When I first started covering Colorado’s immersive theater scene in the 2020s, there was one production people wouldn’t stop talking about: Sweet & Lucky .

Denver Center for the Performing Arts Off-Center produced it in 2016 with Brooklyn-based Third Rail Projects, and those who were there describe it as a watershed moment for immersive theater . With multiple rooms to explore, a swimming pool and a lushly detailed design, it was the show that convinced many artists and audiences that immersive theater could thrive in Denver.

Westword 's theater critic at the time, Juliet Wittman, raved that Sweet & Lucky was "a brave, lovely, original adventure" that "is not a play, but an experience." Though I didn’t see the original, Sweet & Lucky 's legacy looms large over the Denver immer

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