Denver Theatre

Adventurous Denver theatergoers are brought to the Adams Mystery Playhouse, Colorado's only theater specializing in interactive dinner mysteries. The murder mystery dinner theater at Adams Mystery Playhouse focuses on providing a fun, comfortable & interactive atmosphere for dinner guests. Regardless of age or personality, these murder mystery dinners offer a well-rounded dose of humor for a wide range of audiences.

Located just outside of Denver in Historic Highlands, The Lumbar Baron Dinner Theatre provides a unique and exciting murder mystery adventure for dinner. Guests are transported away from Denver and into a crazed murder comedy full of laughter and fun. Those who don’t want the night to end after the interactive performance may opt to stay in one of the five beautifully appointed suites of the Lumber Baron Inn & Gardens, conveniently located on the premises a short drive from downtown Denver.

The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show is one of the most unique and enjoyable Denver dinner theater experiences. Called “wildly entertaining” by the Denver Post, the show unfolds around the audience between the moments when they’re enjoying their four-course meals, which feature tray-passed hors d’oeuvres, fresh salads, delicious deserts and entrées ranging from London broil to savory salmon.

A quirky Denver Theatre company collaborating on a live comic sitcom, Magnets on the Fridge, performed at the company's black box style theatre.

North Denver's affordable community theatre for quality musicals reflecting the talents of resident thespians and local artists.

Denver's Curious Theatre brings is a non-profit powerhouse of intelligent theatre, playing Pulitzer Prize-winning dramas and impressive new works in Denver's Acoma Center, located in the Golden Triangle Arts District near the Denver Ballet and the Denver Art Museum. The Curious Theatre produces 3 to 5 plays a year and co-produces the annual Denver Art Museum Film Series.

A fun Denver theatre in the Golden Triangle Arts District, the Denver Civic Theatre is part art gallery and part theatre, presenting off-beat theatrical productions (like the past Puppetry of the Penis, music, dance and hosting private parties (the DCT has a full bar).

The Denver Theatre Group's Theatre on Broadway division imports on and off-Broadway plays premiering in Colorado and has won awards from the Denver Drama Critics Circle and the Denver Post.

With passionate and powerful drama at affordable ticket prices, the Hunger Artists Ensemble Theatre has won reader's choices for Best Denver Theatre categories for the last two years running and garnered 32 awards for excellence from the Denver Drama Critics Circle.

In historic Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo), the Impulse Theatre is a zany Denver theatre for improv comedy, theatre and audience interaction. Playing to sold-out houses, the Impulse Theatre's antics are also praised by the local media for their professionalism and awe-inspiring artistry.

One of Denver's newest theatres, the Paragon is a non-profit, professional Denver stage for moral and politically-mindful productions, focusing on powerful classics and potent new works. The Paragon is currently showing at Denver's Phoenix Theatre.

The self-professed home of "Relentless Comedy," downtown Denver's Rattlebrain Theatre is a hip and witty Denver theatre company located in the historic D&F Clock Tower. The Rattlebrain Theatre's 5,000 square foot space has a relaxed martini bar ambiance and its irreverent and improvised comedy has garnered accolades from the Denver Post.

In the Chicano/Latino Cultural Arts Center, Su Teatro ("Your Theatre" in Spanish) produces culturally-grounded plays, musicals and visual arts exhibitions reflecting the unique cultural experiences on the Chicano community, as well as offering education programs for the youth.

Denver's alternative arts and media center just north of downtown Denver, The Bug fosters Denver's artistic diversity in its renovated 1912 nickelodeon movie house. Decidedly unpretentious, the Bug produces new and unique plays and hosts the Bug's Children's Theatre Series for Denver's younger set.

In the heart of downtown Denver, with views of the Rockies and city lights all around, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is Denver's multi-faceted epicenter of small theatre and big Broadway. The complex's Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theatre Company showcases live theatre on four stages, from classics to newly-generated contemporary, while the Denver Center Productions imports touring Broadway hits. The Center's Voice laboratory is also one of the country's leading focal points for voice research.

The University of Denver's Department of Theatre offers undergraduate and graduate coursework in the theatre arts and produces student works at the schools' circular Byron Theatre.