Great theater isn’t just about entertainment, it’s about making us think — whether through laughter, tears or the vitriolic excesses of a play such as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” “Seminar” doesn’t quite reach those bombastic heights, but when it hits its stride, this searing deconstruction of the literary establishment packs a considerable punch. Presented by the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company at The Dairy Center, this regional premiere of Theresa

Successful writers, like most notable artists, carry a reverential and romantic aura. Those who aspire to such a life are desperate to learn how to manifest this magic on their own account. In Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar, we eavesdrop on four aspiring writers who have paid $5,000 each to have their work analyzed by a name author.  As with any profession, writing has its touchstones that enable philanthropists, award committees, and

Anyone who has ever attended a writers’ workshop (guilty!) will recognize the characters in Click|keyword[Stephen+Weitz]” href=”http://www.westword.com/related/to/Stephen+Weitz/” title=”Stephen Weitz”>Stephen Weitz, Click|keyword[John+Ashton]” href=”http://www.westword.com/related/to/John+Ashton/” title=”John Ashton”>John Ashton (a Westword staff writer decades ago) is a suitably foul-mouthed and morally ambiguous Leonard, and Click|keyword[Devon+James]” href=”http://www.westword.com/related/to/Devon+James/” title=”Devon James”>Devon James makes Kate pleasantly disheveled, accomplishing an interesting transformation toward the end, and as Izzie, Click|keyword[Sean+Scrutchins]” href=”http://www.westword.com/related/to/Sean+Scrutchins/” title=”Sean Scrutchins”>Sean Scrutchins, he becomes almost incoherently so. The blacker the humor, the more interesting the action, so

Reviewer Beki Pineda is a 30-year veteran of the Denver theater scene as a former teacher and director. She has owned and operated All Propped Out, a theatrical prop rental house, and for 14 years reviewed theater for the former publication Time Out for Entertainment. She is a both professional theatergoer with a true love for the art and an unabashed theater groupie.   The WOW Factor for each production