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LONE TREE STAFF LISTINGS Lisa Rigsby Peterson, Executive Director, helped open the Lone Tree Arts Center in 2011 as its first Executive Director. During her twenty-eight year career in performing arts management, she has worked for many of Colorado’s leading cultural organizations, including The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Opera Colorado, Curious Theatre Company, the Colorado Children’s Chorale, and PHAMALY. Lisa has served on the Board of Directors for Curious Theatre Company, the national Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres, and the national peer review panel for Theatre Communications Group’s Fiscal Survey Committee. She served as the International Tour Coordinator for the DCPA/Royal Shakespeare Company production of Tantalus, and worked with the London International Festival of Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Plymouth (UK). A Colorado resident since 1975, Lisa is a graduate of the University of Colorado and the Yale School of Drama.

Paul Ackerman, Technical Director, is a native of Long Island, NY. Paul received his degree in Technical Theatre and Design from the University of Virginia. He has worked in Atlanta with The Alliance Theatre/Atlanta Children’s Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, and the Georgia Institute of Technology where he participated in the 1996 Cultural Olympiad. Paul joined the team at the Lone Tree Arts Center prior to its opening in 2011 after serving as the Senior General Manager of Production for Blue Man Group.

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Jeannene Bragg, Operations Director, has over 20 years of experience in arts and local government administration in Colorado. Prior to joining the team at LTAC, she served as Director of Artistic Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives at the Colorado Symphony. She also worked for the Town of Parker for 18 years in a variety of roles including Town Administrator; she oversaw the planning, funding, design and development of the Parker Arts, Cultural and Events (PACE) Center. Jeannene holds an MA in Arts Administration and a BA in Theatre. She is a practicing theatre artist and writer whose work can be seen at The LIDA Project, a meta-media arts collective, in Denver.

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In December of 2013, the Lone Tree Arts Center held our first sensory-friendly performance.

A special evening of Home for the Holidays included house lights that were only dimmed halfway, sound turned down, and waving hands instead of clapping. The show was modified in lots of ways to avoid startling noises or lights.

Friendly) Family Tree, we will be working with regional and national partners to make sure we get the modifications right to serve this population. We’ll also be working with local partners like Developmental Pathways and Jewish Family Services to share the word about this important new service to our community.

“When the show ended, we were flooded with messages on the phone, over email, and in person from those that attended,” says Executive Director Lisa Rigsby Peterson. “People had their first opportunity to bring children and family members to the theater without fear of judgment from other audience members or embarrassment if something happened. It was an exhilarating experience for people to see their child experiencing live entertainment for the first time, singing along, and filled with joy.

We believe the arts are for everyone and we saw there is an entire community we could be serving.”

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We are also looking for generous donors to help keep our sensory friendly programs affordable.

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Where are they now?

In just three and a half years, the LTAC has grown… and grown! Many of you have been with us since we were nothing but a concrete slab. Some of you are coming through our doors for the first time. We need and appreciate you all. We can’t thank you enough for embracing the Arts Center, telling your friends, and helping us grow to serve the entire region. Here’s a quick look at where we are now.

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Timmy, age 4 Let them see their undisputed heroes up front in Dinosaur Train LIVE, January 9-10. They’ll never forget it.

Stocking stuffers are easy with $3 Seedlings tickets!

Maddie & Jake, age 13 & 16 Take this hard-to-please age group for the magic and razzle-dazzle of Conjure before they head back to school. December 27 & 28.

Michelle, age “No, I’m still 38” Take your wife on a date, mister! That’s what she really wants. We recommend Wonderbound on April 25 or Broadway star Jarrod Spector on April 26. Don’t forget to get your Valentine’s Day tickets now too – Songs of Love with Mark Masri means you are out of the doghouse for quite a while.

Sue & Jim, age “We may be grandparents, but we’re not old” Let this Beatles generation relive their best memories with the all-request Beatles tribute, Yesterday & Today on January 30. They may also love The Motones on March 14.

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LONE TREE ARTS CENTER AND STARKEY THEATRIX PRESENT

Home for the Holidays December 18-24, 2014

Creator & Director Music Director Swing Dance Choreographer

Chris Starkey Dave Camp Joe DeMers

Lighting Designer Costume Designers Scenic Designer Jen Kiser Laurie Klapperich Michael Duran

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Cast Sharon Kay White..................................................................................... Mrs. Claus Lindsey Falduto............................................................................................... Singer John Gillette................................................................................................... Singer Karen Jeffreys................................................................................................ Singer Kenny Moten.................................................................................................. Singer Sheryl Renee.................................................................................................. Singer Klint Rudolph.................................................................................................. Singer Freeman Bacon............................................................................................. Dancer Dani Botello................................................................................................... Dancer Ash Helms..................................................................................................... Dancer Michael Marrujo............................................................................................. Dancer Lark Mervine.................................................................................................. Dancer Matty Miller.................................................................................................... Dancer Matt Pait....................................................................................................... Dancer Lindsay Ragsdale........................................................................................... Dancer Sydney Cheri....................................................................................... Break Dancer Chase Evered...................................................................................... Break Dancer Audrey Gibson..................................................................................... Break Dancer John Gillette........................................................................................ Break Dancer Jonathan Jaramillo........................................................................ Break Dancing Kid Emily Banville.............................................................................. Children’s Ensemble Megen Banville........................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Kiree Carlson.............................................................................. Children’s Ensemble Magen Carlson............................................................................ Children’s Ensemble Ian Spillman................................................................................ Children’s Ensemble Brooklyn Starkey......................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Callie Tysdal................................................................................ Children’s Ensemble Hannah Weinraub....................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Mira Weinraub............................................................................. Children’s Ensemble Reid Belstock................................................................................................Juggler Elijah Chacon..............................................................................................Drummer Chandler Marvin..........................................................................................Drummer Danielle Savino...........................................................................................Drummer Lance Scoggins..........................................................................................Drummer Cassie Drew....................................................................................Circus Performer Ryan Hamity....................................................................................Circus Performer Doug Bainbridge...............................................................................................Band Frank Baier.......................................................................................................Band Dave Camp......................................................................................................Band Bob Croft.........................................................................................................Band Doug Krause....................................................................................................Band Steve Traylor.....................................................................................................Band

Chris Starkey, Creator & Director, is proud to be a part of this final installment of Home for the Holidays. Chris is the owner of Starkey Theatrix and is grateful to Lone Tree Arts Center for being able to be a production partner for Home for the Holidays, Guys and Dolls in Concert, South Pacific in Concert, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Sylvia, Big River, White Christmas, Alexander and the Terrible...Day, as well as the upcoming productions of The 39 Steps, and the premiere of The Motones!

Dave Camp, Musical Director, has scored the music for Home for the Holidays the last two years. He is a jazz saxophonist, flutist, and DJ. Dave has played venues all over the world including The Monterey Jazz Festival, The International Blues Festival in London, and many other international festivals. For fifteen years, Dave played sax solos and toured internationally with Al Stewart (Time Passages, Year of the Cat), and smooth jazz icon, Peter White. Dave has recorded on multiple albums, has created music for television, including Baywatch and The Lifetime Channel, movies and commercials.

Joe DeMers, Swing Dance Choreographer, is an international champion Lindy Hop and Blues dance performer, choreographer, and instructor.

He has toured the world teaching and performing in countries such as South Korea, France, Israel, and all over the United States. In 2008, he was awarded the Spirit of Lindy Hop and, in 2013 and 2014, awarded the title of International Blues Dance Champion. He has choreographed for and performed in many theater productions, including SWING! The Musical at the Littleton Town Hall Arts Center. He is the current Colorado and Midwest Dance Teacher of the Year, teaching middle school dance in Denver Public Schools as his day job. For more information on Joe, check out his website at joeandnelle.com.

Jen Kiser, Lighting Designer, is also the Assistant Technical Director at LTAC. Previous designs have been seen at Goodspeed Musicals (Meet John Doe; Caraboo, Princess of Javasu and others), Hartford’s TheaterWorks (Fully Committed), Wadsworth Atheneum (Sister Mozart with Haley Mills), Lone Tree Arts Center (Guys and Dolls in Concert, Big River; South Pacific in Concert; Bunnicula; Home for the Holidays; Sylvia; Hank Williams: Lost Highway; John Denver Holiday Concert; Alexander and the Terrible… Day and others), Arvada Center (How I Became a Pirate), Mizel Center (The Value of Names). She has worked for the Guggenheim Museum, and assisted designers at venues including Papermill Playhouse, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center Festival, and on Broadway’s By Jeeves.

Laurie Klapperich & Rae Klapperich, Costume Designers, return to Lone Tree after designing for two seasons of Home for the Holidays and most recently Guys and Dolls in Concert. The mother-daughter team has also worked together on Bingo, Always Patsy Cline, and Little Shop of Horrors. Laurie has been designing costumes in Colorado for the past 30 years for The Arvada Center, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, Littleton Town Hall Art’s Center, PACE, and Denver University among others. Rae is also a performer in the Denver area and has been seen on the LTAC stage as well as many others.

Michael Duran, Scenic Designer, is a native of Denver and has worked as an actor, stage manager, scenic designer, playwright, and director in theatre and film for over thirty-five years here and across the country. Michael’s designs were recently seen in Big River, Sylvia, and Bunnicula at LTAC. As scenic designer, Michael has designed scenery for every major and community theater in the Denver metro area as well as three national tours. Michael served as the resident designer for the Helen Bonfils Theater, Steamboat Repertory Theatre, Stagewest, Backstage Theatre, Creede Repertory Theatre, and The Shadow Theatre Company. His work has also been featured at The Avenue Theatre, Curious Theatre Company, Aurora Fox Theatre, The University of Denver, and the University of Colorado.

Allen Noftall, Sound Designer, is a freelance audio engineer, based in Denver, CO since 1992. Allen works in a variety of local venues from Denver Botanic Gardens and Swallow Hill Music, to Pepsi Center and Ogden Theater as well as touring throughout the country and world with various artists. Allen is also the owner of Space Recording Live Sound, a full service event production company. Space Recording produces numerous types of events and handles all types of production services from staging and lighting, to sound and production management.

Heidi Echtenkamp, Stage Manager, has recently returned from STAGES in St. Louis, MO where she was the Production Stage Manager for Always… Patsy Cline. Heidi has also been a production stage manager at Lone Tree Arts Center: Guys and Dolls in Concert, Sylvia, and Home for the Holidays 2013, American Musical Theatre of San Jose: Wizard of Oz, West Side Story, Gypsy, A Chorus Line, Christmas Dream Land, Carousel Dinner Theatre: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Vail International Dance Festival, Walden Family Play House: Merlin’s Apprentice and Holes. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities: Putting it Together and Children of Eden. She has also production managed at Teatro ZinZanni San Francisco and venue managed at Teatro ZinZanni Costa Mesa.

Sharon Kay White, Mrs. Claus, was last seen at LTAC as Mrs. Claus in the 2012 Home for the Holidays.

She has performed in many productions at The Arvada Center, including Dividing the Estate, Ragtime, The Full Monty, Hollywood Arms, Big River, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. National Tours: Funny Girl, Guys & Dolls.

European Tour: Golden Musicals of Broadway.

Regional: She Loves Me, Guys & Dolls, 1940’s Radio Hour, Chorus Line, 42nd Street. Denver Civic: Great American Trailer Park Musical, Aurora Fox: Xanadu, Country Dinner Playhouse: Guys & Dolls, Clue, Moon Over Buffalo, Beauty and the Beast, Gypsy. New York: A Doll’s House, Death of a Salesmsan.

Lindsey Falduto, Singer, most recently performed at LTAC in 80’s Night and as Maureen in RENT with Ignite Theatre. Her New York credits include: The Mikado (Off-Broadway with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players) and Burlesque to Broadway (Lehman Center for the Performing Arts). Singing both opera and musical theatre, career highlights include: Woman 1, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre); Sally Bowles, Cabaret (Ignite Theatre); The Narrator, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Inspire Creative); Dido, Dido and Aeneas (Central City Opera); Rosina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Opera Idaho); Dorabella, Così fan tutte (Skylight Music Theatre). Lindsey received a Best Supporting Actress in a Musical Nomination from Broadway World Denver Awards, an Outstanding Actress in a Musical Henry Award Nomination, the Ken “Killer” Williams Award from Central City Opera, the Debut Artist of the Year Award from Skylight Music Theatre, and was a District Winner for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

John Gillette, Singer, started dancing at a young age in Montgomery, Alabama with the now known superstar, Stephen “Twitch” Boss. Little did he know that they would both grow up to entertain the masses. After serving in the United States Air Force, John moved into music. He was signed to the recording label Def Jam and pursued his dream of being an artist. He continued to pursue dance as well and choreographed for multiple national recording artists. Realizing that he wanted more, he started working with Chris Starkey as an MC, a choreographer, a writer, and a music producer. Now, he works at Chris’s company, The AXS Group, and continues to challenge himself daily by finding new ways to entertain people.

Karen Jeffreys, Singer, is originally from Erie, Pennsylvania and is a recent transplant to Denver. Karen was recently seen in 80s Night at LTAC and performed in last season’s South Pacific in Concert as well. Regional credits include three different productions of My Way: A Tribute To Fank Sinatra (The Pittsburgh CLO, The Ocean State Theater Company, and The Laguna Playhouse), Winter Wonderettes at the Pagosa Springs Center for Arts, and Camelot at the Arvada Center. Karen has spent the last four winters sailing the high seas as a vocalist for Crystal Cruises. She studied classical voice with Rebecca Ryan at the D’Angelo School of Music.

Sheryl Renee, Singer, has been a star staple of Home for the Holidays for the last two years, lending her soulful gospel vocals to the cast. Sheryl has been in numerous theatrical productions; highlights include roles in Chicago, Beehive the 60’s Musical, Bessie’s Blues, Dreamgirls, Menopause the Musical, and Hi Hat Hattie. Sheryl co-wrote, produced, and starred in 3 productions of the hit musical Sistas & Storytellers and sang the National Anthem at President Barack Obama’s signing of the Historic Economic Stimulus Bill in 2009. She enjoys a diverse career as a professional entertainer and entrepreneur.

Kenny Moten, Singer, was seen in last season’s Home for the Holidays and recently in 80’s Night at LTAC. He has performed in productions all over Colorado and the United States. His favorite roles include Victor in Smokey Joe’s Café, The Leading Player in Pippin, Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Berger in Hair. He also served as Artistic Director of Fort Collins’ Midtown Arts Center inaugural season, directing productions of Aida, Smokey Joe’s Café, White Christmas, Annie Get Your Gun and 42nd Street. Kenny will be back on the LTAC stage for The Motones in 2015.

Klint Rudolph, Singer, is back in Home for the Holidays after appearing last year. Klint is a partner at Xcite Media Group, a digital marketing company here in Denver. Favorite credits include The Jersey Boys, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, My Way, RENT, Blood Brothers, Glengarry Glenn Ross, Chess, and Miss Saigon.

Starkey Theatrix, co-producer, is excited to be celebrating their fourth year of providing theatre to the Colorado community. Starkey has written and co-produced each year of Home for the Holidays and is excited to bring you the final installment this December. Previous shows include Guys and Dolls in Concert, Big River, South Pacific in Concert, Sylvia, Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Noises Off, and White Christmas at LTAC as well as Peter Pan, Bingo…the Musical, Always…Patsy Cline, and Little Shop of Horrors at the PACE Center.

Starkey Theatrix will bring the soulful sound of Motown with the premiere of The Motones at LTAC in March. www.starkeytheatrix.com

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Whether it’s reindeer prancing by or an overcoat thrown on a couch, costume designers breathe life into a show by creating one of the most true ways we “meet” each character – by what they choose to wear. Laurie and Rae Klapperich are a mother-daughter team that have created that vivid experience for many LTAC shows, including each year of Home for the Holidays.

Laurie got her start as a costume designer by taking an internship at the renowned Guthrie Theater in Chicago during art school. After leaving the Windy City for Denver, she has spent the last 30 years designing and building costumes for theaters in the area. During her years at the Arvada Center, Laurie was recognized multiple times by the Drama Critics Circle; but this downto-earth and chuckling designer can’t remember exactly how many awards she has!

When asked why she loves costume design, Laurie responds, “I see the characters so clearly when I read a script. I see where they shop and what they wear and I enjoy making the audience sympathetic towards the characters.” After 30 years and over 200 productions, Laurie remains fresh by working with students at the University of Denver as the Resident Costume Designer and a course professor. She also takes on numerous outside design jobs each year.

People often refer to the theater community as a family; in Laurie’s case it couldn’t be truer.

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LAURIE AND RAE KLAPPERICH for detail and perfectionism to the duo. Also a magnificent performer with a great reputation for being a hard worker, Rae knows what it’s like to wear the costumes and demands a high level of execution on each garment and accessory.

Rae’s first theater experience came the week she was adopted; it just so happened to be “tech week” – the week before a show opens when performers and artistic staff are at the theater seemingly 24/7 - for a children’s show called Neanderthals. Laurie said if Rae could make it through a bunch of odd looking creatures cooing at her, she was set up well for a life in the arts.

During Laurie’s time with the Arvada Center, Rae would often sneak upstairs to the dance studio and sit in the doorway to watch the ballerinas rehearse. As she grew older (meaning, she could walk rather than crawl), Rae would practice outside the window, following along with the exercises. Rae’s love for the theater and dance was engrained early and her ability to sew and design was practically innate with the amount of time she spent backstage in the costume shop.

Although the two don’t work together fulltime, LTAC has been lucky enough to have this dynamic team on-board for many of our shows.

Both Laurie and Rae bring a spunk and joy that permeates their designs and their work ethic.

We hope you’ll enjoy their costumes for this year’s Home for the Holidays and look forward to seeing what’s next for this pair!

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Waddie Mitchell “When you live in close proximity like that with the same folks month after month, one of your duties is to entertain each other, and I suppose that’s where the whole tradition of cowboy poetry started.”

Those words from Waddie Mitchell, one of the founders of cowboy poetry, give more than a look into this unique and entertaining genre; they capture the start of Waddie’s illustrious career as a storyteller. Since leaving the full-time cowboy scene in 1984, Mitchell’s charm, charisma and humor have touched lives all over the world.

Born in Elko County, Nevada in 1950 as the son of a rancher, Mitchell was introduced to the cowboy way of life and entertainment early. By the age of 10, he was reciting poetry on his own and by age 16 followed his heart and dropped out of school to pursue the cowboy lifestyle. In the following 18 years Mitchell would work hard during the day and spin rhythmic yarns for folks in the evenings. In 1984 he and some friends arranged a gathering that was initially thought to be a good weekend party. This annual event has since become the internationally renowned Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering. The inaugural event hosted over 2,000 people sparking Waddie to leave the cowboy lifestyle behind and pursue his love of the art of storytelling.

Today Mitchell is recognized internationally as the face of cowboy poetry and since his first public performance in 1984 has performed for audiences from Los Angeles to New York, Zurich to Melbourne, and all points in between. In 2001 Mitchell was asked what he gets back from sharing his gift with the world. His response was true to his roots: 26

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“It has given me a brand new lease on life.

For 26 years, I loved my cowboy’n life. I did it professionally. Now, I have the opportunity to get around the world and I know that there’s a lot of good people out there whose lives are enhanced by the spirit and the values of the ‘cowboy.’”

Over the last 30 years as a buckaroo poet, Waddie Mitchell has released several books and full albums with original poetry and ‘Waddieisms’. He has also shared his cowboy wisdom on several popular shows including The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, and Good Morning America. He has been featured in several major publications such as People, Life, New York Times, USA Today, Fortune, National Geographic, and the Wall Street Journal among others. Mitchell is a member of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame alongside popular authors Will James and Mark Twain and despite his lack of education received the title of Adjunct Professor from the University of Wyoming based on “Real world credentials which Waddie possesses in wealth.”

Today, Mitchell continues to spearhead the cowboy poetry movement locally, nationally, and across the world. He is on the road over 200 days a year bringing cowboy wisdom, humor and joy to as many people as possible. His last stage performance in Colorado was in Colorado Springs at Theatreworks in December of 2010 where he performed his own version of the classic Charles Dickens tale A Christmas Carol.

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HOW IS THE SEASON SELECTED? A note from Executive Director Lisa Rigsby Peterson

I’m often asked where we find some of the great performers that we present each season. Many of the groups that we bring to you have never played in Denver before, and that begs the question “how did you find out about them?”

The answer involves trips to conferences across the country, a subscription to the New York Times, and a lot of research and team effort.

One of the best ways for LTAC staff to discover new performers is by attending industry conferences.

We belong to the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), which is made up of presenters and theatres, agents, independent artists, and international cultural alliances. Each January, the APAP conference in New York City brings over 4,000 industry professionals together in the city’s largest convention hotel for six days. Think of it as a very specific (and entertaining) trade show. For sixteen hours a day, performers are singing, playing, acting, juggling, etc. in fifteen to twenty minute showcase excerpts at three dozen banquet rooms and ballrooms in the hotel, as well as at dozens of venues across the city. Over 1,000 showcases take place during the conference. LTAC staff hurry from room to room, listings in hand, looking for great performers whose talents are matched by their ability to perform like pros under incredibly difficult conditions -- people banging doors on their way in and out of the room, woefully dim hotel lighting, low ceilings (this is especially problematic for the jugglers), and the occasional blast of an exceptionally loud Led Zeppelin tribute band from across the hallway.

Once we identify potential artists we think could work well for our audiences, we head into the three exhibition halls (which take up two separate floors of the hotel) to find their agents and get more information about programs, costs, travel plans, and other details. Then we do more homework, reading reviews from other performances, thinking about how the artist might fit into the wider vision for the season, looking at a calendar to see if the timing of tours coincides with theatre availability, and checking in with presenters around the country to see if the artists live up to the promise we spotted in a fifteen minute showcase. Last season’s hit presentation of Yesterday and Today: The All-Request Beatles Tribute, was one of the shows that made the cut.

Throughout the year, we make concerted efforts to keep up with artists and trends in all genres – music, theatre, dance, and multidisciplinary work. The New York Times Arts & Leisure section gets a workout in the break room, as do several industry websites dedicated to highlighting excellent performers. This research can spark an idea which leads to programming innovation for us: for example, our Seedlings program for the very young was born from an article about a Scottish opera troupe performing arias for infants. We also talk to our colleagues in the Rocky Mountain Arts Consortium, a loosely organized group of presenters, primarily located in Colorado and Wyoming, to find out which artists might be on their radar for us to consider.

All of these efforts and more are then consolidated in late January each year into one very large spreadsheet that lists the multitude of programs and artists we could present in a season. How we go from that spreadsheet to a season announcement each spring is another story entirely (which sometimes involves lobbying and our own form of juggling, among other things), but that will have to wait for the next issue of The View!

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Park Meadows shares your interest and love for art and culture as a proud sponsor of the Lone Tree Arts Center and invites you to view an extensive collection of art on display by Colorado artists at Park Meadows located at I-25 and County Line Road. For more information about Park Meadows, visit parkmeadows.com or call guest services at 303-792-5384 for assistance making your dinner reservations.

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2014 PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS This list includes donors to the Lone Tree Arts Center from October 1, 2013 to October 15, 2014. If we have inadvertently omitted your name, please contact us at 720-509-1010 so that we can correct our listings.

Thank you for your support.

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2014 PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS $2,500-$4,999

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Your contribution of $50, $100, or more will help us...

• Keep tickets affordable (some programs as low as $3 per person!)

• Bring prominent national touring artists like Doktor Kaboom to school matinees • Commission original work from local groups such as Buntport Theatre • Teach and entertain over 10,000 children and families each year • Expand our Seedlings programs for the very youngest audience members – ages 1 – 4!

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Your generous support of the Lone Tree Arts Center is tax-deductible, and will help us create and sustain programs specifically designed to introduce and welcome children of all ages to the magic of theater.

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Theater Trivia What does it mean to tech a show? a) To increase the level of computer technology involved in producing a show b) To integrate the technical elements of a production with the live performers c) To perform a modern style of show involving techno music d) To call in technology experts when there are problems with a show ANSWER: b) A “tech” refers to a technical rehearsal, when the technical elements of a production are planned out and integrated with the actors and musicians. This can include (but isn’t limited to) planning scenery moves with stagehands or automation; writing light cues (often stored in a computerized light board for easy playback); setting vocal and/or instrument microphones, sound playback and effects; designing video cues; getting actors into costume, and working out quick costume changes. The time it takes to tech a show varies widely, depending on the complexity of the technical elements, and the needs and resources of the venue and personnel involved. “Paper tech” is a meeting during which lighting, sound, video, scenic and any other cues that the design team believes will be needed are discussed with the stage manager, who will be responsible for calling all of these cues. Dry tech is a rehearsal when technical cues can be worked out and set with no performers present. Dress rehearsals are usually the final rehearsals prior to the beginning of public performances, and are sometimes the first time the actors rehearse in costume. Tech weeks are hectic but exciting here at LTAC! 38

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We have learned before that early stagehands were often sailors, who brought many nautical terms and techniques to the theater. Which of the following is a sailing term that is NOT commonly used in the theater? a) Starboard b) Boom c) Bowline d) Deck ANSWER: a) Starboard. We don’t use sailing terms for directions here—whereas starboard is the right hand side of a ship facing forward, the right hand side of an actor facing forward (towards the audience) is referred to as “stage right.” A boom on a ship is attached to the sail— but onstage, it refers to a vertical pipe on which lighting instruments can be hung, or to the arm of a microphone stand. A bowline is a type of knot used frequently in theater, just as it is in sailing! The deck is another word for the surface of the stage, much like the top surface of a ship.

Other theater terms borrowed from nautical tradition include “wings” (the offstage sides of the stage), “strike” (to take down), and “batten” (in theater, a pipe hung over the stage from which scenery, lighting and other equipment can be hung).

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