By Cara Miale, Fourth Wall member

Harvey Fierstein stars in Fiddler on the Roof

“Who would it hurt if I were a rich man?” asks Tevye, beloved father in Fiddler on the Roof, just before he breaks into song. Which leads us at the Fourth Wall to ask, who would it hurt if we party on a Thursday?
 
To celebrate another great season of breakthrough theatre and Gen Y arts and culture lovers, the Fourth Wall and MACC XY Events will raise the roof—oh, yes—next Thursday, May 20 with an end-of-season show and celebration.
 
We’ll mingle at the Galleria Bar before we see the national Broadway tour of Fiddler on the Roof at the Ellie. Then it’s off to Tamayo for a roof top party, sponsored by MACC XY Events, where we’ll mix and mingle with members of the cast, enjoy some free food and drink (two of our favorite things), and dance it out to live music from Klezmer V’od.
 

Fourth Wall members at our "Mustaches and Miniskirts" event for Mama Hated Diesels

It’s been an exciting season for friends and members of the Fourth Wall. If you don’t know what I mean, allow me to clarify: we got wrapped up in a Ponzi scheme (Voysey Inheritance) and chased the American dream with our bellies full of soul food (A Raisin in the Sun). We had an absurd and ugly holiday season (Absurd Person Singular), then reacquainted ourselves with the Eastern plains of Colorado (Eventide). Tang reappeared in our lives—and in our martini glasses— (When Tang Met Laika) and the green eyed monster got the best of us (Othello). We even ate beef jerky for the first time in we don’t know how long (Mama Hated Diesels). Plus, we crashed the NTC prom, took backstage tours of the Arts Complex, attended readings at the Colorado New Play Summit and frequented other shows like Well and Mariela in the Desert.
 
So before the sun sets on the Fourth Wall’s second season, we hope to see you one more time to celebrate 2009/10 and look ahead to next season. Brush up on your Yiddish.  We’ll see you on the roof.

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By Cara Miale, Fourth Wall member

Cast members Megan Byrne and Chris Mixon judging sweaters.

Thanksgiving came and went kicking off another holiday season and all that it brings: family dysfunction, snowflake sweaters, shameless re-gifting, drunken uncles, and oh yes – cheer.

If your holidays are anything like mine, an Ugly Sweater Party and Absurd Holiday Extravaganza with  FOURTH WALL, The Denver Center’s new group of culture lovin’ 20- and 30-somethings, is a more-than-welcome occasion.

At a recent event, friends and members of Fourth Wall mixed and mingled, caught a performance of Absurd Person Singular and rang in the holidays with cathartic cocktails at a lively after party. If Fourth Wall’s party felt different than the usual holiday events, it might be because:

• No one’s judging you – just your ugly sweater. Cast members Megan Byrne and Chris Mixon of Absurd Person Singular had quite the task at hand as official judges of the Ugly Sweater Contest. Fourth Wall Members came dressed to impress in an array of hilariously hideous holiday sweaters, including one with pockets for Christmas cards.
• It Was Nothing Like Little Sister’s Holiday Play. Nope, no two hour Frosty the Snowman medley or snoring grandma at this show.  We laughed our faces off (and not because someone peed their pants on stage) at a performance of Absurd Person Singular, a hilarious comedy featuring some strangely familiar dysfunctional couples at Christmas.
• … of the White Elephant in the Room. No dancing around uncomfortable subjects at the dinner table. The only elephant in the room at the Fourth Wall party was wrapped in tinsel with a bow on top. Our white elephant gift exchange featured piles of fun and festive gifts; even tickets to Spring Awakening – now there’s something worth stealing from a friend. Of course, not every present was equally amazing – someone did go home with a box of rotten bananas. 
• There was Mixing and Mingling with Other Grown Ups – Cool Ones.  Students from the National Theatre Conservatory stopped by the Fourth Wall party for a meet and greet. Yes, real celebrities. As much as we all enjoy the cheek-pinching and Q&A sessions that are par for the course at family gatherings, nothing beats an evening out with other 20- and 30-somethings who appreciate a little culture and a little cocktail.

Happy Holidays from Fourth Wall, and join us at our next event for EVENTIDE on January 30!

Josh Rael and Heidi Bosk in their best sweaters.

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