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Putting on “Fractured Moonlight” at this time is particularly exciting for a few different reasons, Lyles and Printz said. First, its world premiere was postponed since April 2020 because of the pandemic, which additionally delayed And Toto too’s 15th season. Secondly, all the actors performing in this run of “Fractured Moonlight” are the original cast, and all are local to the Denver-metro area. Lastly, “Fractured Moonlight” takes place in a nontraditional theater space — outdoors. “It’s exciting to get back up on our feet,” Lyles said. She added that And Toto too does important work of spearheading
Zack Gibson felt skeptical when he saw the listing. A condo, in Denver, in a complex not yet under construction? After convincing his wife to move to Florida for retirement, he decided to come back to Colorado, where the two used to live. He kept looking at other options, but found himself going back to look at the future homes at a place slated to be called Central Park Urban Living Condos. Months later, it’s no longer a listing. It’s his future home. “Ultimately, it was the only way I was going to redeem myself with my wife, to be able to get her to Denver,” Gibson said on July 13. “And it’s been a great process, a process I’ve never gone through before, but everybody that we have worked with has been excellent.” Gibson joined Deputy Mayor and Public Safety Director Murphy Robinson, Department of Housing Stability Executive Director Britta Fisher, Councilmember Chris Herndon and others on July 14 for a ribbon-cutting for the 132-unit complex, located at 36th Avenue and Central Park Boulevard in northeast Denver.
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Katy Hollis, left, playing the role of Zelda Shepard-Berwin, and Jeff Jesmer, playing the role of Max Berwin, rehearse a scene of “Fractured Moonlight” earlier this summer. The play, written by Denver playwright Carrie Printz, is And Toto too Theatre Company’s first since last year’s pandemic shutdown delayed the theater company’s 15th season. COURTESY OF SUSAN LYLES/AND TOTO TOO THEATRE COMPANY
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Susan Lyles loves to see a play come to life. Everything about it — “from the page to the stage,” she said. Lyles is the executive director of the And Toto too Theatre Company, which is a nonprofit that formed in 2005 to promote women artists and playwrights. Typically, And Toto too stays busy year-round. Each year, it puts
on two full-length productions, four or five small-venue staged readings, its annual Play Crawl and a workshop with an artist in residence. “I’ve missed it,” Lyles said of producing plays. She added that And Toto too “sat dark” since spring 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, the theater company is back with “Fractured Moonlight,” a full-length, original play by Denver playwright Carrie Printz, running through July 24. “People are excited to see live theater again,” Printz said. “A play isn’t quite complete until it’s performed in front of an audience. Because that’s who you’re writing for — the audience.”
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