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One Night Stand Theater produces unique, limited-run theatrical productions that are built around diverse themes and incorporate materials from both classic and new dramatic and literary works.

10/07/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 “𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁” 𝘀𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱!

The evening of backstage mishaps and onstage disasters was great fun, thanks to our playwrights and writers (Ryan, Linda, John, Tami, D.C., Leroy, J., Jim, and V.B.), our actors (Linda, James, Matt, Randy, Trajan, Cassie, Emily, Mike, Abby, Mauro, Doug, Suzanna and Guy), our stage directors (Suzanna, Joi, Jim and Lorraine), and our production staff and crew. Thank you to Vintage Theatre for giving us a place to practice our bad theater arts. A wonderful yet terrible time was had by all!

𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟳 of the new year with our next evening of staged readings. We are selecting our 2027 season next month, so check back to find out what shows we’ll be doing next!

𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝑶𝑼𝑮 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑵𝑫𝑰𝑵

10/04/2026

Opening night turns tragic in J. Jackson's "𝗜 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗚𝗼"—one of nine short plays & stories in 𝑩𝒂𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 TONIGHT!!!! 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 7:30 p.m., at Vintage Theatre in Aurora.

Tickets $12 at https://www.onenightstandtheater.org/tickets

𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
A member of Colorado Dramatists, 𝗝. 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 began writing for the theater in the late 1980s and has had plays performed in Los Angeles, New York, Denver, and Hawaii.

10/03/2026

Rehearsals have wrapped up for our “Bad Theater Night” evening of staged readings. We have had a terribly wonderful time working on these awfully great plays and stories about theatrical disasters on the stage and behind the scenes. Join our unlucky cast of 13 for this terrific evening of dreadful theater this 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 𝟳:𝟯𝟬 𝗽.𝗺. 𝗮𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲.

𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 $𝟭𝟮 at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/one-night-stand-theater-presents-bad-theater-night

10/03/2026

Journey into the unknown with DC Cathro's "𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱"—one of nine short plays & stories in BAD THEATER NIGHT on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 7:30 p.m., at Vintage Theatre in Aurora.

Tickets $12 at https://www.onenightstandtheater.org/tickets

𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
𝗗𝗖 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼 is a Chicago-based playwright, actor, and director from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. DC’s works have been read at theaters and festivals across the U.S. and U.K., including the William Inge Festival in Independence, Kansas; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; and St. Luke’s Theatre, off-Broadway in New York City.

09/30/2026

Genres collide in Leroy Leonard's "𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀"—one of nine short plays & stories in BAD THEATER NIGHT on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 7:30 p.m., at Vintage Theatre in Aurora.

Tickets $12 at https://www.onenightstandtheater.org/tickets

𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
𝗟𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 has been acting and writing locally since 1978. You may remember him from Germinal Stage, Paragon Theatre, The LIDA Project, Vintage Theatre, Miners Alley Playhouse, Victorian Playhouse, Spotlight Theatre, The Edge, or the elusive Quark Players. Schools and libraries know Leroy as Merry-Andrew Afoot, a one-person children’s theater company. In 2015, One Night Stand honored Leroy with an evening dedicated to his writing.

09/28/2026

🎭 Meet the brave cast of One Night Stand Theater’s 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁!

A night of bad theater requires a great cast—and these 13 unlucky actors are ready to tackle staged readings filled with onstage disasters, backstage catastrophes, and gloriously theatrical mayhem:

Linda Swanson Brown, James Crapes, Matt Davis, Randy Diamon, Trajan Garcia, Cassie Kelso-Bucey, Emily Koehler Mathena, Mike Moran, Abby Prinz, Mauro Segura, Doug Tisdale, Suzanna Wellens, and Guy Williams.

Keeping the chaos on track are directors Joi Hiatt, Suzanna Wellens, Lorraine Scott, and Jim O’Leary.

Join us Sunday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Vintage Theatre. Tickets are just $12!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/one-night-stand-theater-presents-bad-theater-night

09/27/2026

Improv is a killer in John Busser's "𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗻𝗱... 𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 (𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲)"—one of nine short plays & stories in BAD THEATER NIGHT on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 7:30 p.m., at Vintage Theatre in Aurora.

Tickets $12 at https://www.onenightstandtheater.org/tickets

𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 is an actor/writer/graphic artist from Avon, Ohio. He is the co-runner of Cleveland Public Theatre’s writer’s workshop, The Dark Room, which helps playwrights test drive new work. He has written over 135 short plays, and has been produced throughout the US, Canada, Europe, India, and Australia. His collection of short plays, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴) is available from Next Stage Press.

09/25/2026

We’ve had a great time during our first week of rehearsals for “𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁,” working on the “bad plays” we’ll be presenting on Sunday night, October 4 at Vintage Theatre. We hope you’ll join us for these tales of bad acting, bad directing, bad playwrighting and overall bad behavior onstage and backstage.

Tickets $12 at https://www.onenightstandtheater.org/tickets

09/25/2026

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

One Night Stand Theater is pleased—if not entirely proud—to announce a special intermission fundraiser featuring a carefully uncurated collection of bad art and questionable décor.

From unsettling wall signs to landscapes that raise more questions than they answer, these treasures will be available for silent-auction bidding beginning at 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 $𝟱.

Bid generously, take home something unforgettable, and support One Night Stand Theater in the process. Winning bidders will receive a donation receipt showing their winning bid and the item’s estimated fair-market value.

𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁. 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲.

"Bad Theater Night"
Sunday, Oct. 4 • Vintage Theatre
𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 $12 at https://www.onenightstandtheater.org/tickets

09/23/2026

A theater monster pursues an innocent man in Jim Moss's "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆-𝗘𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁"—one of nine short plays & stories in BAD THEATER NIGHT on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 7:30 p.m., at Vintage Theatre in Aurora.

Tickets $12 at https://www.onenightstandtheater.org/tickets

𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘀 returns for the third time in a row to One Night Stand Theater with his latest affront to quality. He has been annoying audiences from Miami to Seattle and New York to San Francisco for years with horrifyingly farcical (or is it farcically horrifying) plays. He denies bribery was involved in any of the playwriting awards he’s received. If you dare, you can uncover more of his ghastly so-called “art” at https://newplayexchange.org/users/38854/jim-moss

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