2021 Season
We are so excited to get back to the theatre! We have missed our patrons and we are ready to get back to telling stories. Support live theatre by purchasing a ticket to PVP's next production!
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
In Person or Live Streamed
By Jason Robert Brown
This moving collection of powerful songs examines life, love and the choices that we make.
With a small, powerhouse cast and a driving, exquisitely crafted score that runs the gamut of today's popular music, Songs for a New World is the perfect way to come back to theatre.
*Current Covid Restrictions & Protocols Apply*
*masks are required for patrons
*socially distanced seating
Platte Valley Players are also able to offer LIVE-STREAMED performances of this production.
Friday October 29 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday October 30 @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM
Friday November 5 @ 7:30 PM
November 6 @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM
***Only 6 performances***
The Armory Performing Arts Center
300 Strong St
Brighton, CO 80603
Are you wondering what to expect from SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD? Check out this short rehearsal promotional to get a very small taste.
MEET THE CAST
Moses Brown
Moses Brown is excited to make his Platte Valley Players debut with this production of Songs for a New World. Recent production credits include Motones Vs. Jerseys at the Rialto Theatre in Loveland, Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors at the PACE Center, Black Nativity and Tomfoolery at The Aurora Fox. Moses is currently a student at Colby Community College in Colby, KS.
Isabella Duran
Isabella Duran has been seen as June Carter-Cash in Ring of Fire (various stages), Into the Woods and My Way (Performance Now), Jerry’s Girls (Vintage Theatre) Rocky Horror Show (Stagedoor). Recently, she served as music director for Tuck Everlasting at Vintage Theatre. She dedicates these performances to the memory of Chris Esch (4/29/1962-10/12/2021) and all who have experienced loss during these last two years - that we may all find a more peaceful bearing in the New World.
Lindsey Falduto
Lindsey Falduto is thrilled to be back with the Platte Valley Players since performing in Forbidden Broadway! Recent performances include, Petra in A Little Night Music (Cherry Creek Theatre), Anita in a concert version of West Side Story (Boulder Philharmonic & Central City Opera), Marta in Company (Aurora Fox Arts Center) and The Witch in Into The Woods (Performance Now Theatre Company). Ms. Falduto received two Outstanding Actress in a Musical Henry Award nominations for Mother in Ragtime (PNTC) and Woman 1 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre).
Jeremy Rill
Jeremy Rill has been seen in Platte Valley Players productions Forever Plaid and South Pacific in Concert. Other selected Denver credits include Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music (Cherry Creek Theatre Company- Henry Nomination) Bobby in Company (Aurora Fox) Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden (Performance Now Theatre Company) and roles in The World Goes 'Round at Littleton Town Hall Arts Center and Sunday In The Park with George at The Arvada Center. Check out Jeremy's photography studio at www.jeremyrillphotography.com .
MEET THE CREATIVE TEAM
Kelly Van Oosbree (Director) has been a board member of Platte Valley Players since 2006 and currently serves as Artistic Director. Kelly began her directing career with PVP back in 2008 and the rest- as they say- is history. Her direction and choreography have been seen at The Aurora Fox, Performance Now Theatre Company, Vintage Theatre, Opera Colorado, Evergreen Players, Breckenridge Backstage Theatre, Cherry Creek Theatre, among others. Kelly loves directing but she loves to do it near her home- which makes Platte Valley Players her favorite.
Eric Weinstein (Music Director) is so excited to be playing this incredible music with these amazing artists. Songs For A New World has been on his theatrical ‘bucket’ list for as long as he can remember, and he thanks Kelly for providing the opportunity of a lifetime. Eric has been part of the Denver theater community for over 30 years as an actor, musician, composer, and arranger. In addition to theatrical work, he has been busy composing music for films and theatrical projects in Los Angeles. Recent local credits include The Drowsy Chaperone, Ring Of Fire, Forever Plaid, The Secret Garden, She Loves Me, Ragtime: The Musical. Recent composing credits: The Golden Realm: An American Larping Experience (Award of Excellence, IndieFEST), Gruesome Playground Injuries, She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms. You can find Eric’s original music at ericweinstein.com.
Victoria Holloway (Asst. Director) is overjoyed to be back in Brighton! Previous credits with PVP include Disaster! The Musical, The Best of Enemies, The Music Man in Concert, You Can’t Take It With You and The Nina Variations. She holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from Baylor University and her next project, directing Nunsense at Performance Now Theatre Company, will open in January, 2022. Thank you to Kelly Van Oosbree, who deserves the stars and the moon.