08/26/2026
So many of our Candlelight Family members perform in shows all over the region! Let’s take a look at what the faces you see here are up to around the state and beyond! For more details on seeing these productions, click through each picture.
Brandon Bruce is directing The Orbital Decay of Saturn with the Denver Theatre Ensemble at University of Denver BlackBox Theatre in Denver, running now through August 30.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/the-orbital-decay-of-saturn
Three siblings inherit their late and estranged father's storage unit—and everything inside it. As they sort through the belongings he left behind, they are forced to confront old wounds, buried memories, and the complicated legacy of family.
Stephen Charles Turner, Elton Tanega, and Bob Hoppe will be performing in, with Kenny Moten directing and Nicole Watts doing costume design for, Come From Away at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, running September 10 - October 4.
Tickets: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre-events/come-from-away/
What began as an average day in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, turned into an international sleepover when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander welcomed the stranded travelers with music, an open bar, and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family. Based on an extraordinary true story, this Tony Award-winning musical is filled with traditional Irish folk music and chronicles how this isolated town in Newfoundland played host to the world in a true celebration of hope, humanity, and unity.
Brandon Bruce is choreographing violence in Sweeney Todd with THEATREWORKS at the Ent Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs, running September 10 - October 4.
Tickets: https://entcenterforthearts.org/events/sweeney-todd-theatreworks
Welcome to the squalid underbelly of Victorian London: corruption runs rampant, beggars line the streets, and the fetid rot of injustice leaves the air as foul as the meat pies. On the bright side, an excellent new barber just opened up shop on Fleet Street, and from the look of things, he’s going to make a killing… Witness Stephen Sondheim’s macabre masterpiece stripped down to the bleeding edge, and see why this chilling tale remains one of the most celebrated musicals of all time. Re-imagined for the Theatreworks stage by Michael Lluberes, this sinister story plunges audiences into a deliciously depraved world of music and madness. But beware: the difference between villainy and virtue isn’t always clean cut.
Alayna Weber, Cate Rounds, Kristine Bachicha Hintz, Ian Doyle, Annie Dwyer, Cole Emarine (also costume designer), and Logan Traver will be performing, with Brandon Bruce directing and Brett Maughan on Lighting Design, in Gypsy with Performance Now Theatre Company at the Lakewood Cultural Center in Lakewood, running September 11-27.
Tickets: https://www.performancenow.org/gypsy
Regarded by many theatre professionals as the finest musical ever created, Gypsy is the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters’ success – while secretly yearning for her own. Set all across America in the 1920s and 30s, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born, Arthur Laurents’ landmark show explores the world of two-bit show business with brass, humor, heart and sophistication.
Jillian Stevens will be performing in The Producers at Vintage Theatre in Aurora, running September 12 - October 11.
Tickets: https://www.vintagetheatre.org/performances/the-producers
This comic tour de force spoofs and pays homage to the big, old fashioned Broadway musical. From comedic mastermind Mel Brooks comes an outrageous and laugh-out-loud spectacle when a struggling Broadway producer and his unassuming accountant devise a scheme to trick their investors out of millions by staging the most infamous flop in theater history!
Jazz Mueller, Justin Alexander Pappas, Andrew Hensel, and Elliot Clough will be performing, with Melissa Williams directing, in DogFight with The Spark Theatre Company at The Spark in Boulder, running September 25 - October 4.
Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thespark/2355587
It's November 21, 1963. On the eve of their deployment to Vietnam, three young Marines set out for one final night of debauchery and trouble. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose — an awkward, idealistic waitress he enlists to win a cruel bet — she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of love and compassion. Dogfight is a hauntingly beautiful musical with a romantic and heartbreaking journey that will stay with you long after the curtain falls.
Sarah Forman and Myles Wright are performing in Sweeney Todd with Platte Valley Theatre Arts at the Armory Performing Arts Center in Brighton, running October 9-18.
Tickets: https://www.plattevalleytheatrearts.org/sweeney-todd
Sweeney Todd is a darkly thrilling musical full of suspense, humor, and unforgettable songs. In Victorian London, the mysterious barber Sweeney Todd returns after years of exile, seeking revenge for a terrible injustice. With the help of the resourceful Mrs. Lovett, who bakes more than just pies, Todd’s quest sets off a chain of shocking—and often darkly comic—events. Packed with complex characters, twisted humor, and Stephen Sondheim’s iconic score, the show explores themes of vengeance, justice, and the consequences of obsession. Audiences can expect dramatic tension, chilling twists, and moments of darkly satisfying humor, leaving them both captivated and intrigued by this bold, unforgettable musical.
Matthew Dailey (also co-choreographer), Kira Wendland, and Bob Hoppe will be performing, with Carrie Colton as fight/intimacy coordinator, in What a Glorious Feeling! with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts at the The Garner Galleria Theatre in Denver, running November 7, 2026 - April 4, 2027.
Tickets: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/what-a-glorious-feeling/
This intimate play with music is a fictional account of what might have taken place behind the scenes during the making of the classic film Singin’ in the Rain. There’s lightning in a bottle but a storm behind the scenes at the studio where Gene Kelly begins work on the film. He’s determined to keep both his longtime collaborator Stanley Donen and trusted assistant Jeanne Coyne on set… despite the fact that they’ve just divorced, and Coyne appears to carry a torch for Kelly. To top it off, their producer is wrestling with the studio for resources, and newly hired co-star Debbie Reynolds can’t even dance. One of the greatest movie musicals of all time is born in this inventive backstage show featuring the classic music, songs and dance of Golden-era MGM.
You can also catch Coire Geare performing all summer with her cover band Rock Candy!
Follow them to see their upcoming appearances: https://www.facebook.com/rockcandycolorado/events
Rafaelita Almazan's Badda Boom Brass Band has performances all over Colorado!
Info: https://baddaboombrassband.com/home
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{Compiled by Ashley Savage.}
