Mary Jane by Amy Herzog
REGIONAL PREMIERE
May 1-24, 2026 at the Dairy Arts Center (Grace Gamm Theater)
*Please note: Our evening performances will now begin at 7:00 pm.*
BOULDER
Friday, May 1, 2026, 7:00 pm – Preview
Saturday, May 2, 2026, 7:00 pm – Opening
Sunday, May 3, 2026, 2:00 pm
Friday, May 8, 2026, 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 9, 2026, 7:00 pm
Sunday, May 10, 2026, 2:00 pm
Friday, May 15, 2026, 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 2:00 pm – This performance will take the place of the Sunday, May 17 matinee, due to a scheduling conflict.
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 7:00 pm
Monday, May 18, 2026, 7:00pm - Industry Night
Friday, May 22, 2026, 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 7:00 pm
Sunday, May 24, 2026, 2:00 pm
“The play has a hypnotic suffusive effect that left me on the verge of tears for hours afterwards…it conjures a world of compassion.”
About the Play
A single mom’s life is turned upside down by her child’s chronic illness. Abandoned by her husband, she faces reality with a sunny determination that borders on denial. A story of a mother’s unbounded love and the makeshift circle of women who support her, Mary Jane is a beautiful testament to endurance and human kindness in the face of tragedy.
The New York Times calls Mary Jane “the most profound and harrowing of all Amy Herzog plays…a character study and everywoman story.”
Run Time
Mary Jane is expected to run approximately 95 minutes, with no intermission.
Content Considerations
Mary Jane is best suited for audiences aged 12 and above. BETC does not offer more specific advisories about the subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content or age-appropriateness, please call the BETC Office at 303-351-2382.
Tickets & Discounts
Subscriptions
Mary Jane is part of the 2025-2026 Season Subscription package. Using the code provided to them, subscribers will receive 10% off of additional single tickets beyond their subscriptions.
Single Tickets
Single tickets are on sale now through the Dairy Arts Center.
Single tickets for the Friday-Sunday performances are $42.00. Tickets for the Preview on May 1, 2026 are $25.00.
Students can get $15.00 tickets and must show a valid student ID at the theatre.
Purchased tickets will be emailed to you from the Dairy Arts Center and copies can be found on your Dairy Arts Center account.
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CAST
Lucinda Lazo (AMELIA/KAT) She/Her is a Denver-based actor and educator from Pueblo, Colorado. She has an extensive background in traditional Baile Folklórico dance, with a BFA in Acting from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her recent professional credits include performances in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s main season and Shakespeare & Violence Prevention Tour, as well as work with Theater Artibus, Su Teatro, and Miners Alley Playhouse. She is excited to be a part of BETC's season!
Colleen Lee (BRIANNE/CHAYA) is a Denver-based performer, photographer, artist, and youth theater educator. Recent theater credits: A Doll's House, Part 2 (Denver Theater Ensemble), Miracle on 34th Street, Memphis (Town Hall Arts Center), Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Elusive Ear, A Christmas Story, The Crucible (Miners Alley Performing Arts Center), and An Octoroon, Meteor Shower (Benchmark Theater). As a youth theater director/educator Colleen works with young people at the Arvada Center and Miners Alley Performing Arts Center. Colleen is very grateful for the opportunity to work with the fantastic cast, crew, and production team at BETC. She lives in Evergreen with her husband and two daughters.
Tammy Meneghini (RUTHIS/TENKEI) has appeared most recently in her original solo play that she co-created and is a contributing collaborating writer, Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words, directed by Sabin Epstein. The award-winning play has been produced in Denver, Boulder, Chicago, Arizona, New York, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it played to sold out houses. Other regional work include: Enemy of the People (BETC), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Curious), Admissions (Curious), Testament of Mary (Maya Productions), Master Class, and various roles with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. She serves on the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Theatre & Dance and is one of the founding members of the Colorado Artists Safety Alliance. She is grateful to be working with the BETC team again.
Candace Orrino (MARY JANE) is an actor, audiobook narrator, and director. She was last seen at BETC as Lizzy in Pride and Prejudice. In Colorado, she has worked with Curious Theatre, The Catamounts, Miners Alley Playhouse, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, The Arvada Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and Ouray's UpstART Theatre. Favorite roles include Eddie Van Halen in Eddie and Dave, Michelle in Amerikin, Gloria and Nan in Gloria, Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Portia in District Merchants (Henry award nominee, best actress), Mother in The Oldest Boy, and Abby in Belleville. She has also played Shakespeare’s Malcolm, Olivia, Celia, Emilia, Perdita, Helena, Thaisa, and Bawd. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA. www.candacejoice.com
Madelyn J. Smith (SHERRY/DR. TOROS) is tremendously excited to return to BETC after last appearing in The Ballot of Paola Aguilar as well as Amelia’s Big Idea! Other notable credits: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Cinderella, Into the Woods, Animal Farm, The Liar (The Arvada Center); The Mousetrap (Lone Tree Arts Center); I Hate Hamlet (Miners Alley Playhouse); Another Kind of Silence (staged reading, DCPA Theatre Company); Macbeth (Misfits Theater Company); Recent Tragic Events (Stage 33 Productions). Training: Lewis-Myers Scholar, DCPA: Education; B.A. Vocal Performance, Gonzaga University; Doctoral candidate, University of Northern Colorado. For Mom and Dad, for everything. www.madelynjsmith.com @madelynjsmith.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Riley Alvarado-Martin (COSTUME DESIGN) Riley is a self-produced theatre artist that began creating costumes and magical worlds in 2019. Riley previously designed costumes for BETC’s production of Cry It Out. She attended Colorado Film School for acting and directing. She completed her studies at New York University at Playwrights Horizon School, studying all forms of craft and production for theatre and performance. Her artist name is Singing Bones, and produces other theatrical and cinematic projects such as VERA ZANE, The Idea of Black and White, and more.
Tina Anderson (SCENIC DESIGN) has been the scenic designer for many BETC shows, including Brooklyn Laundry, The Thin Place, Cry It Out, The White Chip, Hope & Gravity, Little Women, What the Constitution Means To Me, Coal Country (True West Award) and Eden Prairie, 1971 (Henry nomination). Elsewhere, she’s designed 39 Steps and The Fantasticks (Creede Rep); Twelfth Night and Sweeney Todd (Off Square Theatre); Dracula- a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really and The Laramie Project (Arvada Center); POTUS and Cullud Water (Curious Theatre); Heartbeat of the Sun and Headliners (Cherry Creek Theatre); and What the Constitution Means to Me, POTUS and Hurricane Diane (Thunder River Theatre Company).
Amy Herzog (AUTHOR) Amy Herzog’s plays include After the Revolution (Williamstown Theater Festival; Playwrights Horizons; Lilly Award), 4000 Miles(Lincoln Center; Obie Award for the Best New American Play, Pulitzer Prize Finalist), The Great God Pan (Playwrights Horizons), and Belleville (Yale Rep; New York Theatre Workshop; Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist; Drama Desk Nomination). Amy is a recipient of the Whiting Writers Award, the Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Helen Merrill, the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity, and the New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award. She is a Usual Suspect at NYTW and an alumna of Youngblood, Play Group at Ars Nova, and the SoHo Rep Writer/Director Lab. She has taught playwriting at Bryn Mawr and Yale. M.F.A., David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. https://www.drama.yale.edu/bios/amy-herzog-2/
Rowan Livengood (SOUND DESIGN) Rowan is a local sound designer, proud to be rejoining BETC. Previous BETC sound designs: Hope & Gravity and Enemy of The People, and Cry It Out. Additional credits include ASM for Coal Country, Eden Prairie 1971, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt. 2B, The Royale, and The Children and audio engineer for King Penny Golden Radio Show. A music lover and all around creative individual, Rowan is constantly raising the bar for himself and his craft.
Katie Hopwood McCleaf (PROP DESIGN / OPERATIONS COORDINATOR) Katie’s prop work was most recently featured in BETC performances Brooklyn Laundry, Every Brilliant Thing, The Thin Place, Cry It Out, Holly, Alaska!, The Children, The Royale, Eden Prairie, 1971, and the touring truck shows- Amelia’s Big Idea and Dorothy’s Dictionary. She graduated from Salisbury University with a degree in Theatre Production. She looks forward to working on more productions in the community!
Mark Ragan (DIRECTOR / MANAGING DIRECTOR) Mark is an actor, director, and producer active in the Denver and Boulder theater scene. His recent directing credits include It’s a Wonderful Life, (3 Henry Awards), and Romeo and Juliet at the Dairy Arts Center. As an actor, Mark has appeared as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and as Laertes in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s The Odyssey. Shakespeare has been central to his career, with roles including Mercutio, Lord Capulet, Lysander, Bottom, Angelo, and Hotspur. A former national political reporter who covered the White House and Congress in the 1980s and 1990s, Mark also owns a nationally recognized content and communications company based in Chicago. Beyond his artistic work, Mark proudly supports the Colorado arts community, backing nonprofit arts organizations across the region. He lives in Boulder with his wife Jamie, a Juilliard-trained classical pianist, and their three daughters, all named after Shakespeare heroines: Juliet, Kate, and Olivia. “O, they doth teach the torches to burn bright.”
Wessie Simmons (STAGE MANAGER) credits include: Disney’s Frozen, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Arvada Center), My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof (Aspen Summer Music Festival and School / Theatre Aspen), Brooklyn Laundry, Hope and Gravity, Enemy of the People, What the Constitution Means to Me, Love Letters, Holly Alaska World Premiere, Coal Country (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company), King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Book of Will, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Alchemist (Colorado Shakespeare Festival).
Branden Smith (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / ASSOCIATE PRODUCER) Branden has worked as a director, producer, set builder and actor in Colorado over the last 7 years at the Breckenridge Backstage Theatre where he served as Creative Producer. Some favorite directing work includes Inventing Van Gogh (2 Henry Awards), The Understudy, Every Christmas Story Ever Told, and The Importance of Being Earnest for BBT. Branden recently wrote the book for a new Colorado musical: The Great Divide for the Breckenridge International Festival of Arts with Breck Create. For years, Branden created content and ran the social media channels for Keystone and Copper ski resorts. He holds a theater degree from Emerson College in Boston.
Erin Thibodaux (LIGHTING DESIGNER / ASSOCIATE PRODUCER) is a lighting designer, director, and writer whose work has been seen across the country. Last season, she joined the BETC team as an Associate Producer. Recent lighting design credits include: Every Brilliant Thing, The Thin Place, Cry It Out, The White Chip, Enemy of the People, Coal Country (BETC); Sweeney Todd (The Arts HUB); Waitress, Shakespeare in Love, Matilda, Rent (Quincy Community Theatre); Alice by Heart, Annie, Little Women, SPACE, The Prom, Lost Girl, The Play that Goes Wrong (Ghostlight Theater Camp). She also recently directed the staged reading of Spain as part of BETC's Plays with Fire series. Erin is excited to continue her work with BETC.
