AFF JUNEFEST 2023
WAS A TRIUMPH!
Fan mail from JuneFest 2023 !
The 2023 Fringe Festival was a stunning success…
It seemed as though New York came to Aspen for two nights...
Craig Bohmler’s music is nothing short of genius…
The entire two nights were sensational in every aspect...
Loved LOVED it!…the best I’ve seen in a long, long time...
From our Composer-in-Residence
To say I was thrilled with your work this weekend would be an understatement. This was one of the most profound artistic experiences of my career – Craig Bohmler
“ I fell in love with this gem of a musical… ” - Talkin’ Broadway
Photo Aspen Daily News
JUNE 9th
ENTER THE GUARDSMAN
Winner International Musical of the Year, Olivier Award Nominee for “best musical”, This Hilarious Musical Comedy has played in London and Off-Broadway as well as in many regional and international theatres.
An actor convinced that the bloom is off the marital rose, decides to disguise himself as a guardsman to prove his actress wife’s infidelity.
Featuring an All-Star Cast
Craig Bohmler -Music
Scott Wentworth -Book,
Marion Adler-Lyrics
Describe your image
Describe your image
Describe your image
Enter the Guardsman
Photo Courtesy Steve DiBartolomeo
Meet the Stars of Junefest 2023
June 10th AFF MUSICAL SALON
Musical Theatre ~ Dance ~ Film ~ Opera
Featuring the Music of Award Winning Composer Craig Bohmler
Excerpt from the Emmy Award Winning Film
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE:
The Making of a Western Opera
A gunslinger empowers a woman rancher... Set in a towering, epic landscape, Zane Grey’s intimate story of faith and fundamentalism resonates around the world.
" Monumental and well-crafted... Riders is literally and figuratively blazing new trails... in a dynamic and memorable production.
— Broadway World ”
Direct from NYC !
SOULSKIN Dance returns... set to Bohmler's music !
Describe your image
Describe your image
Direct from its World Premier
@ NY Live Arts, Oct 2022
SOULSKIN Dance's: Blue Eclipse
Music by Craig Bohmler
This Multi-Media Dance piece features NYC Dancers Itzkan Barbosa and Federico Garcia & combines the gorgeous film of Jaco Stydom with Craig Bohmler's Nuanced Composition.
For more info CLICK HERE
03
MOUNTAIN DAYS-THE STORY OF JOHN MUIR opened with the California Symphony and a cast of 60. Because of its success, the city of Martinez, CA undertook to build an amphitheater so that this show could be an annual summer event. The passionate, turbulent, glorious life of John Muir is told on stage, with an emphasis on music, from his youth in Scotland and Wisconsin, to his famous 1,000 mile walk down the Eastern seaboard, to his arrival at the bustling wharfs of San Francisco in 1868, to his travels in Yosemite and his persistent efforts to protect Yosemite and the glorious Hetch Hetchy Valley from destruction.
Music by Craig Bohmler, Book and Lyrics by Mary Bracken Phillips
GUNMETAL BLUES
The recipient of both an ASCAP award, and a Dramatist’s Guild Award, it was workshopped at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center & Stratford Festival. Since its premiere, it has had over 300 production across the US and Canada.
Gunmetal Blues is a hard-boiled detective tale disguised as a lounge act – or the other way around? A private eye searches for a missing blonde through a double-dealing world of smoky bars and rain-slicked streets, luring the audience to an unnamed city of mystery, music, and demolished dreams.
Craig Bohmler-Music , Scott Wentworth-book, Marion Adler-lyrics
Heading 4
Plus songs from his other musicals...
SACAGAWEA
tells the Lewis and Clark story and their Corps of Discovery as they traverse the Oregon Territory
with their unlikely guide and translator – a 16 year old Indian woman.
THE HAUNTING OF WINCHESTER
is a ghost story about Sarah Winchester (of the Winchester rifle company)
and her mysterious haunted house in San Jose, CA.
ALL THE MORE TO LOVE
is the name of a store in the Bay Area that caters to plus-sized women and drag queens.
GRETEL AND HANSEL
is a Pantomime in the style of the old British Pantos where animals can talk
and a familiar fairy tale is turned upside down.
THE QUILTMAKER’S GIFT
is based on the best selling children’s book about a greedy king and kindly old Quiltmaker
who teaches him the true meaning of giving. .
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
is the story of artist Friedl Dicker Brandeis how she used art to heal and inspire
the children of the Terezin concentration camp.
THE BOOB SHOW
Following an unexpected diagnosis of breast cancer, this one woman show features a comic
and sometimes serious look at the perception of breasts
HAPPY TEXAS
My most recent show is based on the 1999 movie with Steve Zahn
about two unlikely convicts who change a town and find love.
SONGS OF STONE
is a song cycle originally for soprano and orchestra and is an improvisation
on what statues might say if they came to life.
Support ASPEN FRINGE FESTIVAL
Become an Angel of the Fringe
Your donation enables us to hire local students, performers and visiting artists.
Call our Executive Director @ 970-274-1242 for support options
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2023 SPONSORS !
Media Sponsors
Join our MAILING LIST or email us at
info@aspenfringefestival.org
SEE YOU ON THE FRINGE...
FOR THE MAGIC OF LIVE THEATRE
Diane & Mead
Metcalf
AFF's 2023 Lodging Sponsor
