FESTIVAL | Step into the Light

The 6th Edition

5 - 20 Sept 2026

6th Edition

ICE - INSIDE COLFAX EAST

Imagine you see the wretched strangers

Their babies at their backs

and their poor luggage

Flooding to the forts, and coasts for transportation

And that you sit as kings in your desires,

Authority quite silent by your brawls

But charted unto them

What would you think: To be thus used?

This is the Stranger’s case

And this your Mountainish inhumanity

~ William Shakespeare

6 - 20 Sept, 2026

Roshni Healing Arts Sanctuary

9709 E Colfax Ave Aurora

Early Bird Ticket until 07/31/26
$15 - General admission
$10 - Discounted ticket for Student, Senior, Veteran, Unemployed or disadvantaged

Gala Reception on 5 Sept

Regular Ticket
$25 - General admission
$15 - Discounted ticket for Student, Senior, Veteran, Unemployed, or disadvantaged

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6 - 20 September, 2026

World Premier on Sunday, Sept 6 at 2 pm

Thurs, Fri and Sat shows at 7 pm
Sunday shows at 2 pm

"For I was a stranger and you welcomed Me"

Kindness begins at home and sometimes inside a Bus on East Colfax.

Meet Moe, the bus driver of Route 15, who will take you on a journey, where you'll meet the Displaced, the Disabled,

the Divergent, the Disadvantaged, the Despairing/dispaired and the Disruptors.

One thing will stand out in the end. The Kindness. The most precious gift we can offer and receive.

Based on real-life stories of Inspiring Heroes that make up the community, Roshni serves, "Route 15" is a first Immersive Theatre production and a Tribute to them.

Using world dances, comedy, and multidiscipliniary Arts, this poignant tale of Shared Connection and Community

will have you moving, will move you and in the end Lift You Up.

So be sure to buy your ticket, settle in and enjoy the ride on "Route 15".

John Pacheco
Playwright

Deepali

Playwright, Director, Choreographer, Ensemble

Deepali was born and raised in India, where it is very hard to forge a career as a female artist.
Defying the norms, she studied Theatre of the Oppressed and traveled around India teaching and performing before moving to Mumbai to study film & TV production. She freelanced as a film-maker and a writer before moving to Sweden, where she worked with refugee integration projects. She founded "Komma till Tals" an afterschool Performing Arts program for K-12 refugee students.

In Canada, Deepali became a professional dancer/choreographer. She wrote, produced, directed and performed in a first Tibetan-Canadian musical "Lha Gyalo", first Bollywood dance-theatre "Poutine Masala", followed by a few others. She also taught dance to 10000+ participants and created first Bollywood dance flashmob.

In 2015, Deepali moved to Colorado and was cast in "Arabian Nights" at the Aurora Fox. Deeply moved by the social, cultural and economic disparities, she founded ROSHNI on Nov 8, 2016 coinciding it with Mr. Trump becoming the 45th President.

Roshni is an Action from a singular conviction: that 'Art' is not a privilege, but a necessary tool for survival, identity, and reclamation of the marginalized. "Route 15", as Deepali notes, is a tapestry of cultural legacies coming together to find a shared roadmap for growth.

For our audience, seeing their own realities on stage validates their identity in a way traditional theater rarely does"

Through Roshni, Deepali has come a full circle, from the Himalayas to the Rockies.