We provide actors of all ages, levels and backgrounds with training, rooted in graduate level study. After many years in New York, Ms. At the DCPA Ms.
Visionbox Studio is a 501(c)3 non-profit Professional Actors' training studio in Denver, located at 910Arts on Santa Fe Drive in the heart of the Art District on Santa Fe. We pride ourselves on a passion for process and an appreciation for text based training. Denver Academy of Dramatic Arts training is centered around the Actor's Five Questions, first introduced by Earle Gister, Head of Acting at
Yale School of Drama for nearly two decades from 1980-1999. This is a text based technique grounded in the exploration of complex theatre literature including, but not limited to, Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Classical and Contemporary American playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Clifford Odets, Lillian Hellman, David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Horton Foote, and John Guare, and finally Shakespeare. All students at DADA are taught by Master Teachers and learn from the same material, regardless of enrollment in the Young Conservatory or the Adult classes. DADA @ Visionbox is the ONLY acting studio in Denver to combine students of all ages, levels, and backgrounds in the same classes of rigorous, text based training. Jennifer McCray Rincón, Founding Artistic Director, received her BA in Theatre Studies from Yale University and a MFA in Directing from the Yale School of Drama. She was recipient of an NEA Directing Fellowship at Playwright’s Horizons in NYC and a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship in Bogota, Colombia. Rincón came to Denver as the Head of Acting at the National Theatre Conservatory, where she remained from 1991 through 2008. Rincón taught acting in the 3-year MFA Acting program and directed over 100 productions including Equus, Othello, The Laramie Project, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, The 365 Project, Monte Carlo, and Expedition 6 by Bill Pullman. Locally, Ms. Rincon has directed for El Centro Su Teatro, Shadow Theatre, The Historic Old Elitches Theatre, and was Founding Artistic Director of the Lizard Head Theatre Company in Telluride.
05/29/2026
DID YOU KNOW: Our Summer Training Intensives are returning this year, with options for both high schoolers and adults!
By studying the works of landmark playwrights such as Anton Chekhov, Tennessee Williams, and William Shakespeare, actors will learn to look beyond the words and find the deeper meaning in some of the most important plays ever written. Actors will also be exposed to The Five Questions, an acting technique taught at the Yale School of Drama that also serves as the foundation of Visionbox's training.
In addition to our scene study classes, we will also be hosting an audition intensive, where actors can rehearse material and then put it on film with Videographer Scott Colby! This is a great opportunity for high schoolers applying to college theatre programs, or for working actors who would like some new material.
Whatever your goal is, Visionbox can help you achieve it this Summer. Visit www.visionbox.org to learn more!
05/18/2026
Last call and last performance tonight of this version! We were sold out last night! Let’s do it again tonight! An amazing cast and beautiful performance piece… devised work based on hours and hours of interviews with addicts in recovery! Go to visionbox.org or show up at Free Recovery Community! 2122 s Lafayette doors open at 630…
📣May 17th & 18th📣
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05/17/2026
Cast/Team Spotlights for “American Addict” — introducing Libertad, Emily, Kian, and Jennifer! Don’t miss your opportunity to see this important play come to life TOMORROW 5/17 and MONDAY 5/18. All performances are at in Denver. See you there!
05/15/2026
We are so excited to collaborate with Ryan Canaday and Free recovery community! Ryan’s mission to break the silence of addiction aligns with everything this project means to Visionbox and why we created this constantly evolving work. Live theatre has always been one of the most powerful ways to explore the universal truths of the human condition. And today we need it more than ever. To find connection to each other and to ourselves. Addiction is a disease very misunderstood and it is epidemic today. We need to remove the social stigma and shame that only keeps addicts from finding healing and hope. Come see this unique and powerful collaboration between Visionbox and FREE this Sunday and Monday at 7 pm! Tickets at Visionbox.org
📣May 17th & 18th📣
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05/14/2026
Thank you Ryan and Karie and FREE recovery community for giving us a voice. And a way to share our stories to create healing and hope.
THIS SATURDAY 5pm & 7pm
“LIVING THE QUESTIONS”
Karie and I will be taking questions that you’ve dropped in the box or emailed in. We haven’t seen them and won’t see them until we’re live, because this isn’t about having perfect answers—it’s about modeling what it looks like to truly engage deep and sometimes challenging questions….questions about God, faith, spirituality, recovery, and our personal journeys.
Then Jennifer McCray Rincon will join us as our Guest Storyteller. Jennifer is an artist, playwright, and woman in recovery whose story is marked by profound loss, resilience, and hope. After losing her mother to alcoholism in 2010, Jennifer began her own recovery journey while launching Visionbox Studio, a Denver nonprofit dedicated to healing through the arts. Following the tragic loss of her daughter and son-in-law in 2024, Jennifer continues to use her story & creative work to break the silence of addiction.
“American Addict”, written & directed by Jennifer, will be performed at FREE this Sunday & Monday.
Can’t wait to see you Saturday! Love y’all.
Grace & Peace,
ryan
05/11/2026
05/10/2026
My mom and me. Joyce Gevirtz McCray. She gave me so much my amazing education my love of learning my calling in theatre and a passion for helping others. She passed away way too young on Nov 1 2010 and visionbox was founded one month later. We became a non profit Dec 1 2010. Our current production American Addict playing may 17 and 18 is dedicated to you mom. You gave me your strength and compassion and allowed me to follow my dream and heart. Happy Mother’s Day to all moms out there. You made me a good mom the greatest gift of all.
05/10/2026
Carlo aka Wilonia and Jake. Two amazing young musicians. This is what Visionbox studio is about for me. Supporting both emerging young artists and pushing more experienced performers forward. We need to keep training. We need to practice. We need community. And a tru artist keeps growing and evolving. Come find us! Visionbox.org and help artists like these find their voices.
05/09/2026
Carlo Andrea Rincon aka Wilonia… one of the most beautiful singer songwriter artists I’ve known in my life. We help performing artists at all levels and all times in life get training and a practice. And this man is an example of all I believe in and want to be. And yea he’s my only son:) keep making art! We need you. Today more than ever artists heal us and keep us whole.
05/06/2026
Cast Spotlights for “American Addict” — introducing Kyle, Kasper, Ryan, and Ashley!