“The Enlightenment – A Musical in 12 Steps” March 5, 2010

COMING TO DENVER IN MARCH: “THE ENLIGHTENMENT –
A MUSICAL IN 12 STEPS”
Regional Premier of a new Musical about Substance Abuse Recovery in
a 12-Step Program
The Center for Spiritual Living Denver will present the regional premier of “The Enlightenment – A Musical in 12 Steps” on March 5, 6, 12, 13 at 7:30 p.m. & March 14 at 2 p.m. at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater in Denver, 119 Park Avenue West. Tickets for “The Enlightenment” are $10, $15 and $20 and are available at Center for Spiritual Living Denver, 1420 Ogden, #206 from Noon to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday through Thursday or on Sundays in the center’s bookstore before and after the 10:00 a.m. service. They can also be purchased on the web at www.csldenver.org or www.theenlightenment.org.
This humorous, compassionate, and thought-provoking story features eight main characters in recovery from substance abuse, each taking a turn in the spotlight to tell how they got to their addictions and what has led them to enter recovery. The two-act play with 15 musical numbers takes place in the context of a 12-step meeting and unfolds through a lively combination of music, dance and dialogue.
“The Enlightenment” is directed by Sarah Roshan (whose credits include the award-winning and critically acclaimed 2009 production of The Fantasticks at the Denver Victorian Playhouse, Barefoot in the Park, I Hate Hamlet with the Evergreen Players, The Split Decision at Metro State College of Denver and Wizard of Oz at Denver Kidstage) with music direction by Lee Ann Scherlong (award-winning music direction for Titanic, The Musical for Augustana Arts) and Denver newcomer Ron Troester (recently from Omaha where he was a professional musician for Central Dance Theatre and Nebraska Shakespeare Festival) and choreography by Kelly Van Oosbree (veteran of many Denver-area productions as director and choreographer). The production will feature a cast of 30 and an 8 piece live orchestra, conducted by Scherlong.
“The Enlightenment” was co-written by the musical writing team of Rev. Soni Cantrell-Smith and John Kito. Rev. Soni Cantrell-Smith was born in the Appalachians and has been performing music since the age of three. At the age of nineteen Ms. Cantrell- Smith toured with the New York Performance/Rhythm and Blues band, Pegasus. She is a popular speaker in many twelve-step venues and is the founding and current minister of the Ahava Center for Spiritual Living in Lexington, KY.
Originally from New York City, John Kito toured internationally as keyboardist and musical director for The Mamas and the Papas for fifteen years. On Broadway he played keyboards for Les Misérables, Cats, and Leader of the Pack. Since 2001 John has been the pianist for Namasté Science of Mind and Spirit Center in Long Beach, CA, where he co-wrote “The Enlightenment” in 2002. He continues to be active in the Los Angeles music scene as a composer, arranger and performer.
Ticket information
Tickets for “The Enlightenment” are $10, $15 and $20 and are available at Center for Spiritual Living Denver, 1420 Ogden, #206 from Noon to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday or on Sundays in the center’s bookstore before and after the 10:00AM service. They can also be purchased on the web at www.csldenver.org or www.theenlightenment.org
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ABOUT Center for Spiritual Living- Denver, 1420 Ogden Street, Denver, CO.
CSL- Denver is an affirming, inclusive spiritual community dedicated to the teaching and the practice of universal spiritual principles, as presented through the works of Science of Mind and Spirit. We are dedicated to the transformation of our own lives and know that through this we make the world a better place. CSL-Denver hosts a Sunday Celebration Service at 10am each week and offer classes and events throughout the week that are in alignment with the spiritual principles that we teach. We believe that all religions, wisdom traditions and faiths are the various ways in which cultures and peoples have experienced the Divine and we honor all paths to God/Source.
CSL-Denver is affiliated with United Centers for Spiritual Living based in Golden, CO an international federation of churches and centers which support positive global transformation through personal transformation. “The Science of Mind is the study of Life and the nature of the laws of thought; the conception that we live in a spiritual Universe; that God is in, through, around and for us.” - Dr. Ernest Holmes