Zephyr Stage

ZEPHYR STAGE HITS THE ROAD, BUT NOT BEFORE TWO MORE PERFORMANCES IN FRUITA
Zephyr Stage, hometown Fruita, Colorado, is heading to Santa Fe with their new show, “The Deepest Yes: Stieglitz & O’Keeffe.” Recently performed to two full houses at the Orbit Artspace, the new work will have three shows at the Teatro Paraguas, Aug. 28, 29 and 30, 2026. Teatro Paraguas is located at 3205 Calle Marie, in Santa Fe.
"The Deepest Yes: Stieglitz & O’Keeffe” was written and is performed by ZS Executive Director Valerie Nuzzo and Resident Actor Kim Nuzzo. Inspired by the lives and letters of artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband - the father of modern American photography, Alfred Stieglitz. This hour and twenty-minute-long chemical reaction blends a tempestuous love story with echoes of Faust and the spirit of modernist rebellion.
Alfred told Georgia that if she wanted to understand him, she'd need to read Faust. He meant it - navigating choices that blur fame and shame, love and legacy. Expect poetry, haunting imagery, addiction, a little nudity and a furious unraveling — artistic, spiritual and personal, all accompanied by one-man band and Associate Director of Zephyr Stage – Finn Benham.
Zephyr Stage will also perform the show two nights only at Our Lady of Perpetual Motion, 503 East Aspen Ave., in Fruita, Colorado, Aug. 14-15, 2026. This will be a fundraiser for the company’s travel to Santa Fe. Tickets at the door by donation.

We are so thankful to everyone who joined us for the first performances of The Deepest Yes: Stieglitz & O’Keeffe. Two full houses and so many hugs — thank you for going on our wild ride with us. To share a new play for the very first time is an act of trust, and your presence made those nights unforgettable.

Our deepest thanks as well to Orbit ArtSpace for offering a sacred space that allowed the play to live in an art gallery exactly as it is meant to. Thank you for being there at the beginning. As David Foster Wallace said, “Every love story is a ghost story.” Long live Georgia and Alfred.
Watch this space for announcements of tour dates!

Guess who has been very quietly, steadily writing a play about the uber-naughty father of modern American photography and his legendary main squeeze! Us!! Watch for the announcement of our autumnal reading in Fruita! We're very excited about Alfred and Georgia!

Zephyr Stage presents a new, original production, Johnny Jane, written by Finn Benham, Kim Nuzzo and Valerie Nuzzo, Aug. 5 and 6, 2023 at Thunder River Theatre Company, 67 Promenade, Carbondale, Colorado. The show on Saturday begins at 7:30 p.m., with the Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15.00 online or at the door. For tickets and more information, visit online at thunderrivertheatre.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 their 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 show was most recently performed at the Denver Fringe Festival.
Zephyr Stage was founded in Fruita in 2017. The touring company specializes in original productions, and has taken shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and toured across the U.S. Past productions include Multitudes: An Evening with Walt Whitman by Valerie and Kim Nuzzo, Gilgamesh and Enkidu by Zephyr Stage and The Principle of Uncertainty by Andrea Brunello.