“The chains we forge in life” – Interview with Actor and Director Mike Monroney

Posted by on Dec 5, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments Mike Monroney belongs to the most respected actors in Aspen. The list of shows he has appeared in is long, but he has also made a name for himself as a director. His most recent theatre work  is the TRTC production of “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”, opening on December 6. In the interview, Mike talks about the theatrical highlights of his life, the upcoming show, collapsing...
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“Go with the flow” – Interview with CMC’s first theatre graduate, Nick Garay

Posted by on Nov 26, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments Nick Garay was the first student to graduate from the Theatre program at Colorado Mountain College. For the show, “The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut & the Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree”, opening November 30, he returns to his alma mater as an actor. In the interview, Nick shares his view on CMC’s theatre education, the upcoming play and...
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Bash of the Bobbies: The heroes of “Crazy for You” and “Urine Town” fight for YOUR attendance!

Posted by on Nov 4, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments Crazy for You and Urine Town are both community theatre productions that are played this November in the Roaring Fork Valley. Interestingly, the name of both show’s heroes is “Bobby”. Theatre Hotspot asked Bobby Strong (Defiance Community Player’s Urine Town) and Bobby Child (Aspen Community Theatre’s Crazy for You) to step up for their production. Who will win...
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Beautiful, Heartfelt … and Tough – TRTC’s “Ghost-Writer”

Posted by on Oct 2, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments Thunder River Theatre Company stages Michael Hollinger’s “Ghost-Writer” and wins on every point. The overwhelmed opening night audience agrees: This play could already be the smash hit of the just-begun theatre season. As the stage light fades and the play ends, the audience literally jumps to their feet before you could count to three, applauding passionately. What a performance!...
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“I am pretty dramatic in all that I do” – an Interview with Lon Winston

Posted by on Sep 24, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments Thunder River Theatre Company – That is Lon Winston. He founded the theatre seventeen years ago and since then has produced, directed and featured countless plays. Theatre Hotspot asks Lon about the upcoming season, its opening show, Ghost-Writer, – and about the life and laughs with Thunder River Theatre Company.   Lon, what is your very first theatre memory? I was 10 and...
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“As much as I love acting, I love life even more” – an Interview with Kelly Ketzenbarger

Posted by on Sep 17, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments Kelly Ketzenbarger lives in Glenwood Springs. She is a mother, a student in the Colorado Mountain College Nursing Program and an energetic actress. “Bad Dates” features Kelly in a comic one-woman show. The play was originally produced at Lake Dillon Theatre. Now it opens the CMC theatre season, running September 20-23, 2012. Discover what the show is about and meet a woman with heat,...
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Leggings against Polio – Love, Loss and What I Wore at the Mountain Chalet Aspen

Posted by on Aug 1, 2012 in Spotlight | 1 comment Think about coming early because the location is a show by itself. The stage is located on the top floor of the Mountain Chalet. From here you have a fantastic view over Aspen and you can enjoy a drink at the bar before four enchanting actresses will abduct you into a world of Love, Loss and … well … clothes. What sounds arousing for some shopping freak must sound like a complete turn off for...
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Spotlight on AOTC’s “Sweeney Todd” by Grace Lyden

Posted by on Jul 21, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments “Sweeney Todd:” The name sends shivers down the spines of those familiar with the story of the murderous barber, whose customers become meat pies sold just below his shop. But there is much more to the story of Sweeney Todd. There is horror, there is humor, and there is romance. “All the characters in Sweeney are actually looking for love, and the way they try to find it becomes twisted...
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“Running the company put me in the hospital” – Meet Aspen’s Mr. Theatre: Kent Reed

Posted by on Jun 30, 2012 in Spotlight | 2 comments If you’ve ever had anything to do with theatre in the Roaring Fork Valley, your paths have certainly crossed. Kent Reed has been around for quite a number of years – and Aspen’s theatre scene would be remarkably different, if it were not for him. This summer, his company, The Hudson Reed Ensemble, stages two completely different shows: “Barrymore” and “Twelfth...
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Two men, one stage and a world of relationships. // Double Interview with RED actors, Preston Maybank and Mark Christine

Posted by on Jun 19, 2012 in Spotlight | 1 comment Preston Maybank and Mark Christine are LA based actors. They came to Aspen to play the roles of the painter, Rothko, and his assistant, Ken, in Aspen Fringe Festival’s play, RED. A time of new experiences: Neither had played their roles before and neither had worked with the other actor before. In past weeks’ rehearsals, they had the chance to discover their own stage characters and...
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“Thank heaven for deadlines!” – An Interview with local writer Kristin Carlson

Posted by on Jun 14, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments Kristin Carlson lives in Glenwood Springs. Just months ago, audiences witnessed staged readings of her play, “Unmarried in America”, at Colorado Mountain College and The Wheeler Opera House. Next week, Friday, June 22nd, her newest play, “Eudora’s Box”, has its world premiere at Thunder River Theatre. Meanwhile, she is already working on a new novel which she wants to complete by next...
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“Go through those doors and come out crying” – an Interview with Naomi McDougall Jones

Posted by on May 29, 2012 in Spotlight | 0 comments 6 Questions to Naomi McDougall Jones  // Naomi McDougall Jones is an Aspen native and a budding professional actress who made her way to New York City. This Friday, June 1st, she hosts the free event “Daring to Dream” at the Wheeler Opera House. In the interview she talks about the event, her life as an actress and her new film “Under Her Skin”.   Naomi, you grew up...
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