Photos: My night at the Aurora Fox’s “Metamorphoses”

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By John Moore

Sept. 3, 2013

Opening No. 106: Aurora Fox’s “Metamorphoses”: That giant pool of water serves as the setting for Mary Zimmerman’s lyrical adaptation of nine interrelated tales based on ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Using contemporary language and familiar characters, such as King Midas, Orpheus and Eurydice, the play explores the inevitability of change and the transformative powers of love. Directed by Geoff Kent with an all-star cast including Michael Morgan, Jada Roberts, Zachary Andrews, Ryan Wuestewald, Michelle Hurtubise, Justin Walvoord, Jamie Morgan and Carmen Vreeman. Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays in the Aurora Fox studio Theater, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, 303-739-1970 or the Aurora Fox’s home page.

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OPENING 106
Carmen Vreeman is suspended from a black trapeze rope above the pool of water that serves as the setting for Mary Zimmerman’s celebrated play.

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Award-winning arts journalist John Moore was named one of the 12 most influential theater critics in the United States by American Theatre Magazine during has 12 years at The Denver Post. Hen then created a groundbreaking new media outlet covering Colorado arts an culture as an in-house, multimedia journalist for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He also founded The Denver Actors Fund, a nonprofit that has raised more than $600,000 for theatre artists in medical need. He is now a journalist for hire as the founder of Moore Media Colorado. You can find samples of his work at MooreJohn.Com. Contact him at culturewestjohn@gmail.com