(Press release)

AURORA, Colo. – As a follow-up to the previously announced “Fox Interlude” fall line-up of events, the Aurora Fox Arts Center is thrilled to announce Season 39, which will run Jan. through Dec. of 2024.

The new season at the Aurora Fox will begin with the quick-witted comedy, “ART” by Yasmina Reza, playing Feb. 3 to Feb. 25, 2024, in the Studio Theatre. Hailed as one of the most successful comedies of all time, “ART” is the winner of the Tony Award (Best Play), Olivier Award (Best New Comedy), and NY Drama Critics Award (Best Play).

The second production of the season will be August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean,” playing from March 23 to April 14. A 2005 Tony Award Nominee for Best Play, “Gem of the Ocean” is the first in the Aurora Fox’s commitment to produce August Wilson’s ten-play “The American Century Cycle”. Boasting multiple Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, the cycle follows the lives of Black Americans throughout each decade of the 20th century.

In June of 2024, in partnership with Aurora Public Library, the Fox will present the family-friendly fantasy adventure, “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical“, playing from June 1 to 23. With over 180 million copies sold, “The Lighting Thief” is based on Rick Riordan’s best-selling fantasy novels, sprung to life with dazzling special effects and a riveting pop-rock score.

In another library partnership, fall brings the classic Jules Verne adventure, “Around the World in 80 Days“, adapted by Mark Brown, playing from Oct. 5 to 27. Traveling by boat, train and elephant, Phileas Fogg and his trusty valet, Passepartout, set the timer on a riotous and suspenseful race-against-the-clock romp around the globe.

The final production of the season, playing from Nov. 30 to Dec. 22, is the regional premiere of “Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Christmas Show!” written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, based on “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Wacky fun for the entire family, five nimble actors play dozens of roles in this hilariously fast-paced and highly imaginative Dickens mashup.