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The Upstart Crow

PO Box 18045

Boulder, CO 80308

(303) 578-5667

Boulder, CO – From June 12-14th, Upstart Crow Theatre will be putting on Crow’s Fest, their summer play festival featuring Colorado and NYC playwright Drake Susuras and his full-length dramedy entitled Locker Room Talk or: How to Survive in a “Straight” Man’s World. Originally making its CO premiere in a 2024 staged reading for Visionbox Studio’s Queer Theatre Project, Upstart Crow will take Susuras’ work to the Dairy Arts Center (2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302) on Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, June 14th, at 2 pm. Jennifer McCray Rincón will once again be leading the project as director.

This is one of many plays that Susuras has shared with Colorado audiences. Prior, Susuras has written for Visionbox Studio, the 2025 Denver Fringe Festival, Roshni Theatre’s New American Arts Festival, and IGNITE New Play Festival (Fireside Ink Writers Workshop). His work tends to focus on the nuances of queer identity and expression through unconventional lenses such as the executive office of an NFL CEO, through the eyes of one of America’s most famous illustrators on Fire Island, and now, in a high school locker room, showcasing how the worst boys in school grow up to be the worst men towering over us all today.

Locker Room Talk or: How to Survive in a “Straight” Man’s World is a manospheric retelling of every man’s experience in their high school locker room. However, the added baggage of a queer relationship makes this environment like a loaded gun ready to take anyone and anything down in its path. The only question is who’s going to pull the trigger?

After the play makes its way through Boulder in June, Susuras will be taking the piece back to Brooklyn, NY, for a production run on July 22nd and 23rd at the Brooklyn Art Haus in his NYC playwriting premiere.

Drake J. Susuras is a multidisciplinary theatre artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He has been able to collaborate artistically and technically with some of the most prestigious theaters and companies across the country, including the James Earl Jones Theater, Audible’s Minetta Lane Theater, New York City Center II, The Vineyard Theater, Women’s Project Theatre, the New Harmony Project, and Curious Theatre Company, among others. Drake’s written work has been read, workshopped, and staged throughout the U.S., including a recent staged reading at the Denver Center for Performing Arts (Champa Arts Studio), a sold-out run at the 2025 Denver Fringe Festival, and an upcoming performance run at the Brooklyn Art Haus. Drake is the recipient of the Jack Reynolds Outstanding Thespian Award, the Virginia Lowell Grabill Award for Playwriting, the 2025 Henry Award for Best Production of a Play (Downstate, Curious Theatre), and the winner of the 1st Annual IGNITE New Play Festival. He holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Evansville.

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Seventh Annual Denver Fringe Festival Spotlights Unconventional, Uncensored and Unjuried Independent Art, June 3–7

This Year’s Festival Showcases 80+ Original Productions Across 20+ Venues, Multiple FringeART Installations and KidsFringe Weekend Events

DENVER – April 30, 2026 – Denver’s most daring arts event returns with a lineup of boundary-breaking productions, transforming the city into a playground for independent art. Featuring more than 220 performances from 80+ original, self-produced shows, the seventh annual Denver Fringe Festival runs across multiple creative arts venues throughout the city between June 3 and 7. This “choose your own adventure” model spans theater, dance, comedy, circus, storytelling, cabaret, and beyond, all continuing the Fringe ethos of inclusivity and accessibility.

This year’s venues range from traditional mid-size theaters to small, intimate black box theaters to more unexpected spaces like oddity shops, inviting audiences to explore the city in new ways. Whether a provocative solo show, a high-energy ensemble piece, or an offbeat late-night cabaret, Fringe offers something for every kind of arts lover. In addition to the main performance schedule, this year’s festival features two curated FringeART visual art exhibitions as well as a full weekend of KidsFringe programming with free, family-friendly performances and activities.

“We strive to open the door to all kinds of creative expression,” said executive director Ann Sabbah. “What makes Fringe so exciting is that artists are taking risks, audiences are stepping into the unknown, and together we’re creating this spontaneous, inclusive experience where anything can happen.”

“Fringe has become such an inclusive, accessible community staple with space for everyone to showcase their work, with no barriers to entry,” said aerial dance performer Karlyn Griswold. “It makes me hopeful that the arts are very much alive and providing a place for people to truly be themselves.”

Tickets, just $20 for most shows, go on sale Friday, May 1, and as always, seventy percent of ticket revenue goes straight to the performers. Ticketing and more information are available at denverfringe.org. High-resolution photos, assets, and b-roll can be found in the media kit.

ABOUT DENVER FRINGE

The Denver Fringe Festival is an open-application festival that supports bold, progressive arts and diverse voices in all forms of performance arts. It believes live performance entertains, enlightens, and empowers, and that bringing artists and audiences together helps cultivate vibrant, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities. It was named “Best Performance Arts Festival” in Westword’s Best of Denver 2023 and “Best New Festival” in 2021, and received a True West award in 2022. The Denver Fringe Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, a member of the World Fringe network, and the United States Association of Fringe Festivals. Learn more at www.denverfringe.org and engage on Instagram and Facebook.

MEDIA CONTACTS

BreAnna Davis | Persist Publicity

breanna@persistpublicity.com | 918-606-1981

Jessica Nelson | Persist Publicity

breanna@persistpublicity.com | 720-670-0188

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