 | For Children | Tales Of Arabian Nights | Unknown |
84-85 | For Children | Pippi Longstocking | Bev Newcomb |
84-85 | For Children | The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer | Unknown |
84-85 | For Children | A Christmas Carol | Bob Wells |
85-86 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show I: One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) | Unknown |
85-86 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show II: Bubbling Brown Sugar | Buddy Butler |
85-86 | Festival Caravan | Festival Caravan Show III: Broadway in the Park | Cleo Parker Robinson & Buddy Butler |
85-86 | For Children | Heidi | Bev Newcomb |
85-86 | For Children | A Christmas Carol | Bob Wells |
85-86 | For Children | Puss in Boots | Buddy Butler |
85-86 | For Children | Treasure Island | Bob Wells |
Bruce Jackson
17 Jan 2024Owl and the Pussy Cat was not a children’s show the best I recall
Eric
17 Jan 2024I got that fixed – thanks for noticing and letting us know! The Owl and the Pussycat was an unusual production that was added in at the end of the season. It was a two-actor show that featured radio personalities Charlie and Barney from KHOW (I think KHOW – correct me if I’m wrong!) -Eric