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2009 Proposed Program Honors Family
As We Bid You Farewell
We Thought You'd Like to See What We Were Planning
for Our 2009 Season
We were very excited to be offering two exceptional international productions (from France, Aurélia’s Oratorio and from Spain, Noche Flamenca) as well as two American plays of the highest caliber (Beast on the Moon and Breath and Imagination: The Story of Roland Hayes) this year. All 4 productions as well as our many other 2009 programs would honor “THE FAMILY,” the theme of this year’s festival.
CELEBRATION IN MAY – SIBLING REVELRY
In keeping with the family theme, we invited two extraordinarily talented Broadway sisters, Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway to perform their cabaret, Sibling Revelry at the
THE DONALD SEAWELL AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
HONORS THE CHAPLIN-THIÉRRÉE FAMILY
As you know, each international festival year we honored one of the world’s greatest theatre luminaries with the Donald Seawell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Jacques LeCoq, Sir Peter Shaffer and Stephen Sondheim were past recipients. Since 2009 was to be dedicated to “family,” this year we planned to honor one of the greatest theatre families of our time, the Chaplin-Thiérrée family. The award was to be presented at the Donald Seawell Award Reception at the home of Jim and Alinda Wikert in September.
AURÉLIA’S ORATORIO
To open the Festival, Aurélia Thiérrée would perform Aurélia’s Oratorio, a magnificent theatrical circus production directed by her mother, Victoria Chaplin.

NOCHE FLAMENCA
From
BEAST ON THE MOON
For the first the time in our history, we planned to produce a play in collaboration with
BREATH AND IMAGINATION:
THE STORY OF ROLAND HAYES

Our own Daniel Beaty was returning by popular demand for the third time. Daniel has written a poignant new play with music about Roland Hayes,
THE WORLD THEATRE INSTITUTE
SINGING WITH THE STARS
Our second annual Singing with the Stars competition was planned for March and April. 50 talented local artists auditioned last year and we expected that to double this year! The winner would have had the opportunity to sing with Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway during their Sibling Revelry show in May.
THE WORLD THEATRE FESTIVAL GOES TO SCHOOL
Last, but far from least, The World Theatre Festival Goes to School was returning with a teacher workshop and overnight retreat at The Nature Place in
STREET THEATRE, INTERNSHIPS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND CONVERSATIONS
Street Theatre, internships, workshops, seminars and conversations with visiting theatre luminaries were planned to complete this year’s programming. We were also planning pre-show lectures by Marian Wright Edelman, a lifelong advocate for disadvantaged Americans and Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), Robert Skloot, whose past seminars on “Theatre and the Holocaust” have been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Dr. Frances Pilch, USAFA International Politics Professor.
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We are very proud of our many accomplishments the past five years and thank you for your support, attendance and belief in our vision. We wish you all the very best.
The Board and Staff
of the Colorado Festival of World Theatre
2003-2009