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U N C O N T A I N A B L E
created by amanda berg wilson and katie elliot with text by jeffrey neuman
the catamounts and 3rd law dance/theater, boulder, co 2026
“one of the year’s most interesting and artistically innovative works…the audience breaks into groups and rotates through a series of containers…The containers ask us to slow down enough to notice the pleasure of process: dropping a needle, reading aloud, shaking an instrument, sharing a wish, muddling basil and strawberry into a drink. The actions are simple and small, but the accumulated effect is deeply moving.” - On Stage Colorado
features: Boulder Reporting Lab and The Daily Camera
T H E R O O M M A T E
by jen silverman
colorado springs fine arts center theatre company, 2026
H e n r y A w a r d : Best Scenic Design Christopher Sheley
“‘The Roommate’ pairs an odd couple to deliciously dark effect” - On Stage Colorado
“Both actors work the aspects of vulnerability and honesty present in the script beyond what is written on the page.” - The Catalyst
features: The Gazette
A T O W N C A L L E D H A R R I S
by jessica austgen
the catamounts at the westminster historical society, co 2025
B e s t I m m e r s i v e P e r f o r m a n c e - Westword
O n S t a g e C o l o r a d o A w a r d :
Outstanding Immersive Production
O n S t a g e C o l o r a d o A w a r d N o m i n a t i o n s :
Best Original Play - jessica austgen and Best Director - adeline mann
“History doesn’t just sit in a display case at A Town Called Harris. It creaks across the floorboards, flickers in the lights and whispers from around the corners of Westminster’s DeSpain Schoolhouse, where the Catamounts’ latest immersive adventure turns a civic lesson into a comic ghost story…Each stop came alive with glowing ghostly messages and eerie technical elements that made the building feel animated by its own history… Costumes, scenic elements, and props, designed by Gleason Bauer, add another layer of meta-comedy. The pageant outfits and makeshift historical trappings look just shabby enough to remind us we’re watching a fictional “Junior Historical Society” muddle through a performance. That slightly homespun aesthetic contrasts cleverly with the professional precision of the technical design, making the production both funny and immersive.” - On Stage Colorado
features: Westword, Denver Gazette
N A K E D M O L E R A T G E T S D R E S S E D
book and lyrics by mo willems
the fine arts center theatre company at colorado college, 2025
“picture grown-ass adults in padded flesh-toned onesies to suggest chubby rats in their birthday suits…No sense is left unsatiated in this big show on a small stage. Lights, sound and set align like planets to swiftly transport the audience into the rat’s tunnel. Creative illumination pairs with pitch-perfect sounds to shift scenes and moods. No space is wasted, no scene dispensable, no character without an imaginative line, expression or subtle gesture.” - On Stage Colorado
G H O S T Q U A R T E T
music, lyrics, & text by dave malloy
the catamounts, boulder, CO: 2025
O n S t a g e C o l o r a d o A w a r d N o m i n a t i o n s :
Best Musical
and Best Director - amanda berg wilson
On S t a g e C o l o r a d o A w a r d o f E x c e l l e n c e :
Musical Director - jeejay maccanella
”From the moment you step into the transformed Carson Theater at Boulder’s Dairy Center, it’s clear this production is a masterwork of creative vision and meticulous care… Antique sofas, floor cushions and bar stools encircle a stage cluttered with trunks and instruments, creating the aesthetic of the coolest (albeit slightly haunted) garage sale you’ve ever seen.
Gleason Bauer’s scenic and costume design strikes a perfect balance between functionality and whimsy. The cluttered set feels lived-in yet magical, while the costumes allow seamless transitions between characters without losing their evocative edge.” - On Stage Colorado
features and full reviews - Colorado Home Town Weekly, Front Row Center Denver
D A N C E N A T I O N by clare barron
square product theatre, boulder, CO: 2022
H e n r y A w a r d N o m i n a t i o n s :
Best Sound Design - bailey traiweiler
Best Lighting Design - jess buttery
”…cleverly provocative…” - The Denver Post
features: Broadway World: Denver, Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine, and YellowScene Magazine
H O U S E O F G O L D b y gregory s. moss
square product theatre, boulder, CO: 2017
”It raises themes about whiteness, sexual fantasy and the quest for immortality. But most disturbing is the way it challenges the innocent nobility of what it means to rear children in America.” - Boulder Weekly
reviews: The Denver Post, Westword, and The Daily Camera
features:5280 Magazine, KGNU's MetroArts, KDVR Fox 31 Denver andWestword
S L A B by gleason bauer and emily k. harrison
square product theatre, boulder, CO: 2014
2 0 1 4 T r u e W e s t A w a r d - Outstanding Direction and Production Design - G L E A S O N B A U E R
2 0 1 5 C o l o r a d o T h e a t r e G u i l d N o m i n a t i o n -
Best New Play or Musical - G L E A S O N B A U E R and emily k harrison
reviews: The Denver Post, The Boulder Weekly
features: The Daily Camera, CU Boulder Today, and Brazos Bookstore
A B R I G H T R O O M C A L L E D D A Y
by tony kushner with emendations by steven leigh morris
theatre of NOTE, los angeles, CA: 2000
“Much credit is due to director Gleason Bauer and scribe Steven Leigh Morris, who penned the counterpoint, localized story of Zillah. In their own ways, each beautifully and subtly mirrors past and present in both character actions and storyline.” - Variety
D E A R C H A R L O T T E
by joy gregory
Nom de Plume/ Powerhouse Theatre: los angeles, CA:
“Costume consultant Gleason Bauer and seamstress Karolyn Kiisel dress the women in utilitarian sheaths to which are added bodices, collars, aprons, and the like to aid the actors in efficiently creating multiple roles. Among them, each actor crafts a particularly effective portrayal.” - Dany Margolies, Backstage.com
[ H O M E ] O R T H E L O S T T A B L E T O F U R by steven haworth, story by gleason bauer, jon kellam, & bernadette sullivan
zoo district theatre company, los angeles, CA: 2005
L A W e e k l y A w a r d s: Best Production Design and Best Costume Design - G L E A S O N B A U E R
L A W e e k l y A w a r d N o m i n a t i o n s :
Best Ensemble
Best Lighting Design - bosco flanagan
Best Sound Design - bill levine
LA Times Critics Pick and LA Weekly Critics Choice
“Gleason Bauer and Jon Kellam co-direct, offering a wonderfully lavish spectacle that crackles with dynamic visuals and enthralling acting turns. This is a production that's more a showcase for directorial ingenuity than anything else, and the offbeat staging notions come fast and furious. A swing set descends from the ceiling to simulate an airplane voyage. The heroes tremble before the scary reclusive professor who's first seen as a shadowy monster behind a scrim. And, at one point, the heroes are pulled across the desert in a cart pulled by a man in a donkey mask who does a Shuffle-off-to-Buffalo dance step.” - Paul Birchell, Backstage.com
”Co-directors Jon Kellam and Gleason Bauer get their dramatic money's worth out of every scene” - Laura Hitchcock, CurtainUp
L Y S I S T R A T A P R O J E C T : L A
peace act productions, wilshire ebell theater, los angeles, CA: 2003
“This was a one-of-a-kind L.A. happening that transcended place and time, and above all our world's current precarious state, to touch the theatre's eternal human pulse. Indeed it may have been the closest I've felt to what I imagine the theatre experience might have been for the Greeks—the ritual sense of gathering and sharing the space with artists doing their ancient art, breaking the ice of a tense, fraught environment by facing the tension head-on.”- Rob Kendt, Backstage.com
”Ribald, campy, full of drag, laced with nudity—the reading/ performance of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Mar. 3 at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, proved that L.A. theatre artists know how to throw a good protest. But just as exciting as the community's anti-war solidarity was the chance to see what 15 L.A. companies can cobble together in a short time when serving the god of cooperation, not competition…serious credit is due producers Gleason Bauer and director Tracy Hudak, who performed a near miracle by channeling the disparate energies of widely diverse companies into an impressively smooth tag-team reading that showed off a collage of satiric approaches.” - Laura Weinert, Backstage.com
features: Creative Dissent - Gleason Bauer, Backstage.com and Lysistrata Readings to Protest War - Laura Weinert, Backstage.com
S C E N E S F R O M A N E X E C U T I O N
by Howard Barker
zoo district theatre company, los angeles, CA: 1998
L A W e e k l y A w a r d s :
Best Original Score - Jef Bek
Best Leading Female Performance - Bernadette Sullivan
“Director Gleason Bauer's rendition is passionate, atmospheric…this ambitious production of a highly challenging play is a praiseworthy effort by a risk-taking company.” - Les Spindle, Backstage.com
F e a t u r e s :
“Exploring loneliness and friendship in new comedic drama in Colorado Springs” - The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO
The Peak: Directing - The Peak, Colorado College
"Head Over Heels" to Open November 17 at Seaver Theatre - Pomona College News and Events
“Meet Professor Gleason Bauer” - The Late Registration Show, Pomona College
“Making Moments in the Classroom” - The Craft, University of the South
“Gleason Bauer’s Moment Workshop Explores the Dynamics of Space” - Whitman Wire, Whitman College
“S L A B Staged Reading – Students Contribute to Work in Progress” - Whitman Wire, Whitman College
“UNM’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents the world premiere of ‘1n2ian’” - UNM Newsletter
“Marlborough Stages “Mr. Burns”” - Beverly Press Park La Brea News
Known Quantities - Jean Schiffman
P e r f o r m a n c e R e v i e w s :
Laura’s Bush - L.A. Times (RECOMMENDED!)
”The hilarious players are all going places. Gleason Bauer's Dody and Rebecca O'Brien's Desiree go for the comic jugular.” -- David C. Nichols, ©2004 L.A. Times
BackStage West (CRITIC'S PICK!)
“repressed librarian Dody Dotson (a picture-perfect Gleason Bauer)…these three actors are unstoppable.”
-- Jennie Webb, ©2004 BackStage West
“Gleason Bauer's weak sister (Chrysothemis) manifests a woman's servility” — Alvin Klein, New York Times
A d v o c a c y A r t i c l e s :
“East Pasadena Residents Create Resource Network for Neighbors in Need” - PasadenaNow.com
A n y P r e s s I s G o o d P r e s s ?
”But while the script is certainly challenging, it does have its own logic and tone-which have unfortunately been jettisoned in this production in favor of director Gleason Bauer's own idiosyncratic vision of the piece…Zoo District, which is a collective primarily of visual artists, provides magnificent settings for all its plays, creating memorable environments that transcend traditional theatrical space. Hanging mobiles constructed from men's boxer shorts and rusted tin ceiling panels adorn the theatre, and carefully crafted lighting installations are evocative and moody. In this production, audience members are invited to arrive a half hour early simply to enjoy the visual environment, which is indeed stunning. Unfortunately, the Zoo District-which has ambitiously taken on challenging, little-produced theatre works-has not been able to match in performance what it creates in stage design. - Two Character Play Review - Hoyt Hillsman, Backstage.com
”Gleason Bauer has made some strong directorial choices that stand out in the otherwise murky evening–the devastatingly beautiful Barton’s black poodle narration is worth the price of admission–but what effect does this have on the play as a whole? (Bauer also designed the set, and the costumes with Pascale Nyby; All of this work is impressive.) - Bright Room Called Day Review - Meg Donivan, TheatreMania.com