WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE

OCTOBER 2024

STEVE PERRY LOVES ME

BY

LESLIE C. LEWIS

We brought the first reading of this new work to audiences with our 2023 Fall Mainstage Reading Series. Join us for the next step in the development of this new work by Colorado Playwright Leslie C. Lewis as we explore Steve Perry Loves Me in workshop rehearsal culminating in a script in hand on the feet performance.

Tickets go on sale August 2024


STEVE PERRY LOVES ME

BY LESLIE C. LEWIS

Directed by Susan Lyles

Dramaturg Heidi Schmidt

Angie, an experienced trauma therapist for refugees, walks out of her office and into seclusion after one too many encounters with the horrors of genocidal violence. An inspired fascination with lead singer Steve Perry, whom she believes is a reclusive kindred spirit, sparks six-months of letter-writing to Perry and a period of introspection in which Angie draws on her past, her friendships and her family to come to terms with the cruelty in the world.


PLAYWRIGHT

white woman 50's salt and pepper curly hair smiing brightly at camera

LESLIE C. LEWIS

Leslie C. Lewis is a writer and producer whose short and full-length plays have been performed across the United States. Her work has been produced and/or developed by Denver Center Theatre Company, Paragon Theatre Company, And Toto too Theatre Company, Millibo Art Theatre, Capital Stage Theatre, and Lakeshore Players Theatre among others. She is a co-founder, co-producer and emcee of Rough Draught Playwrights, a live performance venue presenting Colorado playwrights’ works-in-progress, and was a founding member of Dirtyfish Theater, a playwrights collective creating and producing original work in Denver. Leslie is the author of non-fiction essays and articles for the academic and popular press, receiving awards for subject matter on the environment and contemporary culture. Radio credits include a series of essays addressing contemporary social issues which she wrote and broadcast for Connecticut Public Radio. Leslie is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, and lives in Longmont, Colorado with her husband, daughter, and assorted critters.