Performing Arts

Arts and Entertainment

A one-man show happened on the way to Chicago

Riley Samuel Merritt performs ‘TRUNK’ in Durango

April 24, 2025 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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Remembering JoAnn: Merely Players stages ‘Guys and Dolls’ in honor of company mainstay

Longtime costume designer JoAnn Nevils died in March

April 23, 2025 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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Illusionist Leon Etienne brings magic to Community Concert Hall

Performer has been on “America’s Got Talent,” “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” and more

April 17, 2025 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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Durango continues its grand tradition with two stellar musicals

Durango High School, Fort Lewis College stage performances through Saturday

April 16, 2025 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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Bayfield High School Theatre stages ‘Descendants: The Musical’

Performances will be held Friday, Saturday

April 10, 2025 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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Pippin’s quest: FLC stages legendary American musical

Performances run this weekend in theater building

April 9, 2025 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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Troupe 1096 closes season with ‘Hadestown’

students takes audiences on a journey to the underworld and back

April 3, 2025 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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20 Moons explores unsettling contemporary themes

company’s 'How to See in the Dark’ to premiere April 11

April 2, 2025 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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When emotion is too great for words – dance

Zachary Chiero So much more than just words, actors’ bodies help to tell stories on stage. This applies for any…

March 12, 2025 • Zachary Chiero — Merely Players

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Review: New wine in old bottles

Lewis College, San Juan Symphony challenge audiences to think again

February 27, 2025 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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Troupe 1096 to stage ‘The Little Prince’

Durango High School student actors bring classic story to life

February 21, 2025 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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Comedian Abby Govindan: ‘I really am enjoying the ride’

Stand-up comic bringing her show, ‘How to Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents,’ to the Durango stage

January 23, 2025 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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Merely Players reinterprets a famous holiday classic

‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’ is Dickens through a new lens

December 19, 2024 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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Osprey Theatre Company goes ‘Through the Looking Glass’

High School students stage ‘trunk play’ at schools, Durango Arts Center

December 12, 2024 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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A different, turbulent toy story: Merely Players tells a colorful, episodic tale

‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’ opens Dec. 18

December 11, 2024 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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The mind in motion: FLC mounts vibrant ‘Behind Me is Silence’

Devised theater performance runs through Saturday

November 13, 2024 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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Review: Durango High School stages modern morality tale

‘Mean Girls’ runs through Nov. 16

November 6, 2024 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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DHS Troupe 1096 is about to get ‘Mean’

Durango High School theater opens season with staging of ‘Mean Girls’

October 31, 2024 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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Satire stings: ‘Thanksgiving’ and America’s great divide

Lewis College stages dark comedy in time for a national holiday

October 9, 2024 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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Saving the Bard: Merely Players opens season with a search

‘The Book of Will’ plays through this weekend

October 3, 2024 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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Durango High School grad takes stage with fellow comedians

Stephanie McHugh to headline Moms Unhinged comedy show at Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College

September 26, 2024 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

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Durango Arts Repertory mounts ‘Wait Until Dark’

A tight, telling classic runs through Sept. 29

September 18, 2024 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

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It’s showtime: Durango High School Troupe 1096 gears up for season

tickets on sale now

August 29, 2024 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Review: Durango Arts Repertory Theatre energizes melodrama

Footlights and frivolity make up ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’

August 22, 2024 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald