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executive director Dear Friends, I am so glad you have joined us for the 2019-2020 season of Newman Center Presents. This is my fourth season at the Newman Center and I could not be more excited about the engaging and thought-provoking programming we’re bringing to you this year. Presenting artistically excellent performances is always a priority for the Newman Center, but if this season were to have a theme, it would be storytelling. Throughout the season, you will hear powerful stories told by diverse voices. Stories will explore our American history, current issues facing our society and global perspectives, all amplified through the power of the performing arts. Through dance, music, science, and theater, this season of Newman Center Presents will challenge, enlighten, and inspire. We believe that the Newman Center is one of Denver’s best spaces for students, neighbors, and friends to experience intersectional diversity, communal artistry, and transformative learning. That’s why our programming brings a wide variety of artists and speakers to you. We know that you’re curious, adventurous, and seeking new experiences every day. We are so grateful you are here, celebrating your passion for the performing arts with us. Welcome to the Newman Center, thank you for joining us and thank you for supporting arts and culture in Denver.
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chancellor Welcome! The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver is a vital source of culture, inspiration, and expression. Through the many events held at the Newman Center, the Denver community comes together for moving and transformative experiences—experiences that you are helping make possible through your attendance. Thank you. This season, the Newman Center will present musicians, dancers, artists, filmmakers, explorers, scientists, and more. In the second season of our partnership with National Geographic Live, the Newman Center will collaborate with DU’s own Lamont Symphony Orchestra for a presentation of the award-winning documentary, Jane, which tells the incredible life story of anthropologist and foremost expert on chimpanzees, Jane Goodall. The Newman Center has also partnered with the Denver Biennial of the Americas Festival to present Grammy-winning, genre-defying band Ozomatli, as well as their family-friendly performance, OzoKidz. In addition, we will host several outstanding musicians, dance troupes, comedic performances, and even acrobats! It’s going to be a truly phenomenal season. The University of Denver is proud of the Newman Center. Through these performances, our campus is made even more accessible to the entire Denver community. The artists and performances on Newman’s stages share with the audience their gifts, their big ideas, their voice, and perspectives. This is powerful. It’s important. Moreover, the Newman Center, like all of DU, is dedicated to supporting the public good through partnerships with Denver Public Schools to bring the arts to students across the city. Thank you for coming today, and I hope you find many events to attend this season. Enjoy the show. Sincerely,
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about the newman center The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver opened its doors in 2002 and has been acclaimed as one of the nation’s finest university performing arts centers. Unique in the region for its size, acoustic quality, and programming, the Newman Center is dedicated to showcasing cultural diversity, stretching the imagination, and stimulating dialogue through the performing arts. The Newman Center hosts nearly 500 events each year with 120,000 people in attendance. At the core of Newman Center’s programming is Newman Center Presents, a multidisciplinary professional performing arts series, showcasing renowned artists from around the world. Newman Center is home to DU’s Lamont School of Music and Department of Theatre and also hosts community and performing arts organizations such as The Denver Post’s Pen and Podium Series and the Friends of Chamber Music series. The Newman Center is also a regular venue for performances by some of Colorado's premier arts organizations, including Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Denver Brass, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and others. The Newman Center enriches Colorado audiences at the University of Denver through the performing arts by blurring the lines between campus and community, developing key community partnerships, and creating programming for families— introducing new generations to the arts.
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Executive and Programming Jennifer Karas, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Kendra Whitlock Ingram, Executive Director Andryn Arithson, Director of Business Operations Ramsey Walker, Program Manager Jannelle Medina, Administrative Assistant Advancement Meagan Kilcoyne, Associate Director Ticketing Services Richard Moraskie, Assistant Director Max Manoles, Box Office Manager John Burton, Tommy Dainko, Brin Farrell, Mary Hannig, Morgan Keller, Daniel Vargas, Athena Wilkinson, Ticket Agents Event Services Diane Roth, Assistant Director Eric Frazee, Event Coordinator Education and Community Engagement Melissa Vuletich, Manager Katie Berglof, Education Assistant Marketing and Communications Nathan Willers, Assistant Director Yasman Azimi, Marketing Assistant Charlotte Markham, Content Assistant Patron Services Rachel Hargroder, Assistant Director Mandi Bargar, House Manager Thaddeus Smith, House Manager Linda Vest, House Manager Production Services Garret Glass, Assistant Director Zach Jovanovich, Stage Operations Coordinator / Lighting Engineer Shakeel Wahab, Stage Operations Coordinator / Audio Engineer
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Ozomatli Fri Sep 27
OzoKidz Sat Sep 28 Family friendly Matinee
Christine Brewer, Soprano
Holidays with The 5 Browns
Sun Oct 13 Matinee
Thu Dec 19 Family friendly
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Whiffenpoofs of Yale
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Martin Sexton
David Benoit: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Guangdong Modern Dance Company
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Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México de Silvia Lozano
Pilobolus Thu Mar 12
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Tue Apr 7
Fri Feb 7
JANE—In Concert
Kronos Quartet Tue Mar 17
Tue Feb 11
Mireya Mayor: Pink Boots and a Machete Mon Apr 27 Family friendly
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The Office! A Musical Parody
Chanticleer Fri May 8
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Filipe DeAndrade: Untamed
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Mon Feb 24 Family friendly
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Justin Roberts and The Not Ready for Naptime Players Sat Mar 7 Family friendly Matinee
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university of denver prison arts initiative colorado department of corrections and newman center present
charles dickens’ a christmas carol
featuring women who reside in the denver women’s correctional facility Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 7:30 pm Friday, December 13, 2019 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm Elizabeth Eriksen Byron Theatre, University of Denver There will not be an intermission.
about the du prison arts initiative DU PAI generates creative and collaborative learning experiences that enrich the lives of incarcerated people and shift the conversation about prison. This production is made possible in part through special funding from the Bonfils Stanton Foundation in honor of Denise O’Leary. The DU Prison Arts Initiative is funded in part through the Madden Center for Innovation in the Liberal & Creative Arts, a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Photo and video recording are strictly prohibited.
The University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative promotes access to high-quality therapeutic arts programs to incarcerated people in Colorado with the goal of empowering individuals to improve the quality of their lives and prepare to make positive changes in their communities upon release. DU PAI sees this work as part of DU’s commitment to be “a great private university dedicated to the public good.”
producer’s note It’s a question I get all the time: Why bring theatre, or the arts, into a prison and to incarcerated people? And, it’s a question I think about daily and will think about for the rest of my life. The answer is complex and layered. For us at the DU Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI) we believe that the arts are vital to the human experience. We believe that creating art allows us time, space and opportunity to create meaning—meaning about what it is to be alive and thus tell and experience stories about the human experience which can then transcend time and space. Beyond that however, and for me, most importantly—I believe that the arts (and, in particular theatre) can actually act as the perfect vehicle for people to not only tell stories about the human experience—but that being a part of some-
possibility for transformation in people, spaces and systems. They are many ways to transform, this is one of them. It is important to me that I deeply acknowledge the endless support and work the Colorado Department of Corrections has given to make this event happen. I am endlessly grateful to the staff and management team at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility and the executive team of the CDOC. When we started this production, we did not know it would necessarily involve shows for the public or travel to the public for performances at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts—a truly historic opportunity for all of us. While this is a very exciting opportunity, it also comes with the highest responsibility for us all. We are very aware that we are living in a unique moment in time for corrections in the United States and in Colorado—and it is a moment that can allow for a major shift in the conversation about who is in prison—artists and all. We do not take that lightly. And, you my friend, are in that conversation with us today. You, too, are making meaning along side of the artists you see on stage and backstage—we are creating the healing and the transformation, together. Thank you for being with us, thank you for shifting with us. —Dr Ashley Hamilton, Director of DU PAI
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thing like you are about to witness, calls on those involved to reflect on who they are, where they have been and where they want to go— all while connecting to the complex, full spectrum of human emotions. That is indeed, to me, what it truly means to be an artist—you cannot divorce the creator from the creation. And, because of that, an incredible opportunity for responsibility, accountability, presence and healing can occur when people are ready for it. I hear it everyday from our incarcerated students in the 10 prison facilities we work in across the state of Colorado—being involved in the arts while inside creates an opportunity to feel like they are part of something larger than themselves again. Suddenly, they are responsible to the community we create, they are needed and necessary, and they have a space that requires them to show up as their highest, best selves. And, from that space, comes the opportunity to create healing for self and community which opens up ii
Ebenezer Scrooge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demika Rogers Bob Cratchit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Denise Presson Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Barton Portly Businessmen . . . Jamiylah Nelson, Lynn Young, Denise Elliott Lead Caroler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estella Toleafoa Jacob Marley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tiffany McCoy Christmas Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andres DoPorto Young Scrooges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jamiylah Nelson Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terrina Flora-Alexander Belle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Berry Mrs. Cratchit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Peterson Cratchit Daughters . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelsy Capps, Sophie Dunlap Tiny Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cortney Rahricht Mrs. Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allegria Morrison Great Fat Men with Monstrous Chins . . . . . . . . Lakela Brasfield, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cortney Rahricht, Tiffany McCoy Christmas Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrice Pullie Old Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Vasquez Charwoman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janice Dodson Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estella Toleafoa Turkey, Fireplace, and Tree Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Smith The ensemble was given a roughly cut version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as the basis for the show. This production was curated and created in close collaboration with the ensemble. DU Prison Arts Initiative: A Christmas Carol
production team Scenic and Properties Designers and Shop Crew . . . . . . . . Chris Nye, Jake Jacobson, Amanda Morris, and Crew Costume Designers . . . . . . . Allegria Morrison, Jamiylah Nelson Hair and Makeup Designers . . . Melissa Alexander, Tammy Fritz Sound Designers and Foley Artists . . . . . . . . . . Cassandra Reib, Amanda Deleon, Gloria Younger Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jake Jacobson Lighting Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon McKinney* Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr Ashley Hamilton* Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tess Neel* Assistant Production Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Rada*, Joan Dieter*, Madalyne Heiken* Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda DeLeon Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaelynn Faulkner Technical Director and Cover Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Nye Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Law* Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr Clare Hammoor* *Denotes a member of the DU PAI staff or affiliate faculty who is not incarcerated.
cast and crew reflections I want to thank DU PAI for reminding my inner true self who she really is. She has been lost and alone for many years but now she’s able to smile with her soul. Thank you for helping me play again. —Torrina Flora-Alexander DU PAI has given me a community and friends that I would have never known before. I have gained self-confidence through tons of laughter and hard work. Thank you for the opportunity to grow and break down barriers with amazing people. —Katie Barton
Creating our version of A Christmas Carol with DU PAI has reminded me of all the creativity and ingenuity I thought I had lost being incarcerated. It has been an empowering and difficult journey but a journey worth taking! —Cassandra Rieb Nobody really comes to prison thinking they will have an opportunity to be a part of something so positive. DU PAI has enriched all of our lives more than most of us will realize. This has forever changed our lives and hopefully many more to come. —Jake Jacobson I feel very privileged to be a part of something that promotes community. DU PAI is so positive for both the inside and outside. Many of us have stepped outside ourselves—I truly hope to see this continue. —Tammy Fritz I feel honored and blessed to be a part of something so big and life changing. DU PAI is a great program for those inside and outside. I would love to participate again. —Amanda Morris DU PAI has brought a sense of being normal, human, back into all of our lives. I am proud to be a part in fellowship and community. Being able to participate in something to show we have all grown and are different is not just an honor but a blessing. —Chris Nye It’s okay to count on people—that is super scary for me. Everyone has been here for each other. DU PAI and my peers supported me through everything I had going on outside and inside of the play. I’ve gained a few friends. Whaaaaaaat?! —Jamiylah Nelson I am proud of being able to ‘leave’ the prison and be trusted to do the right thing. It is an honor and commitment to myself and everyone involved. We have been trusted to step outside the box to make history. It is a huge responsibility. —Janice Dodson This has opened up my heart in ways I’ve never dreamed of. It’s taught me how to grow and believe in my fellow sisters. It’s shown me that I am human and not a number. —Lynn Young I’ve seen my self-esteem and self-confidence grow. It’s amazing to see and experience. I’ve also learned that patience is a virtue and how to count all my blessings. —Kaelynn Faulkner
This has been one of the longest and most important commitments I’ve ever accomplished without faltering. The feeling of success has brought hope for my future. —Kelsy Capps
I feel that being in the play has shown me that I can work with people that I don’t always get along with. Through rehearsal, we can get through the whole play together. —Sophie Dunlap
It’s awesome to know I am involved in something that might change the way things are done in prisons. It is an awesome opportunity I am grateful to be a part of. —Gloria Younger
For the last six months of this year, I have been embarrassed, empowered, and enamored. This experience is beyond what I could imagine. ‘It is the people that people imagine nothing of that do the things no one imagines.’ Gorgeous. Freedom. —Denise Presson
This experience has helped me become a part of a community that expresses themselves through art. I have been able to open up to new experiences—even if it is just a little bit. Slowly I am learning that it is okay to show others who I am. —Amanda DeLeon newmancenter.du.edu
This commitment has made me feel like I’m part of something really meaningful. It has been a huge puzzle in the making that required my presence mentally and physically. For just a blink, we iii
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get to genuinely enjoy ourselves in this fabulous moment. —Stephanie Vasquez I have gained the ability to be a part of something so incredibly huge that has allowed me to give back to my community. This experience has brought healing and joy in more ways than I could ever express. —Sarah Berry This has been a rewarding experience both personally and culturally. It’s hard not to engage with the enthusiasm and energy of the DU PAI team. This serves as a reminder that those in prison still have a lot to contribute to society. All is not lost. —Erin Peterson I am grateful for the opportunity to have a chance to perform for our families and friends. Thank you for this wonderful memory. —Estella Toleafoa I have grown to work with people I wouldn’t normally interact with. This play has really opened up my mind to not being judgmental about other people and where they have been in their lives. I have made new friends and that’s just great. —Denise Elliott iv
I’ve struggled with stage fright my entire life. I deal with discomfort by making jokes and this has helped me create my character. If I can make people’s lives better by making them smile, then I can relax. I’ve really enjoyed working with all of our personalities. Struggles build strength over time. —Andres DoPorto I enjoyed being a part of something bigger than myself from start to finish. —Lakela Brasfield This beautiful experience has been a dream. To act and be part of something bigger than myself is life changing. Building bridges behind walls and expressing myself to the community in a positive way has forever changed me. Thank you for a chance to live my dreams. —Demika Rogers Being in this play is such a learning experience for me. Getting to see what goes on behind the scenes and for all those involved gives me a greater appreciation. I am learning the importance of teamwork and letting go of differences for the greater good. It’s awesome and I feel honored and privileged to be a part of something so amazing. —Patrice Pullie This play has helped me to come out of my dark path and shown me how to care about myself. —Cortney Rahricht DU Prison Arts Initiative: A Christmas Carol
I have learned that I am not afraid of failing and that I can do anything I want to better my life and the lives of others. —Allegria Morrison I am excited to see family that I haven’t seen in 10 years who is coming to support me. —Tiffany McCoy This play has helped me to become more confident in myself and not so nervous around people. It’s also helped me learn to talk in front of large groups. —Ruth Smith
director’s note We’ve worked as an ensemble of theatre-makers since June to create the show you are about to witness. We have pushed through a lot together; few of the folks you are about to see onstage or peeking from behind the tech booth have ever worked on a full-length play before. Even fewer of them have been on a stage in front of so many people. All of them live in the complicated container of incarceration. Every one of them has made a profound commitment to themself and to their collaborators to put in the time and effort it takes to design, rehearse, and perform a show in prison. We started this project without knowing how visible we would become over its course. We started with the plan to put on a few shows in the gym at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. Then people got excited to witness the work. People became enamored with the possibilities of seeing these performers tell this story. As I’ve learned throughout the past decade working in the prison system, being seen is one of life’s greatest challenges for folks inside and out. Myself included. It’s hard to be seen once you have disappeared. Prison disappears people behind walls and becomes their identities. It is a place that we on the outside often forget even exists. It is through a willful forgetfulness that we are able to vanish whole people with complicated stories. But of course, many of the people who have been disappeared, will be returning to our communities. And all of them are still people.
about the folks on stage and behind the scenes rendering themselves profoundly visible. It is about inviting you, our audience, to witness their work over these past months as well as their play within our little production. It is about all of us sitting together to joyfully imagine the world as a space that holds possibility for every human being. For me, that’s the experience of aliveness. It’s joy. But it’s also justice. It’s not changing the whole world at once. It’s changing the world one person at a time. It’s the kind of work that makes me realize what it is like to be alive. It’s work that, as Shelly Pfefferman inspired me to think, doesn’t hold onto people—it holds people. Right now, friends, I hope that you will hold us and our ghostly little play with a warm embrace and a growing curiosity. I hope you’ll be alive with us all together, sharing the very best of ourselves, despite coming from difficult places with the most complicated histories. Isn’t that what we’re here to do? Isn’t that who we are here to be? Isn’t that the tomorrow we’re imagining for every one? It’s a carol I hope we can all sing together. —Dr Clare Hammoor, DU PAI Affiliate Faculty
special thanks Executive Director Dean Williams Director Matt Hansen Warden Ryan Long Major Lisa Gates-House Captain Todd Crist Major Brian Scott Sergeant Angelo Castro Lieutenant Jason Smith DW Recreation Staff Lieutenant Gayle Ross Public Information Officer Annie Skinner Zoe Vollmer, Administrative Assistant III Kelly Gregson Steven McDonald Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts Saxon Rhoad Haley Gilbert Allie Eliot Dr Shannon Sliva Mike Holt and the DU Campus Safety Department Daniel McIntosh, PhD, Dean of the DU College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Corinne Lengsfeld, PhD, Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
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upcoming du pai projects Antigone: Limon Correctional Facility in April 2020 Interview-based Theatre Play: Sterling Correctional Facility in May 2020 Full-length Musical (Title TBD): Fremont Correctional Facility in June 2020 With(in) Podcast Season One: Now available at thisiswithin.com and on Spotify and iTunes Season Two available in 2020 The Inside Report: State-wide CDOC Newspaper produced in Fremont Correctional Facility
stay in touch with du pai prisonarts@du.edu du.edu/ahss/prisonarts Facebook: DU Prison Arts Initiative, @duprisonartsinitiative Instagram: @duprisonarts
about the newman center Opened in 2002, the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver is a multi-disciplinary arts venue that provides innovative, diverse, and thought-provoking performance and education opportunities, enabling the Denver and Colorado community to be engaged, inspired, and connected through the performing arts. The Newman Center is home to the Lamont School of Music, DU Theatre Department, the Newman Center Presents series, over 150 hosted events, and approximately 500 performances each year.
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robert and judi newman These avid philanthropists, and winners of the 2014 Colorado Business Committee for the Arts’ John Madden Jr. Leadership Award, smile when they remember becoming involved in the campaign to create an outstanding center for the performing arts at the University of Denver. Daniel L. Ritchie, then chancellor, invited Judi to head the effort when the Center was only a dream. Later, the Center was named in the couple’s honor. The couple’s passion for performing arts and education harmoniously intersected with the Newman Center, which is home to exceptional performance venues and DU’s Lamont School of Music and Department of Theatre. Former DU Chancellor Dan Ritchie has often said that “love is the principal ingredient in any successful building,” says Judi. “The Newman Center, as well as the University’s many other buildings, show just how true that is.” The Newmans appreciated the masterful collaboration between Ritchie and DU Architect Emeritus Cabell Childress, and the expertise of Joseph Docksey, then director of the Lamont School, and William Temple Newman Center Presents 2019-2020 Season
Above: this photo of Robert and Judi Newman was presented in Joy Burns Plaza in January 2018. It was taken to commemmorate their support and commitment to the Newman Center on its fifteenth anniversary. Photo by Wayne Armstrong.
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