Denver Gains First SBC Road Win
Chase Hallam stars with 19 points and six rebounds
NEW ORLEANS – Freshman Chase Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) scored a career-high 19 points to lead Denver to a 53-45 win over New Orleans in Sun Belt Conference action at Lakefront Arena. Denver earned its first SBC road win of the season and improves to 16-11 overall and 9-7 in the SBC. New Orleans falls to 8-19, 3-13 SBC.
“I really like the way we are playing right now,” DU head coach Joe Scott said. “We overcame a lot of adversity tonight to get this road win. All of our players have been getting better and it was nice our senior Nate Rohnert played at his best when it mattered tonight.”
Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) added 17 points, including 10 late in the second half, and a career-best 13 rebounds as DU won for the first time ever in New Orleans.
DU led 20-10 at the half by outplaying UNO and turning in a stellar defensive effort. Chase Hallam scored 10 points, including DU’s first eight. The Pioneers held the Privateers to a paltry 2-for-17 from the floor, but went 2-of-12 from three-point range, and missed three layups and five charity attempts.
UNO went on an 8-0 run to start the second half, but five points from Travis Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) and a three-pointer from Justin Coughlin (Yuma, Colo.) gave DU a 28-22 lead.
The Privateers cut the DU lead to 39-38, but eight free throws by Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) and four points from Chase Hallam in the last four minutes iced DU’s first SBC road win.
Denver returns to action at South Alabama on Feb. 25. The Pioneers close out the regular season against Louisiana Lafayette on Feb. 27.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
DENVER – The Denver Center Theatre Company prepares to welcome nearly 300 theatre professionals and press representatives from across the nation to Denver and the 2010 Colorado New Play Summit this weekend. For video overview see http://www.denvercenter.org/10Minutes
Photo: (L to R front) Mike Hartman, Philip Pleasants, Reema Zaman and members of the cast in a Colorado New Play Summit reading of Eventide by Eric Schmiedl, based on the novel written by Kent Haruf. Photo by Kyle Malone
In just four seasons, the nation’s youngest major new play festival has premiered nine full productions, read 20 new plays, and presented panel discussions on the subjects of new voices for women, crossing cultures, writing for the stage and television, and what’s next in new play development. New plays commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company for the Summit have been produced Off-Broadway and at major regional theatres from Yale Repertory Theatre to the Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum, and have been among the finalists for some of the nation’s most prestigious new play awards.
Centerpiece of the fifth annual Summit are the commissioned world premieres of When Tang Met Laika by Rogelio Martinez – the love story imaginatively set on the International Space Station and Eventide by Eric Schmiedl based on the novel by Kent Haruf – the company’s signature poignant story of Holt, Colorado and the companion piece to the critically-acclaimed play Plainsong (commissioned and premiered by the Denver Center Theatre Company in 2008). In addition, four playwrights will hear two readings of their new works in development: Caridad Svich based her new play on Isabel Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits, looking at four generations of political and social upheavals through the powerful lens of memory. Michele Lowe (Inana) introduces Map of Heaven, a contemporary drama with tragic undertones, exploring the devastating consequences of a single lapse in judgment. In Ken Weitzman’s The Catch, America’s national pastime meets America’s financial meltdown when a failed dot-commer plots to regain his fortune by catching a star slugger’s record-breaking home run ball. And Jason Grote (1001) interweaves a giant pig on the rampage, mass choreography, Washington and Jefferson selling snacks to the inner city and the search for love and meaning in Civilization (All You Can Eat).
A highlight of the fifth annual Summit is the mid-winter meeting of the American Theatre Critics Association with theatre reporters from Chicago Public Radio, Salt Lake Tribune,
Miami Herald, Albuquerque Journal, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Chicago Tribune, Pittsfield Gazette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and many of the nation’s top theatre websites. National theatre philanthropist Jim Steinberg of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust will moderate a discussion of “New Works and the Critics” with four ATCA members – Christine Dolen from The Miami Herald, Jeffrey Eric Jenkins editor of Best Plays Theatrical Yearbook, Chris Jones from The Chicago Tribune and Christopher Rawson from The Pittsburgh Post - Gazette.
Theatre professionals scheduled to participate in the Summit February 11 -13 include artistic directors, literary managers, agents, actors, dramaturgs and directors. They represent: Utah Shakespearean Festival; New York’s Lark Play Development Center, Primary Stages, Chautaqua Theatre Company and Clubbed Thumb; California’s Cornerstone Theatre, TheatreWorks, Center Theatre Group and Native Voices at the Autry; Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre Company; Chicago Dramatists; and Denver’s Paragon Theatre and Buntport Theatre.
Some of the readings are open to the public.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Denver Takes Down Florida Atlantic, 73-63
Nate Rohnert had a game-high 25 points and eight rebounds against the Owls
My son John, son-in-law Tim, and grandson Josh joined me to watch the University of Denver men’s basketball senior captain Nate Rohnert (Parker, Colo.) score 25 points and make eight rebounds, as the Pioneers defeated Florida Atlantic 73-63 at Magness Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman guard Chase Hallam (Mesquite, Texas) chipped in 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting for the Pioneers (14-9, 7-5 SBC), while junior guard scored 10 points. Sophomore guard Brian Stafford (Walnut Creek, Calif.) dished out a game-high four assists and added eight points.
Denver shot 61.1 percent (22-of-36) from the floor, the third time in the past four home games that DU eclipsed 60 percent, and 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from three-point range.
It was Boy Scout day, the arena was packed with enthusiastic young people and we all had a great time!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Game #23: Denver (13-9, 6-5 SBC) vs. Florida Atlantic (12-11, 8-4 SBC)
Saturday, February 6, 2010 • 4 p.m. MT
Magness Arena (7,200) • Denver, Colorado
TV: None • Radio: AM 950 • Web: www.DenverPioneers.com (Video & Audio)
About Denver: DU enters Saturday’s game after going 1-4 in the past five games, including a 73-62 loss at Arkansas State on Jan. 30. DU is in fourth place in the SBC West Division, two games behind first-place Arkansas State. Denver returns nine players, including all five starters, and 98 percent of its scoring and rebounding from last year. DU was picked second in the Sun Belt West Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll, and senior captain and guard Nate Rohnert was named to the Preseason All-SBC First Team.
About Florida Atlantic: The Owls are in a three-way tie for first place in the SBC East Division at 12-11 overall and 8-4 in the SBC. FAU won five-straight and 7-of-its-last-8 games before falling 86-69 at North Texas on Feb. 4. Florida Atlantic was picked to finish fifth in the SBC East Division after finishing 6-26 overall and 2-16 in the SBC last year. The Owls are averaging 75.2 points per game, the second most in the SBC, but they have allowed 74.1 points per game, also the second most in the conference.
The Match-up: The Pioneers and Owls are tied 2-2 in the all-time series with both teams winning a pair of games at home, including a split last season.
Magness Magic: The Pioneers have won 12-straight at home, following a season opening loss to Missouri Valley favorite Northern Iowa. Since Joe Scott took over as head coach prior to the 2007-08 season, the Pioneers are 33-7 (.825) overall and 20-4 (.833) against SBC teams at Magness Arena.
Friday, February 5, 2010
A Denver Center Commissioned World Premiere
Eventide
by Eric Schmiedl
From the novel by Kent Haruf
Directed by Kent Thompson
Runs through February 27, 2010 The Stage Theatre
Commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company.
Eventide, the old English term for evening, is the title of the new Denver Center Theatre Company commisioned play that just opened, a riveting drama, set in a small town and a ranch with 3 sections of grass land where the two unmarried McPheron brothers live out their lives as self-confessed old men in a house built by their grandparents.
The epic story of Holt, Colorado began with Kent Haruf’s bestselling novel and Eric Schmiedl’s critically-acclaimed play – Plainsong, commissioned and premiered by the Denver Center Theatre Company in 2008. The McPheron brothers, Harold and Raymond, captured the hearts of audiences from across the Rocky Mountain West and a national Colorado New Play Summit audience of theatre professionals.
The small town story continues for those who loved Plainsong and is introduced to a new audience with the world premiere of Schmiedl’s commissioned adaptation of Haruf’s companion novel Eventide. Haruf's plainspoken and endearing characters – the aging McPheron brothers and Victoria Roubideaux, the pregnant young girl they took into their home – are joined in Eventide by a lonely young boy who generously cares for his grandfather, and a mentally challenged couple trying to hold their family together.
There is a full range of emotions, evoked by skilled actors led by Mike Hartman's outstanding portrayal of Raymond McPheron.
Tickets start at $18 (some restrictions may apply) and are on sale now. The Denver Center Box Office located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone call (303) 893-4100 – for those outside the Denver calling area, 1 (800) 641-1222, TTY (303) 893-9582. Buy and print tickets on-line by visiting www.denvercenter.org.
Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability.
Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability.
Groups of 10+ contact 303.446.4829 or groupsales@dcpa.org
Eventide
by Eric Schmiedl
From the novel by Kent Haruf
Directed by Kent Thompson
Runs through February 27, 2010 The Stage Theatre
Commissioned by the Denver Center Theatre Company.
Eventide, the old English term for evening, is the title of the new Denver Center Theatre Company commisioned play that just opened, a riveting drama, set in a small town and a ranch with 3 sections of grass land where the two unmarried McPheron brothers live out their lives as self-confessed old men in a house built by their grandparents.
The epic story of Holt, Colorado began with Kent Haruf’s bestselling novel and Eric Schmiedl’s critically-acclaimed play – Plainsong, commissioned and premiered by the Denver Center Theatre Company in 2008. The McPheron brothers, Harold and Raymond, captured the hearts of audiences from across the Rocky Mountain West and a national Colorado New Play Summit audience of theatre professionals.
The small town story continues for those who loved Plainsong and is introduced to a new audience with the world premiere of Schmiedl’s commissioned adaptation of Haruf’s companion novel Eventide. Haruf's plainspoken and endearing characters – the aging McPheron brothers and Victoria Roubideaux, the pregnant young girl they took into their home – are joined in Eventide by a lonely young boy who generously cares for his grandfather, and a mentally challenged couple trying to hold their family together.
There is a full range of emotions, evoked by skilled actors led by Mike Hartman's outstanding portrayal of Raymond McPheron.
Tickets start at $18 (some restrictions may apply) and are on sale now. The Denver Center Box Office located in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex is open from 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday. To purchase tickets by phone call (303) 893-4100 – for those outside the Denver calling area, 1 (800) 641-1222, TTY (303) 893-9582. Buy and print tickets on-line by visiting www.denvercenter.org.
Student $10 rush ticket are available one hour prior to curtain with a valid student ID subject to availability.
Senior and military rush tickets are available one hour prior to curtain, subject to availability.
Groups of 10+ contact 303.446.4829 or groupsales@dcpa.org
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Omigod you guys!
Legally Blond opened it's national tour tonight in Denver.
http://tour.legallyblondethemusical.com/
You've got until valentines day February 14 to see this energetic, entertaining play that packs an emotional punch.
Phenomenal Becky Gulsvig, the Elle understudy in the original Broadway cast, is Elle Woods in the tour.
Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law.
Like a Greek chorus, Elle's sorority sisters encourage her, a demonstration of the old truth: first we make our friends and then our friends make us, they lift us up or pull us down.
Elle is lifted higher and higher to the emotional Finale.
Be true to yourself, don't miss it!
Legally Blond opened it's national tour tonight in Denver.
http://tour.legallyblondethemusical.com/
You've got until valentines day February 14 to see this energetic, entertaining play that packs an emotional punch.
Phenomenal Becky Gulsvig, the Elle understudy in the original Broadway cast, is Elle Woods in the tour.
Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law.
Like a Greek chorus, Elle's sorority sisters encourage her, a demonstration of the old truth: first we make our friends and then our friends make us, they lift us up or pull us down.
Elle is lifted higher and higher to the emotional Finale.
Be true to yourself, don't miss it!
Monday, February 1, 2010
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