[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> | (720) 434-4632\n<\/p>\nFrom community reflections on Colorado\u2019s past and future to stories of caregiving, migration, and transgender family love, Motus invites audiences to listen, remember, and reconnect.\n<\/p>\n
BOULDER, CO \u2014 As Colorado marks its 150th anniversary and the United States approaches its 250th birthday, Motus Theater\u2019s Summer\/Fall 2026 shows invite communities across Colorado to reflect on who we are, where we come from, and how we belong to one another.\n<\/p>\n
Through autobiographical monologues, music, visual art, and Playback Theater, Motus will gather audiences in Denver, Erie, Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette, and Louisville to share stories of history, memory, migration, family, justice, and civic life.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cMotus Theater\u2019s 2026 season is about the stories that help us remember our shared humanity and the historical bonds that connect us to one another,\u201d said Kirsten Wilson, Motus Theater\u2019s founder and Artistic Executive Director. \u201cAt a time when so many forces are pushing communities apart, Motus is inviting people to gather around stories of love, courage, memory, migration, and belonging.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Motus Theater\u2019s CO 150 and America 250 programming below:\n<\/p>\n
ConnectArte: Living Stories of Denver\u2019s Chicano Movement with Motus Playback Theater
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 6:00\u20138:00 PM | Museo de las Americas, Denver\n<\/p>\n
In collaboration with Museo de las Americas, Motus Playback Theater will present an interactive performance inspired by Accidentally on Purpose, celebrating the history, resilience, and cultural contributions of Denver\u2019s Chicano community.\n<\/p>\n
Motus Playback Theater Presents: Erie Stories of Good Neighbors
Saturday, September 12, 2026, 7:00\u20139:00 PM | Erie, CO\n<\/p>\n
In honor of Colorado\u2019s 150th anniversary, this special Motus Playback performance invites Erie residents to share stories of neighbors who showed up when it mattered, across politics, culture, identity, and religion.\n<\/p>\n
Motus Playback Theater Presents: Stories of Your Family Rooting in Erie
Saturday, October 17, 2026, 7:00\u20139:00 PM | Erie, CO\n<\/p>\n
This interactive performance invites Erie residents to reflect on the moments when they first felt rooted in the community and land of Erie, Colorado, as the state marks its 150th anniversary.\n<\/p>\n
Motus Playback Theater: America 250, Colorado 150 \u2014 Voices of Louisville
Friday, December 4, 2026, 7:00\u20139:00 PM | Louisville Center for the Arts\n<\/p>\n
This interactive Playback Theater performance invites Louisville residents to share stories of family, migration, love, land, loss, resilience, and belonging, exploring how local family stories connect with the history of Colorado, the United States, and democracy itself.\n<\/p>\n
In addition to anniversary programming, Motus Theater will also bring Motus Theater staples to new communities, including the world premiere of Motus Artistic Executive Director Kirsten Wilson\u2019s No Contract\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
No Contract by Kirsten Wilson
September 17\u2013October 4, 2026 | Dairy Arts Center, Boulder\n<\/p>\n
Created in honor of Wilson\u2019s mother, Marie Wilson, founder of Take Our Daughters to Work Day, LGBTQ+ leader, author, and equity-based feminist, No Contract is a one-woman show about dementia, caregiving, and an impossible promise. Blending autobiographical storytelling, Hamlet, King Lear, karaoke, and audience engagement, the production asks: \u201cIs there a way to have dementia without tragedy, when \u2018to be or not to be\u2019 is always the question?\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Stories of Migration & Music with Motus Theater & the Boulder Phil String Quartet
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 7:00\u20139:00 PM | Broomfield Auditorium\n<\/p>\n
Motus ImmigrantAmerica monologists Perla Romero, Alejandro Fuentes Mena, and Cristian Solano-C\u00f3rdova will share personal stories of immigration, accompanied by violin underscore and musical responses performed by the Boulder Phil String Quartet and curated by Boulder Phil Director of Education Fernanda Nieto. Featuring guest co-readers District Attorney Brian Mason, Broomfield Mayor Guyleen Castriotta, and Broomfield United Methodist Church Pastor Betty Nguyen.\n<\/p>\n
Motus Theater Presents: What Love Requires in Lafayette, CO
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 6:30\u20138:30 PM | The Collective Community Arts Center, Lafayette\n<\/p>\n
Presented with the Parent Engagement Network, What Love Requires is an autobiographical monologue project featuring stories from parents of transgender and nonbinary adults. The performance shares stories of parents supporting their children not only to survive, but to thrive, while also being transformed by truly seeing and learning from their children.\n<\/p>\n
Tickets and event information are available at www.motustheater.org\/events<\/a>.\n<\/p>\nMotus\u2019 Colorado 150 and America 250 programming follows an impactful first half of 2026, which included performances at the Colorado Capitol featuring stories from adults who survived incarceration as youth and a Transgender Day of Visibility performance for legislators centering transgender leaders and parents of transgender adults.\n<\/p>\n
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