THEATER 29 IN THE NEWS
2021
Broadway World: Theater 29 Presents Virtual and Immersive Theatrical and Creative Arts
OnStage Colorado: Theater 29 premieres Colorado-made video plays
2020
2020 TRUE WEST AWARD: LISA WAGNER ERICKSON By John Moore
Westword: “Theater 29 and the Lulubird Project have set up a novel theatrical experience for these stay-at-home, virus-plagued times”
The Dramatist: July/ August 2020: “Lisa Wagner Erickson and the talented folks at Theater 29 are always knocking out a number of premieres.”
Westword: “Lisa Wagner Erickson and Veronica Straight-Lingo came up with a new concept: Anoitos University, a fictitious online university struggling to remain relevant, where Ph.D. candidates are desperate to secure full-time teaching positions at adjunct wages.”
Boulder Weekly: “THE DISSERTATION DEFENDERS: Lisa Wagner Erickson (Theater 29) and Veronica Straight-Lingo (KGNU) came up with the concept and characters for playwrights Sean Michael Cummings and Rebecca Gorman O’Neill to develop.”
5280: How to Virtually Engage in Colorado Theater
Straight Talk with Local Theater Company, Theater 29, The Source, and Equinox by John Moore
OnStage Colorado: Theater 29 is launching Colorado playwright-driven work online
2019
Westword: “Jessica Austgen, Tami Canaday, Lisa Wagner Erickson, Ellen K. Graham, Dakota C. Hill, Rebecca Gorman O’Neill and Edith Weiss put together these stories of one reality spilling into the next: literary lovers grow tired of their genre, a homeless man connects with knock-knock jokes, time becomes a palindrome on East Colfax (doesn’t it always?), and much more.”
OnStage Colorado: Podcast- Hidden Worlds with Theater 29’s Lisa Wagner Erickson
OnStage Colorado: It was a Dark and Silly Night at Theater 29 by Alex Miller (a review of Pandemic Collective’s ANOTHER NIGHT OF GRAND GUIGNOL)
Westword: Ellen K. Graham's The Never Summer Shows an Absurd New World by Juliet Wittman
OnStage Colorado: Dystopia in a Train Station by Alex Miller (a review of THE NEVER SUMMER by Ellen K. Graham): “As directed by DeRose, THE NEVER SUMMER has one foot in a fever dream and the other in a gritty reality...It’s a fascinating snippet of what lies ahead in 2040.”
The Dramatist: 2018/2019 Year in Review: “Theater 29 helped usher in several new plays by local writers.”
OnStage Colorado: A Theater of Playwrights by Alex Miller: “Heading into its second year, Denver’s Theater 29 presents original works on its own terms.”
Westword: “While The Mrs. Wheatland Pageant may not have all the pomp and circumstance of the Miss America Pageant, this new play by Lisa Wagner Erickson, opening Thursday February 28, at Theater 29, promises to run away with the Miss Congeniality award.”
Broadway World: Lulubird Project Presents THE MRS. WHEATLAND PAGEANT at Theater 29
2018
The Dramatist: Colorado by Josh Hartwell: I’m not sure what’s more important for a playwright to have: a welcoming artistic family, or a physical venue in which to workshop and produce plays. Both are vital, right? And now a handful of our dedicated Colorado writers don’t have to decide between the two because Theater 29 is providing both.”
Westword: A Place of Their Own by Juliet Wittman
KGNU Metro Arts Interview with Veronica Straight-Lingo
Documentary Short about Theater 29