{"id":1318234,"date":"2020-02-13T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/truth-or-lies-love-deception-intertwine-in-sopris-theatre-companys-production-of-private-eyes-opening-on-valentines-day\/"},"modified":"2020-02-13T20:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T03:12:00","slug":"truth-or-lies-love-deception-intertwine-in-sopris-theatre-companys-production-of-private-eyes-opening-on-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/truth-or-lies-love-deception-intertwine-in-sopris-theatre-companys-production-of-private-eyes-opening-on-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth or lies \u2014 Love, deception intertwine in Sopris Theatre Company\u2019s production of \u2018Private Eyes,\u2019 opening on Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6424361493124\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-993608-540\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/PrivateEyes-gpi-021420-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/PrivateEyes-gpi-021420-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scot Gerdes | The newest play from Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d opens Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 23. Left to right in this dress rehearsal photo are Joshua Adamson, Michael Banks and Stella von Dedenroth.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The newest play from Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d opens Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 23. Left to right in this dress rehearsal photo are Joshua Adamson, Michael Banks and Stella von Dedenroth.<\/strong><br \/>Scot Gerdes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/PrivateEyes-gpi-021420-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The newest play from Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d opens Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 23. Left to right in this dress rehearsal photo are Joshua Adamson, Michael Banks and Stella von Dedenroth.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/PrivateEyes-gpi-021420-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/PrivateEyes-gpi-021420-1-1-683x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scot Gerdes | The newest play from Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d opens Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 23. Left to right in this dress rehearsal photo are Stella von Dedenroth and Joshua Adamson.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>The newest play from Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d opens Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 23. Left to right in this dress rehearsal photo are Stella von Dedenroth and Joshua Adamson.<\/strong><br \/>Scot Gerdes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/PrivateEyes-gpi-021420-1-1-683x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The newest play from Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d opens Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 23. Left to right in this dress rehearsal photo are Stella von Dedenroth and Joshua Adamson.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/entertainment\/truth-or-lies-love-deception-intertwine-in-sopris-theatre-companys-production-of-private-eyes-opening-on-valentines-day\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/entertainment\/truth-or-lies-love-deception-intertwine-in-sopris-theatre-companys-production-of-private-eyes-opening-on-valentines-day\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">How do we know what to believe, and what is a lie?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That is the core question in Sopris Theatre Company\u2019s February production of \u201cPrivate Eyes\u201d at Colorado Mountain College\u2019s New Space Theatre at Spring Valley campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Described by contemporary playwright Steven Dietz as a \u201ccomedy of suspicions,\u201d the play asks the audience to follow the action closely and decide for themselves what separates fact from fiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">When writing \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d Dietz said he began with a scene in which two lovers \u201cfail to speak the truth.\u201d The premise was simple, but the play that evolved was full of surprises \u2014 even for its author. Describing the process in his author\u2019s note of the final script, Dietz said: \u201cIt took my sense of structure for a ride and built a web of such complexity that clarity (aka \u2018truth\u2019) was rendered virtually impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe first read-through was pretty hilarious,\u201d said CMC student James Steindler, who portrays Matthew in the production. \u201cWe were all trying to come to a clear agreement about what was real, or not, and we all had different perceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With a nod to the movie \u201cInception,\u201d CMC student Joshua Adamson (who plays Adrian) agreed, describing the comedy as \u201ca play within a play within a play, like Play-ception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Stella von Dedenroth, in her first onstage role at the college, portrays Lisa, a character whose relationship to any one truth is tenuous at best. \u201cShe\u2019s an actress playing an actress, who\u2019s an actress playing a role,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Recent CMC theater program graduate Ciara Morrison\u2019s character, Cory, is similarly complex. \u201cIn every moment, I have to decide what\u2019s true and what\u2019s not for her and find real motivation for the choices I make,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe result is a play that will keep the audience guessing until the very end,\u201d community actor Michael Banks said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ethan Cosgrove, Pax Wilde and Rodrigo Perez serve as backstage crew and round out the cast, while Midge Glidewell acts as stage manager. Veteran director Brad Moore leads the intrepid ensemble through the twists and turns of the multilayered plot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s especially important in a piece like this,\u201d Moore said, \u201cto keep every moment grounded in reality for the actors \u2014 even though every moment may also be part of a grand deception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Morrison said she sees \u201cPrivate Eyes\u201d as a rewarding piece of theater that offers a little something for everyone. \u201cWe\u2019ll give people who want a juicy, theatrical steak something to chew on,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we\u2019ll serve it up with a generous side of easy laughs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College invites everyone to bring an appetite for comedic intrigue to the New Space Theatre, CMC Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs, 3000 County Road 114. Show times for \u201cPrivate Eyes\u201d are Feb. 14-15 and Feb. 21-22 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Admission is $18 for adults and $13 for seniors, students, and CMC employees and graduates. Tickets can be purchased at Eventbrite.com or by emailing <a href=\"mailto:svticketsales@coloradomtn.edu\">svticketsales@coloradomtn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\">For more information, contact director Moore at <a href=\"mailto:bmoore@coloradomtn.edu\">bmoore@coloradomtn.edu<\/a>, or visit coloradomtn.edu\/theatre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/entertainment\/truth-or-lies-love-deception-intertwine-in-sopris-theatre-companys-production-of-private-eyes-opening-on-valentines-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest play from Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d opens Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 23. Left to right in this dress rehearsal photo are Joshua Adamson, Michael Banks and Stella von Dedenroth.Scot Gerdes The newest play from Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, \u201cPrivate Eyes,\u201d opens Feb. 14 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-05 20:52:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}