The creative team at the Aurora Fox theater is kicking off the holiday season with a staged reading of a brand new play by a local playwright. The Fox will host a staged reading of Terry Dodd’s new work “Stealing Baby Jesus” tonight at 7 p.m. The play was selected as part of the “Read and Rant” program, an initiative to seek out new work for the Fox stage.
The show tracks the fallout after the baby Jesus goes missing from nativity scenes across a community. It’s not Dodd’s first appearance at the Fox –the theater wrapped up their last season with a production of the comedy “Amateur Night at the Big Heart” earlier this year.
The staged reading aligns with a larger holiday theme at the theater on East Colfax Avenue. The reading of “Stealing Baby Jesus” comes days after the debut of “A Christmas Carol” on the Fox’s main stage, and a few weeks before the kickoff of the regional premiere “Wooden Snowflakes.”
The reading will start at 7 p.m. at the Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave. Admission is $5. Information: 303-739-1970 or aurorafoxartscenter.org.