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Following a landmark year of engagement and artistic excellence, the Dairy Arts Center is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2026 Co-Production Program, a unique initiative designed to amplify emerging, underrepresented, and innovative voices in the performing arts. This program provides selected artists and groups with access to professional theatrical venues, production stipends, technical support, and a collaborative revenue-sharing model to minimize financial risk.
Launched in 2024, the Co-Production Program has already made a significant impact on Boulder’s cultural landscape. “We were blown away not just by the number of applications we received for the 2025 season, but by the sheer creativity, originality, and relevance of the projects submitted,” said Shay Wescott, Development Manager at the Dairy Arts Center. “It’s incredibly exciting to witness the range of artistic voices rising in our community — and this program gives them the platform and tools to flourish.”
The application window for 2026 co-productions is now open at thedairy.org/coproductionprogram. Performances must take place at the Dairy Arts Center between July 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027. Applications are due by September 30, 2025. Finalists will be selected by a community panel of diverse artistic experience, with selected applicants announced in December.
As the Dairy invites artists to imagine their 2026 productions, it also proudly promotes the six inspiring co-productions premiering in the 2025 season:
2025 Co-Production Lineup
Goodnight Moon – A Fiber Tale
Produced by Dundee and Lee with Impact Playback Theatre Ensemble
Sept 26-27 | Gordon Gamm Theater
A life-sized fiber art installation of the beloved children’s book paired with interactive storytelling and tactile engagement, creating a nostalgic and multi-sensory experience.
Global Roots Ensemble: Tapestry of Songs and Stories
Oct 4-5 | Gordon Gamm Theater
A transcendent fusion of jazz, Indian ragas, blues, and folk, this immersive musical journey features live improvisation and storytelling to deepen self and communal connection.
Raw Groove Presents…TENETS
Oct 10-11 | Gordon Gamm Theater
An electrifying dance and music performance rooted in the Black Diaspora, showcasing Hip-Hop, House, West African, and Afro-Caribbean traditions through rhythm, storytelling, and movement.
How to Starve an Artist
Produced by Caden Pazo & Levi Franklin
Nov 7-8 | Gordon Gamm Theater
A devised theater piece driven by Gen Z artists exploring the tension between creative aspiration and financial survival, using real interviews, poetry, and movement.
MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi
Jan 23-25 | Carsen Theater
A multisensory eco-performance that merges sculpture, Butoh dance, and soundscapes generated by living fungi to explore the interconnectedness of human and natural worlds.
Lines
Jan 23-24 | Gordon Gamm Theater
An interdisciplinary work inspired by Irish and Lebanese history, combining dance, poetry, and music to explore themes of migration, resilience, and joy as resistance.
Tickets for all 2025 productions will be available at http://www.thedairy.org or through the Dairy Arts Center Box Office.
About the Dairy Arts Center
The Dairy Arts Center, a nonprofit arts organization, was founded in 1992. The Dairy Arts Center mission is to connect a dynamic and diverse community to create inspiring and engaging experiences in the performing, cinematic and visual arts.
With its 42,000 square foot facility, the Dairy is Boulder’s largest multidisciplinary art center, housing disciplines ranging from visual arts, theater, and film to dance, comedy, and music, complete with award-winning art galleries, performance venues, teaching studios, offices, rehearsal spaces, dance studios, and a 60-seat art-house cinema.
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