The Company

Allison Gregory

Playwright – Red Riding Hood Allison’s plays have been produced nationally and internationally, and she has received commissions, grants, and development from Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Kennedy Center, South Coast Repertory, Indiana Repertory Theatre, The Playwright’s Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT Theater, and Orlando Shakespeare Festival. Her plays include Not Medea and Wild Horses, both of which received National New Play Network Rolling World Premieres. Allison was recognized recently by TYA USA as “One of the 10 Most Produced TYA Playwrights”. Her plays for families include Go Dog. Go!, adapted from the P.D. Eastman book and cowritten with Steven Dietz; Even Steven Goes to War (AATE and UPRP awards; Kennedy Center New Visions/New Voices selection); Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, and Junie B. is Not A Crook (over 200 professional productions), adapted from the beloved book series by Barbara Park; and Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter, adapted from the Astrid Lindgren book. allisongregoryplays.com

Diana Grisanti

Playwright – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree (she, her, hers) Diana is a playwright, educator, and Co-Artistic Director of Theatre [502] in Louisville, Kentucky. In the Before Times, she wrote Creede Rep’s KID Show: Derring-Do. Some of her other plays include Lawbreakers! (a fast and furious history of women’s suffrage) (StageOne Family Theatre); Bowling for Beginners (Vanderbilt University); The Patron Saint of Losing Sleep (Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte); River City (National New Play Network); and The Starkweather-South High School Physics Club First Annual End-of-Year Lock-In, or Ghost Party (Cleveland Play House). Diana has been a Michener Fellow, a Kentucky Arts Council Fellow, and a Writer in Residence at Vanderbilt University. She teaches playwriting at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Ken Ludwig

Playwright – Dear Jack, Dear Louise Ken has been called America’s preeminent comic playwright. He has had six shows on Broadway, seven in London’s West End, and many of his works have become a standard part of the American repertoire. Lend Me a Tenor won two Tony Awards and was called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th century” by The Washington Post. Crazy for You was on Broadway for 5 years and won the Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical. He has written 28 plays and musicals, including Moon Over Buffalo (starring Carol Burnett), Twentieth Century (starring Alec Baldwin), Be My Baby (starring Hal Holbrook), Baskerville, A Fox on the Fairway, Leading Ladies, and Dear Jack, Dear Louise, which won the 2020 Charles MacArthur Award for Best New Play or Musical of the Year. He has also written stage adaptations of The Three Musketeers, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Treasure Island, which are performed throughout the world. kenludwig.com Composer and Music Director – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree Emiliano is an Argentinean pianist, music director and composer based in New York City. With a very versatile and personal sound, he is the pianist of the show Forever Tango and he directs his own orchestra Típica Messiez. He is educated in classical music, jazz, tango, rock and Latin American rhythms and has performed all around the world in different venues such as The Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and The Houston Opera Theater in Texas, among others, where he performed with artists like Paquito de Rivera, Diego El Cigala, Concha Buika, and others. Emiliano is the composer of Bordello, a musical that has received awards from The National Alliance of Musical Theater in New York and The Broadway Bound Festival. Bordello has also been pre-selected by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Festival.

Denis O’Hare

Playwright – An Iliad Denis is the co-author, along with Lisa Peterson, of the award-winning Solo Performance Play, An Iliad (Obie, Lucille Lortel awards). Mr. O’Hare has appeared numerous times on Broadway in such pieces as Sweet Charity (Drama Desk Award), Assassins (Tony Nom.) and Take Me Out (Tony, Drama Desk awards). He has also worked extensively Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop at the New York Shakespeare Festival, and other theatres. His regional work includes Seattle Rep, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, and the McCarter Theatre. Denis appeared in 2 seasons of True Blood as King Russell Edgington, on the premiere season of American Horror Story, and as Judge Abernathy on The Good Wife. Film work includes Milk, Michael Clayton, A Mighty Heart, Duplicity, The Proposal, Charlie Wilson’s War, and Garden State, among others. He is currently writing a new stage piece with Ms. Peterson entitled, The Good Book for The Court Theatre in Chicago.

Lisa Petersen

Playwright – An Iliad Lisa is a theater director who wrote and adapted An Iliad with actor Denis O’Hare, for which they won 2012 Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards. Her other adaptations include The Waves, adapted from the novel by Virginia Woolf, with composer David Bucknam (Drama Desk nominations), the upcoming The Good Book with Denis O’Hare, and Insurance Men with composer Todd Almond. Her directing credits include the world premieres of Tony Kushner’s Slavs!, Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories and The Model Apartment, Naomi Wallace’ Trestle At Pope Lick Creek, Jose Rivera’s Sueno, Marlane Meyer’s The Chemistry of Change, and many others. Lisa won an Obie in 1991 for Caryl Churchill’s Light Shining in Buckinghamshire at NYTW, and Dramalogue, Drama Desk, and Calloway Award nominations for many other productions. She is a graduate of Yale College, and a member of Ensemble Studio Theater, and the executive board of SDC.

Why do some of our staff, company, and Board members list their

pronouns? Though it sometimes appears obvious, we can’t always know someone’s gender just by looking at them. Listing pronouns is a way to remove the guesswork.

Directors/Choreographers/ Music Directors

John DiAntonio

Director – Red Riding Hood See bio on page 58

Betty Hart

Director – An Iliad (she, her, hers) Betty is elated to be directing An Iliad. CRT: Beth Kander’s powerful play To the Moon. Earlier this year, Betty directed the theatrical film 2020 Speaks for the University of Northern Colorado. In 2020, Betty directed the Vintage Theatre production of the musical The Scottsboro Boys, which was nominated for three Henry Awards. She also directed the staged reading of Vroom Vroom by Josh Koenigsberg for Local Theater’s Local Lab. Unfortunately, due to Covid shutdowns, audiences never saw this piece. Selected Colorado directing credits include: Crowns (Vintage Season Award for Outstanding Director, 2019) and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. Aurora Fox Theatre: Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies, which broke box office records and became the third highest selling show in the theatre’s history. Denver Center’s Garner Galleria: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. Betty is an associate artist with Local Theater Company in Boulder, Colorado.

Andy Hudson

Music Director & Accompanist – Cabaret at The Creede Hotel, Red Riding Hood, Boomtown! (he, him, his) Andy is a music director, composer, arranger, accompanist, and director based in New York City. He’s so grateful to be returning for his second summer with Creede Repertory Theatre! Some of his favorite credits as music director include: Little Shop of Horrors, Peter and the Starcatcher (Creede Repertory Theatre), Into the Woods, The Addams Family, (Forestburgh Playhouse), The Fantasticks (Allenberry Playhouse), and Memphis (Red Mountain Theatre Company). He has written music and lyrics for three new musicals for young audiences, most recently SuperKids! which premiered at The Little Theatre on the Square in 2018. His work as an arranger and orchestrator has been heard in many new revue shows and cabarets at Allenberry Playhouse, The Little Theatre on the Square, and the Forestburgh Playhouse. He is grateful that live theatre is finally resuming its vital function as an engine for passion, creativity, and empathy in communities around the world.

Jessica Jackson+

Director – Cabaret at The Creede Hotel (she, her, hers) Jess is a director/composer/actor who served as Artistic Director of Creede Repertory Theatre from 2012-2019. During her time as Artistic Director, CRT produced 6 world premiere productions, 7 new play festivals, & 12 world premiere commissions for young audiences. CRT directed shows include: Miss Holmes, William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead, Little Shop of Horrors, and several theatre for young audience pieces co-created with Jeff Carey and Steven Cole Hughes. She founded CRT’s Boomtown Improv Comedy in 2007 and helmed the company-devised Pants on Fire: A Totally MadeUp Musical for Kids. Favorite non-CRT credits include: Writer/ Director - The Rough (The Catamounts), Director - The Laramie Project (Oklahoma City University); Chorus - Chess (The Actors Fund Benefit, NY with Josh Grobin). Original Scores for CRT include: The Bad Man, Billy Hell (for which she shares a Denver Post Ovation Award for Best Original Music with Ryan Prince & Kendra Kohrt), and Scruff Turbo.

Ismael Lara

Director – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree (he, him, his) Ismael Lara, Jr. is a Latinx director from Southeast Texas. He currently resides in Chicago and champions work that aids the fight against injustice, creating a bridge between underrepresented communities and the theatrical institution. Selected directing credits: Tomás & The Library Lady (NU), The Displaced (NU), Write It Out! (The Lark, NQT), Where Seeds Bloom (Lakeforest College), Kicked! (CPH), Lily Plants A Garden (Hangar), The Thing I Hold (Hangar), And All the Dead Lie Down (ConCon), Aunt Leaf (Co-Director, CPH) Assistant credits: The Leopard Play, or sad songs for lost boys (Steep Theatre, World Premiere) I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Steppenwolf, World Premiere) Guards at the Taj, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Junk, The Chinese Lady (Milwaukee Rep). Ismael is a Drama League Fellow and an MFA candidate at Northwestern University.

Michael Perlman+

Director – Dear Jack, Dear Louise (he, him, his) A director and writer, Michael returns to CRT for his seventh show. CRT credits include: Is He Dead?, Language of Trees and Barefoot in the Park. He has also directed at Goodspeed Opera House, Trinity Repertory Company, Cleveland Playhouse, and the Brown/Trinity MFA Programs, and taught workshops with The Playwrights’ Center and Young Playwrights, Inc. Associate Directing credits include: The Public Theater and Roundabout Theater Company. Michael’s plays include: From White Plains (GLAAD Media Award recipient), and At The Table (Jeff Awards - Best Production of a Play). Michael’s one-person show Flying on the Wing was presented at the New York Fringe Festival (Outstanding Solo Show winner). Michael is an Artistic Associate with both Fiasco Theater, and Fault Line Theatre, and has also worked at The Guthrie Theatre. Michael is proud to be a member of SDC, a Drama League Directing Fellow, and holds a BA and MFA from Brown University.

Bethany Eilean Talley

Director & Deviser – The Tree Watcher Choreographer – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree (she, her, hers) This is Bethany’s ninth season with the Creede Repertory Theatre. Most recently she choreographed Little Shop of Horrors and The Wizard of Oz for

Creede Rep. Her favorite CRT credits include Greta in General Store, Cookie in Ghostlight, Rebecca Gibbs in Our Town, a Hot Box Dancer in Guys & Dolls, and Boomtown. Other credits: Viola in Twelfth Night (Colorado Shakespeare Festival Education Tour), Berdine in Psycho Beach Party (THEATREWORKS), Maggie in Lend Me a Tenor (Vintage Theatre), Frieda in Sunday in the Park with George (Playhouse 22), and most recently Ma in The Kid from Kittlerumpit at Talespinner Children’s Theatre. BFA Acting, Brigham Young University.

+Member of SDC: Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Production Team

AnnDee Alvidrez

Terrence and Polly Jones Scenic Designer Scenic & Properties Designer – Dear Jack, Dear Louise; The Tree Watcher; El Guayabo/The Guava Tree Scenic Associate (she, her, hers) AnnDee hails from San Elizario, TX. She is a third-year MFA Design Candidate with a focus in Scenic Design at Texas State University. Her most recent designs are In Arabia We’d All Be Kings (TXST), Significant Other (TXST), Men on Boats (TXST) and Sidelines to Frontlines (SRSU). AnnDee is excited and honored to be joining Creede Repertory Theatre this season.

John Gary Brown

Company Photographer (he, him, his) John Gary Brown has been CRT’s company photographer since 1974. He is proud to have created a voluminous photographic archive of shows and events and wishes he could have started in 1966! Brown received an MFA from The University of Washington and has sold over 500 oil paintings to museums, galleries, corporations and private collectors since 1970. The University of Kansas Press published his photographic history of cemetery art, titled Soul in the Stone in 1993, and it was their best selling book two years in a row. His photographs were used as illustrations in Gardens of Revelation (Abbeville Press, 1995). Brown’s artwork has won numerous prizes in juried exhibitions, including “First Prize, regardless of Medium” at Kansas City’s Nelson Atkins Museum. One of his paintings was purchased by the Institute of Arts and Letters in New York. He is happily married to CRT actress Christy Brandt.

Kylie Carroll

Patron Services Front of House Associate (she, her, hers) Kylie has been passionate about the theatre since she was a small child. This passion has pushed her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts as a Musical Theatre Major at Colorado Mesa University. She is so excited to be working her first summer with the Creede Repertory Theatre family. She looks forward to providing wonderful service and getting to finally step foot in the professional world of theatre.

Courtney Cauthon

Dramaturg – An Iliad; Dear Jack, Dear Louise (she, her, hers) Courtney is a communication consultant at ARTiculate: Real&Clear where she uses her theatre background to support business leaders in aligning their communication with their vision, values, and purpose. Dramaturgical work includes working at Local Theatre, Vintage Theatre, Aurora Fox, and Athena Project. Courtney holds a MA in Performance Studies from New York University and a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Toronto. She is driven by projects that bring together her love of theatre and communication with her desire for creating a more equitable world.

Ethan Fuller

Sound Design – Dear Jack, Dear Louise; Cabaret at The Creede Hotel Sound Associate (he, him, his) Returning for his second summer at Creede Rep, Ethan is recently off of The Color Purple 2nd National Tour. Touring the country up until the industry closed down, he’s now excited more than ever to share the pleasure of theatre and the arts therein. If you see him around town he’d be happy to strike up a conversation about anything regarding live shows and the production that goes into them.

Jake Harbour

Sound Design – An Iliad, El Guayabo/The Guava Tree Sound Design & Composer – Red Riding Hood See bio on page 59

Elly Hunt

Costume Designer – An Iliad; Dear Jack, Dear Louise; El Guayabo/The Guava Tree; Cabaret at The Creede Hotel Costume Associate (they, theirs, she, hers) Elly is a costume designer, craftsperson, stitcher, and teaching artist working across the mid and southwest United States who is delighted to be doing a fourth season with Creede Repertory Theatre. Recent credits include costume design for To The Moon (Virtual), Hansel Or Gretel (CRT), and The Thing That Made You (Independent film); as well as coordinating costumes for a David Yarrow Photoshoot and teaching children’s technical theatre camps and classes. In 2020, Elly was nominated for Broadwayworld Denver’s Costume design of the decade for both Thingamajig Theatre’s Men on Boats and Creede Repertory Theatre’s Ripcord. To see photos or find out more about their work, visit Ellyhuntcostumes.com or follow either @ Ellyhuntcostumes on Instagram or @ellyhuntcostume on Twitter. This season’s work is dedicated to her Aunt Reeny.

Kyle Leinneweber

Lighting Associate (he, him, his) Kyle is very excited to be back in Creede after so long away. He spent his summers here from 2013-2015. During that time, he worked as

a scenic carpenter in 2013, head carpenter in both 2014 and 2015, and as technical director for The Tamin’ of the Shrew in 2013, and The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild in 2014. He was also lucky enough to marry his wife, Amanda Relaford, on the CRT Mainstage in 2015. After that, he worked for Upstaging Inc. as the Fabrication Shop Assistant where he helped coordinate scenic elements for live concerts and trade shows all over the world. Before all that, Kyle got his B.F.A. in Technical Direction from Point Park University in 2012, and an M.F.A. in Stage Technology from Northern Illinois University in 2015.

Alyssa Peters

Patron Services Front of House Associate (she, her, hers) Alyssa is a native Texan who recently graduated from Oklahoma City University with a degree in BA Theatre and Performance and minors in Film and Directing. She is currently obtaining her Masters in Nonprofit Leadership with an Arts Administration focus. This will be her first summer season with CRT working as one of the Patron Services Associates. Her background is mainly in performance; however, she’s had the opportunity to do some administrative work, including Patron Services, through her work-study job during her undergrad. Though she will miss her son (a sweet and goofy 7-year-old miniature schnauzer) who’s staying in Texas this summer, she’s excited to get back to doing theatre as well as learn from and work with the people of CRT!

Lauren Ramsey

Wardrobe Associate (she, hers, they, theirs) Lauren is thrilled to be joining Creede Repertory Theatre for their 2021 season. Her previous work includes touring with Feld Entertainment as Head Wardrobe for Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream (SE Asia) and Assistant Wardrobe for Sesame Street Live: Let’s Party (National Tour). Other favorited works include Riverside Theatre’s Chicago and Saturday Night Fever as well as Music Theatre of Wichita’s Hunchback of Notre Dame. Lauren holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from University of Houston and is a recent graduate of UCLA Extension’s Business & Management in Entertainment program.

Amanda Relaford

Scenic & Properties Designer – An Iliad, Red Riding Hood Scenic Associate (she, her, hers) Amanda earned a M.F.A degree in Properties Design and Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. Her professional credits include Assistant Properties Coordinator for The Ring of the Nibelung, produced by The Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in 2016. She has had the pleasure of working as a Props Artisan at The Aspen Music Festival, and a Puppet Builder at The Center For Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. Amanda also served as the Properties Manager for The Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois from 2016 to 2018. She is overjoyed to be back in Creede after a six-year hiatus, and is thrilled to be joined by her husband, Kyle Leinneweber, whom she married on the CRT mainstage six years ago.

Heidi Caran Snider

Patron Services Front of House Associate (she, her, hers) Heidi is thrilled to be returning to Creede Repertory Theatre for their very first outdoor season! She first came to the beautiful Creede, CO back in the summer of 2018 as a Musical Theatre and Patron Services Intern. Heidi’s passion for theatre led her to Colorado Mesa University where she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. Her previous stage credits include Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Muzzy Van Hossmere in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Richard Henry Lee in an all-female production of 1776. Early next year, Heidi plans to move to the Los Angeles area where she hopes to further her career as an actor and looks forward to working with like-minded individuals who share her passion for storytelling. Visit www.heidicsnider.com for more info!

Kaye Swindell

Lighting Designer – An Iliad; Dear Jack, Dear Louise; Red Riding Hood; The Tree Watcher Lighting Associate Kaye is an artist and environmentalist who is delighted to be combining her love of nature and lighting designing this season for Creede’s first outdoor season! After several years exploring her love of the arts- you may have seen some of her work in Creede’s 2019 season! - the pandemic has granted her the opportunity to explore her love of nature and the environment by spending time on a ranch, and after this season, she will be pursuing a career in environmental science. Some highlights from her time as a lighting designer include Best Foot Forward with CRT’s Young Audience Outreach Tour and A Little Night Music at Oklahoma City University. This season is dedicated to a lamb named Opal.

Johnathan Taylor

Composer – An Iliad Sound Designer – The Tree Watcher Sound Associate (he, him, his) Johnathan is a sound designer, producer, and actor based out of Grayson, GA. He has been working in the arts since he was a kid and began his theatre journey in college with Aurora Theatre. His previous works include: Knock Knock at Alliance Theatre, Mirandy and Brother Wind at Synchronicity Theatre, and Ver**on Play at University of West Georgia. He loves creating experiences and feelings for every audience member and hopes you enjoy the show!

Emma Tolleson

Patron Services Front of House Associate (she, her, hers) This is Emma’s first summer at CRT! Born and raised in Texas, Emma recently graduated from the University of Evansville with a B.F.A. in theatre performance. She is excited to be out of the Midwest and spending the summer in Colorado. Emma’s goal is to create theatre that sparks joy and

inspires change. In the fall, she’ll be moving to London to earn her M.F.A in directing from The University of Essex’s East 15 Acting School.

Will Ward

Costume Designer – Red Riding Hood; The Tree Watcher Assoc. Costume Designer – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree Costume Shop Manager (they, them, theirs) Will is the Costume Shop Manager and one of the Costume Designers for CRT. Will has worked for companies such as Texas State University, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Music Theatre of Wichita, and Inbocca Performance. Previous Costume Designs included: Spring Awakening, Significant Other, Little Women the Musical, and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot. Will is very proud to be a part of CRT and can’t wait for you to see this season.

Piper Weingardt

Patron Services Front of House Associate Piper is an Oklahoma City University student working for their first time at CRT! They are a Colorado native (from Pueblo) and are super excited to be along the journey for Creede’s first outdoor season!

Stage Management

Sky Bradley

Stage Manager – The Tree Watcher Tour Manager – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree (they, them, theirs) Sky is overjoyed with the opportunity to enjoy their 4th summer with Creede Repertory Theatre! Originally from Jesup, Iowa, Sky received their BA from the University of Northern Iowa. Their past work includes various technical positions for theatre companies such as Theatre Memphis and Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre. They have also sound designed for shows such as She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, A Gulag Mouse by Arthur M. Jolly, and To Touch the Moon a TheatreUNI devised project. In their free time, Sky enjoys writing, hiking, getting tattoos, and traveling. They would like to thank their precious friends and family for all the love and support.

JuanCarlos Contreras*

Production Stage Manager (he, him, his) JuanCarlos is honored to be back in Creede making live theatre again. This is his second season after working as the assistant stage manager during the 2019 season on Peter and the Starcatcher and Little Shop of Horrors as well as the stage manager for Red Hot Patriot. Originally from Northern California, JuanCarlos has just completed his master’s degree in Stage and Production Management from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Miranda Ray

Stage Manager – Cabaret at The Creede Hotel (she, her, hers) Miranda is inexpressibly happy to be back in Creede again this summer! Recent past theatres include Bainbridge Performing Arts, where she worked as the podcast creative coordinator and adaptive writer, and Caravan Stage Company, where she coordinated the 2018 tour of Nomadic Tempest and worked as an onshore rigger (the ‘Amara Zee’ will sail again in 2022!). Recent acting credits include: The Childcatcher (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and Gingy (Shrek). Her eternal love and gratitude to her parents, Brian and Cheryl. If you see her around town or around the hotel this summer, stop and say hello! Shoutout to Seal Team Dix!

Olivia Zapater-Charrette

Tour Manager – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree (she, her, hers) Olivia is a non-equity stage manager. Professional theatre management credits include serving as the Production Office Assistant at Steppenwolf Theatre and Stage Management internships at The Goodman Theatre (We’re Only Alive For A Short Amount of Time, The Winter’s Tale). She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Psychology and completed the Theatre Management Module. Northwestern stage management credits include Wirtz Center productions (The Cherry Orchard, Machinal) and student produced work (Me...Jane, The Women Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe). She is eternally grateful to her parents and grandparents for making her education possible.

Actors

CRT in the Park

Lavour Addison*

The Poet – An Iliad (he, him, his) Lavour is overjoyed to be making art again in his debut show with CRT. Was last seen when he performed his one man show The Gospel of Bob in October, and in the online web series of the Adventures of Sunny and Blue. Other recent credits include: Small Mouth Sounds and House Arrest (THEATREWORKS Colorado Springs) for the first time, Creede Repertory Theatre’s 2019 holiday radio play of It’s a Wonderful Life, Strings (Long Wharf); Macbeth (Idaho, Tahoe, Oberlin Shakespeare Festival); Shakespeare in Love, The Good Peaches (Cleveland Play House). Bless up to the courageous women in my life. Brittni, Aria, and Siobhan. Thank you for the love and support and being my heroes. V.A. forever in my heart.

* Members of Actors Equity Association, the Union of professional Actors and Stage Manager in the United States.

Red – Red Riding Hood (she, her, hers) Alexandria is beyond ecstatic to be back at CRT. Alex hails from Florence, Alabama and attended Jacksonville State University where she started a cabaret-style theatre called Cocky Guerilla Theatre. Regional Theatre: Paw Patrol Live National Tour (Mayor Goodway). Alex has also been seen at Birmingham Opera, Old Creamery Theatre, Brightstar Touring Theatre, and Birmingham Children’s Theatre. Alex has recently spent more time cooking, performing with theme parks, and audition coaching, and is beyond blessed to be able to continue educating and inspiring people through these trying times. Favorite credits include Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors, Kate in Kiss Me Kate, Rosa Parks in The Birmingham Bus Boycott, and Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray. Alex is thankful for every step of this uphill battle in the performing arts. Alex isn’t just a performer, she’s a teaching artist, a friend, a sister and a joy. She can’t wait to give this story to you!

Matthew Tyler Horn*

Wolfgang – Red Riding Hood (he, him, his) Tyler’s CRT credits include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (William Barfee), The Presidents! (Agent Fontanelle), How to Succeed... (Bud Frump), The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert Martin), and Harry the Great (Eugen Sandow). Regional credits include: Les Miserables (Javert), La Cage Aux Folles (Francis), Cloak & Dagger (Detective Nick Cutter), and Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (King of Bohemia) for the Lake Dillon Theater Company, Caldwell’s Bomb (Caldwell) for the New York Venus/Adonis Theater Festival, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Nick) and Farragut North (Stephen) for Steel River Playhouse, The Life and Death of Harry Houdini (Manager) for EgoPo Classic Theater, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Duke of Milan) for Delaware Shakespeare Festival, and the New Voices Play Festival at the Bucks County Playhouse. Training: BFA Temple University, MFA University of Missouri-Kansas City. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Graham Ward*

Jack – Dear Jack, Dear Louise (he, him, his) Graham has been on Creede stages since first arriving in 2012, performing in Mrs. Mannerly, Is He Dead?, and Harry the Great. Other CRT roles include Watson in The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence, Peter in The History Room, George in Our Town, Nicely-Nicely in Guys & Dolls, and Cliton in The Liar. Graham has performed in nine seasons of Boomtown, and is a co-creator of Pants on Fire: A Totally Made-Up Musical for Kids (2013-2017). Graham was a member of the year-round staff of CRT in Development from 2016-2018. Regional credits include: Harvey, The Great Gatsby, The Mousetrap (Arvada Center), and The 39 Steps (Lone Tree Arts Center). In addition to theatre, Graham appears in several series on the Twitch channel Ghostlight RPGs, where he is Content Manager. He grew up in Boston and has a BFA in Acting from Brigham Young University.

Caitlin Wise*

Louise – Dear Jack, Dear Louise Caitlin is thrilled to join CRT for her 11th season and first outdoor season. She’s appeared in Pride and Prejudice, Barefoot in the Park, Miss Holmes, Kind of Red, The Syringa Tree, Private Lives, Our Town, August Osage County, Hope and Gravity, Harry the Great, and Unnecessary Farce (CRT). Other credits include: Flirtation (Marvel Rep). In Loco Parentis (ART/NY). The Christians, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Carol, Dracula, and Othello (Denver Center). The Importance of Being Earnest, Around the World in 80 Days, and Good on Paper (Arvada Center). Wild Honey, The Game of Love and Chance, Girl of the Golden West, and The Liar (Theatreworks). Much Ado About Nothing and To Kill A Mockingbird (CSF). Caitlin received her MFA in acting from the National Theatre Conservatory. She is honored to call Creede home, to have married John here and welcomed their children Leo and Sebastian into the mountains.

Cabaret at the Creede Hotel

Christy Brandt

Co-Host – Cabaret at The Creede Hotel (she, her, hers) Christy is delighted to be performing at CRT for her 47th season. She feels that she is the most fortunate of actors to have lived and worked in the beautiful San Juan Mountains for most of her life. Having appeared in more than 130 productions at CRT, some favorites include: Marilyn in Ripcord (one of her most treasured experiences here), Helen in The History Room, and Miss Helen in The Road to Mecca, for which she received the “Best Actress in a Drama” award from the Denver Post. Christy co-authored and performed in Six Women with Brain Death. She appeared in Ang Lee’s Ride with the Devil and a recent release called The Sublime and Beautiful. CRT has been her professional home since 1973. She has been happily married to photographer and painter John Gary Brown since 1981. She would like to thank all of the Creede Rep audiences for supporting her all these years and for being faithful fans of live theater!

Annie Butler

Co-Host – Cabaret at The Creede Hotel (she, her, hers) Anne celebrates 20 years in Creede this year as well as 18 years with CRT! CRT credits include: Abby in Ripcord, Violet in August Osage County, Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz, Rose in The Last Romance, and The Madame Aigreville in The Ladies Man. In 2018 she was Dierdra in The Humans at The Curious Theatre in Denver. Other Denver credits include: Dotty Otley in Noises Off (Arvada Center), and Moon in The Real Inspector Hound (Aurora Fox Theatre). She played for five seasons of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and credits there include: Volumnia in Coriolanus and Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals. She was also with Commonweal Theatre Company in Lanesboro, Minnesota for five years, playing roles such as Chickabiddy in Misalliance. She holds her master’s degree in Acting from The National Theatre Conservatory. She dedicates this season to Jessica Baron and Chad Afanador for giving her a new lease on life!

Young Audience Outreach Tour

Emily Diaz

Actor – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree (she, her, hers) See bio on Page 59

Brandon Guzman

Actor – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree (he, him, his) Brandon is super excited to be doing his first CRT show and tour. Brandon is a New Yorkbased actor with his BFA in musical theatre. During the pandemic he was singing in restaurants in the Sarasota area in Florida. He was recently seen in The Office! A Murder Mystery Parody as Dwight K. Schrute in both San Antonio and Austin. He hopes you enjoy his performance!

Patty de la Garza

Actor – El Guayabo/The Guava Tree (she, her, hers) Patty is thrilled and humbled to be back on a stage after this whirlwind of a year and even more excited that it’s her debut with Creede Repertory Theatre with an amazing group of people! Previous Regional credits include: Othello, All’s Well That Ends Well, and Julius Caesar, Tuck Everlasting, Aesop Fables, and Schoolhouse Rock Live! Les mando Un beso más a mi familia. And a huge thank you to her partner for all the love and support, mi cielo. Instagram: @pattyndelagarz

Actors’ Equity Association

Creede Repertory Theatre operates under an agreement with Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and stage Managers in the United States.