The Fort Collins theatre is thrilled to announce the productions for its 32nd Main Stage season
Fall 2024 Performances
The School for Lies
The theatre will open in September with the wickedly funny and deliciously off-color “The School for Lies,” a sweet and saucy farce by Tony-nominated playwright David Ives and directed by Steve Keim. “The School for Lies” is a rollicking contemporary adaptation of Moliere’s classic satire, “The Misanthrope,” a combination Baroque reality show and blissfully silly verbal souffle full of glittering glamor, gossiping goofballs, stunning verbal displays and outrageous gags, all masking the
throbbing heart of a true love story.
“The School for Lies” will be presented Sept. 20-Oct. 13.
Airness
Bas Bleu’s holiday offering will be a rocking, classic earworm good-time comedy about competition, completion and finding the “airness” inside yourself. When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to this art form than playing pretend; it’s about finding yourself in your favorite songs and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free onstage? Following her mission to shred or be shredded, “Airness” is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us.
“Airness,” by Chelsea Marcantel and directed by Nathaniel Quinn, will open on Friday, Nov. 29, and run through Dec. 22.
The Trip to Bountiful
Near the end of February, the theatre will present the lyrical and moving drama, “The Trip to Bountiful,” by Academy Award-winning playwright Horton Foote. The play will open on Feb. 28 and run through March 23. It will be directed by Warren Sherrill and feature Bas Bleu’s founder and artistic director, Wendy Ishii.
“The Trip to Bountiful” tells the poignant story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who longs to escape the cramped Houston apartment where she lives with her protective son, Ludie, and her authoritarian daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. Carrie wants to return to her beloved hometown of Bountiful, Texas, one final time before she dies. She escapes to the bus station and befriends a young woman named Thelma. The new friends travel toward Bountiful together, but when Carrie arrives in
nearby Harrison, she begins to learn that her beloved town isn’t the same as she remembered it.
Spring 2025 Performances
In spring of 2025, Bas Bleu will present in revolving repertory the one-woman small masterpiece of comic embarrassment and piercing emotional truth, “My Brilliant Divorce,” and the perfect mixture of crime drama, horror and humanity, “Another Medea.”
My Brilliant Divorce
In “My Brilliant Divorce,” directed by Richard Pegg, middle-aged Angela attempts to find a new life when husband Max leaves for a younger woman. Using a wonderful mixture of comedy and pathos, she recounts her journey back to happiness. “My Brilliant Divorce” will perform May 23-25 and June 6-8.
Another Medea
In “Another Medea,” directed by Lynn Bogner, the incarcerated Marcus Sharp, a charismatic and enigmatic New York actor, recounts in gruesome detail how his obsessions with a wealthy doctor named Jason and the myth of Medea lead to horrific, unspeakable events. At once ancient and contemporary, this provocative Grand Guignol style mono-thriller will run from May 30-June 1 and June 13-15.
Readers’ Theatre
In addition to the Main Stage season, on Oct. 25-27, Bas Bleu Readers’ Theatre will present a captivating candlelit “Evening with Edgar Allan Poe,” directed by Robyn Cuthbertson. From April 4-6, enjoy the delirious and passionate “The Clean House,” directed by Kate Lyn Reiter.
Summer 2025 – Original Works
Special Sauce: An Original Works
Nothing says dog days summer fun like vampire pizza delivery workers. “Special Sauce,” a horror comedy by Colton Thompson, is the first selection in Bas Bleu’s Original Works program. It will take its first bite on Aug. 8, 2025, with additional nibbles on Aug. 9 and 10.
See a Show
Bas Bleu Theatre is located at 401 Pine Street in Fort Collins. Performances begin on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m. for the Sunday matinees. All Main Stage productions start their run with a Friday night, pay-what-you-will-preview, first come, first serve, with no ticket purchase necessary.
Main Stage
$30 Regular/$25 Seniors/ $8 Students
Readers’ Theatre
$15 Regular/Senior/Student
Original Works
$10 Regular
Tickets can be purchased at basbleu.org or by calling the box office at 970.498.8949.