Enchanted April (click for script) now running at Miners Alley is very well directed dramatic comedy with very fine performances by a strong cast.

A story told and retold in the play is of a walking stick taking root and becoming an acacia tree. It is thought that the burning bush Moses saw was an acacia. When Moses saw God in the burning bush, he took off his sandles.

Enchanted April is a wonderful story of repeated burning bush experiences. Lottie Wilton opens and closes the play telling us that there is much more to the world than meets they eye, we can all see the wonders and miricles, but we have to take the time to look.

As Elizabeth Browning put it, “Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes - The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”

Mr. Wilding (a name worthy of Charles Dickens) is the owner of the Italian Villa that is the setting of the second half of the play in which the characters get in touch with their wild side, are "translated" and come to see the burning bush in each other where only stick figures existed.

Miners Alley is a gold nugget in Golden, Colorado. Just a short drive, don't miss this wonderful production. Maybe you'll be translated!

Mary and I will be attending Miners Alley Playhouse production of “Enchanted April” this Saturday, can you join us?

Gloria Shanstrom who does the publicity for Miners Alley tells me the play is based on the 1922 best-selling novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim, a romantic comedy that begins in the gloomy days of post-WWI London.

An Academy Award-nominated film based on the novel was released in 1992. This Tony Award-nominated stage play by Matthew Barber, adapted from the same novel, was presented on Broadway in 2003.

If you can't make it this week, you'll have other chances, it runs thru September 13
Fri./Sat. 7:30 p.m.; *Sun. 6 p.m. \ *Sunday, Sept 13 will be at 2 p.m. There will be no evening show on this date.

1224 Washington Avenue (13th and Washington 2nd floor entrance on 13th)
Tickets: $20 Call 303-935-3044 or online at http://www.minersalley.com

"Change is in the air" at the lively, polished Evergreen Players production of Smell of the Kill at Center/Stage.

Lisa DeCaro as Nicky, Theresa Reid as Debra, and Michele Wright as Molly all give spectacular performances.

This is a dark comedy, laughs underscoring the strong message: Selfishness and dishonesty kills relationships.

This is a wonderful theatre, a great way to take a short drive into the mountains and spend a stimulating summer evening. Don't miss it!

For more information and tickets see http://www.evergreenplayers.org

I'll be at the opening of Evergreen Players www.EvergreenPlayers.org production of The Smell of the Kill tonight. (See my announcement of the play posted June 25, below.)