Flyn' West - Theatreworks

From: Thu, 07/10/2025 - 07:30 PM
Through: Sun, 07/27/2025 - 04:00 PM

Ent Center for the Arts
Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre
5225 N. Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sundays at 4:00 p.m.

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Come to a performance inspired by director Marisa Hébert's curated playlist:

 

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All conversations are free and available to everyone, no matter the date on your ticket. 

NEW: Subscriber Screening in collaboration with UCCS Film
Film to be announced
Thurs, June 26, 2025 | 6:30PM
Chapman Auditorium

BEFORE THE SHOW

Designer Hang
1st Thursdays 
Thurs, July 10, 2025 | 6:45PM - 7:15 PM
Casual encounter with directors and designers from the production, as well as scholars expert in questions surrounding our plays!

Framing Panel
1st Sundays
Sun, July 13, 2025 | 2:30PM - 3:30 PM
Join creative team members to gain insider perspectives about the show you are attending. 

Chit Chat In Collaboration With GOCA
2nd Thursdays
Thurs, July 17, 2025 | 6:45PM - 7:15 PM
Mash-up conversations with two wildly different subject matter experts - a guaranteed hour of edutainment!

AFTER THE SHOW

Community Conversations
1st and 2nd Saturdays
Sat, July 12, 2025 | 5:00PM - 5:30 PM
Sat, July 19, 2025 | 5:00PM - 5:30 PM
Theatre staff, local experts, and community leaders discuss our shared experience of the production.

Actor Interchange
2nd Sundays
Sun, July 20, 2025 | 7:00PM - 7:30 PM
Actors from the production discuss their process with enthusiastic audience members.

Up next---->
Theatreworks 2025-2026 50th Anniversary Season
Flyin' West - July 10 - July 27, 2025

 

Written by Pearl Cleage and Directed by Marisa Hébert.

In 1890s Kansas, the homesteading Dove sisters are proud of their land and of the all-Black town of Nicodemus.  But soon they find themselves contending with speculators attempting to buy up their town from outside, and an unsavory brother-in-law who might break up their family from within.  Directed by Marisa Hébert (actor - Steel Magnolias, director - Every Brilliant Thing and King Hedley) this play by Pearl Cleage, one of the essential modern American playwrights, highlights unsung pioneers of the American West and the resilience, resolve, and recipes that let them weather an unforgiving time and place in American history.

UCCS students are always free. Contact the box office in person or by phone with your student ID to reserve seats. 

This production contains melodrama, domestic abuse, revenge, racialized language, and death by baked good. As each audience member is different, we don't make age recommendations, but if you have questions about the material or wish to read a copy of the work in advance, please email Artistic Director Caitlin Lowans at clowans@uccs.edu

Director

Marisa Hébert Headshot

Marisa Hébert

  

Cast

Kelly Armstrong Headshot

Kelly Armstrong*
Sophie Washington

Tresha Farris Headshot

Tresha Farris*
Minnie Dove Charles

Lynne Hastings Headshot

Lynne Hastings
Miss Leah

Cheerish Martin Headshot

Cheerish Martin
Fannie Dove

Bobby Bennett Headshot

Bobby Bennett*
Frank Charles

Flyin' West - July 10 - July 27, 2025

Coming Soon
Wil Parish

Creative Team

Coming Soon, Scenographer (Costume/Scenic)
Jennifer Fok+, Lighting Designer
Coming Soon, Sound Designer
Garth Moritz*, Stage Manager
Skylar Campbell, Asst. Stage Manager
Nereyda Flores, UCCS Directing Observer

 

* Member of Actors Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. 
+Member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, the union and professional association of Designers, Artists, and Craftspeople in the entertainment and decorative arts industries.