‘Gee’s Bend’ a poignant story for Black History Month
By Guest Reviewer|Feb 4, 2025| OnStage Colorado
This ‘Scrooge’ is fast, funny and female
All-woman cast fires up ‘Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Aurora Fox Christmas Show!’
Historic Aurora Fox theater is the heart of a growing Colorado arts community
The Aurora Fox Arts Center is getting ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary season. City of Aurora leaders will announce the season on Saturday (Sept. 7). Before the season starts in January, the historic theater is undergoing some renovations.
The Aurora Fox launches a 10-year commitment to produce 10 plays by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson
“He's a master storyteller,” betts said, who recognized “Gem of the Ocean” as an opportunity to set the tone for the rest of the American Century Cycle at the Aurora Fox.
At Aurora Fox, ‘Gem of the Ocean’ kicks off a decade-long project
This production, directed with maximum force by donnie l. betts, addresses themes of spirituality, tradition and healing.
If this production foreshadows what is to come with the ensuing lineup of August Wilson’s remaining nine plays, we will all be in for a tremendous journey through Wilson’s canon over the next decade.
In ‘Art,’ a silly painting sparks a reckoning between friends
The Aurora Fox production showcases some top-tier local talent
Damn, those guys were good.
That’s what I was thinking on the way out of the Aurora Fox on a frosty Saturday night after seeing the comedy Art. Beautifully directed by Kate Gleason, the production features three Colorado actors I’ve admired in many roles: Garreth Saxe, Matthew Schneck and Andrew Uhlenhopp. Seeing this trio together onstage is a real treat.
Singing the praises of the unsung heroes
Jen Orf has a pretty good life. As the Aurora Fox’s production manager, she played a huge part in helping the city’s primary performing arts center stay afloat through two astonishingly long leadership vacuums.