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THEATRE ASPEN TICKETS AND PASSES ON SALE NOW 

VARIETY OF SEASON PASSES AVAILABLE,

SPECIAL DEAL FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS ENDS JUNE 1

Aspen, Colorado (May 18, 2016) – Theatre Aspen today announced that single tickets for its summer season are now on sale. Full season passes with exclusive access to booking seats, no fees and other benefits, are among an array of available options, including specially priced preview passes and the popular Local’s Pass for valley residents, offered through June 1. Tickets and passes are available through the organization’s website at theatreaspen.org, where complete schedules and pricing are found.

The theater’s 33^rd season in the Hurst Theatre opens with the regional premiere of the megahit musical MAMMA MIA!, running in repertory with the one-man comedy Buyer & Cellar and the musical Dear Edwina. The organization also announced the return of the Aspen Theatre Festival for new work. Festival performances take place between August 22^nd – 25^th. Festival shows will be announced in early June.

Carbonell Award winner and Theatre Aspen favorite Mark Martino will direct and choreograph MAMMA MIA!, opening June 24^th and playing through August 20^th. The book is by Catherine Johnson with music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and some songs with Stig Anderson. Maurice “Mo” LaMee directs Buyer & Cellar, by Jonathan Tolins, opening July 7^th and running through August 19^th.  LaMee is the current director of Aspen Words, and prior to his tenure there, was the Executive and Artistic Director of Creede Repertory, garnering the Denver Post’s Colorado “Theatre Person of the Year” award in 2011.

The musical Dear Edwina (book and lyrics by Marcy Heisler and music by Zina Goldrich), will be directed and choreographed by Theatre Aspen Executive Artistic Director Paige Price, with co-choreographer Alie Walsh Dame. The musical will be presented on weekend mornings, from July 15^th through August 13^th.

The organization initiated their new play initiative in 2014 with the Duncan Sheik/Steven Sater musical Alice By Heart.  Theatre Aspen also produced a NYC reading of Some Lovers, a musical by Burt Bacharach, with a book by Steven Sater. In 2015, the festival featured The Agent, a world premiere reading by Scott Martin, and Finn the Fearless, a musical by Andrew Butler and Andrew Farmer.  The husband and wife team of Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe also did developmental work on their new musical HUZZAH!

All productions take place in the Hurst Theatre in Rio Grande Park and will be underwritten by season sponsor ANB Bank, with the generous support of Chuck Wall and Nancy Wall, Soledad and Bob Hurst, Franklin and Barbara Carson, Jessica and John Fullerton, Darlynn and Tom Fellman, Jim and Brenda Grusecki, Melanie Sturm and Marc Zachary, Terri and Tony Caine, the City of Aspen, Colorado Creative Industries, Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Les Dames d’Aspen, The Thrift Shop and The Aspen Club and Spa.

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For further information contact Theatre Aspen at 970-925-9313 or visit www.theatreaspen.org.