Totally Electric!

Gravity Defied Theatre will present Jonathan Van Dyke’s 'Totally Electric' at the Aurora Fox Arts Center’s Studio Theatre on April 26, 29, 30 and May 1, 3, 6 at 7:30 p.m. and April 25, May 1, 2, and 9 at 4:00 p.m. This will be Gravity Defied Theatre’s Annual Fundraiser Production.

'Totally Electric' is the rockin’ good time that will have you reminiscing about your own high school days — be they two or twenty years ago — before the night is over. Come relive the days of Day-Glo, Jordache, and jelly shoes with the music that audiences can’t stop talking about!

Totally Electric begins at the high school reunion for the West Lake High School Class of 1989. When the award-winning West Lake show choir “The Syncopated Sensations” are unable to perform, the musical flashes back to the 1980s and the Sensations’ last weeks of high school. Through their determination, talent, and friendship — and with the help of some new friends — the Sensations will leave their mark on West Lake forever.

Auditions for Gravity Defied Theatre's 'The Wild Party'

Gravity Defied Theatre will be holding auditions for the Colorado premier of 'The Wild Party.'

Gravity Defied Theatre is looking for a strong cast of 13 named characters and six ensemble parts. All cast members must be able to pick up intense choreography and/or staged movement. Some roles include partial nudity.

Auditions will be held at Christ Church United Methodist, 690 Colorado Blvd. in Denver, on Wednesday, April 28 from 7-9 p.m. and must be scheduled in advance. Call or email Artistic Director Keith Rabin at 303-957-8186 for more information.

All Gravity Defied Theatre performances are volunteer performing positions.

Gravity Defied announces 2010 season

Rocky Mountain Arts Association’s Gravity Defied Theatre has announced its three-production 2010 season.

Gravity Defied Theatre’s first production will be Jonathan Van Dyke’s 'Totally Electric' at the Aurora Fox Arts Center’s Studio Theatre on April 26-May 9. 'Totally Electric' is a new musical written by Jonathan Van Dyke; it has run in many states and this will be its Colorado premier.

More after the jump.

Totally Electric begins at the high school reunion for the West Lake High School Class of 1989. When the award-winning West Lake show choir “The Syncopated Sensations” are unable to perform, the musical flashes back to the 1980s and the Sensations’ last weeks of high school. Through their determination, talent, and friendship — and with the help of some new friends — the Sensations will leave their mark on West Lake forever.

Tickets for Totally Electric will be $18 adult and $15 for seniors (over 55) and students (13 to 21). This will be Gravity Defied Theatre’s Annual Fundraiser Production.

Gravity Defied Theatre’s second production will be The Wild Party at the Aurora Fox Arts Center’s Mainstage Theatre on August 6, 7, 13, 14, 21, and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and August 8, 15, and 23 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets for The Wild Party will be $25 adult, $20 for seniors (over 55), and $18 for students (13 to 21).

Set in the Roaring Twenties, The Wild Party tells the story of one crazy evening in the Manhattan apartment shared by Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville dancer and a vaudeville clown. In a relationship marked by vicious
recklessness (mirroring the era in which they live), they decide to throw the Party to End All Parties!

The Wild Party was originally produced in New York City by the Manhattan Theatre Club with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa (b. 1964), based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 poem.

The Wild Party won the Outer Critics Circle Award for best Off-Broadway musical of the season and Lippa won the 2000 Drama Desk Award for best music. The show was nominated for 13 Drama Desk Awards including best new musical. Lippa is the resident artist at the Ars Nova Theater in New York City.

He wrote the original music for Aaron Sorkin’s 2007 Broadway play, The Farnsworth Invention. His current project, The Man In The Ceiling, is being produced by Disney Theatrical; Pulitzer-Prize-winner Jules Feiffer is writing the book for this musical.

Lippa is writing and developing the music and lyrics for the upcoming musical The Addams Family, based on the Charles Addams’s New Yorker Addams Family cartoons with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.

Gravity Defied Theatre’s third production will be [title of show] at the Aurora Fox Arts Center’s Mainstage theatre on November 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and November 7, 14, and 21 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets for [title of show] will be $25 adult, $20 for seniors (over 55), and $18 for students (13 to 21).

Unpredictable, funny, tune-filled and (very) self-aware, [title of show] deals with two hypertalented young New York songwriters trying to write a new musical about two hypertalented young New York songwriters. With actress friends in tow, they’re on a Cinderella journey from the unemployment line to the Great White Way.

Music and lyrics for [title of show] are by Baltimorean Jeff Bowen (b. 1971) with book by Tuscaloosan Hunter Houston Bell. [title of show] won a 2006 Obie Award and was nominated for that year’s GLAAD Media Award. Their “Villains Tonight!” has been produced on the Disney Cruise Line. They are currently developing a television show for the ABC network.

Auditions: Gravity Defied Theatre

Gravity Defied Theatre will hold auditions for its spring musical, Jonathan Van Dyke’s “Totally Electric”, at Christ Church United Methodist, 690 Colorado Boulevard at Seventh Avenue, on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 and Thursday, January 21, 2010 from 7-9p.m. and on Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 1-3 p.m.; callbacks will be Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 7 p.m.

Casting for all roles is open; Gravity Defied Theatre is looking for high-school aged actors or those who can perform at that age.

Auditioners are asked to prepare and bring two different music selections: one ballad and one up-tempo (preferably not from musical theatre) in a pop/rock style or a musical theatre piece of this genre. Eighties songs are preferred. There will be a choreography portion of the audition, so dress comfortably. No prepared monologues will be necessary; Gravity Defied will provide monologues from the show, should you be asked to read.

Call Keith Rabin at 970-692-9220 if you have any questions; you may also e-mail him at defiersofgravity@aol.com.

bare: the musical

Gravity Defied Theatre will present ‘bare: the musical’ on August 14, 15, 21, and 22 at the Aurora Fox Arts Center.

In a pop-opera style reminiscent of ‘Rent’ and ‘Spring Awakening,’ ‘bare: the musical’ centers on the coming-of-age story of a group of high-school seniors at a Catholic boarding school. Knowing that their stay in this insular world is soon ending, they question where they are in their lives and what the future holds in store. Answers are sought in their confessionals and in less formal venues including the school’s stage, a rave, and a well-locked dorm room.

At the center of the story are students Peter and Jason, in love yet uncertain of how to respond.

More after the jump.


Gravity Defied Theatre is a project of Rocky Mountain Arts Association,
home of the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus, Denver Women’s Chorus, Out Loud: The
Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus, and Mosaic Youth Chorus. Ten members of those
groups help make up the musical’s cast of over 25.

Gravity Defied Theatre is Colorado’s first musical-only theatre company
that gives back a portion of proceeds from each production to another Colorado
nonprofit organization; our first beneficiary is the nonprofit group PHAMALY
— the Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League
(www.phamaly.org).

The play offers music by Damon Intrabartolo, lyrics by Jon Hartmere, with
both co-authoring the book. Intrabartolo is a Los-Angeles-based composer,
orchestrator, and conductor who works in the film industry and attended the
University of Southern California. Fellow Los Angeleno Jon Hartmere has written
screenplays for Nickelodeon and Disney and is co-author for the Paramount
Pictures 2010 remake of Footloose.

The Denver production is directed by Keith Rabin Jr., with musical staging
and choreography by Danny Harrigan, and music direction by Kendall Bridges.

The musical premiered at Los Angeles’s Hudson Mainstage Theater in October
2000 and played off Broadway at the American Theatre of Actors in 2004.
Since then, it has been produced in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Kansas City,
Philadelphia, Seattle and in Canada and Australia.

Tickets are $30 and are available at the Rocky Mountain Arts Association.




bare: the musical

Gravity Defied Theatre will present ‘bare: the musical’ on August 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, and 22 at Aurora Fox Arts Center (9900 E.
Colfax Avenue) at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 (advance) and $32 (at door) and are available through the Rocky Mountain Arts Association.

In a pop-opera style reminiscent of ‘Rent’ and ‘Spring Awakening,’ ‘bare: the musical’ centers on the coming-of-age story of a group of high-school seniors at a Catholic boarding school. Knowing that their stay in this insular world is soon ending, they question where they are in their lives and what the future holds in store. Answers are sought in their confessionals and in
less formal venues including the school's stage, a rave, and a well-locked dorm room. At the center of the story are students Peter and Jason, in love yet uncertain of how to respond.

Read more after the jump.


Gravity Defied Theatre is a project of Rocky Mountain Arts Association,
home of the Denver Gay Men's Chorus, Denver Women's Chorus, Out Loud: The
Colorado Springs Men's Chorus, and Mosaic Youth Chorus. Ten members of those
groups help make up the musical's cast of over 25.

Gravity Defied Theatre is Colorado's first all-musicals theatre company
that gives back a portion of proceeds from each production to another Colorado
nonprofit organization; our first beneficiary is the nonprofit group PHAMALy
-- the Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League (
www.phamaly.org).

The play offers music by Damon Intrabartolo, lyrics by Jon Hartmere, with
both co-authoring the book. Intrabartolo is a Los-Angeles-based composer,
orchestrator, and conductor who works in the film industry and attended the
University of Southern California. Jon Hartmere has written screenplays for
Nickelodeon and Disney and is co-author for the Paramount Pictures 2010 remake
of Footloose.

The Denver production is directed by Keith Rabin Jr., with musical staging
and choreography by Danny Harrigan, and music direction by Kendall Bridges.

The musical premiered at Los Angeles's Hudson Mainstage Theater in October
2000 and played off Broadway at the American Theatre of Actors in 2004.
Since then, it has been produced in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Kansas City,
Philadelphia, Seattle and in Canada and Australia.