Hans Christian Andersen, bilingual children’s theater and a world premiere.
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College recently announced its 2024-2025 theater season.
“The upcoming season will be a series of firsts for the theater company,” said Producing Artistic Director Chris Sheley. “And every show on the main stage will lift up the stories of strong women.”
Kicking off the season in September is “Dial M for Murder,” which inspired filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic film, while “In Her Bones,” a new play by Jessica Kahkoska, will have its world premiere next year. The Andersen-inspired “The Little Mermaid” musical and “Sister Act,” a musical inspired by the same-named film, will round out the mainstage season
The second stage season features two children’s shows, including the FAC’s first bilingual children’s musical in November, “The City Dog and the Prairie Dog (El Perro de la Ciudad y el Perro de la Pradera).”
Season subscriptions are $97-$312 and go on sale Wednesday. Single tickets are $26-$63 for mainstage shows and $17-$27 for second stage shows and go on sale June 5. Call 719-634-5581 or go online to fac.coloradocollege.edu.
2024-2025 Main stage season
• Sept. 19-Oct. 6: “Dial M for Murder,” by James P. Sherwood, adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher. A woman whose new husband frames her for murder must come up with a way to reveal the truth before her time runs out.
• Nov. 20-Dec. 29: “The Little Mermaid,” by Doug Wright, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale. Mermaid Aerial falls in love with a land-bound prince and bargains with Ursula the Sea Witch to give her legs, but it comes with a steep price.
• Feb. 13-March 2: “In Her Bones,” by Jessica Kahkoska. A college student is forced to confront her past after a blizzard traps her at a rural highway gas station and general store in southern Colorado.
• May 1-25, 2025: “Sister Act,” by Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Bill and Cheri Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane. In the stage adaptation of the 1992 film, a disco singer is placed in protective custody in a convent with comedic results, as her lifestyle runs up against the traditions of the church.
2024-2025 Second Stage Season (children’s shows)
• Nov. 2-24: “The City Dog and the Prairie Dog (El Perro de la Ciudad y el Perro de la Pradera),” by Diana Grisanti and Emiliano Messiez. In the bilingual musical, Paloma, a prairie dog, is tired of prairie life and absconds to the big city with her cousin.
• Feb. 28-March 30: “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience,” by Mo Willems. Based on Willems’ children’s book, Wilbur, a naked mole rat, discovers a love for stylish clothing, stunning his fellow naked mole rat community and proving that being true to yourself is the only way to go.
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