RECENTLY ON STAGE at NCDA
Fourth Semester Showcase
NCDA Presents
Paint It Black, You Devil
The Ensemble: Caleb Williams, Charles Williamson
Alumni Guest Artist: Marissa Bee
Project Instructor: Sasha Olinick
New York City, 1969. Two friends, Wreck and Martha, set out for a night of music and mischief at a Rolling Stones concert. But when Wreck takes a hit of acid to manage a mysterious condition, the night takes an unexpected turn. Reality begins to unravel. Or maybe just bend a little.
And wait—does the Devil wear a Viking helmet?
JUNE 2025
Alumni Show
Aluminati Productions Presents
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Ricardo Frederick Evans
Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot reexamines the fate of the New Testament’s most notorious sinner through a lens that’s both thought-provoking and unexpectedly hilarious. This bold, contemporary courtroom drama brings saints, sinners, and everyone in between to the witness stand—challenging our ideas of justice, forgiveness, and the gray area in between. Described by The New York Times as “fierce,” “eloquent,” and “winningly accessible,” Guirgis’s powerful play invites us to question what it means to judge—and be judged.
MAY 2025
STudent showcase
NCDA Presents
THE FIREBUGS
by Max Frisch
Students: Marissa Bee, Daquan Haskins, Charles Williamson, and Caleb Williams
Alumni Guest Artists: Briyan Moreno
Rehearsal Project Instructor: David Elias
Across the city, arsonists worm their way into respectable people's homes only to burn them all down. It's a plague. And we don't know why. But Biedermann is no fool. She can spot an arsonist from a mile away. These two strangers with troubled pasts who turn up on her doorstep asking for a spare room can't be arsonists. They're too polite. Like her. Everybody is far too respectable to act on their suspicions. The Fire Bugs explores how moral lethargy can invite evil in - even encouraging you to give it a warm blanket and a nice dinner.
APRIL 2025
AdVANCED Student Showcase
Actors Repertory Theatre Presents
POGO'S BACKYARD
Featuring ART 2025: Ricky Elliot, Colton Farnham, Dana Powell and Victoria Rose
Facilitated by: Natalie Cutcher
It’s tough being small.
Meet Pogo, a curious worm with a big heart and a zest for life. Join him for an epic adventure though the backyard. This quest will test our hero’s strength, creativity, and tenacity. The garden is calling, how will you answer?
“It’s kinda like Lord of the Rings, but for babies” - anonymous cast member
APRIL 2025
AdVANCED Student Showcase
Actors Repertory Threatre presents
The Supernatural Sex Scams Show!
Featuring ART 2025: Ricky Elliot, Colton Farnham, Dana Powell and Victoria Rose
Facilitated by: Ricardo Frederick Evans
Join the 2025 ART ensemble for seven short plays, selected, directed and performed by the company! In the comfort of our black box theatre you’ll travel from the afterlife to outer space and through security at the Denver airport! You’ll explore past lives and identity crises and villainy via Zoom! All in under two hours! The plays: 20 Questions directed by Victoria Rose; Give Me Space and Minimalistic Men directed by Ricky Elliot; Abuse from Another Life and The Alien in the Denver Airport directed by Dana Powell; The Alien Collector and Dr. Soulslayer, Mistress Mindthief and the Captor Raptor have a Zoom directed by Colton Farnham.
APRIL 2025