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Last Updated: 1-28-09
RMTA Festival Presenters
Master Teacher Spotlight
Kari Margolis
Keynote Speaker & Master Class: MARGOLIS METHOD
Kari Margolis has been committed to the creation of original
theatre productions and the exploration of the actor's craft for
over two decades. She is Co-Artistic Director of the Margolis Brown
Adaptors Company founded in New York City in 1984. She has authored
and directed fifteen evening-length productions that have toured
nationally and to Spain, Singapore, Berlin, London and throughout
Mexico and Canada. She has also created large-scale site-specifics
works for such places as the Brooklyn Museum, the Minnesota Science
Museum and the Beach at Coney Island NY. Over the last 26 years,
Ms. Margolis has developed a unique physical approach to actor
training (Margolis Methodtm). As Faculty at the University of Minnesota
for seven years she played an integral role in reshaping the B.A.
Acting Program. She has been Master Teacher at the company’s actor training center since
1984 and is presently building an international training center in Highland NY.
The company now divides it’s time between the training center and Minneapolis.
She conducts master classes, extended residencies and lecture demonstrations
throughout the United States and internationally, is a published author and public
speaker.
John Flax
Master Class: PRESENCE & ENSEMBLE
JOHN FLAX is the founding artistic director of Theater Grottesco,
a national touring company which began in Paris. He has worked
with the Theatre de la Jeune Lune, The Paris Circus, London’s
Theatre Complicite, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco
Choreographer Della Davidson, the Sundance Playwriting Laboratory
and New Mexico’s Out of Context Orchestra. Flax has taught
at theaters and colleges across the country. He is a graduate of
the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris and has also studied with Phillipe
Gaulier and Arthur Lessac. Theater Grottesco incorporated in the
United States in 1988 and toured extensively for 15 years, performing
in 7 countries, 30 states and most major U.S. cities. Grottesco
has received a dozen grants from the National Endowment for the
Arts along with awards from the Rockefeller MAP Fund, The Ford
Foundation the MetLife/TCG A-ha! Program and dozens of grants from
state and local funding agencies. Theater Grottesco was seen Off-Broadway
in 1999 with their original production, The Angels’ Cradle,
which has a permanent place in the archive of the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts. Presence and Ensemble are the
foundations of physical performance. Personal work includes instinctual
response, rhythm, a relaxed, heightened energy and an economy of
movement. Ensemble Training adjusts personal rhythm and instinct
to the group; group balance of space; focusing the audience's attention
and the dynamics of “play”. |
2009 Festival Presenters
Jonathan D. Allsup is currently the Project Coordinator & Production Stage Manager for the Creede Repertory Theatre in Creede, CO where he has stage managed over 300 performances since 2005. His stage managerial credits include Sweeney Todd and Drood both directed by Francis X. Kuhn, Everything in the Garden directed by Nagle Jackson, Urinetown, Crazy for You, and original works Cowboyily, and Billy Hell, both by Denver Center actor and playwright Steven Cole Hughes. Jonathan is a member of the Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Judy Austin has been a professional choreographer/director for the past 18 years, after a performing career that included The Hubbard Street Dance Company, the Gus Giordano Dance Company, and several national tours. Austin has been on the faculties of Northwestern University, the University of Iowa, and Fort Lewis College, and has directed for Chicago’s Music Theater Workshop, the Drury Lane Children’s Theater, Prologue Theater Productions and Equity Library Theater.
Anne Berg Pattillo received her Master in Dance from the University of New Mexico, and is the dance specialist in the Department of Theatre at Fort Lewis College. Anne teaches modern dance, ballet, hip hop, tap, belly dance, movement fundamentals, Pilates, Polynesian dance, and yoga. She is the director and choreographer of local oriental dance performance group, Troupe Verde, and performs Polynesian dance regionally with Halau Hula O’ Anelalani.
Jenn Zuko Boughn, BA, BFA, MFA, has been practicing/teaching stage combat since 1995, and martial arts since 1997. She is the author of Stage Combat: Fisticuffs, Stunts, and Swordplay.
Amelia Charter is a performing artist with mindful intentions to collaborate in a positive shift that will both support and elevate theatre and the community. She is a yoga teacher, and has developed and performed in many solo performance art pieces. Amelia met and worked with Mary Overlie and other artists at the La MaMa Umbria International Director’s Symposium. She is currently a Theatre Major at Fort Lewis College
Stacey D’Angelo currently serves as director of theatre at the Community College of Aurora. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College and an MFA in Contemporary performance from Naropa University where she studied moment work with Moises Kaufman, Viewpoints, Roy Hart Vocal Technique, and Grotowski Physical Acting. She is active in the Denver theatre community and works in original ensemble theatre creation.
Ginny A. Davis hold a B.F.A. in Drama Education from the University of Texas at Austin, M.F.A. in directing from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. in Acting/Directing and Theatre Management from Texas Tech University. Ginny currently teaches in the Department of Theatre at Fort Lewis College, and has worked in educational theatre for 25 years. In addition to her educational work, Dr. Davis has also worked professionally as a Director, Actor, Stage Manager and Designer, and Theatre Technician.
Sherri R. Dienstfrey, PH.D., is in her twenty-fifth year of artistry in performance, directing, and scholarship. She is currently serving as Interim Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Science at Idaho State University. She earned her BS from the University of Nebraska, her MA from North Dakota State University and her PH.D. from Kent State. During her career, Sherri has directed over 80 productions including the grand opening Old Town Actors Studio production of Mass Appeal.
Dennis R. Elkins is a professor at the Savannah College of Art & Design. His acting credits include productions of Richard III and She Stoops to Conquer with the Clarence Brown Company, Knoxville and Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, and Much Ado About Nothing with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder. He most recently performed with the Utah Shakespearean Festival in productions of The Taming of the Shrew and School for Wives. Other roles include Chebutykin in Three Sisters, Dr. Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest, Gabe in Dinner With Friends and Mr. Mister in The Cradle Will Rock. Recent directing credits include All My Son’s, As You Like It, and Moliere’s The Learned Ladies.
Charles Ford (technical director and designer) is a master backstage technician. An avid puppeteer, mask-maker, make-up artist, robotics engineer, and special effects designer, he has designed over 50 sets for a variety of theatrical genres. He holds a 1974 Bachelor’s degree in English Education from Colorado State University, and a 1993 Master’s degree in Middle School Education from Adams State College. Charles is Durango High School’s tech director and resident designer.
Leanne Haase Goebel is a freelance arts writer based in Southwest Colorado. A member of the International Association of Art Critics and a 2007 recipient of the Andy Warhol | Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant she specializing in writing about the visual arts, theatre and music. Leanne is a member of the Society for Professional Journalists and the National Arts Journalism Program and served on the 2008 Colorado Council on the Arts Grant Review Panel in increasing cultural participation. She has a BA in English from the University of Texas, San Antonio.
Jane Gould has been a designer of many things throughout her life including interiors, landscapes, jewelry, and costumes. She holds a degree in design from UCLA. Her theatre work with costumes began in 2000 working with Fort Lewis College Shakespeare Festival for two seasons. She has costumed As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Tempest, Taming of the Shrew, The Boys Next Door, A Lion in Winter, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and most recently the opera, Dido & Aeneas. She is currently one of the costume designers for Fort Lewis College Theatre.
Jared Grohs is on staff at Barbizon Light of the Rockies in Denver; where he assists people daily in the selection of goods and equipment for lighting theatre, film, TV, special events, and many other industries. He is also a Scenic Designer who has recently completed productions at The Lake Dillon Theatre Company in Dillon, CO; and Bas Bleu Theatre Company in Fort Collins, CO.
Marilyn Hetzel is the Director of Theatre and a full Professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Metropolitan State College of Denver. She served as chair of this department from 1998-2001 and 2004 to the present. She is also a voice/performance workshop leader (associated for eighteen years with the Denver Center for the Performing arts); a theatre director and choreographer (with specialties in music theatre, developing original scripts with actor collaboration, and touring theatre); a theatre and communication consultant; and a performer with over thirty years of experience.
Kent Homchick teaches Production Design for the Arts at the University of Colorado in Denver. A graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, he teaches in the Film & Theatre program of the CU Denver College of Arts & Media.
Jim Hutchison is a lighting designer, consultant, and member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. Jim is the chief designer for his design firm, Alive Lighting (www.alivelighting.com). In addition to clients worldwide, Jim also writes JimOnLight.com, a blog about light, lighting, and the industry.
Kurt Lancaster is a digital filmmaker, creating and presenting documentaries and short fiction at film festivals and on the web. He earned his PhD in Performance Studies from New York University, taught at Fort Lewis College, and is currently an assistant professor of digital media in the School of Communication at NAU.
Patrice LeBlanc is a graduate of Loretto Heights College in Denver, CO with a BFA in Musical Theatre. She has performed professionally since 1987 as a headliner and solo act. She has recorded six CD’s of original material and has worked as a director for numerous music and theatrical ensembles. Credits include: Radio Disney Performance Team, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Red Rocks Community College, Miner’s Alley Playhouse, and Sweet Loretta’s Open Stage. Patrice has co-written and produced four musical comedies and she is the author of The Fundamental Voice and The Children’s Voice book. Patrice is the chair of the Arvada Performing Arts and Cultural Festival.
Nathan K. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Theatre for Fort Lewis College. He has worked as a designer and technical director for numerous shows both professionally and in academic theatre. Most recently, he designed Fort Lewis College’s production of Raised in Captivity. For the past two summers, he has worked for Okoboji Summer Theatre as a Scenic Designer and Technical Director. He holds an MFA in Scenic Design and Technology from the University of Hawaii, where he had the opportunity to design and/or perform in Kabuki, Beijing Opera, and experimental theatre lead by Split Britches.
Jay Louden is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Metropolitan State College of Denver where he teaches Acting, Introduction to Theatre, and directs. He holds an MFA in Directing from the University of California, Irvine, a BA from Indiana University and completed the Professional Actor Training Program at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. His acting credits include work at the Mark Taper Forum, the Old Globe Theatre, Alaska Repertory Theatre, and the Arizona Theatre Company. He also appeared in numerous guest starring roles in television and film including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Opposing Force, Remington Steele, Jake and the Fat Man, and Dream West. He has taught and directed for the past 18 years in California and Colorado.
Cody Lyman currently tours with the one-man-show Defending the Caveman. He was a major in Theatre at Fort Lewis College, and is a graduate of the Second City School of Improvisation in Chicago, and one of the original founders of CSU Theatresports (Now Clownbox Productions) in Fort Collins. Between Caveman shows, Cody works in commercials, film and voiceover.
Linda Mack, a native of the Chicago area, received her doctoral degree from the University of Illinois. As Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music at Fort Lewis College, she conducts choirs and teaches choral methods, music history, and voice. She also serves as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Durango Choral Society. In 2003, she conducted world premieres by composers from Sweden, France, and the United States at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Louisville, KY. Dr. Mack served as Music Director and Conductor of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale from 2004-2007. Her most recent performance was Dido and Aeneas, a collaborative project with the Music and Theatre Departments at Fort Lewis College in November 2008.
Felicia Lansbury Meyer is an adjunct faculty member of the Fort Lewis College Theatre Department specializing in Acting for Camera. She received her BFA from New York University, where she studied with Anne Bogart and continued that apprenticeship in New York, Assimil and later in Berlin, in Bogart’s Babel. She has made numerous television appearances and on stage, most recently in Fort Lewis College’s production of Skins at LaMaMa E.T.C. in New York. She earned her MFA from The American Film Institute, in Los Angeles, where she directed her award winning short film Desert Snow. She has worked as a documentary field producer for NBC and Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation, and was Director of Development for FilmRoos, which produced Ancient Mysteries, Biography and In Search of History. In 2007, she directed Speak Truth to Power at Fort Lewis College, which was a participating production at RMTA, in Lakewood, CO.
Kathryn Moller brings to RMTA over thirty years of experience in theatre, dance and performance art as director, choreographer and performer. She explores movement, non-western performance and performance art as avenues to understanding and creating performance. Some of her honors include: directing Skins at La Mama E.T.C., NY; three KCACTFA awards; and National Opera Conference honors for At The Hawk’s Well. In addition to the traditional degrees, B.A., M.S., Ph.D, Kathryn is currently Professor and Department chair at Fort Lewis College.
Dale Morris has directed, choreographed, performed and had FUN in over 30 theatrical productions with the Pagosa Springs High School Music & Theater Departments, Pagosa Springs Music Boosters, and other performing arts groups. Performing arts has been a part of her life since she was five.
Alex Oliszewski has been working professionally in the theatre as a sound, lighting and projection designer for six years. He has used Isadora in a number of professional productions including work for The Denver Center for The Performing Arts, The Shadow Theatre, The LIDA Project, The University of Denver’s Lamont Wind Ensemble, and The Avenue Theatre in Denver Colorado. Alex graduated with a degree in theatre from Fort Lewis College in 2002. You can find out more about Alex and his work at his website:
www.Oliszewski.com
Elizabeth Parks is a faculty and staff member at Red Rocks Community College. She has earned a B.A. in Theatre, an M.A. in French and is an active member of the Denver theatre community. Her most recent credits include directing and producing Time and Again Times Ten and performing in Bovanity Fair which recently played at the Bovine Metropolis Theatre. Elizabeth is a member of ATHE and an RMTA board member.
Charles M. Pepiton is producer/co-artistic director at Square Top Repertory Theatre in Pagosa Springs, CO. He has served as Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at East Texas Baptist University, and the University of Idaho and Lewis-Clark State College. He has taught performance, theory, directing, communication, and theatre-in-education. MFA in Stage Directing from the University of Idaho and a BA in Theatre from Wayland Baptist University.
Jamie A. Romine, PH.D., is an Assistant Lecturer in her third year of teaching at Idaho State University. She completed her doctoral degree in May 2007 in theatre, Emphasis theatre for youth, from Arizona State University. She also graduated from ISU with her BA in history and a minor in theatre with her teaching certification in Speech, Drama, and History, as well as her MA degree in theatre. She is currently serving as Vice President of the Old Town Actors Studio board.
Lorraine Scott has been involved in many areas of theatre for over 30 years. She has been teaching, administrating, directing, and performing in the Denver area for the past 15 years. Her directing experience includes Bus Stop, She stoops to Conquer, Crimes of the Heart, Feast of the Flying Cow, Aunt Maggity’s house of Horror, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. She is the Director/actor Coordinator for the Playwrights Showcase of the Western Region 2009 conference. Her current full time position is Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre with Metropolitan College of Denver and she is the Colorado Representative to the Rocky Mountain Theatre Association.
Angeline Underwood is an Assistant Lecturer for the Theatre and Dance Department, as well as, the Communications and Rhetorical Studies department at Idaho State University. She obtained her B.S. and M.A. in Theatre from ISU. She is currently serving as Treasurer for the studio and starred in the role of Kelly, in OTAS’s grand opening production of Dying City.
Jacob Welch is an Assistant professor of theatre in Lighting, Sound, and Technology with metropolitan State College of Denver. Jacob serves as the Vice President of the Rocky Mountain Theatre Association. Jacob is also an award winning light designer working throughout North America. For more on Jacob’s work please visit his website at
www.Jacobwelch.com.
For more information please contact Scott Kadera at 970-247-7089 or kadera_s@fortlewis.edu.
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