Four self-starting producers laid it all on the line in ’24 | John Moore | Arts & Entertainment [Video]

At a time when many Colorado theater companies are struggling to stay afloat, four women stood up and stood out in 2024 by self-producing four of the biggest (and most expensive) musicals of the year.

Some made their money back. Others took a bloodbath. But there’s no denying they offered up four of the most impactful productions of the Colorado theater year, and often at their own great financial peril: Julia Tobey with Give 5 Productions’ “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” Nancy Evans Begley (and Amy Condon in partnership with Parker Arts) with Veritas Productions’ “School of Rock,” Jalyn Webb (and Bryan Bell) with the new Beehive Productions’ “The Rocky Horror Show”; and longtime event planner Dana Cain’s big-time crossover into musical theater with the world premiere of “The Android’s New Soul” at the Bug Theatre. And they all did it (well, mostly) without the traditional public funding sources that …