Upcoming Shows
Ghost Stories of Old Manitou
Audiences are thrust into the spirit realm, where a ghostly guide will take them all around Manitou Springs, encountering the spirits of real historical figures along the way! The Ghost Tours grow each year slightly shifting in featured historical figures and storylines.
October 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, and 25
Manitou Springs Heritage Center, Manitou, CO
$18
Past Works
NOTE: This page is still under construction, please excuse any errors.
Fairy House
Fairy House Productions & TdA
March-April 2024
Fairy House is a modern-day, one act story inspired by Peter Pan, exploring the difficulties of childhood trauma and the bitter-sweetness of growing up. Written by local playwright Emily Newton and directed by Lainey Martin.
THEATREGASM 13: It's Alive!!!
TdA & The Millibo Art Theatre
July-August 2024
After five years in the grave, THEATREdART is back with a new chapter in their hilarious and experimental play festival. THEATREGASM 13: It's Alive!!! showcases the extraordinary talent of the Pikes Peak Region through ten dark comedies from eight writers starring nine local performers. Stories ranged from the absurd to the macabre.
Ghost Stories of Old Manitou
TdA & The Manitou Heritage Center
Annually in October since 2019
Audiences are thrust into the spirit realm, where a ghostly guide will take them all around Manitou Springs, encountering the spirits of real historical figures along the way! The Ghost Tours have grown each year. In 2023, over 1500 humans visited the spirit realm and helped raise money for the Manitou Heritage Center.
News & Reviews
Escape from Ledge Manor
TdA & The Smokebrush Foundation
July 2023
Escape from Ledge Manor took audiences on a magical and ghostly tour where they had to make quick decisions to navigate the branching narrative. This unique "choose your own destiny" immersive theater experience was one of the first of its kind.
Merriments & Mystery
TdA & The Manitou Heritage Center
July 2022
Experience 150 years of Manitou Springs through the eyes of a vibrantly hyper ten year old! Learn about how badly technology used to suck! Discover how easy it used to be to rob a bank! Laugh out loud to jokes about tuberculosis! Fight for your side in The Mineral Water Wars! Get jazzy with drum legend Ray Porter! Floods! Fires! Witches! Drum Circles! It’s going to get wild!
News & Reviews
Puerto Rican Nocturne
TdA
March 2020
COVID-19 claimed Puerto Rican Nocturne as THEATREdART and All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church was set to open on March 13th. A stay at home order and a responsibility to our patron's health meant our final dress rehearsal was our last gathering. Truly a devastating experience to all involved.
News & Reviews
Help! Murder! Puppets!
TdA & The Zodiac
November & December 2019
More information coming soon.
TheatreGASM
TdA
Annually from 2008-2019
More information coming soon.
Angels in America
TdA, LunaSeed Productions, Smokebrush Gallery
December 2017
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is a play in two parts that has won countless awards including the Tony Award for Best Play in 1993 and 1994 and the Pulitzer Price for Drama in 1993. See full cast and credits.
Dogs: The Musical
TdA
September 2017
More information coming soon.
Short Eyes
TdA
May 2017
SHORT EYES was written in 1972 by Miguel Piñero in a prison writing class while serving time for armed robbery. A hard lined drama based on his experiences in prison portrays life, love and death among prison inmates; SHORT EYES examines daily struggles among inmates and workers of the privatized system.