On the stage
cipher bird: A genre-bending journey, featuring storytelling, comedy, theatre, spoken word and drag; onstage through Saturday, Denver Fringe Festival, Mercury Café, 2199 California St., Denver; denverfringe.org.
Impossible things: Immersive outdoor theater experience where audience members are invited to a high school graduate’s party; on stage through June 16, The Catamounts, Museum of Outdoor Arts, 6331 Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village; $45-$100; thecatamounts.org.
Macbeth: A would-be king’s ambitions throw things into chaos; on stage through August 11, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Roe Green Theatre, University Theater Building; $22-$76; cupresents.org.
Moment in time: A photo album becomes inspiration for stories; onstage through Sunday, Tobin and Gunst, Denver Fringe Festival, 2410 Blake St., Denver; $15; denverfringe.org.
My beautiful lady: Award-winning musical about a Cockney flower girl transformed into an elegant lady; onstage through Sunday, Jesters Dinner Theatre, 214 Main St., Longmont; $19-$50; jesterstheatre.com.
Rent: Musical about a group of modern bohemians from the Lower East Side; onstage through June 16, Arts Hub Players, The Arts Hub, 420 Courtney Way, Lafayette; $15-$18; artshub.org.
These bright lives: Four women get their dream jobs in a factory in 1922; onstage through Saturday, Firehouse Theater Company, John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver; $22-$27; firehousetheatercompany.com.
Coming soon
Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll’s classic was done with a short walk; June 15-July 14, Arts in the Open, Chautauqua Park, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder; $16-$21; chautauqua.com.
Arden of Faversham: A work of mysterious authorship about a woman’s pact to murder her husband; July 28, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Roe Green Theatre, University Theater Building; $30-$67; cupresents.org.
Dark field: Immersive theatrical experience in a strange new world; July 11-August. 11, DCPA Off-Center and Realscape Productions, The Bird Lot, 2532 Larimer St., Denver; denvercenter.org.
Disney’s Frozen: National Broadway tour of the stage musical version of the beloved film; June 19-July 3, DCPA Broadway, Buell Theatre, 14th and Curtis Streets, Denver; denvercenter.org.
The Merry Wives of Windsor: Falstaff is on the hunt for a rich wife in Shakespeare’s bawdy comedy; July 6-31, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, CU campus; $28-$81; cupresents.org.
Othello (2024): A new vision of Shakespeare’s tragedy, plagued by misinformation, falsifications, PTSD and betrayal; June 29-July 27, Firehouse Theater Company, John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver; $27; firehousetheatercompany.com.
Play trace: Twelfth Annual Evening of Micro-Plays by Local Female Playwrights; June 18, Olde Town Arvada, 7509 Grandview Ave., Arvada; $50 (includes buffet); andtototoo.org.
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