Local Theater Company, in partnership with the City of Boulder/Arts in the Park presents
DISCOUNT GHOST STORIES: SONGS FROM THE ROCKIES
June 24-July 15
Boulder’s historic Bandshell
Music and Lyrics Alexander Sage Oyen
Book Pesha Rudnick & Rob Wright
Additional text Larry Cesspooch (White Belly)
Original Concept Alexander Sage Oyen & Jessica Kahkoska
Direction Pesha Rudnick^
Music Direction David Nehls
ABOUT THE SHOW
Fall down the mineshaft in Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies. This haunting and hopeful original concert features bluegrass, pop and funk music interwoven with rarely-heard true stories of Colorado’s past. A formerly-enslaved woman searching for her daughter. A Chinese laundryman seeking justice. A Ute youth killed by a prospector. A silver mine superintendent with an itchy trigger finger. And a pair of cab drivers who may have their own wild ideas about your ultimate destination. Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies is a haunting and hopeful night of live music and Colorado stories you probably don’t know but won’t soon forget.
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Música y Letra de Alexander Sage Oyen
Libro de Pesha Rudnick y Rob Wright
Texto Adicional de Larry Cesspooch (White Belly)
Concepto Original de Alexander Sage Oyen y Jessica Kahkoska
Dirigida por Pesha Rudnick
Director de Musical David Nehls
Cuentos de Fantasmas: Canciones de los Rockies
Caerás por un pozo de mina en Cuentos de Fantasmas: Canciones de los Rockies. Este concierto es original, espeluznante, y lleno de esperanza. Historias reales y raras del pasado de Colorado se mezcla con música de bluegrass, pop, y funk. Una mujer quien fue un esclava en busca a su hija. Un lavandero chino que busca justicia. Un joven quien fue asesinado por un cateador. Un superintendente de una mina con un dedo en el gatillo. Y un par de taxistas que pueden tener sus propias ideas locas sobre tu destino final.
LOCATION
Boulder’s historic Art Deco Bandshell
1212 Canyon Blvd, Boulder, CO 80302
COVID PROTOCOLS
Please note: masks are required for unvaccinated individuals. Masks must be worn over the nose and mouth. Audience members will be seated in a socially distanced manner and should maintain social distance when possible. Audience members must adhere to all posted and verbal rules and guidelines. Local Theater Company reserves the right to refuse entry to or remove any patron who refuses to adhere to these rules.
RAIN POLICY
We encourage patrons to bring a rain poncho if the weather forecast calls for rain. We do not stop performances in a light rain unless weather conditions become threatening to performers or the audience, at which point we will hold the show to see if the weather will clear. If we cancel a performance due to weather, we will contact ticket buyers via email and attempt to reschedule it prior to the end of the show run on July 15, 2021, subject to performer availability. If we cancel a show and are unable to reschedule it, a refund will be issued to ticket buyers. Open umbrellas, or anything that might block another patron’s view, are prohibited during a performance.
ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES
*Sensory relaxed performances will take place during the day with no theatrical lighting. The sound level will be reduced, especially for loud or startling sounds. Please note that the Boulder Bandshell is located in a public park next to two busy streets. There will be traffic noises and there may be other sounds from the area. Ear plugs will be available at the box office upon requested.
If you have an access need not listed here or any questions, please contact boxoffice@localtheaterco.org
AGE APPROPRIATENESS
Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies is appropriate for ages 8+. The show contains theatrical references to death and two curse words.
PREVIEWS
Wednesday, June 23, 8pm - $25
OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, June 24, 8pm - $45
PERFORMANCES
Sunday, June 27 8:30pm - $30
Monday, June 28 8pm - FREE (Out Boulder County Night | ASL-interpreted presentation)
Tuesday, June 29 8pm - $30
Thursday, July 1 8pm - $30
Monday, July 5 8pm - FREE
Tuesday, July 6 8pm - $35
Thursday, July 8 8pm - $35
Friday, July 9 8pm - $35 (with a special presentation about the Glen Huntington Bandshell delivered by our friends at Historic Boulder, 7:30-8pm)
Monday, July 12 8pm FREE
Tuesday, July 13 8pm - $40
Wednesday, July 14 8pm - $40
Thursday, July 15 8pm - $40
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT SEATING: For the most intimate and comfortable experience, please bring your own camping or folding chair to the show. The bandshell is hard-bench seating.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Historic Boulder night at Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies
Friday, July 9, 7:30-8pm
Admission to the pre-show conversation is included in the purchase of a ticket to DGS.
Join Historic Boulder for a special pre-show presentation (7:30-8pm) on the History of the Bandshell followed by Local Theater Company's Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies a haunting and hopeful night of live music and Colorado stories you probably don’t know but won’t soon forget. The American Institute for Architecture’s Leonard Segel and local historian Dan Corson will lead this event.
CAST | CREATIVE
Clifford Griffin, Edward Trondell - ERIK FELLENSTEIN
Tabernash, Mabel MacLeay, Frank Addison - RUNNER FRANCISCO
Clara Brown, Florence Molloy - FAITH ANGELISE GOINS-SIMMONS
Gemma - JENNA MOLL REYES*
Look Young - BERN TAN* Bassist - JOHN HAUSER
Drummer - AMY ONWUDINANTI
Production Design JULIA NOULIN-MERAT
Production Stage Management MISHA S. ZIMMERMAN
Production Manager AUSTIN GRAY
Associate Production Designer NICK O’LEARY
Lighting Design JON DUNKLE
Associate Lighting Designer VIKTORIA PADILLA
Lighting Consultant JACOB WELCH
Lighting Board Op W. ALEJANDRO MELENDEZ
Sound Design MAX SILVERMAN
Sound Engineers DAN SJAASTAD 3RD HARMONIC LIVE PRODUCTIONS + SAM MORIN
Choreography PAUL MORLAND
Costume Associate ERIKA DAUN
Costume Assistant NIA QUAN
Technical Direction BENJAMIN SMITH
Box Office Manager/Company Manager ISABELLA TAPIA
Production Assistant / Covid Compliance Officer WHITNEY ROY
Crew SERGIO LAUREANO RIBERA
Front of House KARA DALESSANDRO
Graphic Design CASEY SCOFIELD
Ghost fiddler created by LORE LAIBLIN
Culture Consultant from the Ute Nation EMELINE ROOT
LOCAL THEATER COMPANY
Founding Artistic Director PESHA RUDNICK
Executive Producer ALISON PALMER
Associate Artistic Director/Marketing Manager NICK CHASE
Producer/Production Stage Manager MISHA S. ZIMMERMAN
Marketing Associates KEVIN DAVIDSON + ERIKA HAASE
Resident Dramaturg JORDAN LICHTENHELD
Bookkeeper KATHRYN AUGUSTINE
in the press
The Show Must Go On - Boulder Lifestyle, Cassidy Ritter
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do - Boulder Weekly, Caitlin Rockett
PODCAST - Local Theater Company and Discount Ghost Stories - OnStage Colorado
Local Theater Company returns to live shows with Discount Ghost Stories - OnStage Colorado
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
Discount Ghost Stories: Colorado is a concept album with original music and lyrics by award-winning composer/lyricist Alexander Sage Oyen. Featuring some of the most talented vocalists and musicians working today, from the Broadway stage to the Colorado front range, Discount Ghost Stories: Colorado is a barn-burner that’ll take you to the height of the Rockies with its folk rock, neo-Broadway tunes. This album was recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020, with Oyen shipping a mobile recording studio from his personal studio in NYC across the globe to performers including La Chanze, George Salazar, Lesli Margherita and Michael James Scott. Jakob Reinhardt produced the album from his Frieburg, Germany studio. What has emerged is an unlikely collaboration of artists, sharing their time, talent and now this thrilling album… Discount Ghost Stories: Colorado.
Proceeds from the streams of this album benefit the Local Love Fund.
With the support of our entire community, Local Theater Company will present an outdoor production of Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies at the historic Bandshell in Boulder, Colorado. This re-imagined version of LTC’s beloved original concert features funk, bluegrass and pop music and will welcome audiences back to the theater, under the stars, marking LTC’s return to live performance.
You can help make this happen! For just $10, you can bring back live performance. Click below for more information and to give today. Want to give more? Sponsorships are available. Email alison@localtheaterco.org for more info.
ACCURACY
Telling other people's stories, particularly when they are people whose stories often get mis-told and erased, comes with tremendous responsibility. We have done our best to read, research, question and involve others, including our colleagues Professor William Wei, Larry Cesspooch "White Belly" and Emeline Root along the way. We acknowledge that we are learning and we are grateful to all those who have helped unearth these extraordinary stories.
Discount Ghost Stories: A Colorado Folklore Concert, presented by Local Theater Company, Pesha Rudnick Founding Artistic Director, Alison Palmer Executive Producer, had its world premiere at Trident Bookselllers & Cafe on June 15, 2019 in Boulder, CO.
Music & Lyrics by Alexander Sage Oyen
Book by Rob Wright & Pesha Rudnick
Additional text by Larry Cesspooch (White Belly)
Original Concept by Alexander Sage Oyen & Jessica Kahkoska
Developed and directed by Austin Regan
Music Supervisor - David Nehls
Production Stage Manager - Misha S. Zimmerman
Production Designer - Julia Noulin-Merat
Associate Production Designer - Sara Bryant
Lighting Designer/Assistant PM - Reed Otto
Production Manager - Cooper Braun Enos
Technical Director - Ben Smith
Costume Stylist - Allison Toth
Production Associate - Bradford Rosenbloom
Appearing through an Agreement between Local Theater Company and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies is sponsored in part by
$10,000+ SPONSORSHIP
$5000 SPONSORSHIP:
FREE MONDAY NIGHT
$2500 SPONSORSHIP
Elana’s Pantry is a proud sponsor of Discount Ghost Stories: Songs from the Rockies director Pesha Rudnick.
$750 SPONSORSHIP
OPENING NIGHT TREATS PROVIDED BY
Local Theater Company would like to thank the following individuals for their sponsorship.
Lari and Tom Abraham - violin sponsors
David Deutch - mini piano sponsor, in memory of Joy Pak
Diana W. Kinsey - cello sponsor
