Grapefruit Lab

Grapefruit Lab A Hybrid Performance Laboratory
〰️ Theatre | Music | Performing Arts
〰️ Prison Arts in CO Facilities
〰️ Practicing a More Queer & Humane Future

🌈 Come celebrate Pride with us at the library this June.Pity + Fear is an intimate, darkly comic one-woman tragedy that ...
05/28/2026

🌈 Come celebrate Pride with us at the library this June.

Pity + Fear is an intimate, darkly comic one-woman tragedy that reimagines Greek mythology through a contemporary q***r lens, asking the questions:

What does it mean to be a human?

What are the stories we tell about ourselves?

How do those stories hold up?

ONE SHOW ONLY

📅 June 27th @ 2PM
📍 College Hill Public Library
3705 W 112th Ave, Westminster, CO

🎟️ Registration is now open, link in bio. Can't wait to see you there!

🌈 Come celebrate Pride with us at the library this June.Pity + Fear is an intimate, darkly comic one-woman tragedy that...
05/28/2026

🌈 Come celebrate Pride with us at the library this June.

Pity + Fear is an intimate, darkly comic one-woman tragedy that reimagines Greek mythology through a contemporary q***r lens, asking the questions:

What does it mean to be a human?

What are the stories we tell about ourselves?

How do those stories hold up?

ONE SHOW ONLY

📅 June 27th @ 2PM
📍 College Hill Public Library
3705 W 112th Ave, Westminster, CO

🎟️ Registration is now open, link in bio. Can't wait to see you there!

Hi friends, it's Julie and Miriam 🍊 As a nonprofit, transparency matters to us - so we wanted to share exactly where you...
05/26/2026

Hi friends, it's Julie and Miriam 🍊

As a nonprofit, transparency matters to us - so we wanted to share exactly where your donations go.

Every dollar you give comes back to the people and work at the heart of this community. Here's what that looks like:

🎭 Paying our artists and collaborators (including childcare when needed)

🎨 Supplies, props, costumes, and the spaces that bring our productions to life

🏛️ Arts programming inside prisons, supplies like printed scripts, and food for our large family prison visitation events

⚙️ The behind-the-scenes operations that keep Grapefruit Lab running and invest in our broader community ecosystem

We've been doing this work for 17 years because of you. Your support fuels every part of it, and we are deeply grateful.

👉 If you are able to give, you can donate directly at www.grapefruitlab.com

Hi friends 👋 We want to share more about something that you may not know about. Recipe 3.0 is a series of family visitat...
05/22/2026

Hi friends 👋 We want to share more about something that you may not know about.

Recipe 3.0 is a series of family visitation events that we bring inside prisons all across Colorado.

🧡 Together we share stories about food and family, write recipes together, and create space for deep connection in environments where that connection is so hard to come by.

These stories and recipes are collected and preserved as part of an ongoing community project, and the events are reaching dozens to hundreds of participants across the state.

Facilitating connection for families with their incarcerated loved ones is some of the most meaningful work we do, and it wouldn't be possible without your support.

👉 If this work moves you, we'd be so grateful for a donation at www.grapefruitlab.com to help bring these families together.

Hey friends! 👟 The Colfax Marathon is almost here!There are two ways to support Grapefruit Lab:🧡 Register to run with us...
05/12/2026

Hey friends! 👟 The Colfax Marathon is almost here!

There are two ways to support Grapefruit Lab:

🧡 Register to run with us as your charity partner

🧡 Donate directly and cheer us on

Every dollar goes toward bringing q***r performance art to Denver and to serving prisons with arts programming.

👉 Links in bio to register or donate. Thank you for showing up for us, we are so grateful for our supportive community!

05/08/2026

Congratulations Julie Rada on receiving the Creative Justice Award from the Incarcerated Artist's Alliance! 🙌

It is truly an honor for her to gain this recognition on behalf of the work for ACT Ensemble, our arts programming inside of Colorado prisons.

Julie has dedicated herself to this work for 13 years and counting, showing up every week, connecting with imprisoned people and their families, and bringing art into dark spaces.

The prison industrial complex can feel so hopeless and tiring, but as Julie says, focusing on the fact that life is precious is what keeps us going in the fight for justice.

🧡 It's an honor to collaborate with the IAA in supporting incarcerated artists, and we are so grateful for this recognition of what we're building together.

Thank you for your moving words Julie, and for all of the incredible work that you do. Congratulations!

05/06/2026

🌈 Last week, we had the absolute honor of sharing Woven not once, but twice as part of the Local Listens "Q***r Lineage" series.

Watching this story land with two different audiences, in a room full of people who showed up for q***r storytelling, was something we deeply appreciated.

🙏 Thank you so much to everyone who came out, thank you to and for hosting, and thank you to for including us in this incredible project!

ACT Ensemble has been bringing collaborative performance programming into Colorado prisons for the past 14 years.We’ve ...
04/28/2026

ACT Ensemble has been bringing collaborative performance programming into Colorado prisons for the past 14 years.

We’ve been revisiting feedback from our prison participants, and these words continue to ground us in why this work matters.

Thank you to everyone who supports this work - financially, artistically, and by showing up.

👉 If you’d like to support ACT Ensemble to continue arts programming in prisons, click the link in bio!

We are getting closer to our goal, but we need YOUR help to take us all the way! We are thrilled to be an official chari...
04/23/2026

We are getting closer to our goal, but we need YOUR help to take us all the way!

We are thrilled to be an official charity partner for the 20th Annual Colfax Marathon this year, and every dollar raised supports our mission as a nonprofit.

Here is how to support us:

COLFAX MARATHON

📅 May 16th & 17th

🏃🏻‍♀️ Register to run for Grapefruit Lab

💰 Donate directly if you can’t make it

A big THANK YOU to all who have already donated, we appreciate your support.

Visit the 🔗 in bio to register or donate today, and share this post to spread the word!

04/21/2026

Exciting news - we’re heading back into development for Clockwork Utopia!

👉 This month, we’re gathering some of our favorite collaborators in a room to explore the dynamics of this piece. The process is never perfect, but it is always inspiring.

Devising is messy.
It’s collaborative.
It’s alive.

Here’s a glimpse of a song being written by for the project to hold you over 🎶

Stay tuned for updates on the launch of Clockwork Utopia!

Hi, Julie and Miriam here 👋 We are THRILLED to be included in this month's production of Local Listens: Q***r Lineage. W...
04/17/2026

Hi, Julie and Miriam here 👋

We are THRILLED to be included in this month's production of Local Listens: Q***r Lineage.

We will be showcasing the short play we wrote titled "Woven," which celebrates the stories that connect us across generations of q***r experience.

You will have two chances to see this play as a live reading performed by local actors.

DATES:
📍 April 30 @ 7:30 pm - Bug Theatre, Denver
📍 May 1 @ 7:30 pm - Dairy Arts Center, Boulder

Tickets are pay-what-you-will, grab yours while you can in the comments 👇

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