Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

DHS theater director helps students find their vein of gold

Ben Mattson: ‘It’s an intense, intense job, but I love it’

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players to hold youth theater class auditions

Merely Players will hold auditions for its youth theater class, which will culminate in a production of “Our Town,” from 4-5 p.m. Sept. 17 and 18 at Animas High School, 271 twin Buttes Ave. ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Raven Narratives shows canceled by 416 Fire to be staged

The 416 Fire took over the area this summer, resulting in the cancellation of all sorts of activities and events – including the Raven Narratives storytelling event scheduled for June in Sil...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Photo: ‘Next to Normal’ opens at Durango Arts Center

“Next to Normal,” opened Thursday at Durango Arts Center and will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Thursday, Aug. 31, Sept. 6, 7 and 8. There will be a 2 p.m. matinee Sept. 9. The...

DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players tickets available

Merely Players is now selling tickets for its 2018-19 season. The show lineup includes a found-space production of “Sense and Sensibility,” which will be presented in the Old Fort Library bu...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango Arts Center presents musical for our fractured time

“Next to Normal,” the bracing American musical about how one family member’s mental illness impacts everyone in the group, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2010. At the time, ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango PlayFest is newest addition to region’s staged-reading circuit

National and local actors will read plays, keeping alive 50-year tradition

DATE: Aug 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Two nights of comedy at the Sunflower benefit Crow Canyon

‘Two Nights of Comedy’ features regional talent

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Theater company stages a relevant ‘West Side Story’

Pagosa’s Thingamajig summer repertory theater now in eighth season

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players mounts riotous, athletic ‘Dream’

There are a multitude of reasons to see the 1. Director Mona Wood-Patterson has crafted a clear, colorful and fast-paced romp through Shakespeare’s beloved comedy. Employing many dramatic ...

DATE: Jun 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Creede Rep opens 53rd season with comedy and song

Creede Repertory Theatre has opened its 53rd season with a quicksilver production of a Neil Simon classic. Paired with a beloved American musical, CRT’s full summer will roll out two more pl...

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Merely Players launches a midsummer comedy

Theater company had to move production to FLC because of 416 Fire

DATE: Jun 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.