STREAMING ONLINE – Almost, Maine – February 12 -13, 2021

Almost, Maine - Streaming Online

Town Hall Arts Center proudly presents a staged concert version of
Almost, Maine
Streaming from the safety and comfort of your own home!

February 12-13, 2021  |  Show times 7:30 PM
Tickets start at $15

Almost, Maine is a vignette of nine short plays that explore the love and loss in a remote almost-town called Almost, Maine. The play is a series of loosely connected tales about love – relationships begin, end, or change beyond recognition. Strangers become friends, friends become lovers, and lovers turn into strangers. On one cold and magical winter night, the citizens of Almost experience the life-altering power of the human heart.

To purchase a ticket:

  1. Click here. You will be redirected to our online streaming host site – ShowTix4U.
  2. Or you can go to the ShowTix4U website and search for “Town Hall Arts Center” in the Find an Organization search bar, and then click on Almost, Maine event. You will be redirected to the ticket purchase page.
  3. Ticket prices start at $15 up to $55. All ticket prices have access to the same content. One ticket purchase per household required to gain access. Support THAC by purchasing a higher priced ticket or multiple tickets for your household.

Please help THAC continue to produce quality entertainment by purchasing a higher priced ticket, multiple tickets, or by donating to THAC directly.

How to View:

  • Please test your network and internet speeds prior to the online event, and make sure that your streaming device is up-to-date.
  • Patrons can purchase Almost, Maine online streaming tickets in advance or tickets can be purchased the day of the stream – February 12-13, 2021. ShowTix4U, the website hosting the online streaming event, accepts all major credit cards.
  • Patron tickets include all event and stream information. Patrons can easily view the stream event by using the direct link on their ticket. Please check your email for your tickets/direct link to the online streaming event.
  • This is scheduled content. Your ticketed event will start promptly at 7:30 PM. If you click on your ticket link after the 7:30 PM start time, you will miss part of the show.
  • Please plan accordingly. Refunds will not be granted for those who miss parts of the show. It is the patron’s responsibility to plan their time wisely.

More Info – ShowTix4U: 

If you would like more detailed information about the ShowTix4U streaming platform, please check out the links below and you will be redirected to the ShowTix4U website.

Thank you for your continued patronage and please enjoy the show!

________________________

Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

ALMOST, MAINE was developed by
The Cape Cod Theatre Project.

 Professional Premiere Production:
Portland Stage Company,
Anita Stewart, Artistic Director,
Tami Ramaker, Managing Director.

 Originally produced in New York by
Jack Thomas/Bulldog Theatrical and Bruce Payne.

 © 2020  This Video recording was produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service and John Cariani. All rights reserved. This performance is authorized for non-commercial use only. By accepting this license, you agree not to authorize or permit the Video to be recorded, copied, distributed, broadcast, telecast, or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, in any media now known or hereafter developed.

STREAMING ONLINE – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder – January 29-30, 2021

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - THAC Main Stage Shows

The Show MUST go on!
And at Town Hall Arts Center, The Show Will Go On!

Town Hall Arts Center proudly presents a staged concert version of
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Streaming from the safety and comfort of your own home!

January 29-30, 2021  |  Show times 7:30 PM
Tickets start at $15

When Monty Navarro learns he is ninth in line for an earldom, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slim and sets off down a ghoulish path. Can he murder his unsuspecting relatives without getting caught and become ninth Earl of Highhurst? And what about love? Murder isn’t the only thing on his mind.

To purchase A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ticket:

  1. Click here. You will be redirected to our online streaming host site – ShowTix4U.
  2. Or you can go to the ShowTix4U website and search for “Town Hall Arts Center” in the Find an Organization search bar, and then click on A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER event. You will be redirected to the ticket purchase page.
  3. Ticket prices start at $15 up to $55. All ticket prices have access to the same content. One ticket purchase per household required to gain access. Support THAC by purchasing a higher priced ticket or multiple tickets for your household.

Please help THAC continue to produce quality entertainment by purchasing a higher priced ticket, multiple tickets, or by donating to THAC directly.

You will be redirected to the ticket purchase page, as shown below.


How to View:

  • Please test your network and internet speeds prior to the online event, and make sure that your streaming device is up-to-date.
  • Patrons can purchase A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER online streaming tickets in advance or tickets can be purchased the day of the stream – January 29 and 30, 2021. ShowTix4U, the website hosting the online streaming event, accepts all major credit cards.
  • Patron tickets include all event and stream information. Patrons can easily view the stream event by using the direct link on their ticket. Please check your email for your tickets/direct link to the online streaming event.
  • This is scheduled content. Your ticketed event will start promptly at 7:30 PM. If you click on your ticket link after the 7:30 PM start time, you will miss part of the show.
  • Please plan accordingly. Refunds will not be granted for those who miss parts of the show. It is the patron’s responsibility to plan their time wisely.

More Info – ShowTix4U: 

If you would like more detailed information about the ShowTix4U streaming platform, please check out the links below and you will be redirected to the ShowTix4U website.

Thank you for your continued patronage and please enjoy the show!

________________________

Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Book and Lyrics by ROBERT L. FREEDMAN
Music and Lyrics by STEVEN LUTVAK
Based on a novel by ROY HORNIMAN

Orchestrations by Jonathon Tunick
Vocal Arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell & Steven Lutvak

Original Broadway Production Produced by
Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson,
50 Church Street Productions, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Jay Alix & Una Jackman,
Catherine & Fred Adler, Rhoda Herrick, Kathleen K. Johnson, Megan Savage,
ShadowCatcher Entertainment, Ron Simons, True Love Productions, Jame deRoy,
Four Ladies & One Gent, John Arthur Pinckard, Greg Nobile, Stewart Lane & Bonne Comley,
Exeter Capital/Ted Snowdon, Ryan Hugh Mackey, Cricket-CTM Media/Mano-Horn Productions,
Dennis Grimaldi/Margot Astrachan, Hello Entertainment/Jamie Bendell
Michael T. Cohen/Joe Sirola, Joseph & Carson Gleberman/William Megevick
and
Green State Productions
In Association with
The Hartford Stage and The Old Globe

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER was developed, in part, at the 2006 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort with continuing Post-Lab Support through its initiative with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com

Colorado Thespian Convention / Thescon 2020

Thescon 2020

The 2020 Colorado Thespian Virtual Conference begins December 10, 2020. This year, the conference is virtual and will reach hundreds of theatre educators and thousands of theatre students across Colorado and Wyoming.

The event is one of the largest Educational Theatre Events in the United States, and provides a great opportunity to connect with theater students and educators.

Town Hall Arts Center has long been a supporter of Thescon and this year, we are proud to sponsor the opening ceremonies of the virtual convention. For more information, visit the Thescon website.

2020 True West Award

True West Award 2020

By John Moore (Senior Arts Journalist, Arvada Center)

With so many (many) lousy things to come out of the COVID shutdown, you have to appreciate it when something truly lovely comes out of necessity and innovation. Like taking in an early fall sunset at The Hudson Gardens listening to the lyrics of John Denver as birds fly overhead: “I guess he’d rather be in Colorado. He’d rather spend his time out where the sky looks like a pearl after a rain.” With other humans. During a pandemic. Under a sky that looks like a pearl after a rain.

And it was an experience that was never in the Town Hall Arts Center’s plans before the virus forced a creative shift in thinking.

“Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver” was scheduled to open inside Town Hall on April 3 when rehearsals were stopped. But rather than shut the production down altogether, Director Nick Sugar’s creative team scrambled for a solution that turned out to be good enough to be true: The re-imagined show eventually went on as an outdoor, botanic experience that perfectly matched the tenor of John Denver’s music.

And it took some heavy behind-the-scenes lifting to make it happen. The Town Hall team had to set up a 40-foot band tent, two trees of stage lights, speakers, other sound equipment and socially distanced audience pods before every performance. And then take it all down again in near total darkness. And do it all over again 18 times over the course of the next month for the enjoyment of 1,500 patrons who surely had no idea how much muscle it took to pull off.

“We had to leave it exactly as we found it every night so that The Hudson Gardens could operate as normal the next day. It was a Herculean group effort, for sure,” said Robert Michael Sanders, Town Hall’s Education Manager.

Note the title. It was the Education Manager’s job to keep the crew moving on schedule. And that nighty “crew” included several people with titles you don’t always associate with “crew”:

Mike Haas: Technical Director
Curt Behm: Sound Designer
Robert Michael Sanders: Education Manager
Matthew Kepler: Programming Manager
Willa Bograd: Volunteer Coordinator
Stacy Hanna: Marketing and PR Manager
Stephanie O’Malley: Development Manager
Kevin Chung: Carpenter
Greg Kendall: Carpenter
Dustin Hartley: Scenic painter and technician
Matthew Duggar: Sound board operator
Sarah Alexander-Wininger: Operations Specialist

Here’s how Sanders describes how the operation went:

“The whole staff would arrive at 5 p.m. to set up the tent and run power from the main building out onto the lawn. We set up the light trees and ran LED lighting strips into the tent, made sure the band had power, and then placed all of the speakers and subwoofers. Meanwhile, Matthew Kepler handled all of the set-up at the front gate for arriving patrons, as well as ticketing – and laying down pods in groups of four, each placed at least 6 feet apart and 25 feet away from the five performers. Hudson Gardens provided a dressing room for the actors, and costume assistant Mikayla LaMantia was there every night to clean and deliver the costumes.”

Because there was no actual stage in the gardens, performers Matt LaFontaine, Alison Mueller, Mark Middlebrooks, Zach Stailey and Tasha Waters sang for nearly two hours while standing in the grass. And the second the show was over, the entire crew jumped back into action, moving everything back into a large storage shed on the Hudson Gardens’ grounds. “We essentially reverse-engineered it,” Sanders said. “Except now it was all in the dark.”

That effort included band members Donna Debreceni, Mitch Jervis, Scott Alan Smith and Larry Ziehl lugging their keyboards, drum kits and guitars from the park back to their cars each night.

Sanders says the plan was masterminded along with Technical Director Mike Haas and Sound Designer Curt Behm, though it took yeoman effort from 11 full-time Town Hall staffers, along with another dozen volunteers and part-time box office workers (Kendra Pierce, Nannette Brown, Amy Calonder, Tamara Jarrett and Dave Johnson) to pull it off every night.

“It was all hands on deck for anything,” Sanders said. “We grabbed anyone who had knowledge in anything.” Even if that meant the Town Hall Marketing Manager learning how to plug in sound and set up lights.

Miraculously, none of the performances were lost by weather. “Although sometimes the cords were frozen because it was so cold,” Sanders said. “And there were two shows where crew had to run up and hold the tent up during a microburst.”

And in the end, was it all worth it?

“Absolutely,” Sanders said. “Even with that amount of work, we would do it all over again in a second. The quality of the entertainment was high, the safety was well thought-out, and audiences were desperate to be entertained in a reasonable, responsible environment.”

Holiday Main Stage Shows

THAC is not producing a full schedule holiday production this season due to COVID-19 restrictions.  However, we are moving forward with free filmed concert specials to enjoy in the safety and comfort of your own home! Starting in December, THAC will showcase new concerts from local artists you know and love!

DAVID NEHLS
David is a local cabaret pianist and singer who is also an accomplished composer. David has written several musicals, including The Great American Trailer Park Musical, which made its debut at the NY Fringe Festival in 2004 as well as an Off-Broadway production in 2005. David has also written an autobiographical cabaret called Me and My Piano which he has toured nationally. He has put together a holiday version of this cabaret.

“Oh, the weather outside is frightful…literally!!  But have no fear, Christmas is near.  And what better way to get into the spirit than a raucous, somewhat naughty, Christmas Cabaret?  A Piano And Me: Holiday Edition is a sequel of sorts to my solo show, A Piano And Me, which has now been performed across the country in LA, Denver and NY.  In prepping the first show I realized how much Christmas material I have written over the years — and how strangely inappropriate and outrageous most of it is!  So join me at the Clocktower Cabaret in downtown Denver for a holiday blast of musical fun.  Along with my guest Sharon K White, we will send you into the season with some good tunes and lots of laughs.  Stay warm – David Nehls”

Please click here for David Nehl’s performance.
Thank you to our first holiday concert sponsor, Aspen Grove.  For more local holiday event ideas and shopping, please visit their website.

MATTHEW DAILEY
Matthew is a Colorado native with a vast history of performing in Denver area theatres including Town Hall Arts Center and Country Dinner Playhouse. He moved to NYC and was a featured performer in the national tours of Jersey Boys and the revival tour of Miss Saigon.

Matthew will perform Rockin’ Holidays, featuring favorite rockin’ holiday classics from Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and a special guest appearance from former cast members of the hit show Jersey Boys.

Please click here for Matthew Dailey’s performance.

ROBERT MICHAEL SANDERS & MEGAN VAN DE HEY
Robert Michael and Megan are a THAC love story and met during the 2007 THAC production of Gypsy, where they played opposite of each other as the characters Herbie and Mama Rose. They went on to play opposite each other a dozen times in various theaters, and eventually married in 2017. The song, “Dream Anywhere” was written by Robert Michael Sanders for Megan on the grand piano in the THAC lobby, on a break between shows.

Robert Michael and Megan will perform Full Circle, a celebration of music and paying homage to the place where they first met.

Please click here for Robert Michael and Megan’s performance.

Thank you for your continued patronage.  Happy Holidays!!!

Colorado Gives Day 12.8.20 – THAC Needs Your Support

This year is different IN A GOOD WAY! An anonymous donor has stepped up and is matching your Colorado Gives donation, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000!!! Make your donation go twice as far!

And for the first time ever, you can schedule your donation in advance. You can schedule your donation starting today, anytime through Colorado Gives Day on December 8!

  • Town Hall Arts Center is committed to producing award-winning musicals and plays. Last year 45,000 people enjoyed a show at Town Hall Arts Center, help us continue to connect people with live theater.
  • Over 5,500 children participated in our Educational Programs, many of whom would not otherwise get this opportunity. Your donations gives children a voice as well as confidence
  • The Stanton Art Gallery at Town Hall Arts Center displays outstanding fine art created by local artists.
  • A series of concerts and special events provides opportunities to bring our community together like the annual Littleton Jazz Festival, Opera Colorado Artist-in-Residence Showcase, Mary Louise Lee Band, Captain Quirk Tribute to the Beatles and more!

Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 8, and features a $1 million Incentive Fund. Every nonprofit receiving a donation on Colorado Gives Day receives a portion of the fund, increasing impact and the value of every dollar donated. Colorado Gives Day has grown to be Colorado’s largest one-day online giving event, raising more than $257 million since it began in 2010.

Help Town Hall Arts Center receive a piece of the Incentive Fund as well as the $25,000 donor match!

CLICK HERE to go to Colorado Gives website and schedule your donation today!  Thank you!

Town Hall Arts Center – June 3, 2020

Town Hall Arts Center is deeply saddened by the injustices and cruelty that have destroyed the lives of so many people of color in our country, most recently George Floyd.

While THAC focuses on theater as entertainment, we do look for opportunities to support and celebrate people from every race, religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation. In working with artists to create theater we strive to bring a community of humans together, to share, to be moved, to experience, to grow, and to be entertained.

THAC at its core is committed to enriching the cultural, social and educational life of our community through live theater. As an organization, we recognize the programming choices we make impact our stakeholders in many different ways, and we strive to make those decisions with awareness and consideration for everyone. We pledge to cast our shows so that ethnic roles are portrayed by ethnic actors and actresses.

In 2019 we began transforming our Board to be more inclusive of diversity and look to expand that diversity in the future in an attempt to recognize people of every race, religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

Finally, we recognize that this statement isn’t the end of the work or efforts. Like our society as a whole, Town Hall Arts Center will begin a process of reflection to identify and take action on further opportunities to truly realize our mission of enriching the cultural, social and educational life of our entire community.

2019/20 Season Single Tickets

Town Hall Arts Center’s 2019/20 Main Stage Season includes Cabaret, Meet Me In St. Louis, Disenchanted, Barefoot in the Park, Almost Heaven, and Little Shop of Horrors.

We are proud to announce that single tickets for the entire 2019/20 Main Stage Season, as well as our Concert Series, are now on sale! Visit the Buy Tickets page to read descriptions of the shows and purchase your tickets online. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone by calling 303.794.2787, ext. 5 or by stopping by the Box Office during normal business hours.

Get to know Brian Trampler

Fezziwig/Old Joe – Brian Trampler

LET’S GET TO KNOW YOU…
Name: Brian Trampler

DOB: May 3 1963
Hometown: Denver (born and raised)
Education: some college
Day Job: Strategic Business Development

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE…
Holiday Tradition: With kids in college, lately it has been spending a week in Glenwood Springs during the holidays when kids are on Christmas break.

Off-Time: Relaxing on a beach.
Season: Do I have to pick one?
Movie: Any Marvel movie
Musical: Whichever musical I’m performing in or rehearsing for…
Color: Blue
Animal: Manta Ray
Book: Cryptonomicon
Band: Brian Setzer and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Song: Sway – great crooners song, but dig the Michael Bublé version.
Beverage: Beer

THIS OR THAT…
Past, Present, or Future? Present
Cats or Dogs? Cats (I’m allergic to dogs )
Beer or Wine? Beer
Sweet or Sour? Sweet
Mild or Spicy? Spicy
Coffee or Tea? Coffee
Piercings or Tattoos? Tattoos
FroYo or Ice Cream? Ice Cream 
City or Country? City
Coke or Pepsi? Coke
Netflix or Hulu? Netflix
Early Bird or Night Owl? Night Owl

ANSWER ME THIS…
When life hands you lemons? Add them to a MaiTai!

Who do you admire most? My wife!
What is your biggest fear? That I won’t be on the stage performing at any point in the future.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Close to retirement and doing even more performing.
What is one thing on your “bucket” list? Travel with my wife.
What is the most rewarding advice you’ve received? Never stop moving forward.
Can we follow you? FB? Twitter? Instagram? Go for it! Look for @savoyardbrian on any of those platforms! (FB) (TWITTER) (INSTAGRAM)
Why see A Christmas Carol? It is a story that reminds us that you can’t forget your past, but you can change your future. Who doesn’t need that reminder now and then?

Links:
Single Tickets
Group Tickets
Plan Your Event

Get to know Abigail Dantzler

Grace Smythe – Abigail Dantzler

LET’S GET TO KNOW YOU…
Name: Abigail Taylor Dantzler

DOB: 12/01/08
Hometown: Littleton, CO
Education: 4th Grade – Broadway Bound
Day Job: Student

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE…
Holiday tradition: hiding Easter eggs!

Off-Time: Scootering
Season: Spring because it’s happy and cheerful!
Movie: The Librarian – Quest for the Spear
Musical: Phantom of the Opera
Color: White or Blue
Animal: Pygmy Rabbit
Book: The whole Harry Potter Series
Band: Iron Maiden
Song: I haven’t met a song I didn’t like
Beverage: Butter Beer

THIS OR THAT…
Past, Present, or Future? Present because that is where I live.
Cats or Dogs? Cats
Beer or Wine? Neither
Sweet of Sour? Sweet!!!
Mild or Spicy? Mild
Coffee or Tea? Coffee, particularly if I’ve stolen it from my Mom
Piercings or Tattoos? No
FroYo or Ice Cream? FroYo
City or Country? Country
Coke or Pepsi? Coke
Netflix or Hulu? Netflix
Early Bird or Night Owl? Night Owl

ANSWER ME THIS…
When life hands you lemons? Get hot water and sugar. SQUEEZE! Mix. Add ice. Host a lemonade stand!

Who do you admire most? My parents because they are lovely.
What is your biggest fear? Being the only one left in my family
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? On Stage
What is one thing on your “bucket” list? Being an actress on television
What is the most rewarding advice you’ve received? I get a lot of advice from a lot of people all the time.  I don’t know if it is rewarding yet or not…
Can we follow you? FB? Twitter? Instagram? Sorry – no social media because I’m 9.
Why see A Christmas Carol?  Because it is AWESOME!

Links:
Single Tickets
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Plan Your Event