Where there was once a bustling Denver theater scene becoming more interesting by the year more experimentation, funkier musicals, explorations of race, sex and identity, immersive events featuring food and drink there has been a long silence, despite some outdoor performances and a fair amount of video streaming. One of the most intriguing and so far most silent Front Range companies has been Benchmark Theatre.
Rachel Rogers, co-founder with Haley Johnson, left in January. Johnson herself gave birth last fall to a son. Scheduled plays were canceled; there were no outdoor performances or streaming videos. So we couldn’t help wondering whether Benchmark had gone dark for good.