Imagination Makers Theater Company

Please join us for a FREE public performance of “Our Best Stories” at the Boulder Public Library on Friday, December 9th, at 7:00 PM!

Have you ever played in a football game where you ran the wrong way with the ball, slipped and had your shoe come off, and tackled your own teammate?  One boy’s goodhearted look at his misadventures is among the 13 true stories and six songs that make up this evening of stories written by kids of different racial, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds, performed by 3 professional adult actors and 1 musician.  The play includes amusing tales of snowboarding and an adventurous Halloween night, as well as more serious stories of a girl living in a homeless shelter and one who became disabled from a bout with cancer.  Two are presented using both English and Spanish.

WEAR YOUR PJs!  Audience members are invited to wear pajamas and join the company afterward for milk and cookies!

On January 6th, Imagination Makers finished their fall tour of “Colorado Children”. There were 101 performances reaching 29,297 kids in elementary schools along the front range!

Please join us for a FREE public performance of “Colorado Children” at the Boulder Public Library on Saturday, December 4th at 11:00am!

Colorado History steps off the page and onto the stage in this fast-paced look at kids’ lives in the early days of our state. Through this musical play, stories of African-American, Japanese, German, Italian, Mexican and Cheyenne children come to life. These tales recount how children of yesteryear overcame great odds and yet had fun in the still wild west. “Colorado Children” is engaging, educational and lots of fun!

Imagination Makers has kicked off its 2010-2011 season with the tour of “Colorado Children”! The show opened September 30 and is scheduled for 101 performances at schools all over the Front Range. The play is expected to reach over 29,000 children during the run of the show.

“Colorado Children” is an engaging, innovative look at the lives of children in the early days of the state. History comes to life with music and stories that tell the tale of African-American, Japanese, German, Italian, Mexican and Italian children who worked and played hard in the Wild West.

Students who have seen the play say it is both entertaining and educational. Rayanna said she learned that “you can make friends (even if) somebody is different.” First-graders Ashley, Megan and Nitzel said they enjoyed the performance because it “brought the old west to life.” And Tricia said the most exciting part of Colorado Children was “how you guys use your imagination.”