1904

An article in an August edition of the Chicago Sunday Tribune commented on the season of plays at Elitch Theatre: While the rest of the country has been in the […]

1903

June 7, 1903 Program Cover for Elitch Theatre.

Henrietta Crosman returned to Elitch Theatre with her own company and appeared in several preseason plays, namely, As You Like It, Sword of the King and Mistress Nell. She had […]

1902

“By the start of the 1902 season every building about the resort had been freshly painted and renovated. The Theatre evinced significant changes and improvements to such an extent that […]

1901

1901 Elitch Theatre Program Cover

“When the Gardens opened for the 1901 season, patrons noticed that a beautiful fountain had been added, and new animals had become part of the zoo, among them a family […]

1900

1900 Blanche Bates

The highlight of the 1900 season was the appearance of a leading lady of the day, Blanche Bates. She was vacationing in Europe, but Mary Elitch recounted that “special inducements” […]

1899

August 27, 1899 Program Cover

Henrietta Crosman was a favorites of Denver theater audiences. She first appeared at HET in 1899 and in 1903 she returned with her own theatre company. While Mary Elitch herself […]

1898

August 7, 1898 program cover for That Dinner at Olympia, adapted by George R. Edeson, at Elitch Theatre.

For the 1898 season the theatre continued to have a resident stock company and George Edeson returned as director for the season. Theatre Staff: Resident Company: Productions:

1897

Elitch Theatre becomes the first Summer Stock theatre in the country when Mary hires a resident cast and forms the The Elitch Gardens Theatre Company. “Mary Elitch decided to establish […]

1896

In 1896, the second stock season was a slight roller coaster ride with a positive ending. It was described concisely as follows: In 1896, Mrs. Elitch signed J. H. Huntley […]

1895

The season of 1895 began with six weeks of vaudeville programs. Among the acts were Ford and Lewis, burlesque acrobats; Jerome and Alexis, the “Human Frog”; Martin’s Dog Circus; Stack […]

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