Dreams Taking Shape

Long before construction began, this space was already built for storytelling.

Just a different kind.

It was a movie theater. Built in 1995, it originally belonged to Colorado Cinemas and had six screens showing popular films. It later became Cinema Saver 6, a $2 discount theater that drew steady crowds. Back then, it sat on the edge of town. Today, it's right in the middle of a busy stretch of shops and offices.

People came here to sit in the dark and watch stories unfold. For a while, it was full. Weekends were packed. Seats were rarely empty. Then, gradually, it went quiet. The doors closed. The seats sat still.

Now, something new is happening here.

Debut Theatre Company is transforming this former movie theater into something entirely different. Not a place to sit and watch, but a place to step in and take part.

Where projection equipment once ran, students will build sets. Where audiences once sat, young people will take risks, solve problems, and find their voices. Where stories were once shown, they will now be created.

That's the shift at the heart of Debut's new home: from watching to doing.

What's really something is that, as construction continues, pieces of the past remain visible. The shape of the space. The bones of the original theater. The sense that this has always been a place where stories matter.

But what's coming together is genuinely new.

The new space will be a working theater and a learning space where students take part in every aspect of production, from rehearsal to opening night. They'll build, collaborate, and eventually step onto a stage they know well because they helped bring it to life.

Something about all of this is fitting.

For years, this building was a place where people came to experience someone else's story. Soon, it will be a place where young people learn to tell their own stories.

That shift is quiet, but it matters. It turns observation into participation. It gives students a real sense of ownership and responsibility, and room to grow, not just as performers, but as people.

And right now, you can see that change taking shape.

It isn't finished. It isn't polished. But it is real.

"Dreams taking shape" isn't just about what this building will become. It's about what it already represents: a space once used to show stories, now being rebuilt so the next generation can create their own.

That's what this community is building together, and we can't wait for you to see it.