Maggie Donahue

mdonahue@cpr.org

Maggie covered all things arts and culture for Denverite until 2022.

Planter boxes at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, July 26, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Things to do this summer in Denver now that the city is open

From a bus tour of the apocalypse to PrideFest and Juneteenth celebrations!

Film on the Rocks is bringing the film series back to the amphitheater after two years of drive-ins

Film lovers can watch movies like Thor: Ragnarok, The Sandlot, Summer of Soul and more at Red Rocks!

Denver School of the Arts student Lolo Nuss belts out a musical number during the practice for the school's Festival Fringe play. May 11, 2022.

Denver School of the Arts theatre students are headed to Edinburgh Festival Fringe to perform an original musical based on their experiences with COVID, BLM, gun violence and more

“COVID was just this whole whirlwind, and then you’re just automatically thrown back into school and life."

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Miriam Suzanne (left) and Josie Cool rehearse "Pity + Fear" at Buntport Theater in La Alma/Lincoln Park. May 12, 2022.

Through Pity+Fear, Denver artists use Greek mythology to explore queer identity and the ways our stories change

“I described this project to someone as the identities that we're born with, the identities that were given, and the identities that we choose for ourselves."

Grayson Allensworth (right) and the cast of Be More Chill.

‘No dream is too big’ for these eighth grade theatre students, who founded their own theatre production company during the pandemic

New Generation Productions, which got their LLC approved last month, recently wrapped their production of 'Be More Chill,' which was created entirely by students under 18. And they're just getting started.