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1468 Dayton St. Aurora, CO 80010

866-388-4849

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Best Theater Booster, RIP
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2010 | Best Theater Booster, RIP

Jeffrey Nickelson founded Shadow Theatre Company on a $500 gift in 1997, kept it going on a shoestring, moved it into a fine new home in Aurora two years ago, resigned abruptly last summer and, shortly thereafter, died of a heart attack. Since then, the company has dissolved in a welter of accusation and counter-accusation. Nickelson may never have been able to achieve the stability he wanted for Shadow, but that shouldn't distract Denverites from his profound accomplishments: his passion... More »
2009 | Best New Theater Space

Inside the spacious lobby, dozens of people chatted, smiled and sipped wine as they waited for the opening of Dinah Was -- Shadow Theatre's first production in its brand-new home. Along one wall was a series of sculptures by Ed Dwight, and wandering through the crowd was artistic director Jeffrey Nickelson, beaming. For years, the company had performed at the Ralph Waldo Emerson Center, where audience members sat on folding chairs in a large, bare room and the actors had to prepare on... More »
2009 | Best New Recurring Musical Event

Since relocating from Denver to its new home in Aurora last April, Shadow Theatre Company has become a forum for much more than just drama. Artistic director Jeffrey Nickelson and the Shadow crew have incorporated a wide range of performing arts into the theater's programming, including the new "Soul Den" concert series mounted by DaJazz Records CEO Michael Hancock in January. Billed as a fusion of neo-soul, jazz, gospel and R&B, the event offers a meeting of local musical minds in an... More »
2008 | Best Actor in a Light Comedy

In Soul Survivor, Vincent C. Robinson clearly had a great time portraying the Devil as he attempted to win the soul of a quiet, rational man already quite happy with his life. He swaggered, teased and seduced the audience, uttered tee-hees of laughter that were both sinister and self-mocking, mugged, grimaced and, at one point, broke into an outrageous triumphal dance -- and the audience enjoyed every moment just as much as he did. More »

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Shadow Theatre Company

1468 Dayton St. Aurora, CO 80010

866-388-4849

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2010 | Best Theater Booster, RIP

2009 | Best New Theater Space

2009 | Best New Recurring Musical Event

2008 | Best Actor in a Light Comedy

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