Public Free Days Video

A short video about Public Free Days at the Fine Arts Center - free admission to the museum galleries on the third Tuesday of each month. The next Public Free Day is Feb. 16, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (And FAC members get free admission every day!)

FOX21 previews 'Sweeney Todd'

Check out the FOX21 interview with Sweeney Todd cast members, Marco Robinson and Ericka Gasper, previewing the musical comedy thriller.

Click here to view the interview.

'Sweeney Todd' video clips

The FAC Theatre Company's production of Sweeney Todd opens tomorrow, and tickets are selling fast. We just uploaded this preview video footage of the show:

Tap Class Offered: Auditions for Crazy For You

The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company is now offering TAP CLASSES to prepare for their production of Crazy For You.

When: Classes will be held every Wednesday starting on
January 20 through March 3rd
Time: 7:45p – 8:45pm
Where: Fine Arts Center Rehearsal Hall
Instructor: Mary Ripper Baker, Choreographer for

Crazy For You Cost: $10.00 per class

Dancers who are interested in auditioning for Crazy For You are encouraged to take the class. Beginners, intermediate and advanced students will brush up their tap skills and will be taught segments of the show featuring that amazing Susan Stroman choreography.

Class size is limited. Please call the Director, Tim Muldrew at
719-477-4340 or email him at tmuldrew@csfineartscenter.org
to reserve your spot.

This is being offered on a class by class basis.
Auditions for Crazy For You will be held on February 9 & 10.
Final casting will be decided after the class ends on March 3rd.

NASA | ART Lecture Series begins this Saturday

Ever wonder what it would be like to ride in a rocket ship? What is it like to see the Earth from space? This Saturday you can find out. Astronaut Richard Truly, a member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, kicks off the NASA ART Lecture Series.

Denver Post: Ten plays to watch this winter

In last Sunday's Denver Post, theatre critic John Moore listed his "10 Plays to Watch" and include the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, (which opens Jan. 22) writing in part:

The intrigue: The Fine Arts Center presents some of the biggest and best musicals in Colorado. "Sweeney Todd" follows ambitious stagings of "Into the Woods" and "Sunday in the Park with George." It stars Alan Osburn, who played Javert in Broadway's "Les Miserables."

Read the complete story here.

Cast Announced for Sweeney Todd

Casting has been announced for Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award winning musical comedy thriller which opens at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Theatre Company on January 22, 2010.

Starring in the role of Sweeney Todd will be Alan Osburn (seen as Inspector Javert on Broadway and the National Touring Companies of Les Miserables) and performing the role of Mrs. Lovett is Eryn Carmen (Mrs. Potts in the recording breaking FACTC production of Beauty and the Beast).

Rounding out the cast will be Sammy Gleason (Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Survival Guide) as Tobias, Marco Robinson (Eugene Morris Jerome in Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound) as Anthony, Ericka Gasper (Laurey in Oklahoma and the flying Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol) as Johanna, Thaddeus Valdez (last seen as Tito Morelli in Lend Me A Tenor) as Judge Turpin, the Beggar Woman is played by Sally Lewis Hybl (Marion Paroo/Music Man, Cinderella/Into the Woods), Skip Cockran (Mendel, Falsettos) as Beadle and Ken Robinson (Malcolm, Full Monty) as Pirelli.

The talented twelve member ensemble includes Aimee Carlisle, Natalie Jensen, Jen Lennon, Kathleen Malloy, Armour Ratcliffe, Carmen Vreeman, Brantley Scott Haines, Jonathan Herrara, Jesse Iacovetto, Joe Kinnett, Cory Moosman and Patrick Yuckman.

Composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, and book writer Hugh Wheeler, brilliantly adapted Christopher Bond’s play Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Reinventing the tragic tale of Benjamin Barker, barber turned butcher. Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Director of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, and Best Actress (Angela Lansbury) in a Musical.

The production will be directed by Alan Osburn. Musical Director Roberta Jacyshyn will also serve as conductor. Set design by Christopher L. Sheley, costume design by Nicole Harrison, lighting design Holly Anne Rawls, props design by Jessica Rose, sound design by Bret Christopherson, and wigs by Diana Ben Kiki. The production stage manager is Dorothy Heedt.

NOICE: This production of Sweeney Todd, playing from January 22 through February 14, contains graphic violence, adult situations, profanity, and is not suitable for those under the age of 17 or for anyone who is easily offended.

Tickets and Performance Schedule
Thursdays at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm
FAC Members: 26.00
Non Members: 31.00
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
FAC Members: 30.00
Non Members: 35.00

Tickets for this production are going fast - Call the FAC Box Office at 719-634-5583 to reserve your seats.