let’s PLAY

Join us on May 1 for a reading of this cool new play by @truesdirection! Pints & Play is a FREE monthly offering at Western Sky Bar and Taproom. Actors read the play, you drink the beer. Come and support playwrights and their new works! Read by dinky-ole us - Em and Jo! Because when we saw two actors playing one woman, we thought HELL YEA. With stage directions read by the incomparable @natalie_grace_s What is a play reading? I’m so glad you asked. As playwrights are working on new plays, a “reading” is a very important step in the development process. Plays are meant to be performed and readings help a playwright hear their words out loud, sometimes for the first time! And if you love this play as much as we do, you can see it performed IN FULL by @themootpointproject June 5-8!

Actors and Lighting Designer wanted for a brand new play, Sister Seance by Jo McIver Lee, Directed by Em Perez. Full descriptions in bio. UnLeashed Theatre Co is a small, woman-owned independent theatre company based in the Denver area. We build a communal sense of play by connecting new, bold and weird plays with new, bold and weird audiences. UnLeashed Theatre believes in the power of diverse stories and artists. We are a women-owned company and are committed to holding space for women and other underrepresented identities to create with joy and care. We welcome and actively seek designers from a wide variety of experiences including artists who identify as female, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, having visible or non-visible disability, and artists of color. #denvertheatre #coloradotheatreguild #denverauditions #denverplay

Rehearsal for our reading of Murdering Medea by Aly Kantor was fun as heck. Check out the real thing on Thursday, 7pm @westernskybarco.

What do you call a group of playwrights? A Cahoot! It's true*!! Come Cahootle with us. This monthly meetup is for aspiring, new, and experienced wrighters to grab a beer and discuss plays. No pages necessary, just show up and bounce ideas off fellow creatives! Make friends who also love plays! And share opportunities for further development of your work. Next Meeting: Sunday Mar 30 at 1pm Goldspot Brewing Presented with @athenaprojectarts and their Read & Rant book Club, which explores plays written by women, trans, and nonbinary playwrights. *may or may not be true, no research done on this topic.

FREE! Come check out Pints & Plays, actors will read this cool new play, you will drink some delicious beer! Thurs April 3, 7pm. Playwright @aly_kantor brings us this dark comedy that digs into abortion, but you know, in like mostly a funny way. With actors @adeline.m.m @jenesupleecomedy @unfunnyoaf Free free free, fun fun fun!

March 30! UnLeashed and Athena Project's Read & Rant program present Wrighters in Cahoots, a social gathering for Denver area playwrights! We are a group of playwrights who come together once a month to discuss our current projects, ideas, blocks, hopes, dreams and writing struggles. This is a social club - we meet and discuss our work with no expectation of sharing or reading and providing feedback (though of course that is welcome as well)! It's more about having a space with like-minded creatives to discuss your work, get inspiration, get advice, or just get support as you move through your writing journey. Whether you're a seasoned playwright or just starting out, we welcome all levels of experience. Let's hang out, write, explore, and create together in a supportive and inspiring environment! Our goal is to also build a network of creative connections that can help support and possibly provide opportunities to help playwrights get their work written, edited, revised, read, and produced! In particular, we believe in finding ways to help amplify works of playwrights whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in the theatre. UnLeashed Theatre believes in the power of diverse stories and artists. We are a women-owned company and are committed to holding space for women and other underrepresented groups to create with joy and care. We welcome and actively seek playwrights and content from a wide variety of experiences including artists who identify as female, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, having visible or non-visible disability, and artists of color. Athena Project's mission is to amplify the voices of all women and underrepresented genders through the arts. Their Read & Rant program explores new plays written by women, trans and nonbinary playwrights. @athenaprojectarts This club meets the last Sunday of every month at 1pm at Goldspot Brewing @goldspotbrewing in Denver. Connect with us on Meetup (link in bio) or just show up!

Actors and Playwrights! Pints & Plays connects new plays to new audiences. Happening every first Thursday of the month at Western Sky Bar & Taproom, scripts selected will be lightly staged and read by actors to a general audience. And yep, that audience will be bar patrons.This series seeks to bring cool, new plays to a “non-traditional” theatre space, and hopefully bring non-regular theatre crowds to hear cool, new plays! UnLeashed Theatre believes in the power of diverse stories and artists. We are a women-owned company and are committed to holding space for women and other underrepresented groups to create with joy and care. We welcome and actively seek to qork with artists from a wide variety of experiences including artists who identify as female, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, having visible or non-visible disability, and artists of color. Interested to learn more? Check out the links in our bio, or DM!

“This episode of MONSTER OF THE WEEK is sponsored by the loneliness epidemic, the 40-hour work week, and the inevitable heat death of the universe!” Girlypop podcast host Lucy has arrived at a Reddit-famous haunted murder hotel to record a podcast…as a cover story for her secret, out-of-state abortion. When famous child murderer Medea shows up and asks some uncomfortable questions, she’s forced to contend with her own relationship to monstrosity in Post-Roe America. Join us on Apr 3 for a reading of @aly_kantor bold new play! With performances by @jenesupleecomedy @adeline.m.m and @unfunnyoaf 7pm at @westernskybarco. FREE!!

Thanks to everyone who came out last night for a reading of Catherine Weingarten's I Wanttt a Unicorn Frappe!!! We had SO much. See you all on April 3 for a reading of Aly Kantor's Murdering Medea!