Podcast: An alt-Shakespeare review for our 100th episode

Plus, an interview with our very first guest: Missy Moore from Thunder River Theatre Company

In this episodeof the OnStage Colorado Podcast, hosts Alex Miller and Toni Tresca celebrate the 100^th episode of the pod. It all started back in May of 2019 with our first guest, Missy Moore. Now the artistic director at Carbondale’s Thunder River Theatre Company, Moore joins the pod to mark our 100^th episode and to update us on what’s up with TRTC.

Missy Moore

This episode also includes a deep dive into the world of alternative Shakespeare. From Merry Wives of Windsor done as a ’70s sitcom to versions of Hamlet written in Klingon, we take a look at some of the many curious ways in which the Bard’s work has been reinterpreted over the centuries.

And we also discuss this week’s Colorado Headliners, our Top 10 list of interesting shows and events upcoming. This week’s Headliners:

21st Annual Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema — Aug. 30 through Sept. 1 at the Museum of Boulder
Don’t Tell Comedy – Aug. 30 in Denver’s Baker area and Aug. 31 in Clayton.
2024 Queer Reading Series – And Toto Too Theatre Cp,[amu at Roaming Gnome Theatre, Aurora, on Sept. 3.
Second Star on the Left – A burlesque musical from Bender Flames at Meow Wolf on Sept. 5-6
The Android’s New Soul – A sci-fi musical by Dana Cain at 17 at the Bug Theatre, Sept. 6-15
Aurora Fox 40th Anniversary Gala – Sept. 7
Waitress – Arvada Center Aug. 30-Oct. 13
Afterschool Power Hour at Chaos Bloom – Aug 31
Headwaters New Play Festival at Creede Repertory Theatre – Aug. 30
Erma Bombeck at Wit’s End – Denver Center Garner Galleria Sept. 4-22.