Chris Coleman, DCPA’s New Artistic Director, Looks Ahead
Jenna Saint Martin Photo Chris Coleman, the new artistic director at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Theater Company, tells us that early in his career he encountered a tough critic: his mother. While he didn’t always welcome her feedback, she had a big effect on his work.
Three decades after founding his own theater company, Coleman made the move to Colorado and a multi-million-dollar a year operation. We talk with Coleman about his mom’s influence on him as a child in Georgia, his work at a smaller company in Oregon called Portland Center Stage, how he’ll set his own priorities after Kent Thompson who spent 12 seasons at the helm.
