You’ve heard of a pub crawl. Now try a play crawl moving to its new home — the streets and businesses of Olde Town Arvada

Courtesy of CPR News | by Eden Lane | July 6, 2023

Photo courtesy of Darren Smith

Actors perform "Barber Shop" by Jessica Austgen at the Tried and True Barber Shop in Denver.

For 18 years, Denver’s And Toto too Theatre Company has been dedicated to showcasing the work of women playwrights. Now their marquee event has a new location: Olde Town Arvada. 

And Toto too Theatre hosts a unique annual program as the main fundraising event called The Play Crawl. Colorado women playwrights write two- to three-minute, site specific plays that are performed environmentally — in shops and restaurants. The evening begins with a mix and mingle and a silent auction. Then the audience is divided into groups of 10 to 15 and guided by a crawl leader. The company’s producing artistic director, Susan Lyles, says many of the crawl leaders are supportive local male playwrights.

“So once everyone's broken up, they are taken by their crawl leaders in their groups from venue to venue to venue,” Lyles said. “The actors stay where they are and it's the audience that moves around between the plays.”

Each play is done up to 10 times in one night.

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