Empire Lyric Players

06/19/2026

🎬 Meet the Masterminds Behind the Scenes! 🎶

So you’ve met our incredible cast... now it’s time to meet the team leading this production, quite literally from the ground up! 🔨✨

You’ve already been introduced to two of our brilliant multi-hyphenates:

**Armando** (Yeoman 2 / Assistant Director / Men’s Chorus Master)

**Jen** (Kate / Women’s Chorus Master)

But a production this size takes a village! Over the next few days, we’re shining the spotlight on the rest of our phenomenal production team. From vision to ex*****on, these are the folks making the magic happen.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of the crew!

Get your tickets now!

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06/17/2026

No, we do not have any fun in rehearsal. 🙄🤫

🎭 The Yeomen of the Guard premieres in just ONE. MONTH.
Don’t miss out on the drama, the music, and clearly, the absolute lack of shenanigans.

Get your tickets now! 🎟️👇

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06/16/2026

✨ CAST REVEAL! ✨

It’s time to showcase our final cast member!

Please give a huge round of applause for Rick DuPuy, who will be playing Jack Point! 🎭🌟

Rick DuPuy has performed in every G&S operetta, most often with the Victorian Lyric Opera Company in the suburbs of Washington DC or the Savoynet Performing Group at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in the UK; with the ELPs he has appeared in Princess Ida (2023) and as Pish-Tush in The Mikado in Space (2025). G&S is not even the most niche of his old-fashioned anglophilic hobbies.

🎟️ GRAB YOUR SEATS
Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss your chance to see Rick and the cast in this amazing production. Get your tickets today!

06/13/2026

Thank you, 10! Where the cast takes 10, and you can meet some of the cast!

06/11/2026

✨ CAST REVEAL! ✨

It’s time to showcase another cast member!

Please give a huge round of applause for Jori Silber, who will be playing Phoebe Meryll! 🎭🌟

Jori Jones (Silber) joined the Empire Lyric Players in 2015. This will be her 11th show with ELPs, taking on roles ranging from Ensemble, to Understudy, to Lead, and even Assistant Director. You may have seen her previously performing with ELPs as Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Ida (Princess Ida), Patience (Patience), Casilda (Gondoliers), and most recently Yum Yum (The Mikado IN SPACE!). This time she gets to try something a little different, stepping out of her usual high soprano heels and putting on her mezzo-soprano shoes as Phoebe!
She was drawn into the world of G&S when she played Yum Yum in Metropolitan State University of Denver’s production of The Mikado and has been hooked ever since. She graduated from MSU Denver with a BFA in Musical Theatre.
Off the ELPs stage, she taught theatre for the City of Aurora for nearly 10 years. One of her proudest roles however is lead singer of the Denver based progressive rock band, Grey Matter Circus, who will be releasing their first album later this year!

🎟️ GRAB YOUR SEATS
Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss your chance to see Jori and the cast in this amazing production. Get your tickets today!

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06/10/2026

🔨 🔨 UNDER CONSTRUCTION 🔨

The magic doesn’t just happen under the stage lights—it starts right here with sawdust, paint, and a whole lot of teamwork!
The Empire Lyric Players set is officially coming together, and let us tell you, it is going to be mighty.

🎭✨ We are absolutely buzzing with energy and can’t wait to show you the incredible world we’ve built for this show.

Huge shoutout to our brilliant Technical Director, Andrea, who knows exactly how to bring our Director AJ’s grand vision to life. She is putting us to work, keeping us on track, and making sure every single detail shines! 💪🛠️

What part of the set design are you most excited to see? Let us know in the comments! 👇

06/09/2026

✨ CAST REVEAL! ✨

It’s time to showcase another cast member!

Please give a huge round of applause for Sean McGure, who will be playing Wilfred Shadbolt! 🎭🌟

Sean’s striving to avoid a sophomore slump for his second show with Empire Lyric Players, which is his way of saying he’s excited to be back! His rookie production was Arac/Ensemble in 2023’s “Princess Ida”. Past performances include “A Comedy Of Tenors”, “Clue On Stage”, and “1776”. Earlier this year he moonlighted as Krampus at the Orpheus Pagan Chamber Choir’s 12th Night celebration. Sean loves music every which way and his favorite venue in Denver (so far) is the Hi-Dive.

🎟️ GRAB YOUR SEATS
Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss your chance to see Sean and the cast in this amazing production. Get your tickets today!

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06/06/2026

06/06/2026

When your understudy is also on stage 👀 (and he realizes he messed up the words…)

Thankfully, he’s got time to make sure he has all the lyrics ready to support Blake if he needs it!

Come see them perform the Yeomen of the Guard, July 17, 18, and 19!

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06/04/2026

✨ CAST REVEAL! ✨

It’s time to showcase another cast member!

Please give a huge round of applause for Cody Miller, who will be understudying Sergeant Meryll! 🎭🌟

Cody is excited to be debuting with Empire Lyric Players! For 18 years, he was an actor/writer/director/board member with Avistrum Productions, a local interactive children’s theatre group. Cody hasn’t been on stage in a show he didn’t help write since 2003 (Vieux Carre, with Paragon Theatre at the Acoma) and hasn’t sung on stage since 1998 (South Pacific, with the Little Theatre of the Rockies in Greeley), and is excited to do both again with ELP. He has a Bachelor’s in Theater from the University of Northern Colorado, and lives in the Southeast Metro with his wife Darla and son, Logan. In his free time, Cody loves playing darts, poker and video games.

🎟️ GRAB YOUR SEATS
Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss your chance to see Cody and the cast in this amazing production. Get your tickets today!

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