Nurturing the next generation of theater professionals – Durango Herald
When Durango PlayFest was just a kernel of an idea in early 2018, organizers approached the theater department at Fort Lewis College for advice and direction. Felicia Lansbury Meyer, then a theater lecturer, became the festival’s director. As planning began for that...
Durango PlayFest enlists local reviewers to help with play selection – Durango Herald
The last three months have been a blur of reading, re-reading and then reading some more, evaluating 200-plus play submissions in hopes of finding four unique plays to present at Durango PlayFest’s eighth annual festival in late June. Read the full article on the...
Friends and collaborators: Durango’s tight-knit theater community – Durango Herald
Time and time again, I forget how quickly tickets to Merely Players’ productions sell out – and, consequently, people must join a waitlist. However, I was recently gifted tickets to “Hamlet” by a friend who couldn’t make it – and what a gift it was. Of course, the...
Silencing the Arts: How New Federal Policies are Gutting Cultural Funding – Durango Herald
Fundraising for the arts has never been easy. New funding priorities at the national level now add another layer of fear and uncertainty for small nonprofits already walking a financial tightrope. The current administration has repeatedly targeted the National...
