Bite Size: An Anthology of Micro Theatre

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Named Westword’s Best Immersive Theatrical Performance!

The rules were…it had to be written by a Colorado resident, no longer than 15 minutes, and—this was important—related to books.

This was the gauntlet that Denver Center for the Performing Arts’s Off-Center threw down to Colorado playwrights, and more than 200 accepted the challenge. Chosen by blind selection, five short plays were at the center of a first-of-its-kind showcase in Denver: Bite Size, an evening of experiential micro theatre performed by an all-Colorado cast, produced by DCPA Off-Center, and staged in tiny spaces at northwest Denver’s beloved indie bookstore, BookBar.

A compilation of original works featuring storylines ranging from quirky to momentous, Bite Size includes the five performed micro plays plus five more of the judges’ favorites:

• A Pocket Full of Dandelions by Kristen Adele Calhoun

• Holy Couch by Edith Weiss

• Marginalia by Jeffrey Neuman

• Outside the Room by Theatre Artibus, Grapefruit Lab + Larry Mitchell

• Toxoplasmosis by Sean Cummings

• The Missing Piece by Christina Miller and Addie Levinsky

• Something to Read at the End of the World by Maureen Biermann

• The F Word by Claire Caviglia

• The Side of the Room by Dakota Hill

• Malum by Ashley Rice

• Poetry by Denver poet, activist, and speaker Theo E.J. Wilson

This evocative anthology is a must-read for theatre buffs and a coveted memento for those who enjoyed the performances in person.

Bite Size: An Anthology of Micro Theatre
$17.95, December 2020, 170 pages, paperback
Contemporary theatre anthology
Print: 978-1-7339887-2-8
Ebook: 978-1-7339887-3-5