Cypherbird Projects presents a staged reading of Stealing Starlight, a new play about gnomes, magic, and a quest to steal everything shiny. Join us for this fractured fairytale by local playwright Lisa Wagner Erickson and directed by Candace Joice.

The evening will open with a whimsical act by drag and performance artist Weird Alnite. 

About the play: Developed with the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company's 2023-2024 Writer's Group, Stealing Starlight is an absurd fairytale/ fever dream about a gnome named Burd, who is cast out of the gnome kingdom for snatching plastic jewels from King Gob (pronounced like "Bob" with a G). Desperate and lonely, Burd enlists a reluctant librarian and two interns to join her on a quest to steal all of Gob's plastic jewels and his bedazzled sword and throne.

Cypherbird Projects is a platform dedicated to creating unconventional theatrical and multi-genre art. Since 2019, Cypherbird shows and events have featured original works by over 45 Colorado-based creative artists, including playwrights, poets, visual and installation artists, fiction writers, and performance artists at venues like Theater 29, Junkyard Social Club, and the Denver Fringe Festival.