Bas Bleu Theatre
7:30 p.m., April 29, 2008
$7.00, open seating
401 Pine St.
Fort Collins CO 80524

Tickets will be available directly from Bas Bleu Theatre beginning in early April; tickets at the door only if seats are still available. It's a small theatre, so we recommend that you purchase your tickets beforehand.

You can buy tickets one of three ways:

What is Readers Theatre?
There are lots of different definitions, but basically, Readers Theatre means performers on stage, reading from a script. In our case, we've developed a script by pulling together existing works and works we (several of the students) have written. Our script incorporates poetry, prose, short scenes from plays, monologues, and more, linked under the general topic of "relationships," and organized to tell a story—or, more accurately, many stories.

We won't be in costume (though we will be in character). There won't be complex action or fancy sound effects. The set design will be whatever Bas Bleu has in place for its current show. To quote instructor John Hill, "Readers Theatre strips away all the trappings of conventional theatre, leaving the most elemental components of interpretive performance, The Actor and The Script. It falls to the performer to create for the audience, through economic use of voice, facial expression, and body gesture, the environs, emotions, and moods of a given piece."

Sometimes Readers Theatre is a traditional script that has also been produced as conventional theatre (see Bas Bleu's web site for examples from this year's season). Sometimes it's more varied or experimental, as is the case for the THE 218 production.

The best way to understand Readers Theatre is to experience it for yourself-so join us at Bas Bleu Theatre on April 29!