Photo Feature: “The Mitten” at the Ent Center for the Arts

Theatreworks is bringing back safe live theatre for the community to enjoy. “The Mitten” is a Ukrainian folktale telling the story of a child who lost their mitten in the woods and the many animals who find it before it’s recovered. Below, see the photos from a dress rehearsal, where audience members dress for the weather as they walk alongside the exterior of the Ent Center for the Arts to watch the interactive play.

Tickets are on sale now and time slots are available from Feb. 19-21 and Feb. 26-28. UCCS students receive free admission to all Theatreworks productions.

Shadow puppets displayed on a window with children looking at them — UCCS community members and local families brave the cold to experience the first live Theatreworks production in almost a year. Photo by Jina Fagerburg.

The exterior of the Ent Center for the Arts is turned into a magical forest scene using shadow puppets and overhead projections for the first live Theatreworks production in almost a year. — The exterior of the Ent Center for the Arts is turned into a magical forest scene using shadow puppets and overhead projections. Photo by Jina Fagerburg.

People walking in the snow next to a building — Audience members walk past “the forest” between stations alongside the Ent Center for the Arts. Photo by Jina Fagerburg.

People watch as shadow puppets are displayed on the window. — The audience watches as small teams of puppeteers cast shadows on paper draped over the Ent Center for the Arts’ tall windows. Photo by Jina Fagerburg.

Photos of people looking at windows with art draped on them — Bluetooth speakers inside and outside of each story station play dialogue narrated by local actors, as well as music composed by UCCS Visual & Performing Arts Professor, Sean Schafer Hennessy. Photo by Jina Fagerburg.

Premiere of shadow puppetry performance marks return of in-person Ent Center for the Arts events