Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre

Name: Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre
Address: US

277 University Ave.
Boulder,CO80309 Get Directions

303-492-8008

https://cupresents.org/venue/23/mary-rippon/

Tucked inside the Hellems Arts and Sciences is the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, named after the first female professor at the University of Colorado and the first woman in the U.S. to teach at a state university.The Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre was officially completed in 1939, but no plays were staged there until 1944, when Shakespeare teacher and bibliographer James Sandoe was asked to direct a play for the coming summer. Because the Department of the Navy occupied the indoor University Theatre during World War II, Sandoe decided to try out the new Mary Rippon complex with a production of Romeo and Juliet, thereby starting the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.Relax in comfort with complimentary seatbacks at all outdoor Colorado Shakespeare Festival shows

Many CSF performances are held outdoors at CU-Boulder's Mary Rippon Theatre. Photo by Jennifer M Koskinen

Events at this venue

May 2026
Twelfth Night – CSF
May 30 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
May 31 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
June 2026
Twelfth Night – CSF
June 5 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
June 7 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
June 13 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
June 14 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
June 18 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
June 20 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Shakespeare in Love – CSF
June 28 @ 7:30 pm Shakespeare in Love – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Broke and struggling with creative paralysis, aspiring playwright Will Shakespeare [...]
$31 – $98
July 2026
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 1 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 2 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Shakespeare in Love – CSF
July 5 @ 7:30 pm Shakespeare in Love – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Broke and struggling with creative paralysis, aspiring playwright Will Shakespeare [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 8 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 9 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Shakespeare in Love – CSF
July 10 @ 7:30 pm Shakespeare in Love – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Broke and struggling with creative paralysis, aspiring playwright Will Shakespeare [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 11 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 12 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 14 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Shakespeare in Love – CSF
July 15 @ 7:30 pm Shakespeare in Love – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Broke and struggling with creative paralysis, aspiring playwright Will Shakespeare [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 16 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 17 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Shakespeare in Love – CSF
July 19 @ 7:30 pm Shakespeare in Love – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Broke and struggling with creative paralysis, aspiring playwright Will Shakespeare [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 21 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 22 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Shakespeare in Love – CSF
July 23 @ 7:30 pm Shakespeare in Love – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Broke and struggling with creative paralysis, aspiring playwright Will Shakespeare [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 24 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Shakespeare in Love – CSF
July 25 @ 7:30 pm Shakespeare in Love – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Broke and struggling with creative paralysis, aspiring playwright Will Shakespeare [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 26 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 28 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 29 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
Shakespeare in Love – CSF
July 30 @ 7:30 pm Shakespeare in Love – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Broke and struggling with creative paralysis, aspiring playwright Will Shakespeare [...]
$31 – $98
Twelfth Night – CSF
July 31 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98
August 2026
Twelfth Night – CSF
August 2 @ 7:30 pm Twelfth Night – CSF

Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre 277 University Ave., Boulder, CO
Having lost her twin brother Sebastian in a devastating shipwreck, [...]
$31 – $98

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