A Celebration That Sparkles: Mamma Mia!
Each spring, Colorado Academy’s Department of Theater and Dance invites aspiring performers to a festive “reveal” of the...
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Whirlwind 24-Hour Play Project fuels creativity and fun
“Here, there are no divas,” says Colorado Academy Middle School and Upper School theater instructor James Meehan late...
Steve Scherer has left the building
Most people who know him would assume that it was theater that brought Steve Scherer to Colorado Academy....
Mary Poppins makes merry with two Marys
How many actors does it take to play Mary Poppins in the 2022 Colorado Academy Upper School...
The powerful connector called fun
We had a little fun this week at Colorado Academy. Each day brought a reminder of just how...
CA dance program shines at state conference
Workshops, networking, performances—and scholarships—awaited the four Colorado Academy dancers attending the Colorado Dance Education Organization conference at Colorado...
Down the rabbit hole to a great new stage
The Colorado Academy Leach Center for the Performing Arts came to life on October 29 and 30, 2021,...
Luck and magic at the Alchemist Dinner
Sometimes, life gives you a little luck, and sometimes you feel like life has given you a touch...
The curtain rises on the Leach Center for the Performing Arts
“You feel like you are inside the Denver Center for the Performing Arts!” Director of Visual &...
Harry Waters Jr. ’71: Actor, teacher, activist, and much more
If you’ve seen Back to the Future—either I or II—then you’ve seen the talents of Harry Waters Jr. ’71 in action. Waters played Chuck Berry’s fictional cousin Marvin...
How do you pull off a musical in a pandemic? Just ask CA performers.
“Rain or shine or snow, we are going to give it a shot.” That’s how Director Maclain Looper...
Activities, laughter, learning return to campus
The energy on campus was amazing this week! This past Monday, our Grade 9 and Grade 8 students...
The show must go on!
If there were a Colorado Academy award for pulling off the seemingly impossible, The Upper School Advanced Acting...
A look inside the new Leach Center for the Performing Arts
The future home of Colorado Academy’s performing arts program reached two important milestones recently: the Froelicher Theatre was...
When life gives you lemons…
What does a Theater Department do during a year where they have no theater and are in a...
The advantage of the arts
At Colorado Academy, there are always three “A” disciplines in every student’s life—Academics, Athletics, and the Arts. While...
The Pirates of Penzance, from 1978 to 2020
When the Colorado Academy Middle School performed Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance in February 2020, it...
Leach & Gaudiani: Help us create something special at CA
Dear Alumni and Parents of Alumni, My name is Bryan Leach. I am the parent of Seventh and...
How do you build a Performing Arts Center? Not without architects, teachers, and you
Speaking to the English Architectural Association in 1924, Winston Churchill said, “There is no doubt whatever about the...
$3 million gift sets stage for new Center for the Performing Arts
Colorado Academy announced today it has received a $3 million gift from Bryan Leach and Jennifer Gaudiani to...
See it Through: Capital projects soon to be narrowed to one
Colorado Academy students, faculty, and coaches are counting down the days to February 6, 2019, when Phase...