Adeline Mann
The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias
Written by Michael Yates Crowley | Directed by Christy Montour-Larson
Fall 2017
MISSION
Local Theater Company (LTC) is a nonprofit theater company specializing in original works of exceptional quality. We engage audiences through innovative performances that spark camaraderie, learning, and contemplation, and provide a resourceful environment for theater artists to take creative risks and develop their work. We believe theater is a local experience. When you elect to join an audience, you create a new community where, for that brief span of time, everyone is a local.
“Local Theater Company fills a gap in the Boulder area by bringing quality theater to a city where the growing cultural arts scene is taking center stage. Productions are smart and stylish with refreshing perspectives and relevant, powerful themes.”
We believe that art in general, and theater specifically, is a catalyst for creating a greater understanding of the most challenging questions facing Americans today. Our programs are designed for audiences to explore culturally relevant stories, be stimulated and inspired to action, all while strengthening our creative community. Our works have examined topics ranging from the complicated makings of a schoolyard bully to the moral obligations of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, and from our cultural responsibility around social constructs that define the masculine gender as “sexually aggressive” to the challenges of navigating adolescence for a Mexican-American girl.
Embedded in our productions and programs is a fierce commitment to meeting a play where it is—and finding the people and resources it needs to tell stories that stay with our audiences long after the show ends.
“Local Theater Company brings theater to the Boulder community in an inclusive and authentic way. I am proud to have been welcomed into such a community.”
OUR STORY
Local Theater Company launched with a sold-out production at Chautauqua Auditorium of Stories by Heart featuring Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow. It was the first theater to take place at Chautauqua Auditorium in more than four decades.
Since that first production, we have gone on to present a number of world premieres productions in Boulder. Fully-produced world and regional premieres have included Body of Work by Eve Ensler, Faith by James McLindon, The Firestorm by Meridith Friedman, The Rape of the Sabine Women, By Grace B. Matthias by Michael Yates Crowley, and Wisdom From Everything by Mia McCullough, among others.
Our programs have grown significantly in the past eleven years. Our annual Local Lab New Play Festival focuses on the development of new American plays. Much of the work developed in our Lab, and honed by Boulder audiences, has gone on to be produced with critical acclaim off-Broadway and around the country. In addition, we offer effective literacy programs using the special power of theater, and strive to contribute to Boulder’s vibrant arts community.
Land Acknowledgement
Every community owes its existence and vitality to generations from around the world that contributed their hopes, dreams and energy to making the history that led to this moment. Some of the people from the history of this spot were brought here against their will, some were drawn to leave their distant homes in hope of a better life and some have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted. Truth and acknowledgment are critical to building mutual respect and connection across all barriers of heritage and difference. We begin this effort to acknowledge what has been buried by honoring the truth.
Local Theater Company acknowledges, with deep respect, that we are on unceded territory of Hinóno'éí (Arapaho), Tsitsistas (Cheyenne), Nuciu (Ute) Nations and this land is home to many Native Peoples today. We pay respect to their elders both past and present. We ask that you consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration and settlement that bring us here today.
This statement was crafted from information found in the #HonorNativeLand Guide from the US Department of Arts and Culture. You can access the guide at https://usdac.us/nativeland/ Thank you to the following organizations that helped deepen our understanding of land acknowledgement and historical truth:
Resources
http://www.nativepartnership.org
https://resourcegeneration.org
https://www.narf.org
https://president.cu.edu/statements/cu-systemwide-lands-recognition-statement
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