U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was escorted by security from a performance of “Beetlejuice” on Sunday night in Denver after audience members complained the Garfield County Republican was talking loudly, singing and using her cellphone camera during the musical, a spokesman for the city-owned Buell Theatre said.

Two patrons were asked to leave the auditorium during the touring Broadway musical’s second act following “numerous complaints” from fellow patrons about inappropriate behavior, Brian Kitts, a marketing and communications staffer with Denver’s Arts and Venues, told The Denver Gazette on Tuesday.

The patrons, who weren’t named, were warned at intermission by theater staff but continued their behavior into the second act, at which point they were escorted from the venue, he said.

Denver Gazette news partner 9News obtained surveillance footage of the incident from the Buell Theatre:

Heidi Bosk, associate director of press and promotions for the Denver Center of the Performing Arts Broadway, said: “We were informed that two patrons were not adhering to the policies, which eventually led to them being escorted from the theatre. For privacy purposes we do not disclose patron information.”

Boebert’s campaign disputed the venue’s description of her behavior but confirmed that the two-term congresswoman and a fellow theater-goer were removed from the performance on Sunday night after she snapped a photo during the performance, which is prohibited.

“I can confirm the stunning and salacious rumors: in her personal time, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is indeed a supporter of the performing arts (gasp!) and, to the dismay of a select few, enthusiastically enjoyed a weekend performance of ‘Beetlejuice,'” Boebert campaign manager Drew Sexton said in a text message to Colorado Politics.

He noted that a local newspaper called the musical “zany,” “outrageous” and a “lusty riot.”

According to a Buell incident report, theater staff received three complaints that the two patrons had been “vaping, singing, causing a disturbance.” The two “were argumentative” and insisted they were responding to the performance the same as surrounding audience members after ushers told them that they “need to be respectful to their neighbors” and that they would be asked to leave if there were more complaints.

About five minutes into the second act, following the intermission, Buell staff received another complaint about Boebert and her companion, this time alleging they were “being loud” and using a recording device. When an usher asked to speak with them outside the theater, they refused to leave and repeated their refusal after being told they would be trespassing.

“I told them I would (be) going to get Denver Police. They said go get them,” the Buell staffer wrote in the incident report.

After stepping into a nearby vestibule to radio for support, the staffer said the two patrons “left the theatre on their own” and eventually exited the building after being told they could be banned.

Outside the auditorium, according to the incident report, the two patrons argued with theater staff, saying “stuff like, ‘Do you know who I am?’ ‘I am on the board’ (and) ‘I will be contacting the mayor.'”

Praising the show’s “fantastic cast, tremendous visual, and plenty of loud laughs for attendees,” Sexton, Boebert’s campaign manager, said she “strongly encourages everyone to go see ‘Beetlejuice,'” during its run, which concludes Saturday night, but added “a gentle reminder to leave their phones outside of the venue.”

A Denver police spokesperson told The Denver Gazette that officers were called to the theater to handle a couple of patrons who were creating a disturbance but were called off before they got there, so no police report was filed.

It isn’t the first time Boebert has been subject to criticism for her behavior while seated in an audience.

During President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021, Boebert drew attention from the press gallery and the Secret Service when she loudly opened a silver foil blanket and draped it across her lap, later saying she was trying to bring attention to the children who were among a record number of migrants crossing the southern border with Mexico.

A little less than a year later, Boebert and fellow House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia heckled Biden during the Democratic president’s first State of the Union address, with the two briefly chanting “Build the wall!” when Biden talked about immigration. Minutes later, Boebert shouted, “You put them in, 13 of them,” when Biden described veterans “in a flag-draped coffin” while voicing support for legislation to assist veterans exposed to toxic fumes from military burn pits.

Her interjection drew boos from the chamber and a strong rebuke later that night from fellow Colorado lawmaker Jason Crow, an Aurora Democrat, who said Boebert’s outburst “was entirely inappropriate – certainly a stain on her.”

On Tuesday afternoon, Boebert took to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, to describe what happened at the Buell on Sunday.

“It’s true, I did thoroughly enjoy the AMAZING Beetlejuice at the Buell Theatre and I plead guilty to laughing and singing too loud!” Boebert wrote above a link to purchase tickets to the show.

“Everyone should go see it if you get the chance this weekend and please let me know how it ends!”