Zephyr Stage presents its new, original production, JOHNNY JANE, written by Finn Benham, Kim Nuzzo and Valerie Nuzzo, April 14-16, 2023 at the Fruita United Methodist Church, at 405 East Aspen Ave.  Shows on Friday and Saturday begin at 7:30 p.m., with the Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door. For more information, visit online at zephyrstage.com.

The production features Kim Nuzzo as a heroin-addicted fallen angel; Finn Benham, the angel’s caretaker, is a trans youth coming to terms with his violent past; and Valerie Nuzzo is a mysterious visitor bent on revenge. The play explores identity, forgiveness, love and othering, and contains adult language and themes, including drug use.

The play was first performed in Palisade in January. The production has since been accepted into the Denver Fringe Festival, where the Fruita-based company will be performing the show in the RiNo Art District in Denver, June 8-11. More information about the Denver Fringe Festival, can be found at https://denverfringe.org/. Zephyr Stage then takes Johnny Jane to Thunder River Theatre in Carbondale, Aug. 5-6 and on to the Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center in Cedaredge, Aug. 12-13.

Zephyr Stage was founded in Fruita in 2017. The company specializes in original productions, and has taken shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and toured across the U.S. Past productions include ART by Yasmina Reza, Multitudes: An Evening with Walt Whitman by Valerie and Kim Nuzzo, Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing, Gilgamesh and Enkidu by Zephyr Stage and Principle of Uncertainty by Andrea Brunello.