If you are one of the millions of people who have attended one of our shows and thought “I like this story, but it sure would be embettered if it had a 35-piece chamber orchestra providing some sweet orchestral jams to jack it up some,” you are in luck.
Our next big collaboration is just a couple of weeks away, and tickets are on sale now to see The Narrators perform with the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra in a show called Two-Way Street. MSCO and The Narrators traded music and stories, respectively, for each group of performers to respond to and the result will be an evening of true stories and majestic orchestral soundtracking!
There are two chances to see Two-Way Street: Friday April 24th 7:30pm at Augustana Lutheran Church, and Saturday April 25th 8:00pm at the McNichols Civic Center Building as part of the Denver Music Summit. As a side note, if you are a musician or support the music scene in Denver, you should really check out ALL of the amazing programming that the Denver Music Summit is providing that weekend. We are proud to be partnering with them for a second year in a row, and we are THRILLED to be collaborating with the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra.
We’ve assembled a truly spectacular lineup of storytellers for this show. Here’s the run-down:
Laura Bond writes stories and essays, some of them true, as well as blurbs, quips, and hashtags. A former editor and staff writer with Westword, Laura has written for Rolling Stone, USAA, and Spin, among others. She was the 2012 recipient of the Alice Maxine Bowie Fellowship for Fiction from Lighthouse Writers Workshop, where she takes and teaches classes. Laura recently served as Director of Media Relations for the Colorado Symphony; now, she operates Laura Bond, Ink., a communications firm for non-profit and arts organizations, and sometimes works on a middle-grade novel in progress.
Ru Johnson is a writer, creative and arts advocate whose works have appeared in Denver Westword and most recently in The Denver Post where she writes regularly. Johnson owns a start-up called Roux Black Consulting that is designed to produce highly attended events and boutique creative consulting for top brands and newly established companies. She loves nail polish, ball gowns and the written word.
Ellen K. Graham is a Denver writer. As a playwright, she has worked with many theatre companies in the Denver area, including the Edge, Paragon, and the Denver Center. She has received a Westword Best of Denver award, two Henry award nominations, and has been a finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, the Shakespeare’s Sister Fellowship, and the Global Age Project. She is the founder of the theatrical production company Feral Assembly and a co-founder of Shocking Beyond Belief! Films.
Timmi Lasley is the host of multiple shows in Denver including: Epilogue Comedy – an alt showcase in a punk rock bookstore, and The Comedy RoomRoom which has both a monthly showcase and a popular weekly open mic. She was once described as “the raw nerve of Denver comedy.” Her mother thinks she’s very talented.
Robert Rutherford is a writer, musician, and former co-host of The Narrators in Denver. Robert has built a career out of storytelling, from his work in the museum world as an educator and multimedia producer to his work with The Narrators. His writing has appeared in the Onion’s AV Club, The Donnybrook Writing Academy, and Birdy. He is currently working on launching a chapter of The Narrators show in San Diego.
Ron S. Doyle is the co-host of The Narrators Denver and long-time producer and champion of podcasting in Denver. He is a former at-risk school teacher and administrator who now runs a creative communications agency, Waterday Media, and wrangles two precocious daughters with his wife in southeast Denver.