After three days in the high country I drove back down to Boulder, while not exactly low, it was 4000′ lower in altitude, and I seem to have more energy. I chose to stay at an interesting Airbnb, which seems a bit like a hippy ashram, right next to South Boulder Creek. My room reminds me of my first Berkeley apartment and is very spartan, but the place is quite beautiful, and the host is an artist who has created in interesting visual ambiance on the grounds and in the river.
I saw my first play of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Richard III, in the University Theater. It was a great production to start my visit. It was really well done, as I’ve come to expect with CoSF company. The lead was played by a familiar face, Rodney Lizcano, who I’ve seen in past seasons, and he did an amazing job with an enormous amount of dialog during the nearly 3 hour play. It was framed as a production of Richard III being put on by a 19th century acting company, and the staging was very basic but effective. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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